structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and the spend that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. on the move again in search of a hole in the scramble on a greek island to find help for thousands of refugees after a fire destroys europe's biggest camp. for watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also ahead a new fire at beirut's ports spreads talk 6 smoke and new fear across lebanon's capital a month after a huge explosion. france accuses turkey of unacceptable provocations in the eastern mediterranean and urges europe to unite and stand up to it. the floodwaters

begin to recede in sudan but there is no relief for the people affected waterborne diseases have become the new threats. fellow firefighters are battling a major blaze in the lebanese capital at the site of last month's port explosion the fire started at a destroyed a warehouse which was storing oil and tires at least $200.00 people died and more than $6000.00 were injured when a stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port last month the red cross says the fire hit where food aid is being stored as it was a reports from beirut. another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port employee ran away in fear. it was here a little over

a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least $100.00 people on. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. their westpac. a small. half an hour later the army released this statement it said a warehouse where oil tires were stored fire. was likely caused by welding thick black smoke covered the army deployed the few firefighting helicopters it has to help crews put out the flames that raged for hours these men

lost their cool legs in the august blast at the time they were called in to put out the fire. and told there was nearly 3000 tons of highly explosive. in the warehouse which triggered the devastating explosion. have reason to panic the army said it discovered 4 tons of ammonium nitrate. near one of the ports and says that there was dangerous material still stored despite the cleanup efforts. the army said it destroyed the material the state prosecutor has asked all security agencies to investigate the cause of thursday's fire but investigations into last month's explosion which was blamed on negligence corruption and mismanagement is still ongoing many lebanese say they have little faith in the authorities we need to actually change the whole system we are having a big problem here we need to change them we need to live what they want they want

us to go out this is the last day they can think about it we will not leave we will stay because this is our country and we will not give up many have been calling for new leadership for months they say they are hostages in a corrupt establishment the city has still not come to terms with the last disaster as the country reels from a political economic financial and humanitarian crisis these are dark days for lebanon sena for their big. and as a writer and political analyst he says the new fire points to negligence and mismanagement. this is clearly not a very healthy situation. or an entire we're talking about on this virus spoiler whatever it is that's now. in the air. it's scary him it's the same this management and negligence that's been around for decades

is still in place there was no miracle over the last 5 weeks that cured everything and fix everything 11 so yes we've had the government to resign and you know the prime minister designate it but they haven't done anything yet any real change or any movement to worry it's more responsibility in governance 11 on will take some time it's not just up in the 5 weeks so what we have right now is a situation. a continuation basically of the negligence of what happened before. except there is no. 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate sitting around just waiting to hope to blow up half of the city so these warehouses or these things have been stored at the same or been there the same supervision they have no sprinklers fires or fire alarms and and actually they have no roofs right now because they've been a long way by the explosion 5 weeks ago so this iteration right now is definitely

not not safer than it was except for the lack of the highly explosive material. greece is under growing pressure to relocate thousands of refugees whose camp was destroyed by 2 nights of fire aid agencies say moving them from the island of lesbos to the greek mainland is now a humanitarian imperative those who are living at moria camp which is the biggest in europe picked through its remains on thursday to salvage whatever they could most spent the night in makeshift tents on the side of the road or under a tree e.u. member states are making plans to accept some of the refugees. as more from inside the camp. it's almost as though we're on another planet everything has been reduced to its elements this site however is where the government insists on rebuilding a new secure closed facility the residents of moria village just

a kilometer away from here are absolutely against that as is much of the island very simply do not want to camp here anymore the government says that is the wrong choice that the islanders resistance to such a camp is actually causing part of the problem it has prevented the government from building a better facility the refugees however frankly agreed with the islanders they want to leave too this may now be harder than ever for them because we're hearing that much of the paper archive of the asylum service that used to stand directly behind me here has been burnt and that may mean there's a lot of people are stuck here for months longer than they would be because the records determining whether they would be granted asylum allowed to move to mainland greece or whether they would be deported back to allow gone and many of those applications will have to start from scratch turkey has hit back at france's call for a tougher stance towards ankara and made growing tensions in the mediterranean

ahead of a summit with southern e.u. leaders the french president the man you are mike hall said turkey was no longer a partner to europe in the region ankara has been seeking to expand its energy resources in areas claimed by greece and cyprus turkey's foreign minister said micron's remarks were arrogant and it was not up to him to decide maritime borders . new design new or beyond we europeans must be clear and firm with turkey not as a nation as a people but with the government of president or one which is behaving in an unacceptable way. we want to avoid an escalation but avoiding us collation does not have to mean passiveness or acceptance. natasha butler is in paris with more on what we can expect from vast summits they will be talking about migration they'll be talking about the crisis in libya but of course there'll be a real focus on those tensions that have been escalating in the eastern

mediterranean as turkey continues to pursue its plans for oil and gas exploration in the area in those waters that are claimed by greece and cyprus well the french president of madd omicron has been very vocal in his support of greece france has already sent. jets and a naval vessel to the eastern mediterranean in order to bolster greece show support micros been very vocal in his condemnation of ankara saying that he has violated greece's sovereignty and what mike ross says that those naval naval frigate and those planes will be doing in the eastern mediterranean is international law what tomorrow mark really wants to do here is try and use this summit to put pressure on the european union in order to take much tougher action on turkey in the future because in a few weeks leaders will be meeting for a special summit they will be discussing turkey and what france hopes is that the

european union will perhaps put impose sanctions on turkey that is something that france has been pushing for a lot over the last few weeks waterborne diseases are the latest threat to the people of sudan hundreds of thousands are been displaced as the knowledge river reached unprecedented levels the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick people morgan reports in the capital hard to. 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 but she herself is barely able to hide her own discomfort. often as 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 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 you 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 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

recede 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 has increased many families say they're struggling to cope with illnesses after having lost so much already. aid organizations see the health consequences of the floods will be much worse in the coming days and that action needs to be taken now but. the biggest catastrophe 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 result in more malaria cases 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 morgan on their own how to. saudi arabia says it's intercepted and destroyed a number of ballistic missiles on the explosive drones fired by yemen's houthi rebels the 4th they say they attacked an important target in the saudi capital riyadh a spokesman for the saudi led coalition in yemen says the missiles were fired at civilian targets in the kingdom but didn't specify where. coming up on the news on al-jazeera in just a moment at least 7 dead more than 100 are injured after a violent protest against police brutality in colombia we travel to the last surviving wetlands of mexico city as conservationists raced to preserve one special speech.

hello there plenty more hot and dry weather throughout much of the middle east now calls to much of the been very high through the eastern and the mediterranean or calls into syria temperatures here still very high but not to extremes that they were so on friday will see a high of 33 in jerusalem 31 in beirut more of a flow plenty of cloud developing through much of central west as a saudi but again those temperatures very high baghdad. 47 degrees celsius and doha back up to 40 degrees now through saturday this very little change the winds beginning to pick up a little bit more through where the interior of iraq should help to alleviate some of the heat meanwhile $37.00 in doha so feeling quite humid with the light winds there then down into africa central regions plenty of showers plenty of

thunderstorms and we've also seen a fair few showers along coastal areas for the last few days and you'll notice that rain is back in the forecast really long the southern coast of south africa the winds a fairly strong as well and we'll see quite an increase in the temperature meanwhile he was developing sunday through south of the through much of tanzania and up towards kenya and somalia but also those temperatures the weather in capetown it'll cool off again by monday but a cloudy day on saturday and then you'll see again quite a drop in the temperature in forces about. frank assessments what are you seeing back in yemen 6 percent of the relation. between truth is it's an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown in many parts of the overall media region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy because look the recent the enters the bill if you feel an in-depth

analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching al-jazeera minder of the top stories a major fire has broken out in beirut at the site of last month's deadly poured explosion firefighters are battling the blaze at a destroyed warehouse which restoring oil and fire is. already say the fire was started by accident. thousands of refugees are still without shelter after fires burned for a 2nd night on the greek island of less suppose much of the maurya campout already been destroyed by blazes late on tuesday emergency efforts are underway to find

places for the refugees to stay. the french president has urged europe to take a tough stance against turkey and the new one michael condemned anchor as unacceptable provocations as it tries to expand its energy resources in the eastern mediterranean turkey called micros remarks arrogant. in colombia 7 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a night of protests against the death of a man tasered by police demonstrators set buildings on fire in the capital bogota after seeing video of javier or dhoni is being repeatedly shot with a stun gun police said he had broken coronavirus restrictions the 46 year old died later in hospital on asunder and patsy has more from outside a police station in bogota that was burned. well was supposed to be a came the candlelight vigil for did that have a year or don't you see said turned into. rage and violence with

protesters that attacking police stations across the city and the police responding with what the mayor is calling now in the screaming to use force at least 7 people died throughout the night the circumstances of these deaths are not clear yet but the mayor is accusing the police of shooting on protesters and she says she's investigating exactly what happened there's no doubt that there is a great great frustration among people here across this city and across the country because of what happened to this man have you had ordered. because of the many cases of abuse part of the police and many people are also angry about the kind of vandalism that happened throughout the night a 3rd of these neighborhood police at this station have been burned to the ground

or destroyed the number of cars were burned buses public buses and so on truly a night of violence like we haven't seen in many many years here. the economic crisis and recession hit argentina means many are struggling to make ends meet including police officers hundreds process that in the capital to demand higher salaries better working conditions and improved protection from cope with 19 tour is about their story from one of. these police officers belong to the largest force in argentina. they have been protesting for days demanding better salaries and work conditions and i'm one peter has been an officer for 16 years she says her family can barely survive because. they but i mean i make 43000 pesos a month this is a wage that leaves my family below the poverty line before the pandemic we were

able to make some extras but now we don't have any extra money and it's tough to sustain my family base officer who did not want his name mentioned says he needs to pay for his own equipment. this gives us some money for our clothes but the price is 4 times what they give us we have expired bullet proof jackets everything is wrong. so this week for the 1st time police officers are taking to the streets there demanding a 56 percent salary increase. called 19 having praised the pressure on the men temp lawyers like doctors the police and all the others who say they're working nonstop and cannot make ends meet i didn't tina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world even in the economic crisis and that's why this people here say they are urgently need a way government officials told al-jazeera that some of those involved in the protest are under investigation for crimes committed during service and could be suspended and that's why they're trying to create chaos. as group of officers

showed up outside the presidential residence many perceived their presence there as a threat to argentina's institutions. didn't tell that at the farm and they said this is not the time to put security at risk and then now as he was redistributing national resources to assist the province of when a site is looking through been sung what i'm thinking is how many citizens are now left without security or how many are left at the mercy of those who commit crimes this is not the way i tell you honestly i hope you reflect and stop this and i'm sensitive to the demands of these officers because it is clear that they have been left behind in regards to their salaries and we must give them an answer. but the protesters say they just need better wages and a time when hardship has become the norm thagard he said will and when a sightings. thousands of antigovernment protesters are out on the streets of the

bull garion capital so fuel for weeks demonstrators have been calling on prime minister a boy called borisov to resign they're angry about his proposed changes to the constitution which could extend his term org areas next elections are 2 to be held in march. in pakistan a search is underway for the passengers of the boat which capsized 2 bodies have already been found in the indus river another 16 on board remain missing the passengers who are being ferried elsewhere after losing their homes in recent flooding. months of heavy rain and left at least 65 people killed and 330000 homeless the government says dozens of people died when their homes collapsed in the floods while at least 14 people drowned several areas of the capital remain underwater despite being one of the world's driest countries climate change has worsened these areas months long rainy seasons in recent years.

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 several states are battling flames which have consumed entire communities blanketed cities from san francisco to seattle in smoke . is the director of the climate change institute at the australian national university he says the increasing destruction of these fires boils down to politicians not making climate change the top priority. we also need to change the rules which govern evacuations which govern how people build the building standards and with ideals we also have learned that we really need to educate people so that they don't start fires in the 1st puts because apart from lightening human accidents and schuman activity is the thing that most fuels as far as well berlin

in places like the west us than australia far the just normal part of the system and we've got digitization which is adapted to the floods and the question here though isn't where the fires of occurred before but what we're seeing a trend towards more intense fires fires over a much much greater area than ever experienced before along the fire season and the fire danger generally increasing quite considerably and and so those are things which are all linked to climate change so as the temperature goes up and their systems can get drafted more frequently because of those high temperatures we're seeing increased fire risk so they actually there is really one things we have to do is reduce climate change which means reducing greenhouse gas emissions the world wildlife fund is warning of the devastating effect people are having on animal and plant life and how nature is being destroyed at an extraordinary rates this year is

global living planet index says the wildlife population has declined by 68 percent in the last 50 years latin america and the caribbean are hardest hit with a 94 percent wipeouts freshwater species seem particularly vulnerable with an 84 percent decline globally climate change and human activity are blamed the w w f is urging us all to make immediate drastic changes to reverse the trends. we travel to the last surviving wetlands of mexico city where i can survey said us are racing to save one endangered species they believe is vital to the region's biodiversity here's one more. look. these are the canals of sochi on the outskirts of mexico city they're all that's left of a once vast wetland home to early indigenous american settlers and an abundance of driving plant and animal life. much of that life has disappeared but the wetlands

are still home to a rare and 50 found nowhere else on earth at the still mexicana one of the mexican salamander and that's what we're here to find. these days however spotting the critically endangered day in the wild is nearly impossible scientists say their perception has declined could be a warning sign of an ecosystem on the brink of collapse. out of control of what they want to bet on the axle of a perfect example it's an phoebe in with a pair most skin that can easily pick changes in the environment so these species indicates to us if an ecosystem is healthy or if there isa problem at. sochi meikle is almost completely surrounded by the urban sprawl of the mexican capital metropolis of 24000000 people and constantly grown. the wetlands of sochi mico have become a last refuge for dozens of native and migratory species. these ancient waterways

also serve to separate the few remaining of pre-columbian mexico a form of wetland agriculture developed by the ass take civilization more than 400 years ago. genome better one says he's witnessed as a whole lot of populations have declined over the years he blames pollution and a culture that he says has no respect for the environment. step one of the old makes me feel nostalgic how is it possible for the hand of man to become so destructive i grandchildren ask me what will become of us we wonder why it is gone i tell them that's why they need to study because the realities that such mucosa destiny could disappear in the thick of it. finally a closer look at sochi miklos famed a whole lot these these 2 were bred in an aquarium as the introduction of invasive species pollution from runoff city water and acid rain are among the factors that have devastated their native breeding grounds a whole lot those are quite easy to reproduce in captivity which is good news for

conservationists who are breeding them in pools like this one and reintroducing them into the wild where their populations have all but disappeared. a whole lot these are just one of more than 2015 species facing extinction according to the world wildlife fund latest living planet index report which outlines widespread declines in biodiversity pointing to a loss of wetlands as being among the key drivers of this decline. for many in this region saving the whole lot they also means preserving what remains of the centuries old way of life. the absolute there is a cultural emblem of the searching and conservation of the species is an important part of their identity and their history according to the world wildlife fund over the past 40 years more than 85 percent of the world's wetlands have been lost threatening the existence not only of the whole lot but of countless plant and animal species madrid up below al jazeera mexico city rebecca shaw is

chief scientist of 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 callous but cataclysmic many of them have their roots in the destruction of nature what we're seeing with the used dramatic fire of 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 pend our 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. fellow again the headlines on al-jazeera firefighters are battling a major blaze in the lebanese capital at the sites of last month's ports explosion the fire started at a destroyed warehouse which was storing oil and tires at least 200 people died and

more than 6000 were injured when a stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port last month the red cross says the fire hit where food aid is. storms. thousands of refugees are still without shelter after fires burned for a 2nd night on the greek island of lesbos much of the morea campout already been destroyed by blazes late on tuesday emergency efforts are underway to find places for the refugees to stay. uplifts has more from the camp. it's almost as though we're on another planet everything has been reduced to its elements this site however is where the government insists on rebuilding a new secure closed facility the residents of moria village just a kilometer away from here are absolutely against that as is much of the island they simply do not want to camp here anymore the government says that is the wrong

choice that the islanders resistance to such a camp is actually causing part of the problem it has prevented the government from building a better facility a surgeon waterborne illnesses is stretching medical services and so done hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by flooding and the river the floodwaters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick in colombia 7 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a night of protest against the death of a man tasered by police demonstrators set buildings on fire in the capital. after seeing video of year or dhoni is being repeatedly shot with a stun gun. the news hour is coming up on al-jazeera in less than 30 minutes time right after inside story thanks for watching.

we should look after the homeless off to 'd destroy europe's largest refugee camp thousands on the greek island lesbos have nowhere to go i lived as one refugees gone the forever well the disaster false stories of the e.u. to rethink ever saw the policies this is a story. and i welcome to the program. thousands of refugees all homeless in greece off to follow is destroyed the biggest camp in europe it was the 1st point of call for many asylum seekers hoping to start.