look pretty i don't see it can see. right through. gives you the full picture. of. the crackdown continues hundreds move protesters arrested in belarus as heavy handed tactics from security forces continue against demonstrators. by money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a dire situation for refugees trapped on the greek on end of last boss a new camp is being set up to thousands still need humanitarian help. techies

drilling ship returns to port and after its research mission into speech and waters but tension over territory still lingers with its greek neighbor. a shroud of smoke and ash fills the sky complicating efforts to find wildfires across the u.s. west coast. we begin in belarus where more than 400 people have been arrested in the capital following an escalation in violence against protesters hundreds of thousands flooded the center of minsk making their way to one of the presidential compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of the president alexander lukashenko following the disputed election result last month. has the very latest. this. just how look at shank

a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk people heading to a peaceful rally are randomly snatched by moscow 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 let him go. to. the protest or we interviewed had to run to safety to escape detention and he would merely pray. you know would read the stuff 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 say 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 road

blocks. in this protest last month she has exhausted all her tools used to apply in the previous year where your which are star years are large scale repressions to which people will get beaten detained and then this went down to protest 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 look at but put in as well. insidious and worried about russia's intentions to enforce its interests here we 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 protest turns into a dance festival. the marching for more than 2 hours the rally has now arrived at

one of the residences of alex on the lookout here right in this park but it was just a courtesy call the thousands of for protesters are turning around they just wanted to send a message. that 8 they are still here and that there will stay on the streets as long as he remains in office chances are that a decision about the future of might not be decided here on the streets of belarus but in neighboring russia according to observers since he has put his fate increasingly into put intense step 5. and i could scar is a policy expert on the region she says protesters determined to continue their action against the president and will be their long term. it's a stalemate and the government's has no intention to give in to the demands of the

protesters neither do the protesters have any time action still abandoned their rebellious spirit and go into the streets i do not think that the protests today will change something in the short trying or immediately but nonetheless this is a very important sign as a government to look ringback for himself that contrary to what look at it was predicting other protests have the result of conceding you know they've already been continued for over 5 weeks and they are determined to keep going not which means starts look at shanker does not have the luxury to go back to business as usually and he also will have to deal with a population that currently knows how to organize how to take things in the face into their own hands and how to bring in change burgeon people will be paying a heavy price even though they might not trelise it fully yet definitely in terms of a quantum a but definitely also in terms of political integration. refugees on the greek on

and of less balsa being moved into a new site tell after they come down last week that demanding humanitarian assistance and instead of just being moved they want to be taken to the greek mainland stephanie deck a report from last boss. there is an image in mass human misery but everyone here has a broken dream oh problems these. very calm here are. one of hope. around volume one of the. messages from afghanistan he says he worries about the effect the lack of hope is having on his mental health. is not both ways tell me. it's about emotional it's the most. brain 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 no i don't want to stay here any more i don't want to waste my life here and i want to get i want to go to another kind of country of my family had to start a new life is not going to skill and i 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 moria 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. a health condition or they have like a problem with heart with. all of us in the sense 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 or get tested for the coronavirus before they get allocated a tent there is a real fear that is spreading among the refugees most will remain on the streets in the hills of this island so off to 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. and you can't that's been set up but by no means is it 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 mytilene and the people don't want us we're not welcome we 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 nearly 300 people in the mediterranean sea is appealing to be allowed into a port the migrants on board were pulled from smaller boats in 3 different operations in the last week the vessel is run by the spanish charity open arms or than 18000 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 6 years. the turkish vessel sent to map out possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area of the eastern mediterranean has returned home tension flared last month after the ship along with a naval escort both turkey and greece claim energy resources there turkey's defense minister says the ship's return was shut jeweled and does not mean ancora has given up on its rights in the eastern mediterranean. or the greek prime minister as

welcoming the ship's departure from those disputed waters. the return of or tracing on tallia 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. to the u.k. now where 2 former prime ministers have urged m.p.'s to reject a government bill that threatens to violate parts of an earlier withdrawal agreement with the e.u. tony blair and john major say boris johnson's proposed bill is quote embarrassing the nation they say will damage the peace process in northern ireland johnson is proposing changes to the agreement on the movement between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which has which was put in place to prevent a so-called hard border on its foreign ministers says the move has

a right to trust between the u.k. and ireland the british government in my view is behaving in an extraordinary way and british people need to know the us because outside of britain where where this issue is being discussed now the reputation of the u.k. and britain as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this is being damaged in a very serious way. the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has warned there will be no trade deal with washington if the british government undermines the 998 good friday agreement which ended conflict in northern ireland good friday accords were very high priority for us democrats and republicans house and senate so that if the u.k. did anything to undermine the good friday accord they should not as i told them in

the u.k. for different elements of purchase of haitian there they should not even think about having a u.s. u.k. bilateral trade agreement earlier we spoke to alastair campo who served as a spokesman for tony blair he thinks it's extraordinary that politicians from across party lines are united like this every day criticism of johnson. the country i'm afraid elected a complete charlatan as prime minister and i think the country is beginning to see that perhaps more clearly i think both tony blair and john major tony blair he said i used the word wrong sometimes tells me that i go to over the top in my criticisms of boris johnson and he has held back i think in terms of some of his rhetoric about johnson but john major. a conservative prime minister who was during trees amazed time although he had very different views on some issues pretty

much kept his head down i think to him to come out today and combine with a labor prime minister and say what they have said together about the current prime 'd minister about the current government's handling of the brits in goshen asian the damage they're doing to u.k. standing around the world i think is extraordinary and the worry for me however is that a lot of these m.p. and human tory m.p.'s i suspect that their vision of their version of what the jury party is in 2020 doesn't bear sufficient relation to what john major's jory parts of it and i think that the 2 big points that make me really want the damage done to our reputation in the world when he openly have a prime minister and i kept saying that they see nothing wrong in breaking an international treaty breaking their word it was as you say negotiated a few months ago under which he won a general election and secondly the direct and significant threat that this poses

to the good friday agreement a what it shows is that john major and tony blair care about that and boris johnson doesn't. still ahead on al-jazeera supporters a russian opposition leader alexina of only a predicted to make gains in an election seen as a key test for president vladimir putin. winter is coming and the u.k. is imposing tougher coronavirus restrictions but many have been left confused. however we've got another area of wet weather just moving across northern parts of japan now the worst of the right is in the process of pulling why there's a tropical depression that's easing out into the open waters circulation just coming in behind that will introduce some blustery showers longer spells right into more than parts of honshu and on into hokkaido some showers to the south of that

tokyo generally dry warm and humid $31.00 celsius try and find there across the korean peninsula then we got this long line of cloud and rain which will bring some wet weather into were basing that will head to wards the yellow sea as we go on through the next day or so central parts of china also seeing some rather wet weather heavy spells of frank coming through here could lead to some flooding and then we got a rash of showers across the southeast of the country joining up with a showers that we have into the philippines some pretty wet weather that we have here some heavier rain so into northern parts of borneo for its. heavy showers making their way across into west sumatra pushing over into the peninsula and into thailand that was a southeast not seep out into parts of indonesia certainly the southern island should be largely dry and find just a chance of one or 2 showers but across the western side of india and heavier rain towards a dish. of

danger. and hope. to do is to move to get to grow. out is there a world follows for refugees facing the challenge of building a life in europe while staying close to their roots i still have this more open for an hour or so i'm very proud of it at all entirely how's that going to ensure a place of refuge growth and i'm stood on al-jazeera. were. heard. you're watching al-jazeera minds of our top stories this hour at least $400.00

protesters have been arrested in the belorussian capital minsk it happened on the 5th consecutive weekend of massive rallies against president xanana percent over last month's disputed election. refugees on the greek island of les paul subbing moved into a new site after their camp burned down last week refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and want to be taken to the greek mainland. a turkish vessel sent to explore for oil and gas prospects in the eastern mediterranean has returned home greece welcomed the move turkey says it was shadowed and that it will not renounce its claims. early results in russian local elections show the ruling party is on course for victory in most regions but supporters of opposition leader alexina volley are predicted to make gains he of course remains hospitalized in germany and is recovering from

a suspected poisoning the election is being closely monitored ahead of parliamentary elections next year now reports. 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 nobel nice 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 valleys or. 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 yes those who are naturally use

it but i'm strongly if i've already started travelling around cities in the country to declare war against 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 where to find out it's kind of a given that everybody feels but it's one thing when someone abstract is stealing and another when it someone specific right here among us and someone you could put pressure on through voting. in the far eastern city of qatar offs 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 of 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 they 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 dean barba al-jazeera. u.s. national weather service has issued a red flag warning for high winds extreme conditions are threatening to intensify. across the west coast nearly $100.00 fires burning across 3 states and the heavy ash and smoke a making it difficult for firefighters president donald trump will be visiting california on monday but his approach to the 5 is already causing controversy

patika hain explains all across the west spread out through several states similar yet shocking scenes walls of flames apocalyptic looking skies and sees a bash remnants of the lives lived here now just rubble for those who can return many find their worst fears confirmed george kabul lost 5 homes in this family compound his business and antique cars that are not insured. you already had our creator and our travel trailer hooked up to the pick up but we really didn't think it was going to come here so we just kind of like grass so we didn't think to grab a lot of stuff that we should have grabbed we just when we seen the fire that close we just grab the animals 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 since

we're working able to put out more hot spots there was a fire all around us so put that out 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 far east management please. but the democratic governors here strongly disagree and we 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 to deny that 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 already seems to be just about paddling al-jazeera a spring in don hankins he's a fine ecologist at california state university joining us now from chico in california many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera don for me the 1st question is why if we know these fires are happening year in year out why we still seeing so much destruction right well there's a lot of factors at play some of it is about the force stewardship the backlog 'd type you see on the landscape or the need for those fires to be on the landscape but then there's also the effects of climate change that are that are bare with

a lot prolonged drought in particular here in california we're looking at almost 20 years of prolonged drought so those are some of the factors that play into it part of the problem seems to me to be homes deliberately built in many of these 5 prone areas why is that the case. right well the question about homes being built in what we call the wild land urban interface 'd is an interesting question and one thing i think about is how a lot of these places are places that indigenous peoples have lived in for many thousands of years the one factor that we're missing from our landscape currently is the use of fire and indigenous people that use fire up until the time of european settlement in california and in the last 85200 years that process has been removed so when we remove that process then we see an accumulation of fuels and we see then shift in divorce to be resilient to fire and climate change

in terms of policy what more can be done to prevent this kind of destruction i mean if you look at areas like sonoma county where they've already been huge fison destruction in 2017 again in 2019 again now what can be done to prevent it from happening again and again i mean could the rebuilding of homes be built better be built smarter is definitely a factor about how to build in the wild land urban interface you know i see a lot of construction going in where people are still using wood and other materials that are flammable but i also think that if we think about the seasonal application of fire which is an indigenous way of thinking about it rather than waiting for lightning or other ignition sources to hit during the driest times of the year which is what we're dealing with right now if we were to spread that fire out over the wet season for instance and the time when it's more ecologically

beneficial to the landscape we could be restoring the landscape and so what i see is this as a fire back cycle that is perpetuating these fires converting a lot of our wooded areas to grasslands for instance and that's that's a big part of this problem. dan interesting to get your thoughts don hunt kins a fire ecologist at the california state university thank you. the 1st direct talks between the taliban and the afghan government are ongoing after a day of ceremony on saturday but as discussions got underway in qatar's capsule there were multiple attacks back in afghanistan both sides are blaming each other for the violence. the u.s. special representative for afghanistan reconsolidation zalmay. spoke with our program talked to al jazeera he described how much is at stake if afghan leaders squander this opportunity to achieve peace peace. serious error was made.

at the end of the soviet. period one is more than one error but one was not to try to do what we're doing now with afghan forces the mujahideen fought the soviets and the afghan other afghans to get to a political agreement to have negotiations like the one that started here yesterday . among afghans so that is that the withdrawal was. being carried out by the soviet forces there was an order there. and agreement and a political process among the forces in play so the and. that was because the lack of trust between the united states and the soviet union at that time many people didn't think the soviets were serious about would draw but

also the afghans made the. sacrifice so much to push the soviets out to force them out and the world benefited from that. soviet departure and what followed that departure which is the disintegration of the soviet union but the afghans were one great victory at huge cost for you politically by going to civil war against each other i hope the afghans are paying attention learning the lessons of that period we certainly ever learned. and that's why we've started this peace process to get the afghans to negotiate that's why i call it the stark opportunity to avoid another story from state. people across england are facing a tightening of coronavirus restrictions due to begin this monday it's called the rule of 6 and to take dictates only 6 people can gather in

a social group at the same time or a challenge reports from bryson. here in brighton beach people are enjoying a last sunday weekend seeing friends and family before the social screws in england tighten once again as of monday what many of the groups are doing here will be illegal punishable with fines this being called the rule of 6 a snappy title so make it easy to understand and in essence it is you can't socially congregate in groups larger than 6 unless that's already the size of your household your family and unless it's an educational or a workplace environment that already people are poking holes trying to find inconsistencies and of course there are some why should a student who spent all day with 35 other students in a classroom not be able to see those people socially in the evening as well why should a pair set of parents with 3 kids not be able to have grandparents over for the

weekend but this is not about consistency it's not about logic it's purely about trying to limit the amount of social contact that is going on in england at the same time as protecting education and protecting the already battered economy because out there across the channel in france there are some 10000 new coronavirus cases being recorded every day at the moment and i think you and wants to avoid the worst ravages of a 2nd wave and also avoid a more stringent 2nd national lockdown. this is al-jazeera these are our top stories more than 400 protesters have been arrested in the belorussian capital minsk it happened on the 5th consecutive weekend of massive rallies against president alexander lukashenko over last month's disputed election so fastened was at the march in minsk as a arrived at its end point after much more than 2 hours the rally has now arrived

at one of the residences up. alex on the lookout shack up here right in this park 6 but it was just a courtesy call of the thousands of protesters are turning around just wanted to send a message. that they are still here and that there will stay on the story as long as he remains in office refugees in the greek island of les paul saw it being moved into a new site that's after their camp burned down last week the refugees are demanding humanitarian assistance and want to be taken to the greek mainland a turkish vessel sent to map possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area of the eastern mediterranean has returned home tension flared last month after ankara sent the ship along with a naval escort greece has welcomed the move but turkey's defense minister says the ship's return was shuttled and does not mean i'm curious given up on its rights in

the eastern mediterranean. the us national weather service has issued a red flag warning for high winds extreme conditions are threatening to intensify record wildfires across the west coast authorities in oregon say they're prepared for the possibility of mass fatalities nearly 100 fires are burning across 3 states president donald trump will be visiting california on monday to former british prime ministers have urged m.p.'s to reject a government bill that will overturn a break sit with small agreement with the e.u. tony blair and john major say boris johnson's proposed bill is embarrassing the nation johnson is proposing to alton agreement to avoid a hard border in northern ireland after breaks it those are your headlines the news continues often side story.

frozen out diplomatically and financially mollies coup leaders say they can't count a road map back to democracy will the plan lead to the end of regional sanctions will a skeptical opposition return to the streets this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than nearly a month off the mollies military coup agreements seem to have been reached on the transition the plan sees a return to civilian rule within 18 months.