holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on a 0. the end the end. thousands left without shelter as fires are again burning in europe's largest refugee camp on the greek island of les paul's. play watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha fully back t. ball also coming up fears of water borne disease in sudan a slug water has receded leaving tens of thousands of people in unsanitary conditions towns burnt off the map in the u.s. as unprecedented fire is raging along the west coast at least 7 people were killed

and a warning for wildlife a new report says nature is being destroyed at an extraordinary rate. thousands of refugees are searching for shelter on the greek island of les paul's after being forced to spend the night out in the open fire start through their biggest scam pay in europe on a tuesday night ships are being sent in by the greek government to provide accommodation. sent us this report. 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 here out there. today far far. far. it is

thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form a makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to fit in very different chord. is a very broad. chord proport far more you know his calm very clear if you don't want to go is living here because this is a 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 corona virus could easily flourish we are extremely worried not only 4 to 40 percent children that even muddier who are currently on the streets 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 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 moria camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldn't have to. shoulder. i believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for better brianna and this will happen in less boss once the damage in maria has been assessed and in consultation with the european commission who would take concrete initiatives our party remains the health and safety of vice presidents and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. and john psaropoulos has been

out in this morning to find out what plans are being made for the refugees. it's hard to see how the government is going to settle so many thousands of them that have been left shelterless and homeless and feed them and provide for their sanitation clothing when there's been such a huge disruption to the humanitarian machinery on the island they're also meant years here some of them a volunteer organizations but they can't possibly handle these sorts of numbers this is going to take a military operation we are told that 3 ships are on their way to house the thousands most vulnerable people with small children but that will probably still leave some thousands on cared for and there there is a huge problem because the municipality doesn't have the real estate or the infrastructure to provide for them i think the army is going to have to come in and set up lots of tents and how long will that solution last because winter is coming

in a couple of months we've seen these situations arise on the islands before where temporary shelter was provided but then that shelter couldn't be winterized and people suffered but here they will stay because we're told that the government will not move them to the mainland it wants to keep them on the island and process the result of mathematicians here. to sudan now where water borne diseases are the latest threat to people hundreds of thousands have been displaced as an unprecedented levels the floodwaters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick. reports in the capital khartoum. barely able to stand 13 year old mohamed salah seeks treatment at this health center in the south of the capital how to medics say 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 which she herself is barely able to hide her own discomfort. often is other we've been living on the streets for more than one 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 a 10 i'd be able to take care of him there the clinic treating mohammed was set up nearly 2 weeks ago to help patients affected by recent flooding in many villages and towns in khartoum many have fever today rhea 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 camps. floods hit sudan after the 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 you can highlands

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 water the government declared a 3 month state of emergency last week and while the rivers water has started to recede this week the number of those falling ill is increasing. so dan 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 and. 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 will have a bigger catastrophe than what we see it will be stagnant yours which will result in more malaria cases more diarrhea cases and more cases. 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 reduce the health risks now that the floodwaters are receding so that no more lives are lost people more going on just their own heart. recognize a raging along the west coast of north america from mexico to canada at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been carried in the u.s. several states are now battling flames which have consumed entire communities and blanketed cities from san francisco to seattle and small. ports. 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 all of the town's approximately $300.00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through of mobile home community reducing it to a burned out hell scape of twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she owned. you 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 dangerously 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 rest. cute after an anxious night long wait i'm super. i know crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a glow 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 broadening heat wave in recent days and above all highly seasonal winds blowing

down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles u.s. reson donald trump 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 janis bob woodward for an upcoming book his democratic rival joe biden says the president lied to the american people mike hanna has our report 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 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 said 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 they're working hard looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer and 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 presidential kind of the joe biden dismisses the 3 thinning insisting the

president has done 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 soul 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 the president comes response to the pirates 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 maicon out al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera a report from chile where historic talks between indigenous leaders and the government how to resolve an increasingly violent conflict.

hello depends on funnel storms across much of indonesia it's been a case of a very well scattered showers and thunderstorms for the last few days but once again the rains becoming very heavy very extensive throughout much of borneo beginning to work their way across towards the usa and also we'll see some heavy downpours at times working their way across towards cambodia and vietnam and also northern sections of sumatra some heavy downpours there as we head on towards the weekend then we head down into the southeast will strain all this county can see this is tides are from things and some blustery winds but ahead of that it is warm and it is dry look at these temperatures 26 in adelaide not as warm in melbourne is still feeling pretty good with a high of 20 but the rain on the winds really pushing across the tasmania but once that front slides through adelaide will be a few showers for you there on saturday and then it will clear dry up but also cool down close that to the average for this time of year there's that rain working its way across much of victoria states today uncaring away finally from western australia to 21 is the high in path not exactly clear across new zealand both on

and seeing some rain and you'll see the snow here as well of course generally falling across the mountains it does clear away by saturday but have a lull in between the next system so partly cloudy skies with some sunshine 13 in christchurch. in response to global warming germany is gradually shutting down its coal industry but is it happening fast enough we don't have any time to waste anymore we can't wait so we're taking very action to call for the immediate phase out of culture as climate change activists challenge communities reliant on the industry for jobs people in power who will win the cold war on al-jazeera. to move the world.

you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories thousands of refugees are still without shelter after fires burned for a 2nd night on the greek island of les paul's much of the morea camp had already been destroyed by blazes late on tuesday emergency efforts are underway to find places for the refugees to stay a surgeon waterborne illnesses is stretching medical services in sudan hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by flooding in the night of the nile river the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick and record fires are raging through towns and forests across north america's west coast at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed. and the via season is also worse than usual

in brazil's amazon region fires have begun spreading into the so far in touch areas as morning every. it often starts like this a person setting fire to dry bush under forested land at the at the moment you know good to be that we don't want to destroy people's lives we're just clearing a little bit of land to plant something to eat and a little bit of grass to feed a cow. 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 to 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 rancher who destroyed the forest park creek their great line. but the amazon isn't the only region in peril fires have also. burning in the pond the world's largest wetland threatening endangered species since january roughly 23000 square kilometers have been burned and mariya 30 times the size of new york city mon and give all just 0 rio de janeiro. to south africa now where 3 police officers accused of murdering a teenager with down syndrome have appeared in court in soweto the shooting of

nathaniel julissa in johannesburg last month triggered street protests against police brutality and corruption the family of the 16 year old said he was shot for not answering police questions because of his disability. south africa's government says it will continue working with zimbabwe to find solutions to the country's problems a senior delegation is in zimbabwe to help mediate an end to the nation's escalating economic and political crisis the opposition m.d.c. accuses a ruling zanu p.f. party of human rights abuses in the government as well. as more on the talks from harare. is the 1st time a high level and c delegation has visited zimbabwe since 2017 when president immiscible and al gore took over from robert mugabe and expectations were high waltzer africa's president to help in zimbabwe is economic and political crisis senior officials in the a.n.c. governing party made members here when they made it clear this meeting was between friends 2 former liberation parties. we want to do what we

can engage in because zimbabwe is a sort of calm independent calm. and therefore as friends for a telegram. we have one member standing there will remember us the number of the route the main opposition m.d.c. alliance accuses only of abductions torture and risk and see official say they will leave the violence there's a but they also say they will come back to meet other players from human rights organizations to civil society organizations to leverage needs a more stable zimbabwe as it's nearly system is more than 3 millions of are with a living inside africa at the moment many of them and documented and they are competing with. for status that begins whole scares jobs and the south. the u.n. security council has discussed a resolution to call for an end to armed conflicts in order to deal with

a coronavirus pandemic the u.n. has had to scale back peacekeeping and aid missions to make sure stop don't spread the virus christenson only has more conflict afflicted countries like yemen are among the most vulnerable to cope with 19 a situation exacerbated by the lack of a strong coordinated international response that was the take away from top u.n. officials briefing the security council wednesday although it's really orse existing agreements and get stuck at some areas with an agenda restricting rights and limits as well as to extremist groups and other criminal seeking to take advantage of it and damage so the risks of conflict instability. island nation displaced are rising humanitarian chief mark low cox says economic support for these crisis hit countries has been tepid at best although calls for unity and decisive action have yielded little i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire

in all corners of the world secretary general antonio good terrorists 1st call for a cease fire and march but it took the council months to follow up with a resolution making it official since then temporary truces have faltered humanitarian crises have worsened and the us has withdrawn support financial and otherwise from the world health organization the w.h.o. needs to reform including by demonstrating its independence from the chinese communist party that lack of dependence transparency and accountability is why president trump made the decision for the united states to withdraw from the w.h.o. . china for its part accuse the us of undermining international efforts to fight the virus it's all worth the us. with absolutely abusing that recall who that. was will be with you it is needed they are

writing political where or where they are doing here if you. are met with politics disagreement over the w h o's role in the pandemic is what to lay the security council's call for a 90 day humanitarian truce the 1st time around and could complicate efforts to extend the ceasefire one thing is certain according to u.n. officials a lack of international response will just lead to more conflict and insecurity kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations for the 1st time in chile for more than 100 years talks are being held between must put chain digitas leaders and government representatives a lot america tennessee and human was given exclusive access to the meeting in 10 aimed at resolving any increasingly violent conflict. we are the beginning of what's being described as the very 1st meeting between members of the month council

which are. and these are the most the highest ranking members some of them up which a community here and the story hours of the state that is executive branch of the. courts the supreme court the venue was changed at the 11th hour and is taking place in a stadium in the capital region in a location that was supposed to be secret but it was leaked and a rival group of have now arrived and are protesting against the meeting riot police are here to try to push them away but they're not succeeding these people say the meeting inside does not represent the majority of them up which a nation there is a deep division between those who are meeting or believe it's time to start talking with the state and these people who choose them of being imposters in fact they refused to sit down with the government unless it releases when they could push

a political prisoners many of whom have been on a hunger strike this meeting is taking place as militant groups escalate arson attacks against forestry companies and private homes and would bait claim as their ancestral land in fact on the eve of the scattering a 21 year old man was shot dead by the same group that had earlier burned down 3 houses presidents of us jumping it is represented to the minister of social development. representative after the other accuse the state of abusing. and discriminating the nation for centuries and while those who are meeting here are hoping to lay the groundwork for the 1st formal dialogue between them approach a nation and the chilean state 1825 the government is also committing itself to substantially increasing the presence of militarized police in this region which is

home to the longest running. mind in latin america. the world wildlife fund is warning of the devastating impacts people are having on animal and plant life and how nature is being destroyed at an extraordinary rate is his global living planet index has a population has declined by 68 percent in the last 50 is latin america and the caribbean are hardest hit with a line t 4 percent wipe out freshwater species seem particularly vulnerable with an 84 percent decline globally climate change and human activity are blamed the w w f is urging a soul to make immediate drastic changes to reverse the trends ereka shaw is chief scientist said the world wildlife fund she explains more about the factors causing the destruction. the biggest drivers right now are habitat destruction and primarily for expansion of agricultural lands to feed a growing population on the planet we also see indicators that climate change is

shifting populations of species and driving some species extinct and we'll see that play a bigger role in the future. the kinds of things we're seeing happening on the planet that seem kesler cataclysmic many of them have their roots in the destruction of nature what we're seeing with the used dramatic fire fires in california and australia even coded 19 and its release from the wild has everything to do with the with the way we're destroying nature listen we need to pen the nature for clean air clean water a stable climate and things we don't think about every day like pollination of our most nutritious food crops so we really need to pay attention to this and we really we have we know what to do and because of it more people are paying attention we are so we're at a turning point and it's really time to take action the next generations that are

coming into leadership positions see this very clearly and are asking for change and i think we owe it to them to leave them a much brighter future than they have in front of them in a business as usual scenario. you know again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera thousands of refugees are still without shelter after a fire has burned for a 2nd night on the greek island of les bowls much of the morea campout already been destroyed by blazes late on tuesday emergency efforts are on their way to find places for the refugees to stay john serapion says at a roadblock near the cabbie says people from a nearby village trying to stop efforts to rebuild and expand the facility. now that the camp is evacuated and people have scattered for the residents of the villages saying that they won't see things to remain that way they see the 1st

opportunity in 8 years to be rid of these tens of thousands of refugees that have occasionally been here at the moment the numbers we're told are closer to 16000 and they are trying to make sure that the government doesn't bring these people back and reconstruct it a surge in water borne diseases is stretching medical services in sudan hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by flooding in the nile river the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick recognize a raging through towns and forests across north america's west coast at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed. newly released audio recordings reveal u.s. president donald trump 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 march 3 south african police officers accused of murdering

a teenager with down syndrome have appeared in court in soweto the hearing has been adjourned to major this month the shooting of now faneuil julies in johannesburg last month triggered street protests against police brutality and corruption the family of a 16 year old said he was shot for not answering police questions because of his disability. thousands of anti-government protesters are out on the streets capital sofia demonstrators have been calling on prime minister boyko borisov to resign they're angry about his proposed changes to the cost of tuition which could extend his term areas next elections are due to be held in march those are the headlines on al-jazeera rob matheson will be with you in under 30 minutes with the al-jazeera news hour coming up next year people empowered to stay with us. frank assessments seeing that. there's. a relation like thinks with this to an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of

a breakdown many calls of the old media region are actually under a de facto state of imagine seeing critical debate after the use of proxy because look at everything the interest of the libyan people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. in response to global warming germany is in the process of closing down its coal industry for many years the country's principal source of energy especially in the formerly communist east but there's fierce arguments about the pace of that closure between those worried about the economic consequences and those who believe that immediate tax is necessary to combat climate change so who will win germany's cold war.