what was in this deal and this was his reply talked about the incident over syria this morning can we ask you about the wider context because there's been a deal done between your prime minister and president putin and that's then been indorsed by president trump at helsinki and the world really doesn't know what the deal is can you explain more for us i don't know about. i can tell you one thing. we will not allow anyone to breach i will seventy we will not allow the iranians to build their bases next our borders in the golan heights this is our policy and by means that i now with a very clear about the if when you meet mr putin when you meet mr trump whenever you will meet he will turn to them the same we will not allow the iranians to build their bases next to israel and you have an agreement. we have a policy we don't have an agreement interesting exchange days between you and the israeli ambassador there but let me ask you what we should keep an eye out on on that meeting that's going on right now about special session on israel and

palestine. yeah well the other key issue clearly is now the special coordinator for the u.n. . and off talked about. being just a few days ago the brink of war the fourth war in gaza and he said that that was a verse he had by efforts by the un and by egypt he said there was some small bit of good news that one of the crossings is open and fuel is being allowed into gaza in the last few hours but i can tell you other members of the security council do not believe that the situation is a good situation in fact the current president of the security council the swedish ambassador said the situation was untenable and he said all that was with regard to the international community goes out was a band-aid and he was urging a much bigger solution will continue to watch the meeting as i say nikki haley the

u.s. ambassador to the united nations is speaking now and we'll monitor that for you and see what she has to say all right we will get back to you later james bays our diplomatic radek editor thank you well you can get in touch with us here on the newsgroup we want to hear from you on these stories you can send your comments to any one of our online platforms you can tweet us at a.j. inglis we're also on facebook at facebook dot com news grid you can send us a what's up up plus nine seven four five one one four nine and just use the house side and in is good for any comments or questions you may have now wildfires have killed at least sixty people near the greek capital athens strong winds are whipping up the flames that have destroyed many homes prompting a state of emergency don't knowhow reports. with ferocious intensity the flames tore through homes cars and livelihoods. and the wildfires quickly turned deadly. locked in

a final embrace dozens of bodies discovered in the popular seaside village of mattie east of athens. families had huddled together for safety but found no escape . three other victims further away this place where unfortunately there are twenty six people men women and children. with the keys left in the ignition and first aid supplies left on the seats picture emerges of people abandoning their cars and trying to escape on foot within hours large parts of matty have been destroyed survivors describe running for the sea to escape the choking smoke military and coast guard vessels along with dozens of private boats joined the effort to rescue more than seven hundred people from the beaches some survivors were discovered at sea thanks summer.

we headed towards the sea and fell into the water to get away from the smoke we went in as far as we could after in africa what upsets me and that i carry in my heart is that it's horrible to see the person next to drowning and not being able to help him you can't that's the tragic thing but one of them. there are fears the death toll could rise as rescue crews search the charred remains of houses and the coast guard scows the seas. is the me me. today greece's morning if i'm in memory of those who perished we are declaring three days of national mourning however we should not let the overwhelm us because this is a time to fight to be unified and courageous in the hot dry weather fires burned on the other side of athens to it was panic as greeks looked for their neighbors the

flames closing. this is connecticut a coastal town an hour's drive west of the capital. crews tried to limit the destruction but it was out of their control. and appealed for international help has resulted in additional resources being dispatched from spain and cyprus to deal with the worst wildfires in more than a decade. in two thousand and seven more than eighty people were killed as fires raged across the country for days this year a dry winter has again caused tinderbox conditions with one hundred kilometer an hour winds fanning the flames for greece in peak tourist season the fires are a danger to its fragile economy only adding to the toll of a tragic summer. al-jazeera. well we cannot cross over to barker he is in marty it's one of the worst hit coastal towns to give us an idea any of of how much damage the fires have caused where you are. or during first of

all an update on the death toll that according to greek media it has gone up now to seventy four hundred sixty four adults are also in hospital twenty three children two some of them in a critical condition as jonah mentioned there this is now become a recovery operation a many parts of many houses are still yet to be searched the fear is of course that that death toll could well go up as you mentioned up in the town of monte about thirty kilometers north east of the capital athens one of the worst affected areas it is a beach resort popular with the elderly with holidaying families take a look at this this is just one street among many nearly every single. street has a house like this charred some of them completely destroyed if you look down on the ground here now is that after the fire tore through here the ground is still smoldering it is

a scene of complete devastation in parts and down this road you can see many of the cars. also but to cinders people attempted to escape this area of course by getting in their cars and trying to drive out but many streets of course became clogged others fled down towards the beach heading into the sea to escape the inferno and of course this was the location where not far away from where i am stood right now twenty six people were found locked and then embrace with nowhere to go. the people here who have the house is coming returning to this place some of them who was a still intact packing their cars did what they can and driving off but really people are now coming to terms with the possibility of trying to rebuild their lives here but looking at the scale of the devastation it's hard to imagine how these people will begin doing that yeah it does need but you mentioned that it is now a recovery operation and we know that greece has also asked for international assistance

what sort of help is being offered. yeah that's right will one of the largest recovery and emergency operations is still underway in greece the area around athens around this part of the country is still under a state of emergency hundreds of fire crews had been deployed specialist officers also we know that there are sea patrols checking the waters for any people that may have may have drowned there but also help was quickly asked of greece's european union partners as well we know that cyprus has committed. fire crews we know that they've also given planes and helicopters to spain is sent over to and phoebe an aircraft that can scoop up five and a half. tons of water at a time to try and dampen some of the worst fires a cross the country we know to be only european union turkey has an aircraft on

standby should greece ever quest help from the turks to i don't sting point has been made by alexis sipress the greek prime minister who has raised some concerns about when these fires started in different parts of the country both east and west of athens that some worry that perhaps osten may be to play and as a result they're employing the use of an unmanned drone a u.s. drone to fly over the area looking for anything that's potentially suspicious we know too that a file west of athens between athens and corinth where some of the other fires were has actually reignited so concerns for the safety of people living in that they have been asked to evacuate as quickly as possible what everybody across this part of the country really wants though is a change in the weather most certainly rain is what they are desperate for it is forecast but not any time soon barker giving us the update from matthew thank you.

hundreds of people are missing in la. under construction collapsed in heavy rain sending walls of water in villages so that happened in the southeastern province of poole a government run news agency says six thousand six hundred people have been left homeless and it's working to evacuate survivors has more from neighboring thailand . in this part of southeastern laos villages have disappeared beneath muddy water that cascaded down stream on monday nights. it's not known how many people who've been affected by the partial collapse of the city and say numb noid dam but it's thought that some four thousand families lived in the downstream area the dam was still under construction on a tributary of the mekong river after a recent heavy rain it's believed a warning was issued that a so-called saddle dam built around the reservoir was in danger of collapsing the warning apparently didn't come in time for many people laos is

a landlocked impoverished country that embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of southeast asia by exporting electricity to neighboring countries this dam on the main stream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least seventy that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and express concerns about safety is dam great shows several things that shows that there are there are major risks and downs that have a. down design maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident wayne hay al jazeera bangkok let's not make a clean r. soucy is the regional disaster law consultant of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies says joining us from the capital itself by

a skype thanks very much for speaking to us we know that there is an appeal now by local local authorities for emergency aid can you tell us what you're hearing about what's most needed right now. thank you for. we're here to be working with the lao red cross and. until there are actually to discuss no review of their law tomorrow on his ass or management but unfortunately that is news and there are all of these you know what their response so from the news that we got from the local branch of our across the immediate needs with. shelter i will certainly rescue primarily and then shelter emergency tents. i think right now lao red cross was able to send what your purification unit about two hundred units it was already two hundred. pieces of clothing and.

i think the secretly thought goods are on their way. but with the level of water still high how difficult does that make any rescue attempt any rescue operation and how challenging is it going to be. very challenging so for a government we heard that they are using helicopters to get into the area where the branch of red cross in at the pool we are not sure how they are doing it but they're usually they have well it's a stockpile in these areas and in terms of any numbers that you are getting right now we understand that around six thousand six hundred people have been left homeless this is right across six villages. are you hearing anything different and do you expect this number to rise. so far no actually we have a lower estimate in terms of the number of people are the least our official number of correctness is a thousand people displaced. one seventy people missing in about one hundred houses

that were damaged by the flashlights but i know that the number being circulated by others workers are higher and we will know we'll get more certain figures by tomorrow ok and a right at the beginning of this interview you did mention that you are there to help write a new disaster management law for the country what can you tell us about what is being achieved with. so about the for the disaster management lot of the close location tomorrow will be among the different international development partners based in now the minister of libras will show both her and the other members of the national disaster prevention and control group meet and primera leave the main concern there is to clarify also aside from their roles responsibilities of government agencies in these acts response what would be the proper procedure. for international assistance which i think to date be issued for

the first thing would you create calling for international assistance. and also to declare the area at the full and your state of so we want to put that into law so we have here procedures as well as trying to make sure that the responsibility for early warning is clear in the ok we thank you very much for speaking to us from. the people of the blockade of qatar in a second you're the country's emir is in the u.k. to strengthen ties with a longstanding ally so if the member however funny he met with the prime minister to resume a downing street it's. has more from london. the m.e. is meetings today with the british prime minister and the minister of defense part of a qatari charm offensive that has been in full swing over the last few months we've seen they made of qatar travelling to different capitals meeting with world leaders

rally international support for his country as he continues to face a blockade imposed by its neighbors saudi arabia u.a.e. . and egypt the meeting centered around the boosting you cannot make and military cooperation between britain and qatar the british government has in the past been expressing its desire to see an immediate and to the crisis in the gulf region the highlight of the event was basically the ceremony of the ministry of defense where the emir of qatar percent of the colors of the squadron which is going to be a unit of qatari and british pilots were going to protect the skies above qatar what in two thousand and twenty two when the gulf nation will host the football world cup and this is quite a significant message from the qatari perspective they would like to tell their

neighbors that you're still going on with the blockade however we've managed to consolidate our partnership with keep political and military havey ways such as the us france at no the u.k. . other social media producer sarah fire at is here and there is quite a bit of controversy surrounding a protest against the emir's visit tell us more now we're seeing a lot of on social media now on monday u.k. casting agency offered axes twenty six dollars to take part in what it called an anti cattle event outside of downing street now people who are signed up to the agency then posted screen shots of the call outs e-mail sent to them by a company called extra people now the e-mail. said its client is looking for quote a large group of people to fill space outside downing street during the visit of the president of cats are two very obvious errors there with the use of the word president and the misspelling of cats then the email goes on to say this is an anti

cats event you will not have to do or say anything they just want to fill that space if i take your i just show you because some people including someone called emma who say that one of they'd received this e-mail and then another e-mail had been followed with that saying that they had cancelled the job and they were letting people know they were not taking part in that job anymore but the agency itself is called extra people and they have to eat it this statement putting the arrow they say on taking the job down to a junior booker who didn't consult the upper management and interesting way is while they also posted a screengrab and they said that it's the email correspondence with an agency called net chimpy all they've been contacted by someone called lesley who works for them also that is the same company that was mentioned in that statement. neptune p.r. who are they exactly because if you go to the website you can see it's largely about ms really nerds from ation about who they are actual but if you do

a quick search of u.k. government records she reveals that net chimpy are limited was registered just three months ago and since this whole story has happened and has emerged that she in p.r. has created a twitter account saying it has never had anything to do with the extra people agency but again we see those basic errors repute is the word they use instead of refute and lead instead of lead while it's still not clear who's actually behind all of this fingers are pointing to ward's countries exaggerated in the way those are the blockading countries because for more than a year both those two countries along with the rain and egypt's have imposed a blockade against cats on the been accusing the government of funding terrorism something of course cats are strongly denies that cats are on the other hand says the countries involved are burning it's in an attempt to infringe on its sovereignty. now the countries in dispute with cats are staged p.r. stunts before so it's nothing new and have been known to use automated social media

accounts also known as bots to undermine the country in the hash tag oppose katsav visit that's been trending with katsav i came mostly.