on a on line be part of the debate. when no topic is off the table is taking on august the semi-colons that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way he skewed way to business if we're going to adapt to climate breakout this stream on out is the. india and china accuse each other's armies of firing shots and violating agreements in a disputed himalayan border region. tell you watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha. also coming up back home to australian journalists returned from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff donald trump is accused of trying to rush through

a coronavirus vaccine for political gains and calling for help anger in senegal over the government's response to devastating floods yes. thank you very much for joining us india and china are both accusing the others soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of control in the western region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called countermeasures but a short time ago india's military laid the blame with china accusing it of provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid firing a using firearms in the area will be live with elizabeth rainham in india's capital new delhi in just a moment but 1st a katrina you in beijing so katrina once again we have conflicting claims from both

sides about what's happening at that border region what is beijing saying happened in the state this incident. that's right fully well according to china's military this is the 2nd time they say that indian troops have violated aboard this border agreement in the past 2 weeks now they say that this took place in the eastern lundahl area which is close to china's tibet an autonomous region along this border area and according to the chinese side there were some chinese troops which approached the indian side in order to conduct negotiations and then they say that some indian troops fired at the chinese side and as a result china's military were forced to take countermeasures although we don't know exactly what form those countermeasures took and also we don't know whether there were any casualties involved in this incident now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will

be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years there had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball along this disputed area both sides and able to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now when our firearms have not been used but things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that it's conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at different levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5 indian civilians and china's foreign ministry when asked about this said they

didn't have any information saying simply that there were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but china's foreign ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side thank you for that katrina you in beijing let's go to elizabeth for the view from india in new delhi so as we've said liz both sides usually avoid using firearms in india is denying be behind this latest escalation. hi folly the latest statement from the indian army shows just how intractable this legs a standoff between the 2 countries is the indian army is saying that at no point did it transgress across that line of actual control the unofficial border between the 2 countries or resort to any aggressive means including firing they are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of india's positions and when they were just weighted by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air they're also saying that despite

a grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they are committed to just engagement to deescalation that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and they're also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing this an attempt to mislead its domestic and international audience now this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense ministers at the shanghai cooperation organization summit it was the highest level meeting between the 2 countries since the current standoff began in may as and we also had both sides saying that the other agreed to deescalate the situation after that but we have had so many rounds of talks at different levels since may and each time they maintain that they are

committed to disengaging and get we've had more incidents including the most serious between the 2 countries in june when those 20 indian soldiers and unknown number of chinese soldiers were killed and we do have a meeting between the foreign ministers of the 2 countries coming up again coming up rather again at that shanghai cooperation organization summit on thursday thank you for that and this is a random line for a senior demi. in other news 2 australian journalists have returned home from china following attends diplomatic standoff which left them fearing arrest chinese police had demanded interviews with the pair and initially bought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a.b.c. and the other from the financial review sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safe departure was negotiated it comes after the arrest of another australian journalist john ney who works for china's state owned channel. decided. what do you. believe the likelihood is.

in. a country we genuinely love or. this is the world when the so called. is going to be given to the spirit. marcus trauma is a present of australia's media union the media entertainment and arse alliance he says china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips. we're very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china they're clearly not safe and this is a very disturbing pattern we've seen. chung they is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a union in german who's in john has been so for 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 can you hear very little about what happened to journalists or detained we know that that has received consular assistance but that's that's about it and this appears 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 with this united states maybe a stray here 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 diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to

cover china. state t.v. in bella rose says a prominent opposition activists missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine maria kolesnik over was seen being snatched off a street in men's by masked men and taken away in a van that state media says she was instead removed from a car attempting to cross the border on tuesday morning she is one of 3 women who joined forces before last month's disputed presidential elections to challenge president alexander lukashenko. yes president donald trump is being accused of playing politics for suggesting a corona virus vaccine could be ready by next month just ahead of the presidential election 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 $26.00 seen as ross in

jordan now reports. crowned flags thumbs up from victory the scene on labor day 2016 for both donald trump and hillary clinton as they and 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 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 vaccines. one of the problems we find with public.

i think there are 3 or if you have really good. thing. going on the mining public. for biden and trumps running mates labor day campaigning was more traditional both mike pence and kabul harris reaching out to blue collar voters in wisconsin in lacrosse pants talked up trump's trade policies as good food workers and attacked hours for voting against that meantime paris was across the state in milwaukee 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 the family and the baby endured and they do it with thanks kate may be a great time to carrying the weight of 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 profit suggesting that could come in the form of a coronavirus vaccine but is a potent argues that the search for a cure should not be the tool of political expediency rosalyn shorten al-jazeera. the mandela foundation has called trump gained and uninformed after he reportedly made disparaging remarks about black world leaders charmes former lawyer michael cohen is releasing a book which says the president described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa and said that no black leader can run a country cohen is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and financial offenses. as still ahead on

al-jazeera the coronavirus pandemic pushes ecuador to the brink of ruin find out why economists say they may be little the government can do and still in a mood to pradeep packing the beaches in brazil to mark independence day despite a coronavirus crisis. we got some really stormy weather across the western side of the mediterranean the my you can see this little area of cloud this is where the storms have been rumbling away just around the fall of a lot of cloud up into our well our weather fronts which extend all the weapons that western side of russia to the east of fats his father dry lots of hot sunshine and a more unsettled blustery up towards the northwest you can see had taught the ice

about. very windy weather quite a rash of showers just blowing in the across the british isles into scandinavia pushing over towards the the baltic states temps just picking up a little for london paris so we're getting up into the low to mid twenty's here over the next couple of days that wind will just take the edge off those temperatures having said that may well further south the show showers that are going to continue into that western side of the mediterranean pushing over towards corsica towards deniece somewhere so whether that just also pushing its way down into southern areas of france for the eastern med here it does stay hot and dry athens around $31.00 celsius last the hot dry see across northern parts of africa want to see those showers out of that western side of the med will bring some wet weather into northern areas of algeria central areas around the sahal in africa will see further showers all the way to the west.

frank assessments seeing in yemen. what it means to fish it's an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls all the enemy a region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after to use a proxy because look at a recent big interest the bill if you prefer in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. in the in the in. the in. the again you're watching al-jazeera live from doha fully back to recap of our top stories both india and china are accusing each other's armies of violating an agreement and

firing shots in a disputed border region china says indian troops crossed the border in the western himalayan region but india's laid the blame with china accusing it of provocative measures to escalate tension to australian reporters in china have been rushed home and made safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff they sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while their departure was negotiated and belorussian say television says a prominent opposition activists missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine maria cholesky holder was seen being snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van. now severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency officials say about 100 people have been killed while more than 100000 homes are damaged flooding this year has far exceeded record set in the 1940 s. causing the mild to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u.n.

warns the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month when i speak to ahmed on multi about this he's a former negotiator on the nile waters agreement and is via skype from khartoum thank you very much for being with us sir this is rainy season in sudan has had a devastating impact on many families as we've seen flooding is worse than usual and many a blaming the authorities for mismanagement is that the case why is a situation particularly bad this year. you know i believe it is not a mismanagement rather if you know that it is the world is an exceptional. this is number 2 and number 2 the the latest feeling of their innocence airlie your lie this has concluded i think a lot of this diversity in situation because even though it has been.

built near little worse or early september this quarter than it was and it reduced the impact of the this exceptional but it was a living your life and now there is no law to receive this addition and. i live this is immediate reason. i don't just just to clarify you said the renaissance dam has contributed to the devastating situation and just to fill our viewers in the flooding comes despite ethiopia starting to feel the stand the grand renaissance dam abstract and the blue nile but it was hoped that this would potentially make a difference with seasonal flooding events like this you're saying this is not the case it's actually making it worse yes we're saying is because this really wasn't burned nearly. so well it has

a couple milord that's for the storage of the innocence done and in order. and there is of very law and that all of the organization of her own was out of said it was because of the lord. the killing was as. it should have been when the letter was a bit high like this is ok. but it would reduce the slowly. by so that. this what they're saying i understand you're saying is saying the filling of the dam happened too early now there are reports of the nile reaching unprecedented levels this is also i imagine compromising access to water for people in stun isn't it. yes the high flood but we use this kind of lesson. so that it dumps so but it doesn't have so many dubs. 'd you only. use the. extent of asean as

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. in egypt there is no similar us but it's all done because you know this at arraignment the innocent down and in addition to that early feeling will that we're going to hear this i think we may get. contribution to this as a so that is facing now and i think when. it. is felt fully 74. b. if we there is this war would be better then us. because in addition to this they would be forward google plus and this would be a. better world what is happening. this year thank you so much for talking to us and for sharing expertise amidon mufti former negotiator on the i want to scream and joining us now from kontum thank you for your time said. and people in senegal whose homes and businesses were destroyed in flash floods over the weekend say the government has been too slow to respond part of the

country saw 3 months of rainfall 'd in just 7 hours it terry gates and he has. in a post suburb of the capital dhaka homes are flooded and lives are ruined people say the government has ignored their appeals for help for years. every year the water rises every year the water goes further we've been living with the street for almost 2 years it's really difficult 3 months of rain fell in just 7 hours on saturday some people were forced to evacuate their homes others protested angry at the government for not spending more on flood defenses and sanitation facilities. since 2012 the state comes in makes promises but unfortunately it was to not have proper different systems we have held demonstrations we have done everything for the state has a very comes in hobson. president macky sall was accused of downplaying the impact of the flash floods he flew to new for

a summit of west african leaders on the crisis in mali leaving those at home to clean up. from. his bedroom his living room the toilets the kitchen everything is a disaster we voted for the president to help us but look at this the interior minister has been put in charge of the emergency disaster plan but many will the president to give it his full attention the tour again to be out there. 9 miles later on sun sochi has kicked off for a governing bodies campaign ahead of november's parliamentary election it's likely they could be a delay because of a recent rise in coronavirus cases election commission is set to decide whether the vote will still go ahead as planned country's 2nd free election since military of all ended in 20. india has sent firefighting vessels to help put out flames reignited on an oil tanker near sure lanka ships an aircraft battling

the fire on board the new diamond tonka whose were able to put out the fire earlier but strong winds and high temperatures cause it to fair again the ship is carrying more than 270000 tons of crude oil now 17 coronavirus cases have been confirmed at greece's overcrowded morea migrant camp more than 12000 people in the camp on the island of less balls have now been placed on the corn teen after its 1st case was reported last week aid groups are warning social distancing and basic hygiene measures are impossible to implement in the cramped facilities. icon is say latin america is at risk of losing up to 45000000 jobs because of the global pandemic ecuador has been one of the hardest hit economies in the region with more than 1000000 people in need of work and another 5000000 fighting to keep their jobs a lot in america had a tendency in human reports the. 3 years ago dorrans have been struggling to keep

their heads above water in a troubled economy 8 months ago only 4 out of 10 people had full employment. now with the pandemic the job market has collapsed. susannah bias takes is a what she calls a depressing trip down memory lane this is where she used to run a modest but successful cafe with 4 employees. this was a bustling area where people gathered on weekends there were lots of tourists this was my coffee shop which i had to close i feel terrible sorrow when i see all of this all of us entrepreneurs who put our hopes and dreams and energy into this in order to live now we're struggling just to survive. the few who are still open like the one it caught on in don't know how much longer they can hang on the most gorgeous and working for this employer i know loads of people who are unemployed and who are forced to update their contracts and work for half or 80 percent less

if they're paid at all because of the community that is an astonishing 85 percent of ecuadorians are now either unemployed or in preparing his jobs like ball and food none the less because of increases both lost their jobs as journalists and their trying to survive selling blood pressure meters soap and face masks they have 2 children a misstatement in the hope of from a familial mrs as a family we need roughly $900.00 for the house food and pensions now i can't manage to even make $200.00 i don't know what we'll do. could or can't access credit because of its enormous foreign debt unlike in other latin american countries the government has continued paying creditors leaving almost nothing for emergency aid for the needy. economist elberta acosta says it's a structural problem. the parallelization of the productive apparatus the pandemic the drop in the consumption and the government's recessive economic policies have

created an extremely dangerous cocktail which is reflected in the employment figures. and in a country where massive demonstrations over the withdrawal of fuel subsidies nearly brought down the government last year it's not just the economy but the governability of ecuador that's now at stake. see in human al-jazeera. brazil has marked its independence day without the pomp and ceremony of its annual military parade because of a coronavirus pandemic but that didn't stop brazilians from celebrating this fight the country dealing with one of the world's worst covered 1000 operates has more from rio de janeiro. 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 cool vid 19 pandemic as well with no

social distancing and barely any masks. 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 that brazil is 3rd on the list of most infected countries with almost $127000.00 dead just smack in rio his supporters made up for the lack of fist of unease with a rally on topic up on a beach it latterly verda like the president downplays the virus. he says it's a pretext to silence bolts on matters voters'. mosques a muscles to shut us up but so lift us to vengeance subdue the brazilian people but we will continue defending bolsa naro against congress and the supreme court who don't comply with his wishes as they should. not everybody out of the credit reporting president's own cannot do that procure the right order to her daughter

they want ok. but as it says constitutional monarchies work better than republics in 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 bill so not a would defeat his opponents of presidential elections were held today but many who voted for him are disappointed with his family's alleging involvement in corruption scandals and the president's lack of response to the virus and what they need it will call for. a vote iterable scenario because i was sick of the corruption scandals but he is responsible 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 both so 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 peace until the end of the year after november's municipal elections. rio de janeiro as always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on the al-jazeera dot com. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera both india and china are accusing each other's armies of violating an agreement and firing shots in a disputed border region china says indian troops cross the border in the western himalayan region but india has laid the blame with china accusing it of provocative measures to escalate tensions between e.u.

has more from beijing now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years there had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed areas both unable to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region 2 australian reporters in china have been rushed home amid safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff they sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while their departure was negotiated it comes after the arrest of another australian journalist last month. well a russian state television says a prominent opposition activist missing since monday has been detained at the border with ukraine maria kolesnik over was seen being snatched off

a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van the mandela foundation has called donald trump arab after he reportedly made disparaging remarks about the former south african leader the u.s. president's former lawyer michael cohen is releasing a book which says trump described nelson mandela as a poor president and said that no black leader can run a country cohen is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and for financial offenses severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency officials say about 100 people have been killed one more than 100000 homes are damaged flooding this year has far exceeded record set in the 1940 s. causing the non to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u.n. warns the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month you're up to date with headlines on al-jazeera have more news for you in under 30 minutes right now stay tuned for inside story 2 serious. on

mexico's busy roads there are those who have had a knock. cyclists are taking to the streets. last. their objective to make the streets safer alternative cleaner forms of transportation but when it proved to be an uphill struggle for this group of activists over the wheel do you find that on now to 0. a month of protests in belarus has felt a push alexander lukashenko from office now opposition leaders are missing or fleeing to exile so how much longer can the president hold on this isn't a story. hello

welcome to the program on the wrong call alexander insists he's not going anywhere despite a month of.