the engines the end to. the end the air. towns burnt off the map in the us says unprecedented wildfire is raging around the west pole studly 7 people are killed. i am. well you're watching al-jazeera live from doha i'm fully back t. ball also ahead thousands left without shelter as fires are again burning in europe's largest refugee camp on the greek island of less close the river begins to recedes people in sudan get some relief from floods but water borne diseases are now emerging and the struggle for schooling in the philippines our children from

vulnerable communities are being left behind by the move to distance learning. thank you very much for joining us record fires are raging along the west coast of north america from mexico to canada at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed in the u.s. several states are now battling flames which have consumed entire communities and blanketed cities from san francisco to seattle in smoke 5 small towns in central oregon have been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes the governor is warning it could be the deadliest season . over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastating consequences across the

entire state. i want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history. and the state of california is already experiencing the most severe wildfire season in his modern history several communities that suffered not scale destruction back in 2018 are being forced to evacuate once again and washington state is experiencing the worst fires in over a decade and the town of malda an 80 percent infrastructure has been burned to the ground in a moment we'll speak to jenny harrison on the latest weather updates from the u.s. west coast but 1st here's al jazeera is rob reynolds in the sunshine it's what this reports. from montana to the mexico border huge swaths of the western u.s.

are burning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers have burned in california colorado arizona montana oregon utah and washington what we're experiencing this year is simply without precedent the small town of malden in eastern washington was almost completely incinerated by a wind driven wildfire authorities are searching the rubble unsure whether old the town's approximately $300.00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through a mobile home community reducing it to a burned out health scape of an ashen twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she owned i don't know what you're wearing right now this is. powerful winds are spreading the oregon fires the governor invoked emergency powers to marshal more resources in california high winds are also fanning the flames

14000 firefighters are out on the front lines in california where 28 major fires have scorched over 100000 hectors tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from several of the largest fires in the state's history a big fire in san diego county is moving day. injuriously close to populated areas we have a sleeping giant that is in the back country california national guard helicopters flew hundreds of stranded campers and back country residents to safety relatives welcomed the rescued after an anxious night long wait it was super bowl week but no crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a blow over san francisco in an eerie orange light air quality in parts of the bay area was labeled hazardous what's behind the many conflagrations bone dry brush and trees following years of intermittent drought low humidity combined with

a broiling heat wave in recent days and above all high seasonal winds blowing down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. well let's get an update on the weather now with jenny harrison and some good news on the horizon for northwest america or is this an improvement i mean good news really would be sent around to raise that isn't going to happen for you but there is some better news definitely let me start with the satellite of course you've got these kids skies as you saw there of course the skies are not really particularly care but there's no weather of course there's no rain it's nothing to help at all with this firefighting effort this picture here all the satellite shows you just the amount of smoke that has been blowing off the coast but you'll notice it has been blowing off the coast it had a front slid down this is really produced some very very strong winds that have fueled these fires of the last several days now one of the reasons you're seeing such red skies is because the winds have actually eased so as the winds ease all

the politics in the air all those smoke particles that begin to fall to the ground so this is why you see images like this in this very iconic image here of the painted ladies in san francisco again almost like a sepia image but as i say the winds have begun and that is what will continue for the next few days now that he just fell in place but the temperatures cause nowhere near as high as they were however there is some real heat across the pacific northwest of course it's oregon it's washington as well as california this is the state of play for the next couple days clear skies no real rain of course in the fall constant did you know it takes a little as 15 millimeters of rain to stop fostering and only 50 millimeters to actually extinguish the fire which is why we could really do with these rains of course is the central plains heading towards the south so still we have these case guys but remember the winds are really easing again over the next few days now when it comes to actual rain there is a glimmer of hope as you can see not really until monday and tuesday up into seattle but we could get some rain showers into washington down into oregon we

won't get that in the songes but the temperatures aren't as high the winds not as high but it does mean we've got smoke in the atmosphere and folly for the next couple of days jenny thank you very much for that. thousands of refugees a searching for shelter on the greek island of less. being forced to spend the night out in the open. through the biggest scam in europe these are live pictures right now from les bulls say it is thursday morning and we see some migrants and refugees out on the streets say and smoke in the background more fires broke out overnight ships are now being sent in by the greek government to provide a place to sleep for those who've been left homeless officials believe that refugees who were forced to self isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus may have committed arson in protests john stop those reports. this was one of europe's largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires

have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there. today for parts for. there are. hundreds of thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to very very different chord. is very broad. corporate put forward you know has come 3rd where if you don't want to go is living here because this problem but if i may be dead now is you know the camp had housed more than 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of that number of conditions in which coronavirus could easily flourish

we are extremely worried not only 4 to 40 percent children even muddier who are currently on the street but in particular we need to think also more than 200 people live in the camp who are at particular risk for it either because of their age or because of course that would mean that if they get infected the will be much more sick than the rest of the population and so as far as we know right now those $200.00 are mixed in the big group of $30000.00 who are basically at loss in the streets in 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk to the mediterranean crossing in small boats from turkey to greek islands like lesbos they fled war persecution and poverty the european union eventually closed its doors but the refugees kept coming many ending their journey here in morea camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldn't have to. we don't.

believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for better reality and this will happen in less boss once a damaging maria has been assessed and in consultation with the european commission we will take concrete initiatives our party remains the health and safety of my friends didn't and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. the government says that as many as $300000.00 people will have to be really housed in tents municipal facilities and on board ships but just 24 hours after the fire that destroyed the official morea camp a new fire was lit and the numbers of people in need of shelter are now likely to be far higher jumps out of los al-jazeera lesbos. u.s. president has admitted he played down the threat of the coronavirus even though he knew it was deadly the admission was made in a series of interviews with journalist bob woodward for an upcoming book his democratic rival joe biden says

a president lives to the american people mike hanna has a story from washington. the white house is once again at the center of a political storm as it emerges that president trump once were you briefed about the dangers of the coronavirus by the tiny thing president in the phone conversation on the 6th of february this is part of the compensation recorded by journalist bob woodward for his book the following day it goes through air but that's always tougher than the touch another touch you don't have to touch things right but the air you just read the air that's how it's passed and so that's a very tricky one that's a very delicate one is also more deadly than your you know your even your strenuous flues this is more deadly this is 5 per you know this is 5 percent versus one percent and less than one percent you know so this is deadly stuff 3 days later president competent the american public that the virus now working hard looks

like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away hope that's true in another recording on the 17th of mont the president pills would with the paul owing well i think really to be honest we're here i want you to i wanted to. i wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i don't want to create a panic president who counted the job biden dismisses the 3 spinning insisting the president stands guilty of lying to the american people you had your permission he knew how dangerous he was while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do his job on purpose. it was a life or death betrayal of the american people experts say if you'd acted just just one week shooter 36000 people would have been saved if you acted 2 weeks

suter back in march 54000 lives would have been spared march and april alone but now all president trump continues to insist he saw and sees his role as a killer the last thing you want to do is create a panic in the country this was a horrible thing it was sent to us by china should not have happened should never have happened this is a disgusting terrible situation that was foisted upon us and we have to show we just don't want to use the best word is panic we don't want to have to show panic we're not going to show panic and that's exactly what i did as the death toll in the united states 200000 the latest revelations also that and to people the debate about president comes response to the by wrists old lock up it it can no longer be argued that president trump did not know of the dangers posed by the virus and the response of an american people that have been publicly misled may

well be measured in the november poll mike hanna al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera the death of my fanny oh junior spawn twice spread protests we're live in johannesburg south africa and he's charged with the killing of a disabled teenager to ports. and a single case guys across central europe to the north who got there all the blustery wessell tumble weather and then through the western med we are still seeing want to thunderstorms the skies have been caring fairly quickly though here is york and the valley erik's but the tunnel still let me play a game an orca in the last of that rain through thursday it will gradually work its way further east across to cools the genius and eventually up into northern italy quite a cloudy picture across mainland europe this is actually behind

a frontal system pushing heavy rain into western russia for the next couple of days a strong winds across the u.k. heavy rain pushing in through friday and eventually extending on towards norway some snow there as well to the mountains it'll be fine in london not exactly a horse but to time it is not faring too badly of on the average some sunny skies on sunday rome are all the more subtle but certainly not feeling cold to much as above the average bent on to northern africa and offered some fairly possessed and rain throughout geria and look at what this is done into algiers some a damage some flooding there was mud coming through as well and as a say you can just see what that has done a few more shots as we go through thursday plenty of rain out towards the west we're watching up to tropical storms when i am paulette working the way into the atlantic on friday but all the while the rains heavy through west africa extending from senegal right the way down to liberia. frank assessments what are you seeing back in yemen the 6 percent of the relation

why it didn't suit this it's an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many parts of the omeo region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy he does not represent the enters the bill of your people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story are now jews era. you're watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories record fire is raging through towns in forests across

north america's west coast stuff least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed fires are again burning close to a greek refugee camp that was all but destroyed by overnight blazes thousands of refugees have been left homeless at moria camp on the island of les paul's and newly released audio recordings reveal u.s. president dollars admitted downplaying the threat from covert 19 in public though he knew how deadly it was the recordings are from interviews with journalist bob woodward in mock. and returning now to the fire and the fire season is also worse than usual in brazil's amazon region fires have begun spreading in to so far on touch areas as monika an ark have reports it all fun starts like this a person setting fire to dry bush under forested land. we don't want to destroy people's lives we're just clearing

a little bit of land to plant something to eat and little bit of grass to feed a carol. but the results can be disastrous with flames spiraling out of control clouds of smoke in brazil's amazon are common side during the dry season but this week they have grown and fires are spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000 fires were reported in this part of the amazon that's twice the number of fires registered joined the same period last year more worrying still a quarter of the major blazes have spread to the virgin rain forest there's 2 major types of major fires or see a lot of the fires are just smoking indicators of previous deforestation or a lagging indicator previous deforestation now quarter of the fires as early as of yesterday are now forest fires that is fires that are burning large amounts

of. us across the brazilian amazon matt finers and cio amazon conservation spotted the change after analyzing satellite images he says the situation will only get worse as the dry season intensifies in august there were an average of 18 major blazes a day during the 1st week of september that number went up to 53 brazil's government has been facing increasing international pressure to protect the rain forest from illegal logging years land grabbers and cattle ranchers but brazilian investors are also pushing for better policies remember a zillion banks have joined the campaign to protect the amazon they've agreed to stop financing meat packing companies that buy cattle from ranchers who destroyed the forest park creek their great line. but the amazon isn't the only region in

peril fires have also. been burning in the world's largest wetland threatening endangered species since january roughly 23000 square kilometers have been burned and near us 30 times the size of new york city money and give all just sirrah rio de janeiro to south africa now where 3 police officers accused of killing a teenager with down syndrome last month are due in court 16 year olds and i found shot dead in johannesburg is killing triggered violent street protests against police brutality and corruption julie sammy said he was shot for not answering officers questions due to his disability the police initially said julie's was caught up in a shootout with local gangs but later charged the officers involved with medic let's go live to a farmer who was outside the courts in a soweto forest submitted this case fanta lot of protests and anger in south africa

are these arrests enough to kate's the angry community. well it certainly at this point has brought some comfort especially to nathaniel julie's family as well as the community that says they are also still angry saying that this is a community that for some time in their words has been terrorized by the police the police often have been able to get away with what they say is criminal in terms of allegations of corruption in a have to choose in that they don't service that community properly they don't deal with their needs and this is just for this community the latest incident in terms of how the police according to them conduct themselves now it's expected that these 3 police officers will appear in court we do know that the state is it well it to

world it won't it won't support any application for bail and that they should remain behind bars for now and that's ahead of a trial date being say it but often in south africa we've seen that once police are charged there isn't confidence that they would be any convictions later on because in this particular case people are saying that the police often protect each other and this is a great concern in what happens going forward all right from a day thank you very much for that permit a 1000000 live for us and soweto will of course be checking in with you throughout the day for the latest on that court case now waterborne diseases are the latest straight to the people of sudan hundreds of thousands have been displaced as the nile river reach unprecedented levels the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick here morgan reports from khartoum barely able to stand 13 year old mohammed treatment at this health center in the

south of the capital hard to medics the he's suffering from a parasitic infection usually caused by lack of access to clean drinking water. his mother tries to comfort him through his pain but she herself is barely able to hide her own discomfort. often as other we've been living on the streets for more than a week a home is completely flooded and we didn't receive tents this father's also sick he's mentally unstable and i can give him his medication if he had to attend i'd be able to take care of him there the clinic treating mohammad was set up nearly 2 weeks ago to help patients affected by recent flooding in many villages and towns in khartoum many have fever diarrhea and stomach infections thinking that they will last longer i can read my daughter has been suffering from diarrhea for the past 3 days i myself am also sick and it feels like i'm coming down with an infection my voice is now weak it's all from the floods i'm living in the camp. floods hit

sudan after the nile river which flows through the country rose to levels not seen in more than a century the surge in water was caused by heavy rains on the if european high lands upstream more than 100 people were killed and dozens injured and at least half a 1000000 people were displaced as homes were damaged or destroyed by the waters the government declared a 3 month state of emergency last week and while the river's water has started to receive this week the number of those falling ill is increasing. so that was facing a health crisis even before the flood emergency pharmacies have been reporting shortages of medicines and many hospitals like adequate equipment since the floods began 3 weeks ago the number of cases of water borne diseases in areas affected have increased many families say they're struggling to cope with illnesses after having lost so much already aid organizations say the health consequences of the floods will be much worse in the coming days and that action needs to be taken now . the biggest protest is the water it was

a disaster when it flooded and will be a disaster when it recedes if not dealt with properly and if there are no strategies to fight contagious diseases have a bigger catastrophe than what we see it will be stagnant yours which results in more malaria cases move more diarrhea cases and more cases. of sudan was already struggling to handle the coronavirus pandemic when the floods hit those in areas affected they're hoping proper measures will be taken to it used to health risks now that the floodwaters are receding so that no more lives are lost people were going on just their own hard to thousands of anti-government protesters are out on the series of vogue areas capital sofia demonstrators have for weeks now been calling on prime minister boyko borisov to resign they're angry about his proposed changes to the constitution which could extend his term of carious next elections are due to be held in march the us house of the us house speaker says

there is no chance of congress passing a trade deal with the u.k. if frex it undermines the good friday peace agreement in northern ireland. comments appear to contradict those of the trump administration which said a deal could be fast tracked through washington the u.k. left the e.u. in january but still follows most of the bronx rules until a transition period ends on december 31st. now to the philippines where schools are struggling to provide children with education amidst a global coronavirus pandemic from poor backgrounds are being disproportionately affected as jermaine ellenbogen reports from manila a. 14 year old marketeers loves art specially drawing happy faces but the last few months were spent not inside the classroom but in the fields of bangor province in the central philippines. he is farming every day just so he can save a $150.00 to buy

a cell phone he needs for the newly implemented rule of distance learning but they have no money no work and they further research. the ideas indigenous tribe is considered one of the earliest inhabitants in the philippines but for decades their population has dwindled and now live in scattered mountainous parts of the luzon region on the walk is a village of about 900 people and just like most indigenous communities across the country they have suffered dispossession and displacement for decades but the coronavirus pandemic adds another layer of difficulty for the ita families here. the philippine government has implemented a distance learning program for all schools to help stop the spread of coronavirus education officials say it is unlikely that schools will reopen until a vaccine is available which means filipino children will have to study from home

with electricity a laptop and internet connection that's a major problem in a country where more than half of all families live below the poverty line and where millions of already lost their jobs because of the month long point lock down . it's an even bigger dilemma for indigenous tribes like the ideas long suffering from discrimination and abject poverty many live without electricity or running water to have a laptop and a working internet connection every day a tome is almost unimaginable for them in a healing potion and i mean you see it in the eunice people are far from the cities they don't have grown the way it was here so why should this just learning be entirely implemented here to history books here tell us that the ideas or the country scary or the culture and identity but for the parents here they say all they care about is the legacy of education they want to leave behind for their children. dogon al-jazeera manila easy fangled is the chief

of education at unicef philippines he says more help is urgently needed. this school closure has been afflicted 28000000 children in the philippines and the department of the occasion has speaker learned continuity plan that includes different more than 2 to reach the children in different areas of the country so there is a part on one or layer lean or so there is t.v. occasional relocation and also distribution of printed materials so there is a concern on the gaps that can increase because right now the private schools already started with the new school year and public school will wait until the official start which is october effect so you need a piece of ok to do to start this as will not force you all are not just for their or soft we we are also advocated for face to face nearly

a lot reese areas deliriously ok to it so we think that that resource also with the safety and wanted actions that it's a possibility that the department of children once you are. being a fair again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera record fires are raging through towns in for a surprise north america's west call said least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed the states of california washington and oregon ah the west affect it. over the last 24 hours work in has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastating consequences across the entire state. i want to be upfront in saying that we

expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history fires are again burning close to a greek refugee camp that was old but destroyed by overnight blazes thousands of refugees and migrants have been left homeless at moria camp on the island of mess bills a 4 month state of emergency has been declared newly released audio recordings reveal u.s. president donald trump admitted downplaying the threat from govt 19 in public though he knew how deadly it was the recordings are from interviews with journalist bob woodward in march in south africa 3 police officers accused of killing a teenager with down syndrome last month in court 16 year olds and i found shot dead in johannesburg his killing triggered violent street protests against police brutality and corruption jonas's family said he was shot for not answering officers

questions due to his disability thousands of anti-government protesters are out on the streets of bull gary as capital sophia demonstrators for weeks been calling on prime minister a boy called boy soft to resign bear on glee about his proposed changes to the prosecution which could extend his term and gary is next elections are due to be held to march the u.s. house speaker says there is no chance of congress passing a trade deal with the u.k. if rex it undermines the good friday peace agreement in northern ireland nancy pelosi is common sense here to contradicts those of the trumpet ministration which said a deal could be fast tracked through washington. you have to say with the headlines on al-jazeera i have more news for you in under 30 minutes coming up next inside story.

al jazeera. entry. is the coronavirus pandemic of childes to tackle climate change scientists say we shouldn't forget the dangers of the warming climate for all for major economies to small island nations so kind of recovery from the global health crisis help heal all environment as well this is inside story. out of there on that blog welcome to the.