in that real you know it's i was a nurse back what i'm doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. the earth the way the. hundreds arrested on the internet is shot down more heavy handed tactics from a better russian president and government which refuses to step aside. though i maryam namazie in london also coming up on the program. 5 days since a fire gutted the morea camp in greece refugees are moved to a new site on lesbos but many are still in need of food water and health. horrifying off them off of u.s. wildfires fears there could be mass casualties buried by the arctic an ash and

revealing secrets of a flooded lost world the 1st humans in iams to visit a prehistoric mine. we begin the program in better room where 250 people have been arrested in the capital minsk after an escalation in violence against the protesters about 100000 people flooded the center of the city making their way to one of the presidential compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko following that disputed election result last month step vasa now reports . this is how look a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk people heading to a peaceful rally. they are randomly snatched by mosque policeman driving around at

high speed those daken are aggressively thrown into a van or al-jazeera cameraman was also grabbed by police shortly after filming an interview luckily they decided to let him go they let him go. to. the protest or we interviewed had to run to safety to escape detention and he would merely pay. us. you know would read the story i'm so glad you are ok i was sure they'll take you so this is why i'm here. this is why all of us are here so this could not happen any more never and nowhere i can see that this is kidnapping they abandon it and then you see after the ordeal she managed to catch up with tens of thousands of protesters who gather despite mas detentions and roadblocks. in this protest this month she has exhausted all her tools

you know apply in the previous year's work year which are star years and large scale repressions to reach people who will get beaten detained and then this would kill down the protests this time this doesn't work ahead of an important meeting with russian president vladimir putin on monday because shango is keen to show that the protests were under control but d.c. images show a different reality and now these demonstrations are not only aimed against because shanta but putin as well. insidious i'm going to bow to russia's intentions to enforce its interests here so they have to be friends with russia but it's not good for neighbor encounter to be involved in our internal problems. after the frightening and 10 scenes from earlier in the day the protests turned into a dance festival after marching for more than 2 hours the rally has now arrived at one of the residences of alex on the lookout shack up. here right in this park but

it was just a courtesy call the thousands out for protesters are turning around they just wanted to send a message. to all of the fact that that they are still here and that they will stay on the streets as long as he remains in office chances are that a decision about the future of look at shankar might not be decided here under streets of bellows but in me during rush hour according to observe 1st since he has put his feet increasingly into with intense step class of al-jazeera. when the past hour i spoke to human rights law professor constantin ziad sorry he said that it's not clear whether the protests which have remained peaceful can survive worsening police brutality if i go to the process of peaceful and defying the process in fable truth and human rights this is their force there it's nobody can save bear deforest used by big government in belarus is any

in any way proportionate to what people are trying to go on the streets and there is a really serious moral stand for the protesters i hold they will theory peaceful because it is very important that russia doesn't intervene with their forces there it's going to happen. the protests will become violent and the situation is so unpredictable that it's hardly possible to say really onisim in what is going to happen to morrow when put in the ears talking to workers sanka about sclera now this situation is continuing the protests are not going anywhere despite the brutality. well now to one of our other top stories authorities in greece have started moving refugees to a new site on the island of lesbos after they can burn down about 12000 people have

been sleeping rough since the mori count which was europe's largest was reduced to ashes the refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and want to be taken to the greek mainland stephanie decker reports now from the as office. there is anonymity in mass human misery but everyone here has a broken dream oh problem is this that the calm here. one of hope. but our own. medicine is from afghanistan he says he worries about the effect the lack of hope is having on his mental health problem is not about my stomach. it's about emotional it's the most. future. 11 year old i've been had he is too young to worry about his future but he does he is an extraordinary young boy

his opportunities lost here now i don't want to stay here any more i don't want to waste my life here you know i want to get i want to go into another kind of a country of my family and start a new life go to school and have a you know we were you were telling me you've never been to school i have never been to school so how is your english so incredible i learned from someone and then i started learning english from internet there is no running water no sanitation they've been setting up tents and tarps woolens since morier camp burnt to the ground almost a week ago refugees have largely been left to fend for themselves the problem is there's a lot of people has like. health condition or they have like a problem with heart with kidneys all of us in the sense of the waste and all of us we are lost we have no idea what to do we just we have to wait there is a new camp that's being set up but only a few 100 people have been transferred so far there are around 12000 that need to

be read or get tested for the coronavirus before they get allocated a tent there is a real fear that is spreading among the refugees most still remain on the streets in the hills of the. and so after having spent the day here talking to people we just got a phone call that the police had come to evict them because this is private property now we've been watching people throughout the day picking up tarpaulins whatever they could find some of these nets you can see a mattress here and some of the food handouts just left so again there on the streets yes there is a new camp that's been set up but by no means is that large enough to house the thousands of people that need shelter we need a group of young men trying to decide where to sleep. where shall we go now we have no idea what our fate will be if we go to the people don't want us we're not welcome we're displaced once again we will sleep in the orchards what the burning down of europe's biggest refugee camp has done is reignited the debate and turned

the international spotlight back on these forgotten people stephanie decker on lesbos island greece meanwhile a ship carrying more than 270 rescued migrants is in the mediterranean sea waiting for a port to allow them to disembark people were pulled from small boats in 3 different operations in the past week the owners of the spanish rescue ship are appealing for the overcrowded vessel to be allowed into a port more than 18000 people have lost their lives in mediterranean crossings since 2014. now a turkish research vessel has returned to the country's shores often mapping out possible oil and gas trading prospects in a disputed area nato members turkey and greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern

mediterranean tensions flared last month when ankara sent a ship to the area turkey insists it hasn't given up on its rights in the region gori says the return of the vessel is a positive step in easing tensions. the return of or trace an ontology is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions. well millions of people in russia are voting in a series of local elections they are deciding on members of regional parliaments minister policies and govern as a vote follows major protests and claims the kremlin ordered the poisoning of the opposition leader likes in a valley something the government has denied and he has the story.

if these elections are being watched more closely than ever it's because of a rising sense of discontent among parts of the public tens of millions of russians have been voting for local parliaments and regional governors weeks after the german government said opposition leader alexina valley had been poisoned. novelli still in hospital in berlin he fell seriously ill last month as he left siberia where he'd been campaigning germany says it was an attempted murder and his supporters claim it was ordered by president vladimir putin no valley's team is advocating smart voting in other words backing whoever is best positioned to defeat president putin's united russia party whether the candidates from the valley's own movement a nationalist or a communist here in tomsk in the valley highlighted local corruption in this campaign video he refers to blood sucking creatures. naturally use it but i'm strongly if i've already started travelling around cities in the country to declare war against the united russia he says here it's clear this place should be one of

the 1st because it's sorely needed in this war and it's a message that's making inroads among some voters ok we're to find out it's kind of a given that everybody steals but it's one thing when someone abstract is stealing and another when it's someone specific right here among earth and someone you could put pressure on through voting. for the far eastern city of qatar off scale there have been large demonstrations for the past 2 months prompted by the arrest of a popular local governor while the rallies may have surprised the kremlin nobody's predicting anything other than a nationwide win for the ruling united russia but this election does present a new approach from vladimir putin's opponents what they're trying to do is to chip away at the kremlin's image and intense ability that the kremlin completely controls elections if through start very soon about he and his team can demonstrate that there is scope for competition that there is scope for opposition success then that might lead to a snowball. effect and that's something that the kremlin is incredibly worried

about. as in the past there have been complaints about irregularities the social media video appears to show officials stuffing ballot boxes in the rostov on don region al jazeera cannot independently verify this footage but once all the results are in they should provide an idea of the main battlegrounds for next year's parliamentary elections the diem baba al-jazeera. still ahead for you on the program back into lockdown for israel a country becomes the 1st country it becomes the 1st country to reimpose nationwide restrictions and could it be 7th time lucky the man who refuses to give up is again running for president in zanzibar. however the weather is largely fine and dry across much of australia saying some

blustery showers pushing away from the southeast a few showers so quite a brisk wind there for tasmania at last all heading towards new zealand but for the most part high pressure is in charge so it's largely fine and dry will see temperatures in perth getting up to around $2728.00 over the next couple days much of us looking good over the next day i'd say just notice a few on shore showers up towards the cape york peninsula at least inside of queensland this is a similar picture actually as we go on into were choose day the charles of more showers up towards cannes longer spells of right into the south out of the news a typical western side of the country in central areas also in with a chance of seeing some wet weather i think for the fog off the mortality should be lousy 5 and dry if a little on the cloudy side there all the time decided to northern parts of japan as well but this area of rain is in the process of moving through pretty when you have very strong winds coming through here for a time will see a few showers there into honshu much of southern japan does look settled and sunny

as is the case into the korean peninsula this developing sea feature just making its way across northern parts of china will bring some heavy rain into beijing and it gradually makes its way into the icy. a face can tell a story without uttering a single word. a knowing glance can guide us. a simple tuck. inform us. the unconventionality of life witnessed through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. the all the way.

back our main story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in the battle russian capital minsk after 100000 protesters defied warnings and riot police to gather in the city center earlier the government shut down the internet. and in our other top stories authorities in greece have started moving refugees to a new site on the island of les vos after their camp burnt down about 12000 people have been sleeping rough since the mori count which was europe's largest was reduced to ashes and a turkish research vessel has returned to the country's shores after mapping out possible oil and gas trading prospects in a disputed part of the eastern mediterranean tensions spiked last month between nato members turkey and greece over competing claims to potential energy resources

. and other stories we're following this hour at least 26 people have died in wildfires that have devastated parts of the u.s. west coast authorities in the state of oregon a warning about the possibility of mass fatalities a search and rescue teams comb the areas president onil trouble visit fire ravaged parts of california on monday but his approach to the fire is already causing controversy as patty cohen explains. all across the west spread out through several states similar yet shocking scenes walls of flames apocalyptic looking skies and seas of bash remnants of the lives lived here now just rubble for those who can return many finding their worst fears confirmed george kaba lost 5 homes in this family compound his business and cars that are not insured. you already had our stock trader and our travel trailer hooked up to the pickup but we

really didn't think it was going to come here so we just kind of like so we didn't think to grab a lot of stuff that we should have grabbed we just when we seen a fire that close we just grabbed the animals left all but the cat couldn't find and then the cat came back to day 2 or 3 days later we found him. belly but other than that we got him and he did more than half a 1000000 people in the state of oregon have evacuated or been told to be ready to leave many still refuse some got lucky water still works we came here. which you know like i said why it was work and there was no power though so this was working able to put out more hot spots there was a fire all around us so. it's not as bad as it used to be with dozens missing searchers have begun sifting through the debris looking in finding more bodies this is the desperate situation as the u.s. president arrives on monday but he's already framing how he sees these historically bad wildfires spoke to the folks in oregon. washington there really haven't they

never had anything like this but you know it is about forest management please remember the words very simple forest management please. but the democratic governors here strongly disagree and lee know that climate change is making the fires start easier spread faster and intensify and it is maddening right now that we have this cosmic challenge to our communities with the entire west coast of the united states on fire to have a president who did die these are not just wildfires these are climate fires the weather did give firefighters a break over the weekend with calmer winds and cooler temperatures but that will be short lived as monday is expected to bring wind gusts of more than 60 kilometers an hour a worst case scenario for a scene that over he seems to be just that particle hanging al-jazeera well david steeves is the science environment managing editor with arkham public broadcasting

joins me now live by skype from poland and it looks as though that the wildfire situation in oregon is becoming increasingly was that must be mounting fears about the possibility of mass fatalities. now that it's true we're just getting to the point where people live and returning to some of the communities that they were down there we've seen the death toll reach 10 but everyone in organise bracing for those numbers to get much much worse in the days to come what about the evacuation of 10 percent of the total population have been issued with this with this warning. yeah it's the really surreal we live with wildfire every late summer and every fall here in the state of oregon and cross the west but this is the 1st time that anyone has experienced it coming right down into major metropolitan areas including portland a city metro area you know more than

a 1000000 people and in some good news just within the last couple of hours we've seen those evacuation statuses drop so that we're now seeing tens of thousands of people being told they're no longer in an evacuation area that's in the suburbs bedroom communities to the east and south the city of portland this is. very difficult to this is it is a historic wildfire season isn't it and of course you are there in poland where currently the equity is the was in the well what does it what does always feel like it is really almost impossible to wrap your head around it because as i mention we live on the edge of wildfire but never in the middle of such horrendous experiences and so to just open the door 1st thing in the morning to see what looks like it dense fog and to know that these are all dangerous to your health care

particulates and to look on the map and see you know the state as we speak just under a hazardous air quality warning where it is safe to breathe the air is just unbelievable in an area that prides itself as a place with abundant clean air and clean water and beautiful natural surroundings and of course we've about this being tied to climate change weather conditions have made these fires much worse and of course the immediate concern is for the environment and for the loss of life but that could be the last thing economic damage from this as well. oh absolutely when entire communities have been destroyed and businesses lost definitely some economic loss i think really people are most concerned primarily with the loss of human life and the task of rebuilding but you know if you're not in the middle of the fire zone as if we are just

a few minutes ago with no president reelection we're definitely seeing that pivot to pointing fingers i became policies whether it's you know from the right that we need to a lot more intensively to remove what people like to call you and of course to that we're reaping what we have sown and not being ready for a climate that has already changed drastically and will continue to bring more of these kinds of unperceiving magnifiers and really destructive and damaging fires threatening communities and is an unprecedented crisis unfolding there and so i appreciate you taking the time out to speak to us thank you david steeves joining us there from our going public broadcasting science and environment at. thank you happy to be with you. well now israel's government has announced a fresh 3 week nationwide lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus making it the 1st country to reimpose restrictions on a national scale the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the restrictions will

come into force on friday this means israelis will have to stay within 500 meters of their homes schools and places of worship will be closed as well as all but essential shops more than 153000 infections have been confirmed in israel and at least 1100 people have died now campaigning for next month's presidential election a started in tanzania's semi autonomous state of zanzibar the result could trigger another fall out between the government and the opposition following the disputed poll 5 years ago one of the main issues is the status of the hands of oz union with mainland tanzania catherine sawyer puts on this now from neighboring kenya. safe shareef is running for president on an opposition ticket this will be he 7th try in tanzania semi-autonomous island state of zanzibar. as in previous attempts he's campaigning for more tonally for which is

a union with panic on the mainland together they form tanzania. a mad says his victory in 2015 was stolen and he doesn't believe that next month's election will be free or fair even though he now has more support from his. party and tanzania's main opposition party chair damn a relationship because we're seeing the same. nomination period. i mean kerry. has really been in this house over 10 years. now on health care issues just like his name and you are not based on being a real issues when you're in you're fine he feel the same way his son of a former president and the media former defense minister is a booming c.c.m.

party candidate he says he'll improve the economy and pacify ethnic tensions that have always polarized the island this when his critics say he doesn't represent them because he comes from the mainland we will continue to strengthen our relationship with the mainland he will deliver on the policies and agendas of the c.c.m. bowling alley center propaganda. elections in zanzibar have often been contentious and violent in 2015 the opposition claimed victory the electoral commission a nod to the pool and the ruling party won in a repeat election the following year. political analysts say this election will also be fiercely contested by the 2 leading contenders among well. presidential candidates the results could trigger another violent fall out between the ruling party and opposition not me. with the battle is not between personalities they're both deeply flawed this competition is going to be between parties but losers as

likely to can to see election and that's when the problems will start. as a famous history for it's by st but its future is dividing the 700 islanders many are young who complain of feeling increasingly marginalized others want more tunnel me and everyone wants to benefit from the natural gas discovered off the coast catherine soy al-jazeera now 2020 has been a year of discovery for archeologists in mexico with the most significant being evidence that human beings might have reached the american continent 15000 years earlier than previously recorded such as now hope that more archaeological investigations will help paint a clearer picture of human history in the americas monny rockfeller reports. these are some of the 1st images of an ancient mineral mine where no human being has set foot since the last ice age the discovery was made by a team of cave divers in mexico's yucatan peninsula and thanks to modern 3 d.

mapping technology scientists and explorers have been able to paint a clear picture of this lost world unseen for more than 10000 years and never in my wildest dreams i think. what it is or mine. and of course what this does is it makes our imagination. what else is out there that we haven't discovered yet and i think that's really the most thing. but the mine is only one of several discoveries made by scientists in mexico over the past year cica he to keep and researchers say it pales in comparison to what archaeologists recently uncovered on a hillside in the state of such a big us radio cop and inside a cave cold scientists have recovered more than 900 stone tools and other evidence suggesting early people may have arrived on the american continent more than 30000 years ago that's 15000 years earlier than previously thought. all these discoveries

in mexico a slowly across the continent begin to fit together and allow for a greater understanding of the 1st humans of the american continent as well as that the bedlam and of their cultures and. scientists say it's hardly surprising that so many important science are being uncovered in mexico they say the country has sat on the nexus of human and animal migration for tens of thousands of years even but if mexico city's bustling historic district new discoveries are not uncommon like the 15th century asked tech palace floor uncovered by researchers in july only blocks from the city's central plaza. in many cases these fines happen by accident as was the case when construction workers came across. dozens of giant skeletons of animals long extinct under a new airport being built in the mexican capital because only those we have extracted difference besoms fauna the live here 25000 years ago we have mostly

found remains of. mexico is home to some 29000 or q launchable sites many of them or designated you know school world heritage sites meaning they're recognized for bearing clues to the origins and evolution of mankind. al-jazeera mexico city. our top story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in better routes and the capital ments after an escalation in violence against protesters. also police was seen beating demonstrators to the ground today forcing many of them into military vehicles about 100000 people flooded the center of the city making their way to one of the presidential compounds earlier the government shut down the

internet in an attempt to stop the mobilization of protest activists have been demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko ofter that disputed election result last month. in all the headlines authorities in greece have started moving refugees to a new site on the island of last boss after they count down about 12000 people have been sleeping rough since the mari account which was europe's largest was reduced to ashes the refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and want to be taken to the greek mainland. a turkish research vessel has returned to the country's shores after mapping out possible oil and gas drilling prospects in the disputed area they tell members turkey and greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rice a potential energy resources in the eastern mediterranean tensions flared last month when ankara sent the ship to the area. to quote the return of or trace an ontology is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that

the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions. and israel's government has announced a fresh 3 week nationwide lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus making it the 1st country to reimpose these types of restrictions on a national scale prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the restrictions will come into force on friday meaning many israelis will have to stay within $500.00 metres of their homes schools and places of worship will be closed as will all but essential shops. witness ahmed the architect is next looking at a man building schools in nigeria to counter the violence of book around that set for myself and the team here in london. i am steve clemons and i have a question to ask these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the

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