terrorists the database on al-jazeera. on home soil to australian journalist returned from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff. about mcleod this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up scorched earth in california wildfires burning through more of the state than ever before. more controversy is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who ruined south africa. and remembering the sudanese town that is no

longer the attempt to revive its ancient culture. so that into a straight and journalists have returned home from china after a diplomatic standoff chinese police had demanded interviews with the pet and initially bought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a.b.c. and the other from the financial review so refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safe departure was negotiated this comes after the arrest of another straightly journalist john lay who was working for china's state owned channel c g t n. that is. why you. believe that if there is. a country with genuine rule of law but. 5 this is a whirlwind of some kind of. got a few good. well let's bring in mark

a straw man in sydney he's the president of australia's media union and media entertainment and arts alliance markets so mike smith and bill birtles back home now but clearly unable to do their job what do you make of all this well we're very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china they're clearly not so and this is a very disturbing pattern we've seen. channel a is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a union and german who's in jail and has been so to 18 months facing it's been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the chinese government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic gown as you say this one in jail is trying lay is being detained as she works for the chinese state broadcaster c n n what more do you know of her confinement at the moment what news is that coming

through to you. well we know very little and then this is again a pattern you you hear very little about what happens up to journalists that detained we know that that has received consular assistance but that's that's about it and this appease to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of tit for tat tied in with trade disputes china's long struggle weeks the united states maybe a stranger is seen as a as a as a pawn or a patsy for the united states it's very unclear what's going on and it's very disappointing because i mean china does not have a civil society where freedom of the press exists so it's disturbing that that pattern is being rolled out against western and other journalists you know

a diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to cover china if this indeed is is being driven by deteriorating relations between the trailer in china what assistant are the a strain in government given giving your members they work overseas in places like china. journalists in australian journalists in china are getting full support and know that there was a lot of support from a stroll in foreign foreign affairs to support the extraction of those 2 journalists and that's very welcome. but it's we're also very concerned about the support staff that are left behind because as you know the bureau is not just one person but it is a series of people who are there to support the telling of stories in the reporting of information so we're worried about. china it seems then acting with impunity

what what pressure can be brought to bear if any. well that it is unclear china is playing a along again and as i said this seems to be a secondary aspect to a diplomatic game that they're playing that a concern for us is that this is not just china as this is a this seems to be you know an assault against journalism and journalists across the world as you know your own. reporter drew ambrose in malaysia it was facing. legal problems over a documentary that al-jazeera broadcast there this week we have another member of ours julian assange too is facing extradition to the united states all reporting information that revealed war crimes carried out by the united states in the iraq war so we're very concerned that this is a pattern. of impunity been carried out against journalism in the public's right to not. mark a straw man we appreciate your time joining us here on this mark

a strong president of australia's media union that china is accusing indian troops of foreign warning shots during a confrontation on the disputed border beijing says indian soldiers crossed the boundary in the western region on monday china says its troops to quote countermeasures both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area which runs through the western himalayas tensions have been high since clashes in june left 20 indian soldiers dead. wildfires in california will the nate 100000 pictures this year it's a new record for the u.s. state which continues to battle with extremely high temperatures and dozens of photos before a group as its report. residents living near the angeles national forest have been told to prepare for the worst for costas say strong winds will push a large wildfire in that direction our number one priority for this fire is the protection

of life property situation that we have right now. is a life threatening situation with the weather forecast that we have for the next 3 days. the forest blaze is one of 23 raging across california and we really need to pay attention to any instructions on evacuation the fire is likely to move south toward 6 communities a lot of people a lot of property to the south of this fire right now california has suffered more the 900 wildfires since made organist extreme heat and lightning strikes have been blamed but one fire was started by a fireworks display during a family celebration started i was pushing to the east end in north and big westerly wind shift you know and today was moved to the south 8 people have been killed during this year's wildfire season the challenge now is to help bring the

blazes under control barbara and. sara. there have been protests for a 6th straight nights in new york state over the case of daniel prude a black man who died after being arrested them straight is in rochester calling for the 7 officers involved to be charged and convicted they have been suspended with pay crude was arrested in march police put a hood over his head and held him down he lost consciousness and elated. and in a state of oregon hundreds of pro trump supporters a rally near the city of portland they later clashed with counter protesters near the state's capital building police made a number of arrests. trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a coronavirus vaccine might be ready by next month just ahead of the presidential election his rival joe biden says science should dictate when a vaccine is made available the pandemic is front and center in the minds of voters and precautionary measures have also seen a more subdued start to the election campaign compared to 2016 this was when jordan

. crowds flags thumbs up for a victory this seen on labor day 2016 for both donald trump and hillary clinton as they end their running mates started the general election campaign fast forward to 2020 where president trump convened what he called a press conference at the white house in reality this is the 2nd campaign event here in as many weeks trump said his administration will be the one to end the cold 1000 pandemic not that of a potential president joe biden this could have taken 2 or 3 years and instead it's going to be going to be done in a very short period of time could even have it. during the month of october trump's comments came after by campaigning in pennsylvania accused him of letting politics not science guide efforts to develop

a covert $900.00 vaccine. but the problem. my problem. i think there are 3 or if you have really good. luck. going on the mining public. for biden and trump's running mates labor day campaigning was more traditional both mike pence and kamel harris reaching out to blue collar voters in wisconsin and will cross pence talked up trumps trade policies as good for workers and attack towers for voting against that meantime harris was across the state in the long where she met with the family of jacob blake a black man shot and paralyzed by a white police officer blake is the latest symbol of troubled race relations in the u.s. during trump's tenure there kind of a family and they've been doing it and they can do it but that's ok maybe a great time they came to play

a lot of places on their shelves with $56.00 days until election day joe biden is polling ahead of donald trump anywhere from $4.00 to $11.00 points but there's also a u.s. political tradition known as the october surprise that's a major event that could persuade voters to choose one candidate over the other based on how he responds to a major crisis in real time trouble suggesting that could come in the form of a coronavirus vaccine but his opponent argues that the search for a cure should not be the tool of political expediency rosalyn jordan al-jazeera. but meanwhile the mandela foundation is called to trump arrogant and uninformed after reportedly made disparaging remarks about black world leaders trump's former lawyer michael cohen is releasing a book which has the president described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa so that no black leader can run a country and is having a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and for financial friends. still

ahead here on al-jazeera too old a soldier's fiance calls it a fast death sentence for some of the saudi hit squad who killed the journalist in 2018 a cut to jail term. in a major party packing the beaches in brazil to mark independence day despite a road of ours crisis. hello welcome to another look at the international forecasts it's looking pretty quiet across the middle east now we have still got the hates just around the levant temperatures still getting up into the low to mid thirty's here few showers just around the caucasus between the black sea and the caspian sea but that aside we're really looking at a case of lots of hazy sunshine and temperatures getting up into the high thirty's

so the high forty's there for kuwait and also for baghdad the low forty's here in doha $4142.00 over the next couple of days still a chance of want to choose showers around the southern end of the red sea joining up with the showers we have across central parts of africa making their way further west which song there is a sickly wave some big downpours still continuing into south sudan pushing across into the central african republic right the way across into the gulf of guinea southern parts of nigeria kit but to see some flooding as we go through the next day or so some light showers continuing to into cameroon all the way down towards angola to the south of that it does look generally dry with plenty of sunshine we'll see a little bit of cloud clearing away from the eastern cape so far to pass some quiet weather coming through 24 celsius in capetown a 21 importer lizabeth little cola as we go through wednesday.

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australia reporters in china have been rushed home amid safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff. they sought refuge in australian compounds on the departure was it. wildfires have burned more than 800000 hectares in california this year that's a record for the u.s. 15000 firefighters are battling almost 2 dozen blazes. and donald trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a coronavirus vaccine might be ready next month just ahead of the election his rival joe biden says science should dictate when in fact see it's available. saudi arabia is being criticized a verse decision to overturn the death sentences handed down to members of the hit squad which killed journalist jamal khashoggi 8 people have now been given jail terms of between 7 and 20 years because he was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 he says the court ruling did not meet international expectations while the u.n. investigator called it a parody of justice. as the. the saudi hit squad accused of killing

journalist jamal khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul that's where a prominent and well connected chrissake of saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while $21.00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and close trial that there was no international observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not published. and there's no more. appeal possible so the nature of the evidence only you know every technical part of the trial almost has been questioned by. internationally accepted judicial standards last year 5 of them were given the death penalty for

the killing but that's been kept to 20 years in prison 3 others have been given sentences of 7 to 10 years and will say is calling a fast i think. the whole verdict seems to me to have been manipulated and i way they used of course they get behind a fig leaf according to practice legal practice in saudi arabia and the family has the right to commute any sentence and the family has issued such a flourish and most probably under duress i don't think it was done really knowing the family. knowing the man so i was surprised by their 2 official gee sounds made the saudi king and crown prince in the weeks after they found his killing the cia and other intelligence agencies have said there's a direct link between the crown prince and the murda the case caused worldwide outrage and tarnished mohammed bin sahlins reputation but several of those in the

hit squad coming from. then his in a circle though he denies involvement the u.n. experts who investigated is murder said in a series of tweets the saudi prosecution performed one more act today in this parody of justice but these verdicts carry no legal all moral legitimacy she went on to say that crown prince mohammed bin solomon remained well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdicts can't be allowed to whitewash what happened the saudi prosecutor says this causes the case both privately and publicly many say justice for his shoghi has not been served brian al jazeera the european union is calling on batteries to immediately release more than 600 people who were detained for protesting on sunday it's also condemning the disappearance of a prominent opposition activist kolesnik over is missing after being snatched off the street by masked men and taken away in a van in the center of the capital minsk she's one of 3 women who joined forces

before last month's disputed presidential elections to challenge alexander lukashenko and she's the only one who hasn't fled belarus or veronica carlo is another of the 3 women who spearheaded the opposition campaign she is in exile in poland and told al-jazeera it's a typical tactic of lucas shank his regime to intimidate his opponents. country in belarus you know it's a whole can normally it's not normal but in a good sense but it's normal when the people get the 1000 without any explanations so hopefully she will be released as soon as possible because i read away about her you know in belarus the entire nation became leader so it's so easy if you see the leaders that we see their leaders everywhere now in the streets in the students in the universities in the affect the race in the play plans location prejean works this way everything and they see a leader and they would like to isolate this is the air from the people from the

nation and these just so-called as i said it's normal in ghost right now but hopefully a location will not be able to be 9500000 people for a bill it was because there was simply it will not be any space in the prisons. and nearly $300.00 ranger refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia off to drifting it soon for several months at least 30 people died on the journey from bangladesh those who survived to be moved to temporary shelter but it's not clear if they'll be allowed to stay in indonesia jessica washington reports now from jakarta that after 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey and though safe in the news in provence accounting nearly $3100.00 refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on the long trip from bangladesh. fortunately we came to indonesia and indonesian people are really helpful towards us local authorities and working with the un's refugee

agency to provide support including medical care. that. i couldn't stretch my legs when i slept we were just sitting so it affected our legs so much that we almost got paralyzed some of the group told al jazeera they were trying to get to malaysia knows engineers are finite. i have my sisters in the camps so i wanted to go to malaysia to earn money to support them i've come here from the camps of bangladesh they came ashore at beaches along a chinese coast overnight huddled together in darkness not knowing what would happen next hours later they were moved to a temporary shelter. hundreds of thousands of for him to have fled from land where they face violence and persecution to bangladesh from then many try to reach southeast asian countries by boat to escape poverty in crowded refugee camps community groups are trying their best to help with food and other essentials

coming up in a half an hour they said they were from bangladesh and going to malaysia but the boat became broken so they stranded and actually chinese welcomed them with open arms. as they get health checks and say it's not clear if they'll be allowed to stay here in indonesia back at the theater they'll be kept here for the time being in tents and in the building the u.n.h.c.r. and government will read just that each of them. many of those we spoke to have made the same plane after the english out of it if the indonesian government allow us to study we will stay and if they don't allow us then maybe america australia or canada might take us they desperately hoping they can make a new home for themselves wherever they're accepted to school washington al-jazeera jakarta. 2 people have been killed in japan and for a missing off the typhoon haiyan back to the country on sunday more than 300000

people are still without power after the typhoon smashed the south of the country with record winds and heavy rains 2 people are also missing in south korea of the heisman trucked across the korean peninsula it has now weakened to a tropical storm over north korea. brazil has independence day without the pomp and ceremony of its annual military parade because of the coronavirus pandemic but that did not stop brazilians from celebrating despite the country dealing with one of the world's worst 1000 outbreaks one of the young like you have has more now from. a toast to independence in rio de janeiro overlooking a crowded beach. you could be mistaken for thinking brazilians are celebrating not just their freedom from portugal but from the coven 1000 pandemic as well with no social distancing and barely any masks the. president jalal so narrow himself didn't use one during the short independence day ceremony in the country's

capital but he did cancel the usual military parade a stark reminder the brazil is 3rd on the list of most infected countries with almost 127000 dead back in rio his supporters made up for the lack of festivities with a rally on cup a cup on a beach it lacked olivera like the president downplays the virus he says it's a pretext to silence bolts on matters voters'. masks a muzzle stare shut us up at school or lift us to vengeance subdue the brazilian people but we will continue defending bolsa narrow against congress and the supreme court who don't comply with his wishes as they should. not everybody out 6 of the credit reporting presents very little cannot go back to procure the right corner of her daughter baywatch ok. but as it

says constitutional monarchies work better than republics and brazil once an empire already has a near to the throne. anything is better than communism we've already been through 13 years of leftist governments. 3 recent posts a bull so not a would defeat his opponents of presidential elections were held today but many who voted for him are disappointed with his family so legit involvement in corruption scandals and the president's lack of response to the virus and what they need people call for q i voted for both scenario because i was sick of the corruption scandals but he is irresponsible and has done everything one must not to in a pandemic setting about example he is unbalanced. she says the government's handouts during the pandemic have helped boost poso matters popularity the president has just reduced by half the emergency aid of $115.00 a month which has benefited millions of brazil's poor. but he also promised to keep

paying it until the end of the year after november's municipal elections. al-jazeera rio de janeiro. oblivion code says ruled that the former president evo morales cannot run for senate in next month's elections the ruling upholds a previous decision by the country's electoral tribunal that does not to meet residency requirements he's currently living in exile in argentina following his resignation after last year's disputed elections cameroon is set to hold its 1st ever regional elections in december it's aimed at quelling ongoing violence in 2 of its western regions the president promised a special status to the english speaking regions where years of separatist fighting is left thousands dead one main opposition leader says he will boycott the vote unless a ceasefire is the case yet it so it goes capital dakar is under water following

devastating floods in the country at least 4 people have been killed and thousands of residents have been left homeless several organizations and some opposition groups of question why the government didn't set up adequate flooding defense plans a president marcus allen was criticized for attending an eco us summit during the crisis. well sudan is enduring some of the worst flooding in years destroying dozens of villages and for some it's brought back memories from almost 5 decades ago when an entire town and a cherished culture was lost to flooding here morgan has a story now from northern sudan nearly twice a month a huge smile comes to this library in the town of had fun he says the pictures remind him of the few memories he has of the old town in the far north of sudan a town that disappeared nearly half a century ago when he was 7 years old. i don't. remember the village i was born in a period of displacement from old town for i was around 7 years old when he was one

of the most beautiful places in the country 190 really trees many palm trees are under the nozzle near by which everything in the town revolved around. the mouth of march the old town in 1964 during the filling of the reservoir for egypt's aswan high dam old house had more than 2 dozen villages most of which had been there for centuries endemic 20th century it had an estimated population of 60000 people most who identified themselves as new beings had for is all to regarded by some historians as the cradle of civilization that dates back to 7000 b.c. it was also where many of the historical to denise kingdom stemmed from including the kingdoms of neptune. newbie a couple parts of more than the egypt and stretches to sudan's capital hot zone an area that's now dotted with historical sites of the civilization this part of the lake behind me covers all of the 27 villages that were submerged as a result of the filling of the reservoir of egypt's high down most of the residents

of those villages have been moved to the east of the country and most of the artifacts of the newbie and heritage have been moved to museums but elders say the essence of the new being culture was destroyed with the flooding of the old house on the lake became known as newbie in sudan where 20 percent of the aswan dam stories of war is archaeologists say the extent of the loss of artifacts in all hell fire was not known when the filling of the reservoir started here a month ago here farea had traces of all the historical periods from the stone age to the eras of the various 1000000 kingdoms to the areas of religious invasions all those periods had left traces and health and that's mostly lost with the flooding is the old tale. newbie and elders of the state their language and culture are slowly fading away some eldest teach the younger generation the history of song and dance in the hopes of keeping the libyan culture alive. the younger generation have to learn everything about the nubian culture such as the

clothes the language the songs and dances so much has been lost half a century ago with the floods we have to preserve what little is left a human now writes books on have fun and a town that no longer and he says he hopes the day comes when pictures of the all time are displayed in national museums for all to know of the newbie in culture he will morgan al-jazeera why do so damn. so this is al-jazeera these are the top stories and to illustrate the reporters in china who have been rushed home with safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff they sought refuge in australian compounds while their departure was negotiated comes after the arrest of another strain in journalist last month i decided. to. leave it there. in. the country with genuine rule of law but.

5 this is a whirlwind of some kind of. got a particularly good experience. wildfires have burned more than 800000 hectors in california this year that's a record for the u.s. state 15000 firefighters are battling almost 2 dozen places one of them is believed to have been sparked by pirate technics at a party in san bernardino county china is accusing indian troops of foreign warning shots during a confrontation on the disputed border beijing says indian soldiers crossed the boundary in the western region on monday china says its troops to quote countermeasures tensions have been high since clashes in june left 20 indian soldiers dead. donald trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a corona virus vaccine might be ready next month just ahead of the election as rival joe biden says science should dictate when a vaccine is available. in protest for

a 6th straight nights in new york state over the case of daniel prude a black man who died after being arrested demonstrators in rochester a calling for the 7 officers involved to be charged and convicted was arrested in march please put a hood over his head and held him down he lost consciousness and later died so idea rabia is facing criticism for overturning the death sentences for members of the squad who killed journalist jamal khashoggi 8 people have been hunted jail terms of between 7 and 20 years or so ji was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 20182 people have been killed in japan and for a missing of the typhoon haiyan battered the country on sunday star week into a tropical storm over north korea state headlines got more news coming up right after stream. talk to old is there a school is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode

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