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not down the road and inspire hope for a better night a.j. selects on al-jazeera. stored getting cooler or you just you just watch playing down the impact of climate change president trump blames mismanagement for wildfires raging across the u.s. west of course. watching al jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha fully back to people also ahead a jewish settler is convicted of the racially motivated murder of a palestinian couple and their baby but critics say many other attacks are going on punished saturated in sewage the diet conditions in senegal's capital after 3
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months of rainfall in just 24 hours and a hint of life in the clouds about venus scientists make a stopping discovery in an experiment conducted out of fuel curiosity. thank you very much for joining us donald trump has been branded a climate arsonist says wildfires burning across the west coast of the u.s. become a hot political issue the president has visited visited the state of california for briefings on growing disasters they're insisting as scientists are wrong and that it will get cooler rival joe biden accuses john of failing to acknowledge global warming's effect on the wildfires which have killed at least $35.00 people and destroyed thousands of homes. are reports. exhausted firefighters are
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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 yet these otherworldly scenes are new california has now experiencing 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 but i will just you just watch i wish science or anybody else but. i don't think science is 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
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administration former vice 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 jobs 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. castro al-jazeera. in other news no lawyers for an israeli settler given 3 life sentences for mentoring a palestinian couple and their baby say they plan to appeal and iran bent only out
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through a fire bomb into the family's home 5 years ago family members say the course decision is and no joy and critics say attacks by settlers have gone unpunished for years harry fawcett reports some noise. more than 5 years of the fire bombing 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 for each of his victims saad. 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 a particularly up on how to look at a court cannot give us all right no matter what they do they cannot bring back a month's 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
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here on monday that he and his grandmother learned of the sentence. may god punish him i hope iraq didn't you suffer while he's alive as he's done his home an injustice 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 illegal was alone by the time he got to duma 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 shin bet 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
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2005 and found charges were brought in only 9 percent of cases it's velika rio this is the exception of many a circle of those criminals are moving freely. without any consequences and without the money it could remain a liberal see that against them. this attack was certainly exceptional in its nature and in the told to be born by its only survivor for 10 years old now the legal process that's lasted half his life is at last over but the toll remains are a force at al-jazeera lord israel. as an jabbering is a human rights lawyer founder of the legal center for arab minority rights in israel he says this is a precedent setting case. we can say that this is the highest by missionary and that any israeli citizen at least see since 1948
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for killing palestinians and we are not having all witnessed or anybody shoot and such like that but we have to look to the facts of this case which make it exceptional and i want to understand it too as arly just as system fair since the killing was so cruel don't. count and we have the confession of the birsa who killed and that killing was by citizens now that mean that we have to distinguish killing by citizens by killing by the state agency like soldiers of the i.d.f. like the police we had many many cases that the i.d.f. if the execute by this the lives of we have leaders for that and we have cases against israeli police that kill them as the indian citizen of israel and all of
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those cases where it closed and there is a where clause that. is a. minister mr justice that responsible for charging in those cases that in far right that it was justified to all been put him in a record so weak and he had to make a distinction between violence by citizen of theirs or against palestinian and very needs by state agencies. and the police. russia's president has given his backing to embattled leader alexandre look in their 1st face to face meeting since mass protests escalated against look as role but vladimir putin says that the russian people should deal with the political crisis themselves without foreign interference and reports from minsk. it was clear from the start of the meeting who was calling the shots by look at shanghai has proven to be
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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's over 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 belarus there are certain red lines nobody has the right to cross. over. the question to try to 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
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the situation themselves without any tips or pressure from outside through dialogue they should come to a common decision. that 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 . crow flies this overrun it's of his nation just to remain in power all the. while
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put in supports the question comes from now the question is for how long you can enjoy the kremlin spec'ing if anything the recent peaceful protests across the country in the comparable men's room in science they will be hoping that over time they comply sway the individuals and groups within the elite that have so far remained loyal to. their higher loyalty lies with the people you risk sending a population that is well disposed towards russia into one sees russia i was backing the leader and their rishi they know won't no longer want to live under despite bickley on his support for a look at shank up within is still keeping his options open by endorsing constitutional reforms and by a ruse the russian leader seems to accept that there's an expiry date even for
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a leader who has been in power for 26 years step last an al-jazeera. is up for it and russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been taken off a ventilator and is now well enough to leave his bed briefly is being treated at a hospital in berlin germany's government is edging russia to investigate after tests found avani was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent a french president has called it an assassination attempt russia's foreign minister has canceled a planned visit to berlin ed accuse western nations of using the poisoning as grounds for sanctions to africa now in ivory coast top court has cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is set to president assad ouattara successfully argue that a 2016th amendment to the constitution reset the number of court rejected 40 of the 44 candidates for next month's election including former president back 4 and one time rebel leader turned prime minister. and aide to former nissan
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boss carlos colon is used to go on trial in japan for financial misconduct greg kelly was arrested in 2018 he denies under reporting tens of millions of dollars in pay that go and was allegedly promise after his retirement own was arrested but escaped 11 on and is wanted by japanese police. and still ahead on the program protests capital to mock 2000 days since the start of a saudi made offensive and the man portrayed and the hollywood film hotel rwanda is in force on terror charges and you know. 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
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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 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 $300.00 possibly $500.00 millimeters of rain so it will cause widespread problems widespread flooding meanwhile across the caribbean we've got the usual
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rashness shout particular cross the western side of the region few showers that are into the great franchise but find further east. and face can tell a story without touching a single one. unknowing gone can guide us. to a simple time to inform us. the unconventionality of life witnessed through the lens of the human mind. is what inspires us. to witness documentaries on al-jazeera.
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again you're watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully t.-bo a reminder of on top stories this hour a u.s. resident donald trump has visited california which has been hit by a record wildfires eden eyes and links to climate change insisting scientists are wrong and that it will get cooler is democratic rival joe biden has called him a climate arsonists and he's really set that has been handed life sentences for the murder of 3 members of the palestinian family in an arson and 5 years ago rice groups welcome the ruling but say many settler tox go on. and russia's president has page $1500000000.00 to battle a rooster in a meeting with its embattled leader alexander lukashenko has faced weeks of mass demonstrations after a disputed presidential election. the rights group amnesty international is calling
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on bangladesh to include rohingya refugees in decisions about their lives bangladesh is fighting to relocate more than 100000 routing and to a remote island many oppose the plan and aid agencies say they're concerned by the threat of flooding and cycles in the region mysie says refugees shouldn't be coerced into moving and any already on the island should be brought back. authorities on the greek island of poles say they plan to finish moving 12000 refugees into tent accommodation in the next 3 to 4 days 170 ready been relocated after their camp was destroyed last week by huge fire if staged protests with many wanting to be moved to the greek mainland al-jazeera stephanie deca is on the island of vessels and has this update. it's been almost a week now since morea camp completely burned to the ground and thousands of people remain the sleep 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
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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 close to the sea also very much open to the elements you can see some of the refugees also walking along many people 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. thousands of people who lost everything in sudan's worst ever floods are calling for more help started to arrive at the weekend but those affected say it was and it
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hasn't been enough at least 100 people were killed and thousands of homes us have managed the nod river rolls to record red levels but as water has receded there's now a threat of water borne diseases senegalese one of several west african countries that's been battered by heavy rain the government is now facing criticism for failing to warn people to prepare for the floods launch wants the capital are submerged and thousands of people have been displaced making for some dakar. displaced and fighting the elements the rains took away their homes now it's taking away their shelter inside. just what she can. just. that's all i have left we're fleeing the rains we had to leave our house behind we had devastated we have lost what feels like everything. 3 month's worth of rainfall in a matter of 24 hours and a car journey jones' neighborhood into an island sinking in overflowing sewage with
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roads turned to rivers the area has become almost inaccessible most have left their homes stranded are few families like the braving disease infested waters to save their belongings from looters who will not feed them they are we can't afford to pay rent anywhere else which you expect us to go we have no choice but to adapt to the situation. as early as february governments in west africa were warned by the un that this year's rainy season would bring floods people were not alerted of the storms al-jazeera has reached out to the cynically government and is awaiting their comment meanwhile the government announced it will release emergency funds to assist those displaced. in $212.00 the government allocated more than $1000000000.00 to tackle the problem of flood but people here are wondering what have they done with that money so far they've used it for these tents for those
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that have been displaced but with intensifying rains people here fear that these are temporary solutions to a long term problem. whilst the mirror in senegal says climate change is responsible for the destruction angry residents blame the state for its lack of planning. to sue feels like a dream the state's must come and build a sewage system so that they can be an end to the floods with months to go before the end of the rainy season has no intention of returning home fearing what is to come. because hawke al-jazeera the car. and want in court has charged the man whose story inspired the film hotel rwanda with terrorism complicity in matter and forming an armed rebel group paul rusesabagina declined to respond to all 13 charges and denies any criminal wrongdoing has been credited with saving more than a 1000 lives during rhonda's 1994 genocide has been following the story from
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nairobi. full recesses begin appeared in hong kong in a courtroom in rwanda's capital kigali amid tight security prosecutors say that he's responsible for terrorism and involvement in an armed group that carried out attacks inside rwanda he's facing about 12 charges relating to the alleged offenses he declined to plead to the charges he said he wants to face and separately but his family say he's been denied legal representation of his choice and he's just been given lawyers by the rwandan government not been allowed to his own legal representation during the 1994 genocide he was credited with saving the lives of more than a 1000 people protecting them inside an international hotel of which he was the manager at the time the story was made famous by a hollywood movie in 2004 hotel rwanda but since then he's lived in exile and he's
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been critical of the government of president paul kagame me saying it represents the interests of only a small ethnic tutsi elite criticism isn't tolerated anymore and there are many government critics and people who question the narrative of the genocide of ended up in prison or ended up dead the court hearing today didn't shed any further light on how it was 2 weeks ago that was as a beginner had ended up in kigali his family said he left his home in the us and took a flight to dubai they say that he was kidnapped and taken to kigali government denied that he was kidnapped previously it had said his arrest came as part of an international cooperation but in the court today their account contradicted that may said that he was arrested on his arrival in kigali instead the next year in court in just a few days' time by the court will hear an application for bail. 15
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clash. between rival political factions in lebanon scapel media have reported gunfire in this scene now feel neighborhood in beirut where supporters of 2 christian parties fought early on monday the lebanese army has sent more troops on the streets in response anger over political division poverty and corruption has been brought to a head after last month's devastating blasts the u.s. military says missiles have been fired at an iraqi base central command says they were intercepted near the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad no reports of any casualties or damage. to yemen now people have been rallying in the capital to mark 2000 days since the start of a saudi led offensive protesters called on the un to do more to force a political settlement and end what they describe as saudi u.a.e. death and destruction. for some some. marking 2000 days of the
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saudi war in yemen thousands of him when he took to the streets in the capital sana'a to condemn or be described as a campaign of death and destruction by riyadh and abu dhabi the mystery there is trying to slogans in support of the whole of the group as they condemned a recent spike in saudi attacks in sana'a they say such an exclusion is proof that who thier turks against saudi targets were making an impact. to give the salad to the saudis keep conducting random attacks that target our city this will only embolden our resolve and help our cause to fight the saudis to the end of time i it's not just sun which is held by indiscriminate wallace in air strikes on sunday 4 people were killed and 4 others injured in a saudi air strike on a residential area in marab. it's the city considered to be the last remaining stronghold of the un backed government but the whole these say they have already
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captured 10 out of its 2 all districts and. these recent attacks that reached as far as riyadh are a message to the saudis while our missiles are launched military targets saudi instructs continue to claim civilian lives. sun are based human rights group on humanity says that over 43000 people have been killed and 26000 injured since the beginning of this saudi you war in yemen 5 years ago people of turkey and poor. riyadh's decision to increase its own because it's all on a desire to push on with the war made them more determined to support both you why does they say they won't saudis to accept peace initiatives. mini's through solve their differences peacefully. bob al-jazeera.
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the los angeles county sharif has sheriff has called on the civic leaders in the us to stop funding the flames of hatred after a man shot 2 police offices the offices were ambushed while they sat in a pot car there critical in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds gunmen is still on the run us present donald trump has reacted to a video of the incident saying the shooter is one of the quote animals that must be hit hard well my concern is that they are out there doing their hour we have people going to the hatred just turning up the volume we don't need to even turn it down. hundreds of police officers in haiti have vented their anger at the detention of a colleague they've been vehicles fired weapons into the air and vandalized government buildings in the capital port au prince police have been holding regular protests since the beginning of the year as they fight for better pay and working
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conditions. whose government is trying to delay impeachment proceedings against embattled prime minister martin vis kyra a lawsuit has been filed asking the top court to look into the case that is to effectively put the impeachment process on hold last week politicians voted to impeach his car after allegations surfaced of government contracts being awarded to a singer for motivational talks now scientists have identified signs of life high in the cause of venus in an experiment conducted out of fuel curiosity they discovered a gas which is also found here on earth and has details. somewhere in the clouds above the innes astronomers have found something they never would have expected of his just stunned i'm a man i did this is an interesting experiment i've never really thought about detecting it high up in the atmosphere there's phosphate gas it's considered a biomarker or an indirect sign of life on earth it's produced by bacteria and
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oxygen starved environments and found in the intestinal tracks of many animals slightly smaller than our planet venus is our nearest neighbor only 143000000 kilometers away it's dense atmosphere makes the surface inhospitable a furnace with temperatures of 470 degrees celsius hot enough to melt spacecraft that have landed on it but the clouds are much cooler a comfortable 30 degrees some scientists believe that microbes single celled organisms could be floating around the highly acidic atmosphere we exhaustively went through every possibility and ruled all of them out got a nose lightning strikes meteorites small meteorites falling into the atmosphere others say that it's our scientific models that need to evolve to understand this discovery is funny because there was if this doesn't mean that was same extraterrestrial life has been discovered on venus far from it it's possible that
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we're unaware of a chemical that produces this pos bean and we have to investigate in that direction a new chemical models that could explain these quantities of fuss spin i think it probably isn't aliens. what i hope from this discovery is it will kickstart more interest into studies. and perhaps we'll see another missions in us that will see is actually sending spacecraft into the atmosphere is directly sell it which is something that hasn't been done since 1990 something relatively easy to do since it's right next door and or chapell al-jazeera. again i'm fully back to over the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has visited california which has been hit by record wildfires he denied a name to commie change insisting scientists are wrong and that will get cola his
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democratic rival joe biden branded him a kind that's arsonists with regard to the forest where the trees fall down 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 still more water pouring through and they become very very they just explode they could explode also the 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
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crisis another crisis he won't take responsibility for. and israeli settler has been handed a life sentences for the matter of 3 palestinians of a family of the same family in an arson attack 5 years ago rights groups welcome the ruling but say many settler attacks go unpunished russia's president has pledged $1500000000.00 to bend the rules chairing a meeting with its embattled leader and it's on the look of a face weeks of mass demonstrations after a disputed presidential vote and ivory coast top court has cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is set to present a somewhat successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the cost to reset the number those are the headlines coming up next witness stay with us. i am steve clements and i would wager because these days it's hard to filter out the newly seen keep track of what's really important if the
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