music speaks to short films about how music can knock down the rules and inspire hope for a better life a.j. selects on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. everyone i've heard and welcome to this news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes the united arab emirates and bahrain signed an agreement to normalize relations with israel a deal donald trump described as a dollar for the new middle east. the palestinians more what they call a black day saying the resolution is a stab in the back also ahead hundreds of refugees begin moving into a new less camp as leaders say it's time to change europe's approach to migration.

and maintaining their rage despite detention and even claims of torture and overseen dissidents continue their presidential process it's makes me on the ng greer and. i just. a feel so much injustice in system. of this false news is tokyo or lympics bosses dinara report it will be the most expensive going. and south american football bosses confirmed that next month's qualifying don'ts for the cattle world cop will go ahead despite the pandemic. follow the united arab emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalize ties with israel elaborate ceremony was held in washington d.c.

and hosted by u.s. president donald trump who described it as a dog of the new middle east but palestinians are outraged the agreement reverses years of regional ill feeling towards israel but lacks a resolution concerning its decades old discrete dubbed the abraham accords by the white house the deal makes the u.a.e. . and bahrain the 1st arab countries to normalize relations with israel in more than $25.00 here is the agreement ends the u.a.e. economic boycott of israel and allows the possibility of advance u.s. weaponry sales to the emirates it could also have major geo political ramifications it's been condemned by palestinians at the trial a sentiment echoed by regional players turkey. white house correspondent committee how can join us live right now if the committee put this deal into some sort of context for us how significant is it given the both behind and the u.a.e. had some sort of relationship with israel before they signed this agreement

absolutely and another important point being made by many policy watchers here in the united states is the reality is that none of these countries that have signed this agreement were ever war so to characterize this is a peace agreement is some time some would suggest not the most appropriate of term still that is what is being heralded by this white house they're saying that this is a template that they believe will allow for old animosities between arabs and jews in the middle east to be set aside in favor of building a new future for a new generation that is why it is being hailed as historic even though these relationships already existed now they have been formalized there will be openings of embassies for example and the hope is of this of ministration that other nations arab nations will join on these agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past today's signing says history

on a new course and there will be other countries very very soon that will follow these great leaders the blessings of the peace we make today. will be enormous. first because this peace will eventually expand to include other arab states and all timidly it can and the arab israeli conflict once and for all and always domestic level kimberly in the us there have been some eyebrows raised about the timing of this deal given it's so close of course to the presidential election. absolutely i mean we're less than 2 months now to the u.s. election and this is a president that is struggling in the polls behind his democratic challenger joe biden this president's eager for reelection he had hoped to do that on the strongest economy of course decimated by covert 19 and the coronavirus that is

continuing to to grow in terms of the number of cases so this is a president that is somewhat of battled looking for a win seeing that he can get one on the foreign policy stage but to be truthful it's not something that is on the minds of most americans so in terms of how this might translate into votes it's really hard to see and the other thing that happens with all of this is that now this deal is under scrutiny by an already skeptical u.s. congress it's notable that in the ceremony in the south lawn of the white house there were no democratic leadership present although we did see the republican leadership in some cases attending this event you know chuck schumer the top democrat in the u.s. senator nancy pelosi in the house of representatives they were not present in fact only nancy pelosi releasing a statement calling this an important day not in historic day one that she says deserves scrutiny given the fact that there are concerns particularly some of the more left leaning members of congress that what this is not

a peace deal but could be ushering in a new arms race so closely scrutinized will be a potential sale of f. $35.00 fighter jets to the u.a.e. and also there is the concern this may legitimize human rights abuses that have taken or have gone on in the part of the u.a.e. or even with regard to bahrain and the question of proto mock recy protesters so these are all things in the back of the mind of many americans and also some members of congress that will be examined in the days to come as this white house hails this as an historic moment completely white house thank you. lapping protests against the deal in gaza and the occupied west bank senior palestinian figures of called it a black day for their cause the palestinian presidency said the deal's aims will not be achieved unless the rights of the people are recognized he said no peace security or stability will be chief anyone in the region without side in the

occupation and the palestinian people achieving their full rights a stipulation in the international legitimacy resolutions there is need for him has more now from ramallah. betrayal is the word many balls than yours are used to describe. israel they say cording to a recent public. that the is the author of present the fear of the palestinian people and show that the palestinian leadership has lost its arab allies. many here are saying that the timing of this going to be worse the u.s. is trying to push for its peace plan this plan was fully rejected by the palestinian leadership palestinians doesn't meet any of their aspirations for a future of. palestine is for palestinians it's our land it doesn't matter if arabs or the rest of the world normalize its relations it

will remain palestinian. secret marriage before and now it's become illegal the bahraini people and all people with dignity are rejecting normalization even if normalize their top down as leaders and i know many arabs born that i'll be your president but for the world leaders i think it's really the import of the. units that the poor the poles and now of do not believe that they were the way to be. and moments after the deal was signed 2 rockets were fired from gaza into israel that has more from western resulin. it has been confirmed now by the israeli air force that at around the same time as we were hearing live from the amorality foreign minister in washington d.c. these 2 longer range than what we've seen in recent months rockets were fired from gaza north along the coast one was intercepted one fell in the israeli town of

ashdod and the israeli authorities are saying that 2 people were lightly injured by shattered glass these incidents are always on a knife edge depending on the extent of injury but eventually death involved in terms of how much it could lead to an escalation i think it is pretty clear that we will see israeli airstrikes going in on sites in gaza later on this evening and potentially into the early hours of tomorrow morning it's not entirely unexpected the palestinian factions inside gaza have spoken of betrayal by rain and as i say not entirely unexpected that an incident like this should take place where eric cathy is a human rights lawyer and assistant professor at records university as you can see she joins us live from fairfax virginia via skype thanks for being with us on the program where did these deals now leave the palestinians i mean both the u.a.e.

and by her aim did make it clear that they still support the palestinians and they still haven't bishan for a 2 state solution. i think what needs to be clear that these deals have nothing to do with peace that this is about the united states expanding its sphere of influence throughout the middle east that now connects very explicitly the u.s. is interests via israel the united arab emirates as well as the had in without any thought towards the palestinians in fact that that writing has already been on the wall with the proposal of the deal that entry earlier this year the fact that there hasn't been any sanctions on the united states or israel for the move in moving of the embassy from. tel aviv to jerusalem the fact that there been no record questions for a slashing and it was budget and now they are and veiling yet and other proposal framed with the window covering of peace but is in fact

a deal in order to entrench the u.s. is fear of influence that is opposed to freedom and democracy throughout the middle east not just the palestinians but also behind any is also a matter also yemenis and other struggling against the u.s. is ongoing presence ongoing interventions whether she'd heard of the has called 100 years of colonial intervention in order to have access to the rich natural resources and geo political control over the region one of the key players in the region of course wasn't mentioned today and that is saudi arabia what are the chances of saudi arabia also following suit and normalizing relations because presumably behind the scenes they must have given some sort of tacit approval to both bahrain and the u.a.e. to go ahead with that deal and what would saudi arabia get out of normalizing relations with israel. i think that's a really good question one is going to have by this i study arabia unlike biden and

the emirates is much larger much more powerful in the region and would deal what would be a fatal blow to holding out normalization with israel just so the audience understands the reason this is not a peace deal is because none of these countries are at war with israel what the arab countries have done is withheld normalizing their relationship with israel as consideration as a carrot or an incentive so that israel concedes palestinian national rights or at least acknowledges international law and human rights norms towards the palestinians in exchange for israel ending the siege on gaza ending the occupation allowing palestinian refugees to return all the things that have been stipulated articulated reiterated within the united nations then the arab states would grant normalization it's not an ending of hostilities it's actually

a granting of some sort of privileges and saudi arabia presented in 2000 to the arab peace initiative where it said all the arab states would collectively normalize relations with israel if and when it ended its occupation of palestinian lands and yet we're what we're seeing here today is a steady slow and sure if this aeration. offering that normalization without a single concession for palestinians not even easing the humanitarian debacle of a 13 year siege on the gaza strip well what about the palestinians themselves then because their leadership of both factions hamas and fatah have been heavily criticized for arguing amongst themselves not coming to agreement could this deal signed today could that actually push them towards some sort of reconciliation to give them a stronger position than being divided. as far as most palestinians are concerned the palestinian official leadership regardless of faction or party has failed to

push forward and to actually advance the palestinian cause for freedom it has put it towards a sovereignty framework and entered itself into pretending like it's a state rather than a people that remain colonized under apartheid under siege we need to remain part of a resistance movement they are part they are are central to blame for this because they have conceded in allowed to apply too much trust in the united states in the peace process in the diplomatic process rather than actually waging a resistance platform to advance the palestinian cause the fact that the e.u. has done nothing the fact that the united nations has done nothing consider that a number of european states even submitted amick is curie in behalf of israel that says that the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction to try israel is everything that we need to know that the

palestinian national strategy needs to be radically reconsidered in order to pivot to a more grassroots movement that is in line with what has been happening on the ground with boycott divestment and sanctions and other efforts that have lifted up and kept the palestinian question alive really good to get your thoughts on analysis that's there and i got joining us from fairfax virginia thank you thank you for having me. still to come on this news hour poisoning survivor and opposition leader alexina valley vols to return to russia. fighting for their right to remember a massacre pro-democracy activists face a hong kong court. and in school we'll show you the man who just broke the de face dive world bright colors.

first 5 people being arrested following the fire that destroyed europe's largest refugee camp it's left 12000 migrants on the greek island of less without shelter for nearly a week and even city has been open to more hundreds of people have moved in thousands more are wary of stephanie dhaka reports on the move once again it's still a slow flow but some people are now willingly making their way into this new camp their lives packed into bags their futures still uncertain. the authorities it circulated flyers on monday telling people that this new camp was their only option for their safety in needs could be provided for and most importantly only the people registered here will have their silent papers restarted but the majority of the $12000.00 or so refugees in migrants so far reaching mr cobb. know that there were tell number 2 i was already in prison because moria is a prison so i come here i see people and entering don't want to get into the.

the president of the european council visited the island in toward the new camp up to meeting the greek prime minister in athens we managed to ask him a question it took a fire to burn down the entire camp for this dialogue to be back in international agenda what message do you give to the refugees who've lost all hope of been forgotten technically that europe will this time not only europe other countries as well will take the responsibility to help these people to process their paperwork foster we need to take more european responsibilities and that's why you can commission with concrete proposals in principle next week in any case by the end of the months and if you do the responsibility of the member states of the ministers of say that the governments to start agreeing to one political dialogue you know that you know how to find solutions the greek army continues to clear this land and erect tends to make way for the thousands of refugees that need to be shelter the

challenge now to make people of their own accord the greek minister of migration has already made it clear that if they don't come of their own will that the police will have to get involved the new camp is necessary because morea refugee camp europe's largest was burned to the ground a week ago on tuesday the news that those apparently responsible for setting the fires have been caught 6 young men from afghanistan according to the greek authorities for the few who have made it into the new camp the proximity to the water seems a welcome relief. ten's waiting to be filled with men women children young and old their long and tiring journey their hope for a better life still on hold stephanie decker our jazeera lesbos island poisoned russian opposition leader alexina valley says he will return to russia he made the pledge as he posted this picture on social media announcing he was now breathing on his own he'd been on a ventilator at

a burning hospital and only came out of a medically induced coma last week german government says tests show he was poisoned with another chalk nerve agent his team alleges he was poisoned on the orders of the russian president vladimir putin the government in moscow denies any involvement protesters in belarus are vowing to continue their stand against president alexander lukashenko but many of them are paying a heavy price for their dissent the un commissioner for human rights has condemned what she called violent repression of reports of beatings in detention i was there a step to activists as they were released. anxious relatives are waiting for news at the a question or detention center where a few weeks ago 103 puerto being badly beaten and tortured 23 year old anna-maria conan and co spent 2 nights here she was detained at a women's march last saturday together with dozens of others she says she was

aggressively thrown into a van intimidated and threatened considering myself a criminal like at all i don't i don't think i've done anything bad so to get that kind of treatment is just. it's very human ising 18 year old arena mom i was taken by mass police officers at the same rally standing with her arms locked with other women here in this video wearing sunglasses she was sprayed with pepper spray and there were spraying these guests 2 women women who did nothing nothing except maybe flags and like. ramadoss tears but banners yes shortly after she was detained i remember managed to warn her parents who then started to look for her we were not miserable we knew that we are innocent says we stand for truth so we had nothing to fear we were playing games guessing feelings and just really sitting and loving and. i'm proud

of her but i want her to finish her studies i have an operation already and even more. but he realizes there's nothing that can stop his daughter instead of creating fear look at a strategy of mass detentions and intimidation to stop the protests same soft had the opposite effect even people who are released after being violently detained now say they are more determined to continue the protests families and friends of detainees point out that since the protests began last month and with plans to the disputed presidential election something is different in belarus because you know c.t. he's feeling you have to support each other you know just we were getting really close after taking a rest ana maria sash she will join the protest again it's makes me only angrier and. i just feel so much injustice in the system.

even after your treatment the experience you had here in the detention center you still go back to this just because they actually proof what you're trying to say. all the system is not breakin is highly unfair is highly illegal and i know that for these people for my parents for my brother. who used to live there i will. fied and though. i know that. it's just a matter of time. after meeting these young women it becomes clear that even with look i shan't are still in office malibu's has already changed step fastened al-jazeera meant the un special envoy to yemen says the country is at risk of slipping away from the road to peace he says the violence the increase in violence the diet humanitarian situation and the coronavirus pandemic of all to blame james

based reports in his monthly briefing to the security council un special envoy martin griffiths gave a grim assessment of the situation in yemen the only glimmer of hope another effort by the un and the international committee of the red cross to try and arrange a mass exchange of prisoners we expect to see the parties this week in its words alone to continue their discussion of the implementation of prisoner exchanges what i hope is that this meeting were actually result in the release of some prisoners. and some evidence of the implementation of those commitments. but peculiarly given the threat of covert don't seem in places of detention and the the security council diplomats hope a prisoner exchange would be a confidence building exercise potentially leading to

a wider political digits but the news from the ground is not good violence continues to rage on the un's humanitarian coordinator says they've had to cut funding to the most needy in part because the countries of the saudi led coalition have not come up with the money they promised to give the u.n. several that elements including the king of saudi arabia the united arab emirates and usa who have a ticket a responsibility which they discharged in recent years and so far and nothing and it is you and. it is a take you let me reprehensible to promise money which gives people hope that they may nicko help may be on the way and to dash. i simply failing to fulfill the promise the risk of an environmental catastrophe in yemen hasn't been lifted either the u.n. thought it had an agreement from the who is to send the team aboard the south for

the damage tanker they fear could rupture spilling over a 1000000 barrels of crude oil into the red sea but there's been little progress in the risk of maritime ecological disaster has not been averted jamesburg al-jazeera . the u.n. secretary general appoint a special envoy to broker peace between the warring sides in libya china and russia broke with the security council tradition of agreeing to the appointment with consensus by abstaining from the vote it be a has been split between the un backed government and forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar since war broke out in 2014 christianson to be reports from the united nations. it's been more than 6 months since the u.n. special representative for libya stepped down and the council has yet to agree on a replacement but it got one step closer on tuesday deciding to extend the u.n. peacekeeping mission known as un smell for one year in the region and reconfiguring

the leadership structure adding a special envoy to handle diplomacy and another position to run the day to day operations the united states insisted on that but the vote was an unanimous 13 more in favor 2 abstained russia and china saying the text did not stress the need to maintain libya's autonomy and their concerns about some of the wording around human rights the vote comes on the heels of libyan people taking to the streets in eastern libya to vent frustration over government corruption and a lack of government services which is led to the resignation of the eastern based house of representatives aligned with the warlord khalifa haftar are and unconfirmed reports that the prime minister of the internationally recognized government of national accord is also planning to step down members of the council speaking as one say it's time for the rival governments to return to negotiations with the agreement today on a renewed structure for the u.n.

mediation in the reinforced. in conditions summit as soon as possible with the appointment of a special envoy. we encourage the secretary general to appoint a special envoy as soon as possible and our partners within the security council to express their full support to the secretary-general in this regard so what could the council agree upon to fill this special envoy position we have confirmed that the u.n. special coordinator for middle east peace nicole i'm a lot of from bulgaria is being considered for the position but all it takes is one permanent member of the security council to put a stop to that. heavy rains are forecast in flood hit sudan is threatening to worsen the dire conditions for people already affected by the country's worst ever floods at least 100 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced

international aid has began arriving over the past few days but flood victims say it hasn't been enough the leaders of the military coup in mali have been told to hand over power to a civilian governments immediately west african mediators have been meeting the leaders of the genter that overthrew president abraham boubacar kater and said a responsible government was needed the military leaders say they need time to discuss the outcome the economic community of west african states representatives say they expect a response in days the regional bloc has also imposed more economic sanctions. taking advantage of the situation. to flex their muscles. to this day when the military. is to put simply come. to. this. that was not be.

brutal. ivory coast president will be allowed to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is sets to president allison ouattara successfully argued that a 2016 amendment to the constitution reset the limits of the constitutional council rejected 40 of the $44.00 candidates the next month's election including the former president laurent gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned prime minister. there's been an ongoing unrest in many areas of the country with concerns that political tensions could trigger another civil war. still ahead on this news hour after president trump blamed wildfires sweeping the west coast of the u.s. on forest management look at what is actually behind the blazes plus one is after popular in the frame jobs where the government hundreds that are successful to

order from also proves america is wrong despite the coronavirus deadly. i mean for the footballer who lost his cool off an insult in the sun. we got some colder weather pushing into western europe over the next couple days with a chance of rights to some is a fair amount of cloud just sliding in here or so the temperature in the southeast of england on monday getting up to 29.6 celsius similar value on cheese day we are going to see things changing in the might we have high pressure very much in charge that high will weaken over the next couple of days putting in a northerly wind across much of the british isles attempt just pipe back to around 25 celsius and forwarding still getting up to around 30 there in paris notice some showers central parts of the alps and notice some showers too to settle parts of

the meat mediterranean still very much in place here some live the storms are rumbling away somewhat to weather to around the baltic states that will slide a little further a switch for this a lot of tat and rain down across the alps koehler there you notice in london at 21 celsius colder in paris to 28 celsius but notice some cloud and rain pushing into portugal out across the good parts of western spain as we go on through the next a day or 2 fame on into northern parts of africa a chance some showers still just up towards the coastal fringes of libya very heavy rain now setting in once again across the gulf of guinea much of nigeria seeing some heavy rain that heavy rain spreading across much of west africa. yes. and the disease because 50 percent of the deaths of children and.

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back undermined at the top stories on al-jazeera the united arab emirates and bahrain have normalized relations with israel in a signing ceremony hosted by the us presidents at the white house israel's prime minister and a foreign ministers from the u.a.e. and bahrain signed accords to deepen trade and travel time. the deal has been received with anger in palestinian areas protests were held in gaza and the west bank with senior figures describing it as a black day using out of states they fear have abandoned their eggs for statehood. and 5 people have been arrested over the fire that destroyed the morea migrant camp of the greek island sports under the begun moving into a new camp but many others are refusing to go to. the u.s.

city of louisville will play will pay briana taylor's family $12000000.00 for her death during a police raid on her apartment the 26 year old black woman was shot at least 5 times by police when they forced their way into her apartment in a mistaken drugs right the city has also promised to reform its police departments including the way it's warrants are approved and aim has featured prominently in the black lives matter protests across the u.s. tailless family have also demanded the officers faced the officers involved face criminal charges. as significant as today it's only the beginning of getting for justice for brianna. we must not lose focus on what the real drive is and with that it is time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that more. so please continue to

say her name. briana. the governor of oregon is asking for u.s. federal assistance as her state struggles to deal with wildfires a call followed the visit by president trump to california which is also been badly hit he dismissed climate change as the course clashing with that state's governor who said it had to be recognized tribes rival joe biden has accused him of ignoring climate changes effect on the wildfires which have killed at least $35.00 people. and rob reynolds can join us now from the city of esta kadir in oregon which is being threatened by those wildfires and rob tell us about the situation where you are right now and of course across the region. well felicity i'm in the i asked a cato which is a small town about 370-3700 excuse me people it's about 50 kilometers from the city of portland and some homes did burn here there were people who had to flee

in a big hurry several days ago when the fire surrounded the town but esta keda is luckier than most and luckier than some i should say because there are towns in southern oregon and to the east of here that were completely destroyed with every building pretty much burned to the ground what you see behind me is a checkpoint manned by local law enforcement they are not allowing anyone through who does not live down that road. and the only people being allowed in are residents who either live there or people who did live there and are going down to check on the damage or to retrieve any valuables that they might be able to save from their homes want to show you another aspect over here this is perhaps less remarked upon by the wildfires but what you see here are groups of volunteers people helping people they've all come together with truckloads of food donated by

people for free and they're handing them out to people who've either lost their homes or lost electricity can't preserve their food anymore so one of the organizers told me that they've received so many donations at this place that they hardly know what to do with the food that they have been able to collect now more than 5000 firefighters are battling the blazes right here in oregon they are say they're making progress now because the weather conditions have actually improved the lower temperatures and higher humidity and the winds have slackened part of that is actually due to this incredible paul's. hope which is walking the sun rays suns rays but still it's going to be a long hard struggle some of these fires we are told could burn for weeks or longer until there is significant autumn rainfall here in the pacific northwest of the

death toll from the fires in oregon stands at 8 with 50 people unaccounted for as you mentioned more than 30 people in the states of california oregon and washington all together have lost their lives in these on precedented wildfires look at a terrible situation rob reynolds there live in the city of s.k. to thank you with president trump shining the spotlight on forest management who is actually responsible for the people in california the federal government owns nearly 58 percent of forests the state itself owns just 3 percent with the rest privately and there's a similar picture in oregon where rob is sats where 60 percent of the forest land is owned federally and state owns just 4 percent and in washington well about 44 percent is owned federally with 12 percent state. and we can speak now to professor stephan from songs university he is the editor of the international journal of wild land fire great to have you with us on the program. so what extent has had forest

management contributed to the devastating fires that we have been seeing i mean is president trump right to a certain extent. i would say to a very very small extent the conditions that preceded an hour of courage are in these far right stream we at the dry period we had extremely high temperatures and those dried out the fuel strike on the vegetation and then we had an additionally additional factor of very very strong hot dry easterly winds and those straw east me winds they can basically drive a fire through dry vegetation even if the forests a is is stained a little bit of some of the fuel is reduced so forest management will make a difference in some areas for sure but overall i would say the metre logic conditions here was so extreme that forest management plays a very minor role in its fire and i were talking about forest management what do we actually mean because there's confusion isn't there about whether or not you should

be literally cutting down trees to act as a fire break it's that tree what do we mean by forest management well there are 2 aspects of this one is actually more the fire management self which is part of the forest management for for the last 100 years or so particularly united states it was typical to put out every single fire because fire was considered bad but of course fire is natural in this landscape and by putting out a fire you then reserve the fuel for future fire so you more the more you fight the fire the more vegetation you will accumulate in future quiets so ideally you should let fires burn but of course that is difficult when you have buildings houses or roads in the way so that's the 1st challenge. the 2nd possibility then is to as you say to basics down some of the vegetation. that is in theory possible and very effective around buildings but this is not really. a meaningful or

a sensible strategy over vast areas of a forest and even if you cut down the trees the vegetation will recover quite rapidly and then you have additional flammable material on the ground and the fires can't then race through this landscape again so supports management has its place but only in specific areas and what about the idea of controlled fires where fires are deliberately lit in certain areas to to get rid of their e dry the education that could of course spread naturally out of control is there a place for actually deliberately lighting fires the how is that controlled what absolutely there is a place this is very common in the west united states in the east united states in australia and this is something that the native americans of the 1st nations have done for thousands of years so yes there is there is a place for this this will reduce the probability of an extreme fire in the future the problem with that is that you need the right conditions to do this and these are large areas that would need to be treated so it's to carry this out effectively

is actually very difficult over vast areas and then if you also have to consider the smoke people don't want to smoke near their houses or even let's say wineries agriculture smoke is a problem so you have to basically trade off the risk of this prescribed burn to generate smoke for the risk of this fire to perhaps escape and then cause of wildfire but it is in many areas used very effectively to reduce the risk of more extreme fires we know of course the president trump says climate change basically has a had an effect isn't involved in the devastating fires that we're seeing in your opinion how how much has climate change contributed to the wildfires and particularly over the last 20 years i mean you are a what we think is what we think very unusual in historical terms. and what we've seen now east unusual historical terms there are occasional every few decades very large fires also in oregon but as far as i know it's unprecedented that we had so

many large fires. at the same time in the west the united states and you mentioned the last 20 years we've we've actually just submitted a study where we looked at the occurrence of fire fires in this area and what we've seen and that is consistent with climate change is that over the last 20 years based on reliable satellite data is that the area burned in this region has increased by 50 percent and also the weather conditions that are conducive to fire so the so that basically the fire season has extended in this region in the poorest region of the pacific west of the united states has lengthened by 60 percent and of course this is also consistent with an increase in temperature from climate change so it's undeniable that climate change makes these events more probable of course few scientists will say to a particular fire it has been been made worse by climate change but the situation and the likelihood the overall likelihood of these events is clearly made worse by climate change really interesting to get your thoughts on the subject appreciate

time fessor stuff and thank you what 24 pro-democracy activists have appeared in court in hong kong facing charges over a vigil the mark the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre china had banned that you know vent citing coronavirus restrictions that is to get a pardon reports from hong kong there are growing concerns about freedom of speach . it was a familiar scene for many of those who arrived at court to hear the charges against them hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activist have faced multiple charges over the past year over the many protests and events that been a part of the time they're accused of joining organizing an illegal gathering on june 4th to mark the 1989 massacre in tiananmen square the maximum penalty is 5 years in prison was this year the vigil was banned by the government citing the

corona virus outbreak but thousands of people went to victoria park where it's been held for the past 3 decades to join them prompted event hong kong is the only place in china where the 1990 and square crackdown on democracy activists is commemorated so openly and in such large scale. one of the city's best known activists leach again is known for helping the dissidents from the time he also organized the 1st ever candlelight vigil in a year after the crackdown in beijing he remained defiant as he went into court we insist that point them in the pm a massive every year will become the lot if not all clad. well you said there were there calls are red flags threats also a very fair or not every comment re doleful sacrifice the case has generated much interest it's seen as yet another step in stripping away the city's freedoms

and it's putting pressure on activists like joshua long who's twice been jailed for leading anti-government protests much of the day's proceedings focused on the 2 people who did not attend the hearing and both of them are part of the activist or through alongst political group neither law fled to the united kingdom just before beijing imposed its wide ranging national security law on the territory on july 1st he's accused of violating the law on grounds of inciting secession and colluding with foreign forces while the prosecution stated that immigration records show that 24 year old sunny german has also left the city it was the basis for their request to ban all the other accused from traveling out of hong kong and it was denied along with concerns that rights and freedoms are slowly being stripped away is the fear that people in hong kong may never again be allowed to publicly remember the massacre in tiananmen square if you go pollen our desire a home kong. the netherlands has reported

a new daily record increase in corona virus infections the volkskrant newspaper says health authorities registers $1370.00 cases in the past 24 hours the previous highest total was seen in april regional health authorities say the country's testing capacity has been stretched to its limits but the government has announced a plan to boost spending to counter the economic effects of the pandemic. the development of global public health has been pushed back a quarter of a century by the pandemic report from the bill and melinda gates foundation says millions more people are now at risk of disease a foundation which funds health and development projects as the pandemic has reinforced inequalities the biggest impacts on women and minorities it also says the number of children receiving routine vaccines has fallen to levels last seen in the 1990 s. well french president is heading to the alps on wednesday as the cyclists of the

tour de france climb the region's mountains but as the country's corona virus infection rates keep rising it's being seen as an attempt to reassure the public the famous cycle race was disposed of from july and is taking place under a strict sanitary protocol as natasha butler reports her to defrost teams arrived in the small eastern french town of la to do power having been given the all clear off to a round of coronavirus tests it was a tense wait last week several cases were detected and 2 positive tests in any one team would have led to today's disqualification after a training session brace leader primrose rutledge said the results were a relief. if both. really happy. more recall racing here the kind of a pandemic is forced to talk organizers to impose new rules on the race teams are regularly tested and kept apart cities and towns on the 3 week route have had to

adapt we had planned an open fan zone for the public to see the start of the race but the health crisis meant we had to reduce the number of people on the site then last week the region was declared a code red zone so we had to change again and cancel some of vents in town. a few kilometers away fans gathered but fall fewer than in previous years it's different this year you can't get near the volunteers at the start or the finish also we september not kill long so there are fewer fans. it's definitely not the atmosphere previous years club it is a shame but we wanted to come here as we're fans of the toll across the country covidien factions are rising last week there were more than 10000 new cases in one day new restrictions have been imposed in some cities including with doctors say intensive care units on needy full staging a torrid across dring a pandemic is certainly controversial some say it is unnecessary and irresponsible

but the french government says that traditional events like this one all the people and the life and problems must continue as normally as possible that will be the french president emanuel macro's message when he visits the race wednesday if all 22 teams reach the finish line in paris sunday without a last minute health scare the 2 will be widely regarded as a success even though the precariousness of this year's race has served to highlight the gravity of france's health crisis the trash about the al-jazeera bailout the lost dogs. and there's more support just ahead so on this news hour including going to hear from tiger woods and why he's missing the finance ahead of this week's u.s. open.

group already. going to come back as congress leaves here with a force that is to thank you very much and let's start with some important football news out of south america the save me the football confederation that has confirmed its qualifying matches the 2022 world cup in qatar will go ahead next month representatives from across the continent met with faith for as the region continues to struggle with a run of ours with all 10 south american nations they supply each other how little by the pandemic has already put them 4 rounds behind should you favor president johnny in france so you know there's also ordered european clubs to release the players to play in these matches despite travel restrictions. all countries are

trying to get to catherine just over 2 years time right now catteries using some of the world cup stadiums to host going in the asian champions they after that competition was held by the pound and that was qatari side of the house baited in sharjah of the year i mean at the education city stadium. also known as new signing maryland planet says it's a dream come true to join the club the midfielder was officially presented by pass on tuesday at the nou camp stadium albeit with no fans present is privately owned roma and most recently spent 4 seasons you ventus. you know and so on your. when you're a kid it's a dream just to play here but to be in this team to be part of this club is something extraordinary i'm really grateful i know where i started and where i am now in my career and in my life i never stopped fighting today i mean the biggest club in the world and i'm incredibly proud of that meanwhile 10000 football fans

were allowed in to watch a german cup going between hamburg and dynamo dresden but one of them got closer to the action and bargained for defender the listener who is a form of dresden player climbed into the stands to confront a dresden supporter reclaims that insulted him during the post much interviews dresden have apologised and condemned the supporter. organizers of the tokyo olympics have dismissed a report which kinds the games were the most expensive ever the official budget released in december was 12 point 6000000000 dollars but that was before the year long perspire because of corona virus the report from oxford university has the figure of more than 15000000000 and still rising tokyo 20 twentieth's chief executive was asked about it after the organizing committees board meeting. i'm aware of these reports in the media but there's been no official statement given to us there are no financial grounds for the numbers revealed in that report

so i'm not in a position to make a comment on that currently so i'm simply a bit confused by it because the times organizers claim all sponsors are willing to extend their agreements for next year and also i took great inspiration from watching the u.s. open tennis in new york and hope to learn from it the tone of what took place inside a bio secure bubble with no fans and was completed in full on the no major league baseball has decided to hold the postseason playoffs world series inside neutral bubbles it follows the success of the bubble format being used by tennis and by basketball and hockey families will be allowed inside the bubbles as long as i call and same with the player with a 7 days before series the baseball bubbles will be in texas and southern california. go for is gearing up for its 2nd major championship of the year which is the delayed u.s. open 23 year old american college is feeling confident after winning the p.g.a.

championship last month which was only he 2nd ever appearance as a major this week's top 20 is being how did it wind foot golf club in new york state walking here is a major championship major champion you have a sense of knowing how to get things done and you know yes i've only done it once but it's you know i've done it and you just want more you know you get that little taste of what it's like and and you know why guys marking the calendars the major championships for the year well from youth to experience tiger woods has won the u.s. open 3 times but not since 2008 he won the masters last year but admits it gets harder to win as he gets older he's also missing the fall. for me in particular i missed the energy and just the. just the positiveness that the that the fans bring in but that's something that i've been playing in front of for you know over 2 decades what we're dealing with right now is not what we all

want but it's our reality and. it's the better gee this is just not quite it's not quite the same without the fans i let's finish with some great pitches from the waters of greece calming pitches is french but on a general has broken the deepest dive world record for a 2nd song the 24 you will descend into a depth of 112 may tis with the help of fans of clothes that better design previous best buy. on the last 83 minutes 20 full 2nd. to his i can't imagine actually going down that day extraordinary all the enemy that it. was about it for me i'm sitting here in london thank you all right now i'm back with money see you in a couple minutes and see if you like.

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