Dire conditions in senegals crop until after 3 months of rainfall in just 24 hours. Millions of students and teachers return to class in pakistan as schools and universities reopen after being shot for coronavirus for 6 months. Thanks for joining us the u. S. President donald trump has been branded a climate arsonist as wildfires burning across the west coast has become a hot political issue he visited california for briefings on the growing disaster insisting scientists are wrong and that it will get cooler democratic rival joe biden accuses trump of failing to acknowledge global warmings effect on the wildfires which have chilled with these 35. 00 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Exhausted firefighters are doing what little they can to battle the monster inferno consuming towns and homes and lives. Mondays drier conditions and gusty winds meant no respite as nearly 100 fires continue to burn across 12 states get these otherworldly scenes are New California has now experiencing several summers of severe wildfires realizing predictions of a climate report released by the white house in 2018 but President Trump who flew to california for fire briefings continues to deny manmade Climate Change exists it will start getting cooler but i will just you just watch i wish science or anybody else but. I dont think science is actually trump has repeatedly blamed the wildfires on democrats accusing them of mismanaging forest lands in western states as the election nears hes dug into the pro fossil fuel policies of his Administration FormerVice President joe biden who seeking to replace trump in the white house challenge his record in a speech from delaware we have 4 more years of trumps climate denial how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires how many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out how many suburbs will have been blown away in super storms if you give a climber an arsonist 4 more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised we have more america blaze. But for the americans suffering fires in the west and new hurricane threats in the southeast the Candidates Campaign promises offer little consolation as destruction becomes the new normal. Castro aljazeera. More than 20 prodemocracy activists are appearing in a Hong Kong Court on charges over a vigil marking the 1989. Among them are media tycoon jimmy law and joshua wang police say they took part in an authorized vigil on june the 4th the annual event was banned for the 1st time in 30 years lets bring in Deborah Gopal and shes joining us from just outside the west Kowloon Magistrate Court thats in hong kong talk us through whats happening today at the courts. Thats right the Court Session has just started it is a Pretrial Hearing where theyll be calling out the names of each of the defendants and weeding out the charges against them the charges are mostly inciting Illegal Assembly or joining are are going to Illegal Assembly are joining an illegal gathering now as you said that gathering was not given permission for the 1st time in 31 years but people still showed up more than a thousands of them in fact showed up but this group are said to be behind inciting people to come and join they were here just before the Court Session started they gave a press conference among them as you say is joshua long this approach democracy activists and that media mogul jimmy life but also the lead choky on hes been one of the main organizers since 1809 for that candlelight vigil and he had some very defiant words before going to courts. We insist that point then the family every year will became the light if not ok when he says that we have built. Their experience also against him and also and take on their great goals and sacrifice no matter youre going to let the law now impose on paul we will see a lot of you in the. Vigil. So was there a sense of this is just another example of the erosion of freedoms in hong kong to view. The people in hong kong are still reeling from this National Security law that was imposed in hong kong by beijing on july 1st its wide ranging its seen as draconian and vague many people are worried what they say what they do theyre not arent sure where that line is crossed that would violate that law and in fact many are wondering what leecher can just set in that sound bite you heard would that be crossing the law could he not be called up for it so yes there is a sense that hong kongs freedoms are being squeezed even more but i do have to point out that this current case is prevention and security law which is not retrospective but there are a several number of cases in the run up to right now not just with the National Security law but due to the prodemocracy movement due to any kind of gatherings that have come under scrutiny and that many of the people that are incorporated now has several cases against them for their prodemocracy activists there is very much a sense here that hong kong is steadily losing a lot of the freedoms that had and also studied losing its legal system that was seen as independent and the judiciary that was very highly regarded is being compromised all right if you go paul and thank you for that update from hong kong millions of students in pakistan are returning to class after being away for 6 months because of the coronavirus shutdown order students are back to haas from tuesday while primaries schools will reopen at the end of september pakistans infection rate has dropped to around 200. 00 today from a peak of 7000. 00 per day so i get an update from islamabad come on hyder is joining us from just outside of school so what is the mood like now that schools are reopening after 6 months of closure. Well indeed it has been a long closure theres been a lot started an education is concerned its been a traumatic. Concern because they were cut off from their friends from their normal lives so there is considerable excitement when it comes to this however that apprehension from the parents feel that they do that they should have been more time given for the government to reopen the schools and colleges the government on the other hand saying that the situation in control and therefore to start opening the schools they will of course be observing. An increase in the number of cases in which case they. Are. Then all that including the Young Children in the primary and or primary level will also be coming back to school by the end of the month so do people then who have these reservations about schools reopening are they satisfied with the governments Response Time come out and of course the question will be to see whether students will follow guidelines in place when it comes to social distancing. Absolutely they did the big. Wider star wars National Command and control center that was set up to mourn to disband make had warned that social distancing is going to be the biggest challenge when it comes to certain schools particularly government schools go out in rural areas the private schools will of course be able to serve in some of those guidelines given by the government but it will be interesting to see what happens next because pakistan has seen an encouraging train where the number of cases dropping and that of course has given confidence to the government to now go ahead radio opening the schools as per normal schedule so it really be important to see whether those safety procedures that have been given the guidelines will be followed were going to be reading their face will they be observing that social distancing because theyll be no assembly day will be no lunch break and the clock will be. Coming every or turn a day in order to cover up for lost time right come on high def thank you for that update from islam about. Senegal is one of several west african countries thats been battered by heavy rain the government is now facing criticism for failing to warn people so prepare for the floods large parts of the capital are submerged and thousands have been displaced from the car heres nicholas. Displaced and fighting the elements the rains took away their homes now its taking away their shelter inside. Just what she can. Just. Thats all i have left we are fleeing the rains we had to leave our house behind the a devastated we have lost what feels like everything. 3 months worth of rainfall in a matter of 24 hours and a car journey jones neighborhood into an island sinking in overflowing sewage with roads turned to rivers the area has become almost inaccessible most have left their homes stranded are few families like the braving disease infested waters to save their belongings from looters who will not be dimly we cant afford to pay rent anywhere else which we expect us to go we have no choice but to adapt to the situation. As early as february governments in west africa were warned by the un that this years rainy season would bring floods people were not alerted of the storms aljazeera has reached out to the cynically government and is awaiting their comment meanwhile the government announced it will release emergency funds to assist those displaced. In 20. 12 the government allocated more than 1000000000. 00 to tackle the problem of floods but people here are wondering what have they done with that money so far theyve used it for these tents for those that have been displaced but with intensifying rains people here fear that these are temporary solutions to a long term problem. Whilst the mayor of como son in senegal says Climate Change is responsible for the destruction angry residents blame the state for its lack of planning. The soon feels like a bad dream the states must come and build a sewage system so that they can be an end to the floods with months to go before the end of the rainy season has no intention of returning home fearing of what is to come. Nicholas hawke aljazeera the car. Still had on aljazeera the man portrayed in a Hollywood Film Hotel Rwanda appears in court on terror charges plus. All the rage find out why President Donald Trump is a popular subject for books right across america. However we got some lovely warm sunshine still in place across much of europe High Pressure in shots thats keeping the skies clear and lots of very warm sunshine coming through picking up a southerly fade on the winds here because that western side of europes lifting the temperatures really quite nicely we have got some areas of cloud and right sky seeing without and in scotland pushing into scandinavia not too much to speak of but it is that over the last 20 celsius in london on shoes day was still in paris could touch the mid thirtys once again and were looking at temperatures getting to 31. Lane even across into scandinavia 9020. 00 s too bad for us like for stockholm still a few showers down across central parts of the mediterranean they will become fewer and further between as we go through the next couple of days will see want to see showers just creeping up around the countries just pushing down across belgium into western parts of germany maybe southern parts of germany switzerland seeing a shower or 2 prefer them all still warm enough 25 celsius in london 31 the in paris last fine and dry across central parts of the mediterranean over towards the east but as you can see still the odd shower in place joining up with the showers that we have just across the north of africa could see some rather heavy rain there in tunisia and also northern parts of libya. Frank assessments saying that. Theres a. Lot of mean good physical informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls it would be only a region are actually under a de facto state of imagine seeing critical debate after it is a proxy he does not going to send the enters the bill if you feel indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has visited california which has been hit by record wildfires he denied a link to Climate Change insisting scientists are wrong and it will get cooler his rival joe biden called him a climate arsonist more than 20 prodemocracy activists are appearing in a Hong Kong Court on charges over a vigil marking the 1989 tenement square massacre among them are media tycoon jimmy lie and joshua wall. Millions of students in pakistan are returning to school theyve been away for 6 months because of a coronavirus shutdown the countrys infection rate has dropped to around 200. 00 a day from a peak of 7000. 00 per day. Authorities on the greek island of less opposed say they plan to finish moving 12000 refugees into tent accommodation in the next 3 to 4 days hundreds have already been relocated after their camp was destroyed last week by huge fire theyve staged protests with many wanting to be moved to the greek mainland Stephanie Decker is on the island of lesbos and has this update. Its been almost a week now since morea camp completely burned to the ground and thousands of people remain asleep sheltering on the side of the road here in the middle of the island also taking shelter in all of groves its quite extraordinary actually to see the lack of a cohesive aid effort of any of the organizations here trying to help people put a roof over their heads handing out food or water now the greek authorities have said that everyone here is going to be moved to a permanent count that has been built some tents are up a little further down here but only a few 100 have been moved so far you can see that they are continuing to expand that just down there close to the sea also very much open to the elements you can see some of the refugees also walking along many people have tried to take shelter among the trees its a very difficult situation certainly the islanders have had enough they want these people to go they say its affected their livelihoods the economy tourism here and the refugees want to go but the message here certainly from the authorities is that none of these people are going to be going getting off this island at all. And it is really subtler plans to appeal his 3 life sentences for murdering a palestinian couple and their baby. Through a fire ball into the familys home 5 years ago family members say the courts decision gives them no joy and critics say attacks by settlers have gone unpunished for years Harry Fawcett reports. More than 5 years after fire bombing the house of the family as they slept. On video not in court because of coronavirus restrictions was handed his sentence the judges gave him 3 consecutive life terms one for each of his victims saad and. And the 18 month old son ali plus another 20 years the attempted murder of the sole survivor older brother ahmed who was badly burned of a hit up on have. My court cannot give us our right no matter what they do they cannot bring back and months mother father and brother they cannot bring back his house ahmed still lives with his grandparents in duma the village in the occupied west bank where the attack happened over the years hes had extended treatment for his burns it was here on monday that he and his grandmother learned of the sentence. May god punish him i hope iraq suffer while hes alive as hes done as harmony and justice and i hope hes punished on judgment day. The court found that had conspired with another certainly youth than a minor to carry out a revenge attack after a jewish man was killed in a drive by shooting the prosecution said been illegal was alone by the time he got to do and set fire to 2 houses his legal team said he was tortured during enhanced interrogation sessions 2 of his confessions were ruled inadmissible as a result but later ones stood up in court one but only a was convicted in may the Israeli Security service in that said it was a landmark in the fight against jewish terror but others point to the length of this process and also the fact that so many settler attacks go unpunished. Israeli rights group didnt studied hundreds of attacks by israeli civilians on palestinians going back to 2005 and found charges were brought in only 9 percent of cases its very clear that this is the exception of money. Or those criminals are moving freely and those without. Consequences and without any criminal of will see that again. This attack was certainly exceptional in its nature and in the told to be born by its only survivor. 10 years old now the Legal Process thats lasted half his life is at last over but the toll remains are a force that aljazeera lord israel. An aide to former boss carlos is due to go on trial in japan for financial misconduct greg kelly was arrested in 28. 00 he denies under reporting tens of millions of dollars in pay that go and was reportedly promised after his retirement go in was arrested but escaped to lebanon and is wanted by Japanese Police bangladesh is planning to relocate more than 100000 Rohingya Refugees to a Remote Island but Rights Group Amnesty International says the rohingya need to be consulted about the decision aid agencies say theyre concerned by the threat of flooding and cyclons in the region the says the refugees shouldnt be forced to move and those already on the island should be brought back russias president has given his backing to embattled belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on monday they held their 1st face to face meeting since mass protests escalated against local shango lot of repute and says the belarusian people should deal with the political crisis themselves without foreign interference step boston has more from mints. It was clear from the start of the meeting who is calling the shots look at shanghais proven to be a tough negotiator for puttin in the past this time he was taking note of what the russian leader had to say and making his case for moscow support. The main thing and i say its all the time is not to cross the line theres a red line and you are familiar with it you have to draw these lines in chechnya when youre a young president god forbid this happens in belarus there are certain red lines nobody has the right to cross. Tried hard to convince put in that everything was under control but these images of a around a 100000 protesters on the streets of minsk on sunday tell a different story. Images put in does not want to see in russia. When we say what conduct domestic political events are happening in relation to the election in belarus you know our position well we want better relations to sort out the situation themselves without any tips or pressure from outside through dialogue they should come to a common decision. The kremlin says on look at us request its withdrawing the Russian Troops deployed at the belorussian border put in had earlier sat at those troops were ready to intervene in balance if the situation got out of control the russian leader reiterated that agreements between the 2 nations about military cooperation will remain in place its unclear what concessions lookers shanker made to secure put in support the belorussian opposition says it regrets britains decision to hold talks with look at sanka who they call it legitimacy leader they also question the legality of any agreement between the 2 since the election result is widely disputed many here are wondering if the embattled leader is ready to sex. If isis overrun its of his nation just to remain in power he was. Well put in supports no question comes from now the question is for how long he can enjoy the kremlins backing if anything be the recent useful protests across the country not only in the capital members groom in science they will be hoping that over time they compose weight the individuals and groups within the elite that have so far remained loyal to. Their higher loyalty lives with the people you risk turning a population that is well disposed towards russia into one that sees russia as. A leader and then reaching that they no want no longer want to live under despite declaring his support for a look at shank up within is still keeping his options open by endorsing constitutional reforms and better rooster russian leaders seems to accept that theres an expiry date even for a leader who has been in power for 26 years stepped past an aljazeera. Ivory coasts top court has cleared the president to run for inferring term even though a legal limit is set at 2 president Alison Ouattara successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the constitution reset the number the court rejected 40 of the 44. 00 candidates for next months election including the former president Laurent Gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned Prime Minister sorow. The man who story inspired the film hotel rwanda has been charged with terrorism complicity in murder and forming an armed rebel group paul recess of been declined to respond to all 13 charges and denies any criminal wrongdoing hes been credited with saving more than a 1000 lives during the 1994 genocide malcolm webb reports from nairobi. Full recess a beginning appeared in one car in a courtroom in rwandas capital kigali amid tight security prosecutors say that hes responsible for terrorism and involvement in an armed group that carried out attacks inside rwanda hes facing about 12 charges relating to the alleged offenses he declined to plead to the charges he said he wants to face and separately but his family say hes been denied legal representation of his choice and hes just been given lawyers by the Rwandan Government not been allowed to his own legal representation during the 1994 genocide he was credited with saving the lives of more than a 1000 people protecting them inside an International Hotel of which he was the manager at the time the story was made famous by a hollywood movie in 2004 hotel rwanda but since then hes lived in exile and hes been critical of the government of president paul kagame me saying it represents the interests of only a small ethnic tutsi elite criticism isnt tolerated anymore and there are many government critics and people who question the narrative of the genocide of ended up in prison or ended up dead the Court Hearing today didnt shed any further light on how it was 2 weeks ago that was as a beginner had ended up in kigali his family said he left his home in the u. S. And took a flight to dubai they say that he was kidnapped and taken to kigali government has denied that he was kidnapped previously it had said his arrest came as part of an International Cooperation but in the court today their account contradicted that and they said that he was arrested on his arrival in kigali instead the next year in court in just a few days time by the court will hear an application for bail. The latest spoke about donald trump. Residency hits bookstores across the u. S. On tuesday and in at the veteran Journalist Bob Woodward accuses the president of deliberately playing down the coronavirus pandemic alan fischer takes a look back at the controversial books published about trump over the years theyve come from insiders outsiders and even family members the record that the history of the moment the character of the man the nature of the administration no modern presidency has driven book sales like Donald Trumps the 1st year of the term presidency generated around 4500. 00 books in the english language compare that to the Obama Presidency there were about 800. 00 since then many many more books have been placed on the shelves more than 70 have become bestsellers generating millions of sales for their authors the 1st blockbuster came from journalist Michael Wolff the president tried to block publication and field others whove served in the administration have written books to give their side of the story. And others have pledged support in print the dont tend to sell as well people want to be the times they want to read them to you know confirm their own beliefs right but it is. Political entertainment at the same time right on the things that are going on and it is certainly. He is a great subject for a book sale one of the authors of the bestseller a very stable genius admits there have been a lot of books but some are the 1st draft of history some people are motivated by their quick heyday sort of ill admit like if if theres a circus in town its a good idea to sell tickets and there are folks who are are certainly looking at this is an opportunity film i looked at it as an opportunity in a different way which is were serious journalists theres no other theres no other journalism like this going on and we wanted to tell it accurately and fairly the presidency generates on average 2 books a month many have common themes shocking revelations insider ghost but few have had any lasting political effect and dont some i wonder whether or not somebody like i can write good like im a Little People cant stop reading about it alan fischer. Washington. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has visited california which has been hit by record wildfires he denied a link to Climate Change insisting scientists are wrong and it will get cooler be his rifle joe biden called him a climate arsonists more than 20 prodemocracy activists are appearing in a Hong Kong Court on charges over a vigil marking the 1989 tenement square massacre among them are media tycoon jimmy lie and joshua wong the annual event was banned for the 1st time in 3 decades. To be the pollen as following the Court Proceedings in hong kong. The Court Session has just started it is a Pretrial Hearing where they will be calling out the names of each of the defendants and weeding out the charges against them the charges are mostly inciting Illegal Assembly or joining or are going to Illegal Assembly or joining an illegal gathering now as he said that gathering was not given permission for the 1st time and 31 years but people still showed up more than a thousands of them in fact showed up but this group are said to be behind inciting people to come and join millions of students in pakistan are returning to schools and universities there have been a way theyve been away for 6 months because of a coronavirus shutdown the countrys infection rate has dropped to around 200. 00 a day from a peak of 7000. 00 a day or 3 days on the greek island of lesbos say they plan to finish moving 12000 refugees to into tents accommodation in the next 3 to 4 days hundreds have already been relocated after their camp was destroyed last week by fires they have staged protests with many wanting to be moved to the greek mainland. An israeli settler has been handed a life sentences for the murder of 3 members of a Palestinian Family in an arson attack 5 years ago Rights Groups welcome the ruling but say many settler attacks go unpunished an aide to former boss carlos ghosn is due to go on trial in japan for financial misconduct greg kelly was arrested in 2018 he denies under reporting tens of millions of dollars. Because of the latest headlines on aljazeera inside story is next but by. An image can change the way we see the world it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful it can obscure the truth for narratives and rewrite the listening post gives you the true picture on a. Russian Opposition Leader i like saying that they may be sidelined by suspected poisoning but his allies have made red gains in elections they were local polls won easily by the ruling party all signs of discontent though giving it reason to worry this is inside story. Hello welcome to the show im sammys a than now it was an election the ruling party saw as a test of its standing with the people and it appears at least some russians have hinted ethanol while the pro Kremlin Russia unite