to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way past. here at al-jazeera we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. hundreds of migrants are brought to the italian island of lampedusa after being rescued at sea some of them by a vessel funded by the british street artist banksy. about us and this is a real live from doha also coming up preparing for more demonstrations thousands are expected to hit the streets in bellows demanding president alexander low percentage as steps down. flooding in sudan destroys homes and displaces thousands the government warns the nile river is reaching unprecedented levels and global

coronavirus infection is across $25000000.00 we meet the indonesian sisters taking part of the human trials for a potential vaccine. dozens of migrants who were rescued from the mediterranean sea last week have been brought to the italian island of lampedusa they were among the more than 200 picked up by a charity vessel funded by the british street artist banksy salah bella says more. after radio silence from the italian coast on saturday they responded to calls for help transporting 49 migrants from charity luis michel to the island of lampedusa. it was 32 women and children full main and. an identified migrant who failed in their dream to start a new life in europe. they had been on

a louise michel a search and rescue ship funded by renowned british street artist banksy named after a 19th century french an archivist banksy painted it with a fire extinguisher and tagged it with a modified image of his balloon go. to launch last week from neverland but the sushmita ship and its crew of team have been quickly overwhelmed. it came across nearly 90 people floating in a rubber barge on wednesday in 130 more off the coast of libya eventually with an overcrowded did they take the life rafts to the ship and most are in germany for urgent help but received no assistance the reason that there would not ever to move were because they were going to live for a long time to not overcrowd so much and also to have. 5 a place for the body that they found. as the drama

unfolded banksy posted this on instagram if you. like the guy writing like most people who make it in the art world. to cruise the meat it's a french navy vessel we converted into a lifeboat because. deliberately ignore distress calls from known europeans he goes on to say black lives matter the u.n. says 44000 migrants have crossed the mediterranean this year 5000 have been rescued mainly by charity ships 500 have drowned there is a very dire very. provent a ball and a very unacceptable situation going on and in the mediterranean right now there is deeply deeply concerned by the continued absence of search and rescue search and rescue vessels. the un has cooled figure to do more as a whole so countries like italy imports like lampedusa don't bear

a disproportionate load in the migrant crisis shallot ballasts al-jazeera and other boats with hundreds of migrants and refugees has been allowed to dock at the port of lampedusa patrol boats and italian coast guard rescued the vessel with about 450 people on board the boat was in danger of capsizing because of strong winds. thousands of protesters are expected to gather in delavan sun sunday in what's now been more than 3 weeks of anti-government demonstrations on saturday 1 march to non-state violence against protesters authorities have arrested thousands of people since the disputed election earlier this month they've also started withdrawing accreditation from journalists and expelling them and in baba reports. defying what looks like a crackdown on dissent in belarus these women chanting we won't forget we won't forgive part of what they call a peacekeeping force designed to stop peaceful protesters being intimidated

thousands marched in the capital minsk. since alexander lukashenko was reelected as president earlier this month officially winning 80 percent of the vote there have been daily demonstrations several people have been killed and hundreds more injured and now the authorities have started withdrawing the accreditation of journalists working for foreign media outlets the government says the move was recommended by bellerose his counterterrorism unit opposition leaders from atlanta to kind of sky in exile in if the way near says she's worried about the government targeting the media on saturday she said quote the only way it will attempt to cling on to power is by fear and intimidation there was also a strong reaction from western embassies in minsk in a joint statement they said we condemn the disproportionate use of force and urged the belorussian authorities to stop the violence and the threats to use military force against the country's own citizens and release immediately and unconditionally all those unlawfully detained intimidation and prosecution based on

political grounds need to stop we call on the bell original dorothy's to respect the country's international obligations on fundamental democratic and human rights . the crackdown on journalists comes a day off the e.u. foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on 20 seanie abella russian officials this sanctions against certain list of individuals who are guilty of human rights violations about the roost that is an important step and this will impose a hassle for those people on the list but the regime considers this as the cost of doing business and this won't stop them from further intimidating thinking about letters. the e.u. has its russia not to intervene in belarus after president vladimir putin promised military support for an exam to look at but there's no sign those in power are ready to change their approach to the opposition. but al-jazeera. kano is about the

russian opposition leader country in neighboring poland he believes the question has underestimated the movement against him everybody understand and the stance very well but look at seneca maximum what 'd. 10 percent of the public support these was the real result of the presidential election but in fact you wrote here he. declared that he had to go out 80 percent of the public vote ready which was absolutely not true well below this will never be the same that it's very obvious it. now. post from different sides i mean look us encourage him you know look at shankar faces the opposition 1st of all from the side of the public. society civil society 2nd from the west that didn't recognize the results of the

presidential election and the 3rd because kremlin understands very well. it doesn't have the support. and i think he is the kind of isolated. people itself from the western countries and from russia who publicly support him but in fact understand very well the real support of. people and they will treat him respectfully and voters in montenegro heading to the polls to elect a new parliament the governing party of president and it was a kind of it shows facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with sebi and russia just over his government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. making him one of europe's longest serving leaders in sudan torrential rain and

floods have submerged many parts of the capital the government says the levels of the nile river are unprecedented at least $88.00 people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season here walking reports from khartoum this is all that remains of famine g.d.p. long games after the nile river flooded his home and his neighborhood in finance capital hundreds of he says when he 1st saw the river rising 2 days ago he thought he'd be able to save his home but soon realized other life. but. we put sandbags around the entrance of the house so it won't collapse then i went to help other homes much closer to the nile and when the water continued rising i ran back to make sure my house wouldn't collapse but it did and we lost so much i took my family to a relative's house and now i'm trying to see what i can salvage. dozens of other homes have suffered similar damage destroyed by the river less than 5 kilometers away. i took my kids out when my home got submerged in water or lower

property and life savings have been destroyed by the flood. i have lived here for many years but this is the 1st time the flood has reached this height it's caused a lot of damage my house now has collapsed. meteorologists say the rise in the level of the nile river is due to heavy rains in the south of the country they also say climate change has increased the amount of annual rainfall flash floods have killed scores of people since the start of the rainy season a month ago thousands of properties around the country have been destroyed hundreds have been displaced some living in tents of us staying behind to guard what is left of their shelters for many families who've lost their properties in the floods they journeyed to starting over is one that will take some time the country is going through an economic crisis with inflation soaring at 150 percent and as families wait for the water levels to recede they remain concerned about the potential

spread of water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera sudan's government says it expects more floods in the coming days as heavy rains continue to fall in the highlands of neighboring ethiopia the source of much of the miles of water not if. we speak to an increase in the normal level in all situations especially from khartoum going northwards so we're urging those people on the banks of the noire limits branches not just to be alert but to help protect the areas in their villages and come together for osama the damage is already done he's hoping the government now focuses on assisting those who have been affected by the floods so that they can get over the crisis and rebuild their lives he will morgan on to 0 her term floods in asia have killed at least 45 people and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes every rain has caused the new river to overflow the capital the army has shut down hundreds of grain stores have been damaged thousands of people in kenya have been forced to abandon their homes after

a drastic rise in the levels of legs along the rift valley homes schools hospitals on roads are underwater environmentalists saying decades of deforestation and unusually heavy rains this year have contributed to the disaster. it has been to lake ballingall for the water has risen by around 12 meters in the past 7 years. that's our boat on lake baringo in kenya's rift valley but this area wasn't always covered by the lake and its waters are hundreds of homes some schools clinics and markets many thousands of acres of farmland as well as several islands also marched as the water continues to rise at about 2 and a half centimeters a day longer sariel and who has recently moved to higher ground after house was claimed by the lake villages on an island that has been split into 3 and they learn or not or know this island was whole and we could move around now the water separated us from our relatives i don't even have

a boat to go to the other parts of the village people here say they started seeing the phenomenon in 20. since then the water level has risen by up to 12 metres environmentally decades of deforestation siltation and unusually heavy rains this year are the course this is a new village that was built a few months back after people were displaced by the floods but water is again on their doorsteps and they will have to move soon they tell us life is stuff they're dealing with the cold mosquitoes and other animals like crocodiles and he pours yet they don't know where to go next i had spoil was recently killed by a crocodile several tourist hotels are also struggling to stay above water. this is a reception area of the lodge where we were staying beyond it was a carpark 6 years ago and right here the lake was about 500 meters away as you can see in the hotel next door is all gone the manager shows us what remains of

a one story cabin that accommodated up to 7 guests and a picture of what it used to be 6 years ago we had for this go to this head and i love for bond us. virgin large camping ground over there and this was sitting on around 10 piece of land this is a freshwater lake which hundreds of thousands of people depend on for their basic needs it has no known outlet and is largely fed by rivers whose source is a mouse forest one of the region's most important water catchment areas but government officials say people are destroying the forests through illegal logging and farming some people are suggesting building a canal for the excess water to flow out by it's not clear what impact that will have on those downstream and the lake itself for now on this area and thousands of other kenyans who leave here have to fend for themselves they say at the rate the

lake is rising they might soon run out of higher ground catherine soy al jazeera kenya still ahead on al-jazeera. easy ne has been. demanding answers the families of victims of enforced disappearances in pakistan urge the government to take action a german police break up a large protest against coronavirus restrictions in berlin because only a few people are wearing masks or keeping their distance. rather unsettled picture across central europe down to the south as well you can see all this cloud with some fun in there as well but i don't see bad across much of portugal and spain and so the east coast people have been enjoying the fine warm

sunny weather cool september is just around the corner with a happy and thunderstorms this is you can see is across into me orca in the western end of the mags and then just 24 hours ago there was some storm damage in turin italy and now those storms headed across towards milan and you can see here the damage done to the buildings down through sunday this going he's a very heavy rain again across the central region and again the sunny down and snow than eki but those rains really begin to push through germany on tools poland and they could be heavy at times and warnings in place we could have some severe thunderstorms that line of rain will work its way further north and east as we go through monday but at the same time another band of very heavy rain sweeping across much of italy and as pushing into the far north and west of the balkans mnemonics a really good picture want to scottish as a fair amount of cloud but sunny for rome for the next couple of days there is that rain in the forecast which is really what we should be saying for this time of year of course as a say when in september belgrade again is in the story that rain on the way but the sunny skies remain in bucharest.

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your child is here a reminder of our top stories this hour the italian coast guard has transferred 49 migrants to lump a doozer after taking them off a stranded rescue vessel there among 200 people who were picked up by a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy. more protests are expected in bello who said day after thousands of women marched to condemn state violence authorities have detained thousands of people since antigovernment protests began more than 3 weeks ago. to venture rain and floods have submerged many parts of sudan's capital of whom the government says the nile rivers levels are unprecedented dozens have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season. a global spotlight is being put on victims of so-called enforced disappearances this sunday rights groups say pakistan has one of the worst records with thousands of political activists taken against their will

and held in secret al-jazeera spoke. to one woman whose father was seized by unidentified man last year charles stratford has her story. the talks father idris is a well known human rights campaigner in pakistan on november 13th last year he disappeared in a police statement his driver said that an identified armed men stops their car put bags over their heads and drove them away in a separate vehicle the driver was released 2 days later if you see me has been through for. me if you try to knock on if you don't. mention the police. and it wasn't you who loses one. and it's so high it's fine to see that so many families have to go through this do you through still in years and we need andy and. in the

end he still has the organization defense of human rights pakistan says idris is one of the around 5000 people portrayed as having been subject to in forced disappearance in pakistan in recent years including journalists political and human rights activists and suspected members of armed groups many protests against the practice of been held families are demanding to know the whereabouts and fate of their missing loved ones in june the united nations released a statement condemning what it described as the widespread silencing of human rights defenders through intimidation secret detention torture and in 1st disappearance with the with the direct involvement of the pakistani government with its complicity complacency that's my brother has been missing since 2017 and since then my mother self has deteriorated we're worried about our health we demand pakistan's army chief to help us in his recovery. promised by his. prime minister

imran khan was a vocal critic of enforced disappearances while in political opposition after being elected in 2018 he approved a draft law criminalizing the practice but 2 years later the rule still has not been presented to parliament for approval it is absolutely shameful that after 2010 there was a report of the national commission on it forced to simply and insist. elected government has enforced are implemented any of its. pakistan's minister of human rights offers no explanation why it's taking so long to pass the law for them and they said we do need more and more on this one from government. that they can see if we live in the moment when we look forward

for 5 years on i wonder does that mean talia made a video as part of the family's campaign demanding more information about their missing father in a rare acknowledgement of an enforced disappearance the military has confirmed that idris is facing charges on the pakistan's secrets act the family has filed a petition in the high court ordering the government to tell them where he is so far they have heard nothing they are increasingly afraid about the safety of a man they say has for years worked tirelessly to improve human rights in pakistan stratford al jazeera turkey's foreign minister is warning greece that its plans to extend territorial waters in the aegean sea could lead to war and ends 2 weeks of military exercises northwest of cyprus both sides have accused each other of violating their airspace there's been months of tension over who controls gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean turkey's vice president echoed the foreign

ministers warning. it's a member greece wants to expand its maritime boundaries for 12 additional miles that means we will not be able to move not our commercial ships nor our tourism ferries nor our fishing boats they really expect us to accept this if this is not a cause for war than what is one person's been shot and killed in the u.s. city of portland the violence broke out between supporters of donald trump and counter protesters at a rally on saturday portland has been the site of nightly demonstrations for more than 3 months since the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis. dozens of people have marched in the u.s. city of conneaut show where jacob blake was shot by police nearly a week ago the event follows another night of protests which remained peaceful more than 1000 national guard members from wisconsin and 3 other states on watch after earlier unrest in the city 29 year old blake was shot in the back 7 times and he's been left power lies. my nature is to protect my son.

my son when he cannot stand up. to us but. now. the right. mood or. the right. to do it. the global number of confirmed corona virus infections has now surpassed 25000000 and in cities across europe thousands have been protesting against government imposed restrictions. hundreds gathered in central london they want the government to withdraw safety measures put in place to stop the spread of covert 19 the u.k. is the 2nd worst affected country in europe with more than 334000 cases reported so

far there were similar protests in the swiss city of 0 tick people were calling for an end to mandatory ma schools there also urging the government not to make a coronavirus vaccine compulsory. but the biggest march was in berlin thousands of protesters defied a police ban and violated social distancing rules to join the mass rally against covert 1000 restrictions on the king reports from the german capital. for weeks the daily number of new coronavirus infections in germany has been rising yet for these people in berlin what matters most is their right not to observe any restrictions not to wear masks not to follow social distancing and to show their anger at the politicians who have imposed them. illegal eilis is illegal the whole government is illegal everything is illegal and corona is just a medium to heavy flu a pandemic that is being used to enslave us humans. that view is not shared by the

police who tried and failed twice on friday to persuade the courts to ban the demonstration saying the protesters posed a serious risk mention of and of was going on and that's these are people that we can assume as coronavirus skeptics have taken no precautions in recent months in a time when infection numbers are increasing we don't believe these gatherings to be responsible. the protesters are made up of many different groups some from the political fallout of society some from the far right what unites them is a sense of injustice and rights being lost demonstrations like these pose this country's politicians a serious ethical dilemma forcing them to balance on the one hand the rights of individuals to protest against government measures with which they disagree and on the other hand the rights of the wider community to be protected as far as possible from the risk of coronavirus infection it's

a risk ministers say is growing blame is is just some fruits of war the problem is the numbers are too high too early given that winter is coming and we don't currently know what effect it will have and hell the flu and other illnesses will affect it the numbers are too. high at this early stage. that's why they all thora g.'s have tried so hard to prevent scenes like these and why they're so fearful of what effect so many people might have when they're in such close proximity to each other without masks dominic kane al-jazeera berlin and asia's reporting nearly 3000 new coronavirus cases on sunday for the past 3 days it's counted record numbers of infections is led to health officials advancing trials of a potential vaccine developed in china jessica washington has more from bundle. the system is a used to doing almost everything together and now yet another shared experience

a part of the trial of a potential covert 19 vaccine tell me that if this vaccine works praise god indonesia will go back to normal and we can go anywhere without being what each day they feel in a health report and so far they've had no thought of facts on it and i've suffered in the more you get that they did human trials in phase one and 2 and they were fine and so there's no need to be afraid more than 2000 indonesians signed up for the trial of the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical manufacture a sign of back. dr has also pointed indonesia's medical community has been hit hard by the outbreak and dozens of doctors and nurses have died he hopes he can help his colleagues. know that i mean. i don't feel like we're being used as guinea pigs in this time of the pantomimic this is an honor for us. the proposed vaccine

has previously been tested in china now advanced trials are taking place in countries with higher rates of infection base 3 trials are expected to last around 6 months and if the vaccine does work indonesia's state owned pharmaceuticals manufacturer says it will increase production capacity and aim to produce around $250000000.00 doses of the vaccine by the end of the year. the government has signed a deal with son of that to purchase 50000000 doses of vaccine concentrate and take part in a technology transfer. according to those running the trial in indonesia that's good for both nations yet the one thing infection rate is still high here we can benefit from this trial if it is successful in the michele field one of the 1st countries to get the vaccine analysts say the outcome of the vaccine race could have long term impacts on global politics if. it's.

son of a vaccine candidate is also being tested in brazil and has been approved for late stage trials in bangladesh just to washington al-jazeera then to indonesia. this is all just series of the top stories they tell in coast guard has transferred 49 migrants to lampedusa after taking them off a stranded rescue vessel there among 200 migrants who were picked up by a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy and the bottom line is more can be done to show solidarity and by providing. more spots across states to take in to take in refugees and these individuals who are in need of

international protection need an excel aerated process imagine being stranded at sea for weeks on end only to reach dry land to then have a stalled process for your asylum claim to be processed more needs to be done and we have to recall that you know these are refugees these are people who are fleeing conflicts from around the world who are in need of safety and the situation in europe is manageable another boat with hundreds of migrants on board has been allowed to dock in the produce a patrol boats on the italian coast guard rescued the migrant vessel with about 450 people on board more protests are expected in bello loose a day after thousands of women marched to condemn state violence authorities have detained thousands of people since demonstrations began more than 3 weeks ago against the rule of president alexander lukashenko. voters in montenegro are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament the governing party of president kind of each is facing opposition

from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia the you can overshoot governments has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. . the global number of confirmed corona virus infections is now surpassed 25000000 and in cities across europe thousands have been protesting against government restrictions. after. hundreds gathered in central london they want the government to withdraw all safety measures put in place to stop the spread of covert 19 the u.k. is the 2nd worst affected country in europe with more than 334000 cases and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talk to all of us here goodbye the deadline it's drawing near the ivory coast his rival parties to nominate that presidential candidates. october's election is likely to be

a major test for the country's security who will face the people in a run for the highest office i recall presidential candidates on al-jazeera. the. dark side of the moon is one of the best selling albums of all time and pink floyd a rock music legend and so is their cool found a bass player sing the song writer and human rights champion roger waters after selling hundreds of millions of records. in 1985 because of growing disenchantment with the music industry and his band 35 years on and he still selling out concerts around the world. with his dog biting lyrics. on a rare musical journey and offstage has been a loud voice when.