extrapolate that across the country under spread of coronavirus appears far wider than anyone. tending the border standoff india and china agreed to ease months of tensions along a disputed boundary. hello i'm down in jordan this is out is iraq live from doha also coming up protesters attacked police stations in colombia as demonstrations continue of the death of a man in custody. order to leave half a 1000000 people forced from their homes in the u.s. state of oregon as deadly wildfires continue to burn along the west coast. and at risk of being submerged teams battle to protect an ancient archaeological site from

flooding in savannah. india and china have reached an agreement on deescalating tensions along their disputed border really 3 months after the biggest military confrontation between the 2 sides in the last 45 years foreign ministers from both countries have been holding talks in moscow the 5 point plan is centered around honoring existing border agreements 20 indian troops were killed in hand to hand combat in june the border area of the northern ludacris which china also claims both sides are prohibited from using arms under a treaty. ganguli is a professor of political science at indiana university he expressed cautious optimism about the deal. this deal is significant but on the other hand i am still cautious because it let's we'll wait and see what

transpires in the next few weeks and months that will be a crucial test and yes i think both sides can have considerable reasons to deescalate but in the indian case the indian economy has cratered in the wake of the covert 19 crisis and the shambolic handling their roles and consequently india can ill afford to devote significant resources to the military at this particular juncture on the chinese side i think the chinese did not want this to become a major distraction as their economy is finally recovering and they are focused on the november elections in the united states big stream be keen on seeing what the outcome is the would probably involve withdrawing troops from eyeball

to eyeball contact with one another they would probably involve reducing certain kinds of actual deployments of artillery and other weaponry along a particular band of territory periodic meetings between commanders between local commanders these are the kinds of confidence building measures that are extremely likely to follow in the wake of this 5 point agreement. colombia's capital bogota seen another night saval and protests with demonstrators attacking police stations with molotov cocktails on wednesday 9 people were killed and hundreds injured during ronnie's against the death of a man in police custody that i know was driven by a video showing 43 year old lawyer javier done as being repeatedly shot by offices with a taser stun gun he died soon after

a song from pity is in vogue atop with more. thousands of people are out on the streets for a 2nd night here in the capital as you can see behind me we are in front of one of the many neighborhoods police stations in. and many of them were burned to the ground last night the protesters have been hurling rocks at the police at this station throwing molotov cocktails at this police station to try and light it on fire this is just one of the 15 different demonstrations that have been called for this 2nd night of protests and riots that were sparked by the killing on part of the police about 43 year old a lawyer that was out on the streets drinking with some friends in violation of coronavirus restrictions and this situation is quite tense here. it could get quite more animate there any moment now. and if

we're going to have to see if tonight that will be as violent as last night just to remind you 9 people were killed last night. with gunfire another 66 people were injured by firearms. 6 high profile taliban prisoners are being transferred to qatar ahead of afghan peace talks that will begin in doha on saturday the prisoners of left kabul after months of disagreements over exchanges it was a precondition for talks some of the u.s. troop withdrawal agreement between washington and the taliban. to the u.s. now where half a 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in oregon as wildfires continue to spread across the west coast at least 15 people have now been killed in the several states affected particle hanging as the latest. san francisco a don thursday in ominous sign of what the day would bring buyers chewing through

hector after hector pushed by fast moving winds devouring the dry land in its path and destroying everything entire towns gone. horrible terrible absolutely terrible you don't know where your home is going to be there when you get back we have animals that we couldn't bring with us there are countless hopefully we have place to live because of our stuff burns down that's i mean i'm on a fixed income millions told to be ready to flee some making the narrowest of escapes. there is a fire $360.00 degrees around me among the dead 2 found a car that didn't make it through the wall of flames in oregon and a one year old baby boy in washington state how to put this in perspective in the last 3 days we have lost more acknowledged to 2 fires then any single entire year in the history of the state of washington except 2015

leaders are warning residents the death toll will surely climb there are almost $100.00 fires burning throughout the west the vast majority of them uncontained and growing the fires that are going on in the western united states right now are unprecedented even to our most senior leadership and senior most tenured people an instant management teams in this country we have not seen this before tens of millions of people impacted even those far away in los angeles the pollution level reached a high not seen in 26 years and by all indications all of it is just going to continue to get worse in the coming days pedicle hain al-jazeera. so ban has declared an economic state of emergency after its currency fell by more than 40 percent in recent weeks the transitional government is blaming the plunge on manipulation special courts will be set up to counter smuggling and other illicit

activities officials say those involved in part of a systemic operation to vandalize the economy. floodwaters in sudan are starting to recede but water borne diseases remain a threat hundreds of thousands have been displaced as the river nile reached unprecedented levels to the morgan reports now from the capital khartoum. barely able to stand 13 year old mohammed treatment at this health center in the south of the capital hard 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. 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 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 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 and living in the camps. 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 recede this week the number of those falling ill is increasing so than 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 notice which will result in more malaria cases move more diarrhea cases and more bill housing. 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 hard to and an ancient archaeological site in sudan is at risk of being submerged teams have been working to prevent the ruins of . from being damaged it was once a royal city of the 2 millennia old meriting arrington's the famous mera pyramids recognised as a unesco world heritage site. the c.e.o. and 2 other senior executives of a mining company that destroyed ancient caves in western australia are stepping down rio tinto has been widely criticized a blowing up 46000 year old rock shelters in may to expand an iron ore mine the jew concords gabe's are one of the earliest known aboriginal heritage sites rio tinto has internal review found that blasting was legal but neglected the company's own guidelines and cut bonuses of its top executives. time for

a short break here down to 0 when we come back france accuses turkey of unacceptable provocations and calls on europe to unite and stand up to ankara plus . why there are calls to boycott disney's moulin of the film is released in mainland china more and that stay with us. hello the monsoon breeze is still catching salalah and is still as far as i know under these the conditions the overcast and drizzly but that's the exception that proves the rule a puff or few showers in the high ground in western yemen or south as in saudi is to draw a picture and still quite hot for this time of the year throughout the middle east the temperatures in jerusalem are above by a bit the average and by quite

a lot denser iraq and the still air means that 37 in doha hints at. rather humid weather at the moment but the heat is around particular the event damascus maybe shows it best was obvious $32.00 the forecast is $37.00 going on $38.00 for next 3 days so this part is still significantly warmer. and so caution is the monsoon when these towns need some degree kenya and somalia but it's not particularly wet just every now and again cloudy and disappointing must somalis dry the showers further west are still showing themselves from ethiopia right way down through the rift valley and beyond that to tanzania a daily event and weaving slowly westwards to the south so that probably old eyes if you're off the rain would be in the island of madagascar which has been wet on the east and still is. reminding me. to.

tell you money and having the onion the feed back the house. will. be. the 1st thing on india's 10000000 children put in bondage either victims of trafficking in one day and the large numbers are very very big number on al-jazeera. remove. or. welcome back if you come out of our top stories here on al-jazeera india and china say they'll on the existing border agreements after months of increasing tensions

in the himalayas and the joint statement they've also vowed not to escalate the situation and say no carry out confidence building measures. protests against police brutality in colombia have once again turned violent with demonstrators throwing molotov cocktails at a police station anger has been building after the death of a man in custody in bogota. and half a 1000000 people have been told to leave their homes in the u.s. state of oregon as around a 100 wildfires continue to burn through the west coast at least 15 people have now been killed in the several states affected now a group of a u. nations say they're ready to impose sanctions on turkey over its drilling ambitions in the mediterranean tensions have been rising since the discovery of large reserves of oil and gas the tasha butler reports from paris. the greek prime minister was the 1st to arrive at a summit in corsica he was warmly greeted by the french president who hosted leaders of suppan e.u. countries earlier kyriakakis made to talk is

a man who had met to discuss tensions between nato members greece and turkey in the eastern mediterranean turkey is pursuing potential oil and gas resources and waters also claimed by greece and cyprus after the summits mark cross said all the disc condemned turkey's actions and called for deescalation of tensions. and we agreed on a message of unambiguous support for greece and cyprus and of solidarity in the face of unilateral publication of illegal exploration and for its european sovereignty in a video conference with the european parliament turkey's foreign minister said the e.u. should remain impartial in the dispute by acting as an international call demanding one size clearly all the issue you have become part of the problems unfortunately. even the european court of justice how the rule the union how annoyed your attention or amount of time this is now to austin for those online

a time bankers delimitation france has sent a military ship and planes to the eastern mediterranean to support greek naval vessels monitoring the situation relations between france and turkey or increasingly hostile macro has repeatedly clashed with turkey's president over a number of crises including syria and libya where both leaders accuse the other a fueling insecurity the summit was only show of solidarity with greece micros aim is to pressure the e.u. leaders to take united and tougher stand against turkey's leadership and stop actions by ankara that are deemed by france as an affront to the block the french analysis is that turkey feels. europe is so weak and vulnerable that it can play the fait accomplis and that europe will not be able to react to that that's why i think cross is trying to make turkey a test for europe as a power on

a turkey foreign minister says ancora is ready for unconditional dialogue but greece's talks will be possible only once turkish ships leave disputed waters unless and courage shifts its position they e.u. could consider punitive measures against it when all 27 leaders meet in 2 weeks natasha butler al-jazeera paris a munitions storage facility has exploded north of jordan's capital amman the country's minister for media affairs says unusable mortar bombs are being stored in the warehouse an electrical short circuit is being blamed for triggering the explosion there are no reports of casualties. and a fire at the site of last month's court explosion in beirut has destroyed. a large blaze caused panic among residents as to reports now from the lebanese capital. another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port

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 190 people. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. their westpac. we are. each day we are afraid. people nearby left area we are running away a small fire caused. this fire might cause a bigger disaster. half an hour later the army released this statement it said a warehouse where oil tires were stored fire it. 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 not told there was nearly $3000.00 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate in the warehouse which triggered the devastating explosion. have reason to panic the army said it discovered 4 tons of. near one of the ports and that means there was dangerous material 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 actually to change the whole system we have 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 a new leadership for months they say they are hostages in a corrupt establishment this 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 santa for their baby. polls have opened in iran for the 2nd round of a parliamentary election that was the late due to the coronavirus pandemic voting will take place and 9 provinces said big reports from tear off. 10 seats in the rolls parliament are up for grabs in the 2nd round of voting favorites parliamentary election so the lowest voter turnout in the history of the islamic republic and resulted in the most conservative parliament in its 40 year history

hardliners now make up the majority and that's not good for president has done rouhani is reformist aligned government in june foreign minister zarif was interrupted and heckled and parliament and at least 12 government ministers still have to face questions from politicians next week the same issues still dominate politics the state of the economy corruption and u.s. sanctions englishtown province in northeast iran people want to see action from their elected representatives do said i hope my lawmaker cooperates with the people and his people expect their lawmakers to fulfill their content pledges that in talk about actively participated in the. and god willing will attend this round 2 politicians are encouraging more people to come out and vote. we usually don't worry about small constituencies where usually just one lawmaker should be elected concerns about voter turnout always about citizens in the big cities in provincial capitals such as tehran. but the covert pandemic makes it difficult to see how that

will happen candidates have been barred from campaigning on the street mo list the health ministry has warned against any public gatherings we ask the candidates to take their campaigns online. while the battle now is for parliamentary seats in 9 provinces results show likely voting intention in next year's presidential election and the results of that will determine how the country deals with the world for the next 5 years as i beg al-jazeera to her on in mexico relatives and friends have held a funeral for a journalist who was decapitated earlier this week julio davis' body was found on railroad tracks in the town of not so long in the state of veracruz he covered in an area known for its gang violence rights groups of call for an investigation. the reuters news agency is reporting that the chinese government has banned media coverage from the release of disney movie the film has caused outrage because it

was partly shot in the shin jalen region where china is accused of committing abuses against muslim we go to the torah getting reports my father cannot fight. so i will take his place disney has high hopes for me land in china bought a publicist a blackout is another blow for the controversial movie people who killed the star of the land you a fake raised outraged by voicing support for the police crackdown on anti-government protesters in hong kong and this anger it was partly shot in the should jan region where china is accused of committing human rights abuses against muslim week is this is a very problematic collaboration with a regime that puts muslim minorities into internment camps at a time where this mass internment was ongoing and accelerating and this kind of complicity is just absolutely profoundly shocking hong kong protest leader joshua won't says anyone who believes in human rights should support the movie now it's

time for people to through the action to let this need to know that cult out of china should not be the way out and force our parties or any actors that and boss to police brutality the world will give response and back fire to it what is unique soldier believe is based on a 2000 year old chinese legend of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy to join the chinese imperial army it's tailored to appeal to audiences in china the world's 2nd largest leavy market. media companies in china say they received orders from the government not to cover the release of the movie the reason was given but some believe it was because of the backlash abroad. you're saying that the film involves changing issues right 1st there's no such thing as ridge occasion camps and changing the establishment of occasional education and training centers in changing is in accordance with the law. film

industry analysts say disney should be concerned because the personal views of audiences can impact the movie's financial success victoria gaita be al jazeera. activist some greenpeace have stopped an oil tanker from making a delivery to a refinery in sweden the protest is to draw attention to a planned expansion of the refinery which activists say would increase carbon dioxide emissions by up to a 1000000 tons a year. it's been 6 months since the world health organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic covered 19 as infected millions from the rich and famous to the very poorest in society nor about money takes a look back at how it spread across the world what started as a cluster of cases in china has gone on to kill more than 104000 people worldwide with reported infections close to 28000000. what's more is with that to

sooth in late december chinese doctors reported treating patients with an unknown illness some worked in the market by the 31st of december china alerted the world health organization to what it called unusual phenomena that chinese dr li when the on board his friends on a social media up they should take protective measures he was reprimanded by police and accused of spreading rumors 2 months later he died of coffee at 19 chinese scientists then announced that identified a new virus which would soon be known by everyone as covered 90. the virus spreads across china quickly preaching its borders so far 4 cases have been reported outside outside china 2 in thailand one in japan and one in republic of korea the streets emptied as well han and its population of more than 11000000 people went into lockdown on january 24th. a 1000 bed hospital with built in

just 10 days as 17000 infections were reported than on the 11th of march a pandemic with the class we're deeply concerned most by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the island i mean the levels of in action we have that for a man to be our system and that covered 19 can be characterized as a pandemic by then the virus has spread to more than 100 countries the world had missed the window of opportunity to contain covered 19 cases in the u.s. began to surge past china at the end of april more than a 1000000 american infections were reported present on the chance that it was no was the winter flu u.s. hospitals quickly reached capacity with sick patients and lacking personal protective equipment the staff. mass graves dug in new york for families who

couldn't afford a funeral towards the end of march its way in spain became 2nd to the us in the number of cases of the one with the deaths also came moments of humanity. was italian sung to one another and applaud his health care workers which is repeated in britain and elsewhere. by may brazil became 2nd to the us in the number of reported infections president both in our contract it covered 9000 in july of 2 downplaying the illness for months he was among many politicians who contract to the virus including britain's prime minister boris johnson. with many countries having is not down for suffering the 2nd wave india continued to struggle with almost 4 and a half 1000000 reported cases. covered 19 has now had an impact in almost every

part of the world the i.m.f. says the global economy will shrink at least 3 percent this year the worth since the great depression millions of both the jobs international travel is destructive and billions have been defined to the homes 2020 will be known for generations to come as the year when a microscopic organism shocked and changed the world nor about a man the al-jazeera. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera india and china sale on existing border agreements after months of increasing tensions in the himalayas and a joint statement they said they are not escalate the situation and will carry out confidence building measures. is a professor of political science at indiana university he explained what steps they're likely to take to disengage. they would probably involve withdrawing

troops from eyeball to eyeball contact with one another they would probably involve reducing certain kinds of actual deployments of artillery and other weaponry along but to kill or band of territory periodic meetings between commanders between local commanders these are the kinds of confidence building measures that are extraordinary likely to follow in the wake of this 5 point agreement colombia's capital bogota has seen another night of violent protests people from petrol battle a police station anger has been building over the death of a man in custody in bogota officers repeatedly fired a stun gun and have gay or donors half a 1000000 people have been told to leave their homes in the u.s. state of oregon is around 100 wildfires burn across the west coast at least 15

people have been killed hundreds of thousands of people displaced by flooding in sudan not getting some relief as the waters begin to recede but water borne diseases are starting to emerge with a growing number of people falling sick the c.e.o. and 2 other senior executives of a mining company that destroyed engine caves in western australia are stepping down rio tinto has been widely criticized for blowing up 46000 year old rock shelters and made to expand an iron ore mine the jew can go and caves are one of the earliest known of the original heritage sites and polls open in iran for runoff parliamentary elections in 9 provinces they were shuttled to take place in april but were delayed by the pandemic those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the street station that's watching. one of a stroke his most loved making random the one that is under threat from an agonizing disease but one wild one campaigner is dedicating

a lot to say what i want to east makes the woman want to do the right. i am for me ok feel what she has strained the united nations has declared to test the night international day to protect education from attack because among the wealth there are 75000000 youngsters who live in countries that i mean quite says which means that their education is in jeopardy what does that even look like unesco put together a video where the kids literally dropping out of school take a look.