called marijuana. on al-jazeera. and i want to see. what you. think it'll start getting cooler or you just you just watch. a clash of ideas u.s. president donald trump continues to deny climate change and instead blame mismanagement for the catastrophic fires raging across the west coast. by money and saeed this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. jewish

settlers given 3 life sentences for the fog bomb attack which killed 3 members of a palestinian family. facing mass protests the home by the russian president alexander lukashenko is in sochi for a face to face meeting with vladimir putin. and could that be like flexing amongst the clouds of venus scientists make an extraordinary you just covering. the. nearly $100.00 wildfires burning across the west coast of the united states and now they're becoming an election issue president donald trump has denied the link to climate change blaming forest management his democratic rival joe biden has called him a climate awesome ist hadija castro has. exhausted firefighters are doing

what little they can to battle the monster inferno consuming towns and homes and lives. monday's drier conditions and gusty winds meant no respite as nearly 100 fires continue to burn across 12 states get these otherworldly scenes are new california has now several summers of severe wildfires realizing predictions of a climate report released by the white house in 2018 but president trump who flew to california for fire briefings continues to deny manmade climate change exists it will start getting cooler i was just you just watch i wish science and everybody with it but i would have to think sanjay knows actually trump has repeatedly blamed the wildfires on democrats accusing them of mismanaging forest lands in western states as the election nears he's dug into the pro fossil fuel policies of his

administration former by. president joe biden who seeking to replace trump in the white house challenge his record in a speech from delaware we have 4 more years of trump's climate denial how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires how many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out how many suburbs will have been blown away in super storms if you give a climber an arsonist 4 more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised we have more america blaze. but for the americans suffering fires in the west and new hurricane threats in the southeast the candidate's campaign promises offer little consolation as destruction becomes the new normal hijo castro al-jazeera let's cross over to jennifer buhl clint who joins us live now from chico in northern california firstly bring us up to date with the fires where you are.

i mean this is the northern part of the state where the fire activity was expected to intensify this afternoon we are still waiting for reports from the front lines to find out if the wind shifted in the way that they were forecast to do but i can tell you it's hotter it is gusty year and it is drier at this moment than it was yesterday at the same time so the forecast for the fire worsening is happening and they only have a 2838 percent containment line around that fire so they're concerned that the winds will push and test that line that to the crews have worked so hard over the last few days to dig it in the fire front and center of politics with the president visit to california talk us through how his visit went down.

well he arrived in the in the air field and went directly into a hangar where he was met by some reporters who were able to shout out questions he seemed to sidestep the questions about climate change and still talking about the forest management when when pressed and asked if if both could be factors he said well he didn't know when if if climate change was a factor in california he said he didn't want to step on governor gavin newsom's toes he would let gavin newsome answer that of course gavin newsom said that yes climate change has been the key factor in many of california's troubles although acquiescing that of course vegetation control and forest management are big parts as well in preventing wildfires morning jennifer and for us in chico in northern california many thanks. an israeli settler has been handed 3 life

sentences for the murder of 3 members of a palestinian family amir and ben through a fire bomb into the home of family in 2015 killing the couple and their infant son are a force of reports from outside the courtroom in israel. more than 5 years after firebombing the house of the family as they slept. on video not in court because of coronavirus restrictions was handed his sentence the judges gave him 3 consecutive life terms one thing each of his victims saad and. and the 18 month old son ali plus another 20 years the attempted murder of the sole survivor older brother ahmed who was badly burned about he could only up one have. not all cannot give us our right no matter what they do they can not bring back and months mother father and brother they cannot bring back his house ahmed still lives with his grandparents in

duma the village in the occupied west bank where the attack happened over the years he's had extended treatment for his burns it was here on monday that he and his grandmother learned of the sentence. may god punish him i hope iraq suffer while he's alive as he's done as harmony and justice and i hope he's punished on judgment day. the court found that had conspired with another certainly youth than a minor to carry out a revenge attack after a jewish man was killed in a drive by shooting the prosecution said been earlier was alone by the time he got to do and set fire to 2 houses his legal team said he was tortured during enhanced interrogation sessions 2 of his confessions were ruled inadmissible as a result but later ones stood up in court one but only a was convicted in may the israeli security service the standard said it was a landmark in the fight against jewish terror but others point to the length of this process and also the fact that so many settler attacks go unpunished. israeli

rights group ph d. in studied hundreds of attacks by israeli civilians on palestinians going back to 2005 and found charges were brought in only 9 percent of cases it's very clear that this is the exception. many. of those criminals are moving freely. without any consequences and without the money it could remain a liberal see that again. this attack was certainly exceptional in its nature and in the told to be born by its only survivor. 10 years old now the legal process that's lasted half his life is at last over but the toll remains a force at al-jazeera israel. need to abraham is in jail in the occupied west bank at the home where the attack happened. when we arrived at the scene monday morning . the only survivor of the crime and who is now 10 years old didn't want to

come inside the house he says he doesn't want anything to do with that he didn't live here and he says he doesn't remember the night of the attack but the family is telling us that he was almost 5 at the time and he saw more than he wants to remember so when he received the news he was to his grandfather's house he refused to go to the court on monday or any of the previous 70 sessions of the court in the family has told us that there's still living with this trauma the want to turn this house into a museum to show the world the misery that his family is living through and many other palestinian families. russia's president has put his support behind the embattled leader a fellow rusin their 1st face to face meeting since process in the former soviet state escalated vladimir putin also said that issues should be resolved by the

belorussian people themselves without foreign interference stuff and has moved from minsk. it was clear from the start of the meeting who is calling the shots by look at shanghai has proven to be a tough negotiator for puttin in the past this time he was taking note of what the russian leader had to say and making his case for moscow support. the main thing and i say it all the time is not to cross the line there's a red line and you are familiar with it you have to draw these lines in chechnya when you're a young president god forbid this happens in béla reuss there are certain red lines nobody has the right to cross. over. the question get tried hard to convince put in that everything was under control but these images of a around a 100000 protesters on the streets of minsk on sunday tell a different story. images put in does not want to see in russia.

when we say what conduct domestic political events are happening in relation to the election in belarus you know our position well we want better relations to sort out the situation themselves without any tips or pressure from outside through dialogue they should come to a common decision. the kremlin says on look at us request it's withdrawing the russian troops deployed at the belorussian border put in had earlier sat at those troops were ready to intervene in balance if the situation got out of control the russian leader reiterated that agreements between the 2 nations about military cooperation will remain in place it's unclear what concessions lookers shanker made to secure put in support the belorussian opposition says it regrets britain's decision to hold talks with look at sanka who they call it legitimacy leader they also question the legality of any agreement between the 2 since the election result

is widely disputed many here are wondering if the embattled leader is ready to set . profiles this of relative of his nation just to remain in power he was. put in supports look i shan't go from now the question is for how long we can enjoy the kremlin's backing if anything the recent useful protests across the country not only in the capital meant groome in science. but over time they compose way the individuals and groups within the elite that have so far remained loyal to. their higher loyalty lies with the people you risk turning a population that is well disposed towards russia into one sees russia as. a leader and their regime that they know won't no longer want to live under

despite declaring his support for a look at shankar put in is still keeping his options open by endorsing constitutional reforms and borrows the russian leader seems to accept that there's an expiry date even for a leader who has been in power for 26 years step last n l to syria. all tens of thousands of belorussians happened protesting for weeks now on sunday nearly 800 people were detained during demonstrations in minsk the u.n. high commissioner for human rights is now calling for an investigation into the police crackdown re stablish and social peace in the room requires far reaching dialogue reforms and accountability for great human rights violations i encourage the council to focus and action on this really areas to prevent further escalation of violence grievances given the scale and number or allegations of torture on other forms of treatment by the security forces should be documented an investigator with

a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice. russian opposition leader alexina vali has been taken off a ventilator and is now well enough to leave his bed for a flea he's been treated as a hospital in berlin after what is thought to have been an assassination attempt the german government is calling on russia to cooperate investigate often the boards he's found that he was poisoned with a soviet nerve agent russia's hit back with the foreign minister canceling a planned visit to belin and accusing western nations of using the poisoning as a pretext for sanctions yes and listens to me and russian political didn't go through i agree with their political analysts if there was no novelli they would come up with something else as a pretext to new sanctions and developing scase wisting colleagues have crossed all reasonable borders and gone beyond decency today we are required to plead guilty they say you distrusting the german specialists. still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s.

secretary of state richard writes the call for a quick solution to the gulf crisis and the lifting of economic blockade. and resisting moves to relocate refugees in the great boss running out of options after 5 destroyed. we have got signs of some cool and wet weather coming into the northwestern corner of the u.s. not exactly fire drenching rain but we have got a little more cloud coming through nevertheless so that western side of oregon western parts of washington state will see some wetter weather helping those wildfires a concern but you push a little further inland the great help and further south much of california will

stay bone dry and the winds just picking up a touch as we go through the next day or so the fall north of california could catch a shower i would say but nothing significant to speak of the really significant rightest across the deep south we have what will be hearken sadly making its way into louisiana mississippi pushing up into the mississippi delta as you go through the next few days with flooding rains on the verge of becoming a hurricane now it continues to push its way into the gulf of mexico running up towards new orleans so we're looking at some very heavy rain coming through here is a really slow moving system this one over the next 3 or 4 days some parts could see as much as 300 possibly 500 millimeters of rain so it will cause widespread problems widespread flooding meanwhile across the caribbean we've got the usual rashness shout particular cross the western side of the region a few showers that are into the greater antilles but find further east.

all i want to stay with most outstanding why why arrest internment and mass indoctrination all with your children are now in the process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance we're being complicit in the human rights abuses that are trying an australian investigation into china's systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has visited california which has been hit by record

wildfires he denied the link to climate change instead blaming forest management his democratic rival joe biden has called him a climate arsonist. and israeli settlers been handed 3 life sentences for the murder of 3 members of a palestinian family 2015 in an arson attack rights groups welcome the verdict but say many subtle attacks go unpunished. russia's president has pledged $1500000000.00 to batteries during a meeting with the country's embattled leader alexander lukashenko has been facing weeks of mass demonstrations following a disputed presidential vote. british m.p.'s have given initial approval to a brick said bell even the u.k. government admits could break international law but the internal market bill has only passed the initial stage that will now be 4 days of debate it will give ministers the power to modify rules already agreed in the withdrawal agreement on

the movement of goods from northern ireland to great britain and on state aid if the 2 sides don't agree to a future trade deal. new coronavirus it was in england prohibiting gathering suggest 6 people have come into force the u.k.'s seen a spike in cases cause primarily by people in their teens and twenty's but as lawrence lee reports from manchester that worries many will ignore the new rules. the source of term and it's a big one for these 30 years will be taking their final exams but as well as contending with not being allowed into lecture theatres they're also receiving lectures from the government about how they should behave as your health secretary the u.k. government's health secretary has made a series of videos posted on tick talk aimed squarely at young people so what does this group make of it all i think that they get caught message cross where the quicker you guys stick to the rules the quicky can potentially go out again which would resonate with me definite progress concerns leaving this year is actually

looking for a job and i think if they maybe move towards the message slightly more maybe it would resonate more of us instead with the virus spreading most rapidly among the young how to control them has become a crucial issue one route is to shut everything down the students union which should be hosting parties for new arrivals is closed most studying will be online and anyone going into a building has to queue and be checked but spend a few hours in a city like this in the most striking thing is that the only people around are the young older people seem to be hiding from them over the course of the last few weeks a narrative has developed in this country that says that the young are basically selfish plagued areas who might end up forcing a 2nd lockdown on the u.k. but it is also the case that the south university is supposed to be a time of absolute joy for young people to be free to do the things that young people want to do and all of that is being taken away from them balancing those 2

completely conflicting demands is going to be basically impossible the council has been working with the police and the university and they'll be bombarding students with me. such is the say any fun left will disappear completely if people don't get it right the message is if we can't control it now why if we can't stop the spread then actually we risk having further knock dynes imposed upon us i'm not sikkim message that you know if you want to socialize i'm socializing with the limitations are in place it means that those opportunities will be available in the future and the restaurants favored by students they're trying to enforce their own codes of behavior as well the government can only do so much the police. can only do so much. if you want to bring it thinks down the ultimately it's useful to be yourself across manchester alone there are $100000.00 students within a few days they will be here the start of term

a huge blow to their expectations and a test of their willpower. in manchester scientists believe they've found signs of life on venus apparently no aliens yet telescopes and why in chile have identified what's been called the bio signature of life. venus is on nearest neighbor just a mere 143000000 kilometers away is slightly smaller than earth and has the longest day of any planet scientists believe a may at one time had the conditions to support life at the surface which sees temperatures of up to 471 degrees celsius is considered inhospitable well despite that its 38 degree gashes clouds have been touted as a potential haven for life and that's where it was that is have picked up a gas called phosphate toxic to humans it's often produced by bacteria living in oxygen starved environments it's present on in swamps rice fields and say which

plants let's bring in dr fruit elbaz he is director emeritus at the center for remote sensing at boston university joining us from washington d.c. many thanks for speaking to us here on al-jazeera a fascinating discovery what does it tell us that venus could be home to extraterrestrial life in the. course they're not sort of started with an idea by one of or all of the cohorts. froth about the fact that the. the. atmosphere it would be the place where would you would find some everything's or new because of the fact that you know there's every and it might continue or codes or things that would be can do simple to life forms and crying because for you there are loads of doing something not necessarily present but. or something the

activities that might hint of a particular doctor tell us a bit more about phosphate in what exactly is it and why do we think that means life could be associated with it. ok pristine is a guess what it's a composer of one molecule of force for us and 3 of flight division combined and it exists. but it turns. through the atmosphere of venus is a pretty find conducive atmosphere for a current condition for it and it it on earth it can only prove to be produced by life like a give it is therefore if you find it on. venus then maybe there is something on venus that produce that particular guest but all the facts that we are where off

the bat venus is that it is hugely hostile to life it's incredibly hot so how could this happen over the 1st 3 words were there exist like 30 kilometers above or 40 kilometers above the atmosphere above been there was feared meaning way away from the surface only from the huts of the script big so on the surface you'll find nothing like it but way up and atmosphere where it begins to cool. because that was due to something like up to 60 kilometers so midway and receive 30 or 40 grams or then you have temperatures good enough or reasonable enough for potential lifeforms talk to for a very interesting speech he talks a fair count that as from washington d.c. speaking to us that life. hundreds of migrants in the greek island of lesbos have now been moved into tents solved a huge fire destroyed their refugee camp last week some have staged another protest

against being moved to a new camp and want to be moved to the greek mainland 12000 people were left homeless after the overcrowded morea camp burnt to the ground last wednesday stephanie deca is on boss she sent us this update. it's been almost a week now since moria camp completely burned to the ground and thousands of people remain asleep sheltering on the side of the road here in the middle of the island also taking shelter in all of groves it's quite extraordinary actually to see the lack of a cohesive aid effort of any of the organizations here trying to help people put a roof over their heads handing out food or water now the greek authorities have said that everyone here is going to be moved to a permanent count that has been built some tents are up a little further down here but only a few 100 have been moved so far you can see that they are continuing to expand that just down there closer to the sea also very much open to the elements you can

see some of the refugees also walking along many people have tried to take shelter among the trees it's a very difficult situation certainly the islanders have had enough they want these people to go they say it's affected their livelihoods the economy tourism here and the refugees want to go but the message here is certainly from the authorities is that none of these people are going to be going getting off this island at all. u.s. states mike says he wants to see an end to the blockade of castile by all the arab states he is co-chairing the 30 u.s. castoffs strategic dialogue with the qatari deputy prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs a summit in washington d.c. comes as taliban and afghan ago she does meet for peace talks in doha with pompei a thanking cutoff for its efforts in facilitating those talks. we commend you for helping your afghan neighbors toward the prosperity that comes with a lasting peace this is only one of the ways the cutter is promoting stability in

the region tomorrow as israel and the u.a.e. join president trump at the white house to sign a historic agreement to normalize relations we anticipate other countries in the middle east will recognize the benefits of a closer relationship with israel in that effort also cutter plays an invaluable role helping stabilize gaza as well as regional efforts to deescalate tensions both in syria and in lebanon to keep our focus on this work and to close the door to increased iranian meddling it's past time to find a solution to the gulf rift trouble mistress here to see this dispute resolved and to reopen cutters air and land borders currently blocked by other gulf states cattles minister of foreign affairs thanked the us for its efforts to try and end the 3 a blockade by 4 arab nations i would like to thank the u.s. for supporting the kuwaiti mediation to these or the blow kids on the basis of the respect of for the sovereignty and independence of the state of up out of foreign

policy continues to the present peace stability and prosperity elements that reflects our national values if you will to these values not only stand in the face of the blockade but indeed the stronger having developed its relation with the global community to on a presidential level as the secretary is a lot of mutual goal is to deepen the strategic balance between our 2 countries and to continue to go forward together and increased cooperation in fields that all of the highest mutual and practical benefits. well than a 1000000 people have been displaced by severe flooding in west and central africa and in senegal anger is growing over the government's response a surge in rainfall has caused rivers to overflow destroying homes and businesses the president maki cell launched a plan to help those in need but many say it's just not enough another hurricane is

heading towards the united states gulf coast hurricane sandy has strengthened to a category 2 system is currently packing hutch in 55 kilometers an hour winds and is continuing to grow stronger it's expected to make landfall on cheese day hurricane warnings are in place in mississippi and alabama. stories on our website to check it out al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories u.s. president donald trump has visited california which has been hit by record wildfire as he denied the link to climate change blaming forest management at least 33 people have been confirmed dead in 3 states and there are evacuation orders in 6. with regard to the bars when trees fall down there after

a short period of time about 18 months it becomes very dry they become really like a magic and they get up you know there's no more water pouring through and they become very very they just explode they could explode all still leaves when you have years of leaves dried leaves on the ground it just sets it up it's really a fuel for a fire so they have to do something about it. we know we won't listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. as any president should do during a national emergency. he's already said he wanted to withhold aid to california to punish the people of california because he didn't vote for. this is another crisis another crisis he won't take responsibility for an israeli settler has been handed 3 life sentences for the murder of 3 members of a palestinian family at

a website a family were killed and 2015 in an arson attack rights groups welcome the verdict but say many settler attacks go unpunished russia's president has pledged $1500000000.00 to bellaver staring a meeting with the country's embattled leader and xander lukashenko has been facing weeks of mass demonstrations following a disputed presidential vote. us actually of state might pump a 0 is urging an end to the blockade of cattle by other arab states he's co-chairing talks in washington d.c. along with the qatari deputy prime minister and foreign minister. astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of our closest neighboring planet venus 2 telescopes in hawaii and chile have spotted the chemical signature of phosphate in it's a gas that on earth is only associated with life. those are your headlines the news continues here on out is there up to people in power.

in response to global warming germany is in the process of closing down its coal industry for many years the country's principal source of energy especially in the form of the communist east but there's fierce all humans about the pace of that closure between those worried about the economic consequences and those who believe that immediate action is necessary to come back to climate change so who will win germany's cold war.