After their camp and down thousands of refugees stranded on the greek island of lesbos demand to be allowed into mainland europe. West coast wildfires continue to burn out of control in the u. S. Now the 1000000 people in oregon on the evacuation warning. The other 911 chileans marked the anniversary with protests remembering one of the darkest moments in the nations history. The gulf states of bahrain has followed the United Arab Emirates and agreed to normalize toys with israel u. S. President donald trump announced it speaking with Bahrains King Hamad bin khalifa and the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu they have hailed the move as a historic breakthrough to furthering peace in the middle east a White House CorrespondentKimberly Hawk reports. Following a friday phone call with the king of bahrain and israels leader the u. S. President made this announcement on twitter israel and the kingdom of bahrain would be establishing full diplomatic relations bahrain now joins the United Arab Emirates after its announcement last month that the country would be establishing full diplomatic ties with israel which includes opening embassies in both countries both leaders also agree that bahrain will fully normalize and diplomatic relations with israel trumps now encouraging other arab nations to consider similar steps and leaders that the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be predetermined by conflicts of the past the agreements to end hostilities with israel are set to be formalized on tuesday at a signing ceremony at the white house and will advance the trumpet ministrations goal of realigning arab nations with israel against iran 1st i want to thank you for your leadership on this issue your trump son in law and Senior Adviser chaired cushion or helped broker the deal following failed efforts to strike a peace deal between israel and the palestinians the palestinians have rejected the trumpet ministrations peace plan released in january in a statement palestinian leaders called the deal with behind a betrayal which supports the legalisation of israels ugly crimes against the Palestinian People but rains actions are often viewed as an extension of policy of saudi arabia whose ties with the United States have strengthened under President Trump indeed trump has protected the kingdom repeatedly even as the u. S. Congress sought to block weapon sales and take punitive action against the Saudi Crown Prince following the death of journalist. Trump has hinted the saudis could be the next country to. Strike a deal with israel so you may be always doing things that theyre not doing anymore and so are other countries and neighbors they are doing things that they just. Would never have done that the agreements come less than 2 months before the u. S. Election and already President Trump is touting the deals as a major Foreign Policy victory cant really help that al jazeera the white house all the Palestinian Authority has condemned bahrains decision and audit its ambassador to return home and described the recognition of israel as a betrayal and normalization of an eagle occupation it has moved from ramallah. Palestinians are saying that even when the u. A. E. Deal with israel has boosted that it has put annexation on the ice with the time being its really practices on the ground are ongoing so for example operation hasnt ended and the beheading the statement of the normalization agreement today is did not he didnt give anything to the palestinians so they feel that theyve been left out alone against what the arab leagues previous resolutions were in specific the Arab Peace Initiative which calls for the normalization between arab states and israel but only after israel and its occupation now the palestinian president has recalled the palestinian ambassadors to beheading weve seen a similar move to. When the u. A. E. Signed to its deal and of course the fear now among many palestinians is that there at the u. A. E. Is the deal has been a green light really 2 or more arab states to normalize with israel and weve heard also many palestinians saying that for years theyve been seeing the u. S. The israeli lawyer in the region that is really a partner but now they see it as israels agent specifically saying that because trump is the one who has been announcing these deals of normalization between they and you. And israel on the other hand. Lets bring in ariel cohen he is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council he joins us now from washington d. C. Many thanks for speaking to us on aljazeera how significant is this announcement in your opinion the fact that we now have a 2nd gulf state normalizing relations with israel. It is significant because it creates a dynamic in the region and the dynamic is driven by 3 factors one is the regional factor iran the threat of the iranian dominance the sunni arabs perceive it as a shia threat. And i would add to that some concerns about turkey turkey is emerging as a claimant to leadership in the muslim world not just in the arab world they can theyre not arabs but in the muslim world. The greater global cause is china and russia who are making inroads in the middle east and the United States want to consolidate its allies such as israel u. A. E. Saudi arabia etc why it is so important because my friend is important because i doubt very much that the king of bahrain would not consult with his brother the king of saudi arabia and would not have gotten a green light of some kind an approval and blessing the 3rd factor is their american factor and that the elections that you mention both even jellicoe us and the jews in the United States may have some questions and reservations about of the personality of donald trump but they would support the peacemaking activity of the trunk family of the president and his son in law and i would get the 4th regional factor or the generational factor and that is that the young generation of urban. Internationally oriented educated arabs do not buy the old legacy of nuss the reason or saddam close and baath Party Nationalism and they saw what happened when for a short story a clue short period of time at the middle east was swinging troll words the radical interpretations of islam like al qaeda and isis as now hopefully this is a new stage. That the middle east can be more open more oriented towards reform and yes benefiting from it cannot make scientific educational and yes Security Cooperation leisure ok ariel cohen lets pick up your point about saudi arabia as you say bahrain would not have got gone ahead with this without their approval so in terms of. What happens next is saudi arabia likely to be next in announcing their own deal with israel well we have several candidates right now i dont think saudi arabia is going to be the immediate next there is an iraq will maintain good relations with israel for decades now interestingly enough a big arab states sunshade graphically so done mon etc that all creates internally in saudi arabia an impression that oh if these guys can do it we can do it too we can make it legal we had an illicit relationship a secret relationship a secret affair but now we can make it legal because we can make it open is the 2nd thing i wanted to mention that the generational change even of this may god bless live lives a long life even if he doesnt do it if his son mohammad comes to power after him chances are good hell do it ariel cohen many thanks for joining us senior fellow at the council speaking to us from washington d. C. The u. S. House committee on intelligence has held a hearing to assess security ties between washington and saudi arabia they covered a range of issues including the war in yemen and the met a journalist Jamal Khashoggi well the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings says Jamal Khashoggi has made it demonstrates why the u. S. Should be wary of saudi arabia. The skiing of of mr casually by the state of saudi arabia in my view points to a ben generous reckless ness cop ordered weezer permits even if that comes only went by our its mixed in with impunity further evidence has come to light that suggest a pattern of targeting had refs meant hands against those individual suspects to disagree of threaten the crown prince for use role anyone can be at risk saudis and on saudis political do you see that social media in france and even when feeling economic actors and in response to that there should be multidimensional principled response by the United States and the International Community. Refugees on the greek island of less demanding permission to leave for the mainland after 2 fives destroyed the crowd can more than 12000 people are now sleeping on the streets and say they dont have enough food or water. Reports from. A refugee protest attempts to put a Police Blockade behind that blockade thousands of Asylum Seekers from the incinerated morea camp sleeping on the highway they hope to be allowed to leave lesbos and reach mainland greece but the government wants them to remain here to reduce the risk of spreading covert to camps on the mainland and to be able to deport them to turkey if they dont receive asylum the situation here is very tense police have placed 2 roadblocks on this highway one behind us and one further down the road attempting to contain the homeless from morea camp in a certain area in that area there exists another refugee camp which is run by the municipality and they are trying to set up tents in that area however many refugees and Asylum Seekers seem to be determined to break out either to go back to moria or to make their way into mytilene need town the islands capital and the police are not going to allow that to happen not Everyone Wants to leave he said dean has asylum and could travel but without job prospects he prefers to stick to the Somali Community in moria. Destroyed. To stay just. As you know whats out of this syrian woman has brought her newborn to Doctors Without Borders which still has a clinic in morea others struggle back through sheer force of habit this afghan family is encamped on a bluff overlooking moria cant even between the Police Blockades food and water hasnt reached everyone 3 days. I didnt eat i dont know what i do have will have nothing i sleep outside and a quiet life in moreas olive groves is arguably better than the tension of a standoff with police one that refugees cannot swim after the percussion died down the government moved in bulldozers to extend the municipal refugee camp and chinooks flew an army tents to set them up the overcrowded and overburdened with asylum applications morea was clearly no paradise but neither is the street jumps are open us aljazeera lesbos. Celeb on aljazeera a humanitarian disaster unfolding in sit down but help pass finally arrived at the latest from khartoum plus. Its their city thinking its their country. To figure out how to pay for. Americas top diplomat holds out hope ahead of peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. Ally who looks at the seasonal rains of taken hold once again theyre not particularly well shaped now this slump is the place to look with rain going straight the south to south korea out into the open water really where it starts to circulate but you can follow the system down here and tokyo is right in line for a days worth of rain you probably get some flooded streets at least temporarily at the back end of this is no longer particular well formed there are showers in Southern China hong kong may well be where there were 2 forming in sichuan are you not and the some of your frontal system just coming out of mongolia venture to hit beijing with that of rain possibly some storms in a slow drop in temperature and then of course. Have widespread shastra malaysia and indonesia Southeast Asia generally is fairly words time but as has been the case for a while javas just on the edge of it occasional shows not what made the concentration has got to be borne your potential a good part of sumatra so again singapore and kuala lumpur books like frequent places monsoon rain in india in india look has been going sas there was a Flood Warning in cuttack up that she is probably going to go a bit further north again the next day or so towards good with flooding potential also from mumbai. For. 967 and the 6 day war was at its height a u. S. Spy ship the u. S. S. Liberty monitored the conflict from International Waters suddenly she was attacked by the warplanes of americas closest regional ally israel over 200. 00 were killed and wounded the front part of the ship was just red with blood what happened that day has long been the subject of cover up and mystery mouth the truth can be revealed the day Israel Attacked america a Major Investigation on aljazeera. Move. Youre watching aljazeera mind of our top stories this hour bahrain has agreed to normalize ties with israel its the 2nd gulf state to do so after the u. A. E. Decision last month palestine has condemned the move as a normalization of illegal occupation. The u. N. Experts on extrajudicial killings has addressed the u. S. Congress and condemned saudi arabia over the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi the House Committee on intelligence has held a hearing to assess security ties between washington and riyadh. Protesting refugees have been demanding a mission to leave the greek island of less boss and go to the mainland house and spent another night without shelter after fires destroyed europes largest refugee camp earlier this week. Desperately needed aid is finally being delivered to hundreds of thousands of sudanese devastated by the worst flooding in the countrys history the Global Support comes days after the government declared a state of emergency in a plea for help reports from ca to. Aid is slowly trickling in for the hundreds of thousands of flood victims in sudan at the tombs International Airport cuts a military plane has just brought in essential supplies for the displays to a hungry and desperate need it couldnt come sooner than i thought the heart we brought with us aid sent to the people of sudan by the owner of qatar his highness shaikh tamim been hamad al tiny the aging through its medicine medical supplies food and Household Items sydney a sudanese officials turned up to receive the aid consignment on behalf of the government and this world. We have thankful for the assistance received today from qatar theyve been helping with our efforts to combat coburg 19 an hour here with more support for the flood victims is a clear indication of our close and historic relations the floods have already displaced more than a hof a 1000000 people and also destroyed or damaged more than 100000 homes across the done. The government has declared a state of emergency and ses and the little help they can get from and a part of the world is welcome to ease the effects of what is being saved to be the last flooding in a century the u. N. Aid called Edition Office or all just sees the needs of sudans flood victims vost in the capital khartoum alone more than 100000 people in need of shelter after losing their homes many are living in the open with limited access to clean water. Im an 84 year old man and in my lifetime ive never seen anything even close to this i only managed to escape just the clothes on my back. The rainy season is sudan usually lasts till the end of september and more rain is focussed in the coming days and weeks in a country thats already struggling with crushing debt and political instability following almost 3 decades of dictatorship this is almost too much to bear mohammed i do ill just see it hard to at least 50 people all believed dead after a gold mine collapsed in the democratic republic of congo hundreds gathered in morning outside the entrance to the mine and the accident happened near the eastern town the coming touga following heavy rain mining accidents a common in the day aussies on regulated minds with dozens of deaths every year. Despite a growing infection rate from has reduced its coronavirus quarantine period from 14. 00 to 7. 00 days and is still aiming to avoid a 2nd locked down Prime Minister. Whose self isolating announced fast track testing for prior to cases and more powers for local authorities to enforce stronger rules france has seen between 9 and 10000 new coronavirus cases each day recently. New york city was once the epicenter of the u. S. Pandemic now the number of deaths linked to cave in 19 in the Single Digits and the infection rate is down substantially but life is still far from returning to what it was as gabrielle reports new york city is living through a strange moment in time balancing what you see and signs of trouble ahead the good new yorkers are out again dining in temporary outdoor patio is on the streets the bad Indoor Dining remains pretty hit since march to help prevent a 2nd wave in the virus so restaurants are struggling many have been forced to close taking with them the jobs that so many rely on to support their families in times square a pickup in activity and signs of something not seen in this city for months tourists some but still nowhere close to prepare endemic levels some stores are reopening but others are not. With occupancy rates still below 40 percent dozens of hotels are closing for good including this hilton that city could no longer survive with so few gas after 911. 00 there was a rallying cry that if new york could come back from the biggest terrorist attack on u. S. Soil he could come back from anything but the pandemic is testing that clearly taking more of a toll on the city and its people 2793 people were killed on september 11th in the world trade towers so far more than 23000 people in new york city have lost their lives because of coronavirus 100000 new yorkers lost their jobs as a direct result from the 2001 terrorist attack so far more than 1000000 new yorkers have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and the Unemployment Rate is about 19 percent in the city about the same levels as it was during the Great Depression a city living in a clash between slowly returning to normal but not knowing exactly what normal is anymore Gabriel Sandow how does eva new york. The governor of the u. S. State of oregon says thousands of people have been reported missing as the massive wildfires burn across states half a 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as far as threatened areas thats more than 10 percent of the states population the city of portland is shrouded in smoke and has the worst equity of the worlds major cities the south in california the remains of 7 people have been found by firefighters the state has been ravaged by dozens of fires for several weeks nearly 15000 firefighters are battling blazes across the state. California based journalist Steve Patterson has been monitoring the finest the death toll rising in california as fires are spread across the stage some burning show fast in show quickly that containment has not been possible the one in Northern California the bear fire were 10 people had been confirmed dead there are reports that are at least 16 more missing on that fire that fire is burning fast and quick firefighters are trying to do all they can to get a handle on it meanwhile that is just one of 6 of the largest fires of recorded california history that is burning right now there are 30 major fires that firefighters are spread out across including here in Southern California where there has been a battle again to get more containment on some of these driven fires before there is another wind event the air quality is also a problem with officials not telling people if you dont need to be outside just stay inside all of this as firefighters are doing all they can to try to push back the moral services have been held across the u. S. For the nearly 3000 People Killed in the 911 attacks 19 years ago hundreds of people in new york paid their respects to those killed when 2 hijacked jet slammed into the twin tower as crowds were limited to the coronavirus pandemic democratic president ial candidate joe biden and the Vice President mike pence while at the ceremony donald trump also observed one minute silence while on the president ial jet air force one. Thousands of protesters in chile have gathered to mark of then 91147 years after the overthrow of chiles 1st socialist president demonstrators in santiago commemorated Salvador Allende who was killed during a violent u. S. Backed. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds chiles been rocked by protests for almost a year of the social inequality you see in yemen is in santiago and has been amongst the protesters. Were being chased by water cannon and tear gas is just a large large contingent of riot police that have been here for several hours now i think having mouse with demonstrators its not allowed to have demonstrations because of a state of emergency that was declared due to the pandemic but there are still hundreds and hundreds of people here i think you could see the tear gas in the back we vote that water cannon is laced with acid and weve been sprayed with it several times and so people have weve seen dozens of people running for a poor health for 1st aid because theyre getting this water in their eyes i can tell you from firsthand experience that it really really does burn in fact even if it falls near you so clearly the police have brought out their new equipment that was brought into chile after march youll remember that before then from october to march there were dozens almost daily demonstrations here against the government todays demonstration of course is to can memorize a former president says another day ended that military coup that led to a 17 year dictatorship in this country for 2 people here telling us if you dont have a memory you dont have a history they said that its very relevant to what happened back then because it led. Under the pinochet dictatorship a new constitution was written back then back in 1902 its the one that still in force now in chile and in just 5 more weeks were going to have a referendum here so the chileans can decide whether they want to write a new one people say that that will finally give them hopefully a chance to have new laws better so should justice a whole array of things that have led to the protests that started in october. Afghan government and taliban negotiators on cast off a long delayed peace talks which are to begin on saturday its more than 6 months since the u. S. Brokered a deal aimed to ending americas longest war before his appointment in 2016 President Donald Trump pledged to end the conflict and hes hoping to follow through on his promise ahead of the election in november secretary of state mike pompei it is attending the inauguration event and might how difficult this conversation will be among the ever but its there for the taking their country. To figure out how to. Work and make it better life in their series of how to make every effort. To be pretty serious condition executing their obligation to bring. About their responsibility. To reset everything placed in afghanistan. Want to begin external external Brain Washing its their right. While the head of the Afghan Government delegation says progress in the talks is crucial for the countrys development and james rules not will meet one on one today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build and of guns turn were no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic us truth and in the people of afghanistan achieve the Economic Development they deserve the u. N. Secretary general Spokesman Says the talks are a major opportunity to achieve peace in afghanistan. Its crucial that all afghan leaders and members of the International Community to Everything Possible to make the peace of reality we obviously stand ready. To help i think obviously one of the there are many Critical Issues that will have to be looked at but i think one that always needs underscoring is to ensure that the rights of women and girls enough to understand. Or not overlooked and that they have their voices their rights and their lives or respected and protected. At least 10 activists have been arrested at a church in belarus as the government increases pressure on the opposition that gathered to celebrate the birthday of the Opposition Leader that lama taken a skier who fled the country after a disputed election protests began a month ago after president Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner in a vote critics say was raked. Al jazeera these are your top stories bahrain has agreed to normalize ties with israel its the 2nd gulf state to do so after the u. S. Decision last month palestine has condemned the move as a normalization of an eagle occupation here and 2 Peace Agreements with israel in the last 72 years this is now the 2nd Peace Agreement that weve announced in the last month. And i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow i can tell you theres tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join and we think ultimately youll have most countries join and you can have the palestinians. In a very good position they want to come in theyre going to want to come in because all of their friends are in the u. N. Experts on extra judicial killings has addressed the u. S. Congress and condemn saudi arabia of the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi an escalade said the middle demonstrates a recklessness and demands a u. S. Response she spoke to the House Committee on intelligence which has been assessing security ties between washington and riyadh. Protesting refugees have been demanding permission to leave the greek on end of less false than go to the mainland 1000 spent another night without shelter to foz destroyed europes largest refugee camp earlier this week. Humanitarian aid is finally being delivered to hundreds of thousands of sudanese people devastated by the west flooding in the countrys history at least 1100 people have been killed. The governor of the u. S. State of oregon says dozens of people have been reported missing as massive wildfires burn across the state. Those are the headlines inside story is next. So then snow stranger took quizes and hes now in the grip of a food loving emergency on top of the space spent on this bag theres the whites of diseases drink up and make how much is Climate Change to blame and how can the country respond this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. In sudan millions of rely on the nile river food for other culture and for industry of the life blood of many