revealing eco friendly solutions to comeback threats to our planet on al-jazeera. quarantine warnings testing center problems and more cities sent into lockdown the world health organization says europe faces an alarming rate of new coronavirus transmissions and claims that wealthy nations are stocking up on vaccine doses while china is accused of using its research to expand its global influence. alone barbara sara you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. a

no other for a drinking thousands of people reluctantly begin the move into a new less force refugee camp. and. the siege unseld was done well thousands of people off hold up in court just to come for those displaced in the ongoing flooding all that bringing you their stories and how they're coping . hello welcome to the program the world health organization has sounded the alarm over the rising rate of corona virus transmission across europe more than 300000 infections in the past 7 days weekly cases are now exceeding those reported when the pandemic peaked across the continent back in march the w.h.o. is urging countries not to cut quarantine periods warning the sacrifices already made could be wasted here in britain the government has admitted the testing

capacity isn't satisfactory as more regions are sent into lockdown that the bulk of reports from london. newcastle northeast england a major city and now parts of a huge region on the new covered restrictions from friday more than 1500000 residents can't socialize with people outside their household or social bubble and bars and restaurants have to close by 10 in the evening the u.k. government says it agreed to measures with local councils following a sharp rise in infections i think you should follow the rules to make a go we can't. think people not really follow their instructions they shit. am i happy about it you know do whatever we need to do here to stop the virus i don't think the household things are the fact is that i can go play with. other people i'm from the household but i can't socialise with bands such as me make sense nationally in the u.k.

infection rates are going in the wrong direction daily new cases number in the thousands with experts saying the truth could be in the 10s of thousands and after prime minister bars johnson admitted testing capacity isn't good enough the health secretary not for the 1st time appeared to blame the public when he appeared before parliament the challenge is that demand has gone up faster and they can say on the other side no it's not what they call defy the facts and the most important thing for everybody across the country to hear from all of their elected representatives if they are interested in helping this country get through this pandemic is that if you have symptoms get a test if you don't have a sentence please do not come forward to get a test unless you're specifically. britain's far from the only european nation worried about rising infections and deaths that's prompted the world health organization to issue a new warning to governments not to reduce quarantine periods from its recommended

14 days in the spring and early summer we were able to see the impact of strict lookdown measures. efforts over a 2nd phase as a day off. in june cases hit an all time low the september cage numbers however should serve as a make up call for all of us. these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing it also shows a lot of new rates of mission across the region in italy the alitalia airline is now trying to domestic coronavirus free flights per day passengers are offered a covered 19 test at the airport before flying the results come within a half an hour only those tested negative can fly here in the u.k. the pressing need is for the general public to be able to access covert 19 tests quickly and for all forty's to improve the contact tracing system with winter

approaching the challenges for the politicians and for health professionals are enormous nadeem bob al jazeera. was close to a 1000000 deaths and nearly 13000000 infections the race to find the current virus vaccine is ripe rapidly heating up but the world needs billions of doses to effectively end the pandemic and there are fears poor nations will lose out the aid group oxfam says the planet's wealthiest countries accounting for 13 percent of the global population have bought more than 50 percent of promised doses and even if all trials succeed it says that nearly 2 thirds of people will not have access to the vaccine until 2022 there is some hope though the world health organization says more than 170 countries have joined it's planted this tribute to 1000000000 doses fairly around the globe by the end of next year about 40 vaccines are currently

being tested on humans china says it could have one ready for the public by november to train a year reports. while the world awaits a coronavirus vaccine hundreds of thousands in china are receiving their 2nd job of one being tested there medical workers military officers and civil servants were among those given emergency use approval for experimental vaccines earlier this year 9 of the over 30 coronavirus vaccines undergoing human trials around the world are being produced in china china's center for disease control says 1 may be rolled out to the public as early as november. china is at the forefront of the whole world in the development and production of vaccine there are currently 9 types of cold in $1000.00 vaccines in the world that have entered phase 3 and china accounts for. numbers of domestic coronavirus cases have led to chinese companies competing late stage phase 3 trials were brought state and company sign a farm began testing in the united arab emirates in july frontline medical workers

there have also been given emergency doses. vaccines are also being tested and thousands in brazil and bangladesh have been given vaccines by the company sign of ak while the chinese military affiliated can see no biologics is conducting tests in russia and saudi arabia china says it's developing that for the common good but there are a few western democracies involved in partnerships with chinese companies analysts say beijing is instead. so-called friendly nations and using a potential vaccine to expand its influence philippine president. says he led to be given early access to a chinese vaccine ruling out confrontation with beijing over territorial disputes in the south china sea chinese leaders have promised similar access to indonesia and countries along the river but not everyone is convinced. i don't think the international community will have. to accept.

this kind of verisign diplomacy is potentially more risky much riskier than diplomacy china c.d.c. says vaccine trials are going smoothly and new side effects have been documented but medical experts in the u.s. and u.k. have described chinese allusions to use programs as problematic saying effectiveness cannot be proven before testing is completed. paging. dozens of israelis have protested in television the country prepares to become the 1st to impose a 2nd coronavirus lockdown doctors and scientists who organize the rallies say the restrictions will not stop the spread of covert 19 the 3 week lockdown begins on friday and it coincides with the start of the jewish new year schools have closed and more than 4500 factions are being recorded daily many shop owners say their

businesses will not survive. about 5000 refugees a stranded on the greek island of lesbos have been rehabbers than a camp built by the military they were among more than 12000 left homeless when the notoriously overcrowded morea camp burnt down last week but that's the leaves thousands of others in need of emergency shelter stephanie decker reports from the scene. they came with a clear message just after 1st light an unexpected wake up call for the thousands of refugees and migrants who've been sleeping on the streets here going to the county. you know i don't know nancy when you met him come with me and our unit. you know hallowed. ground. but please go back and. many been reluctant to go to the new tent camp just down the

road afraid of the conditions many saying they believe once they enter they won't be able to leave a group of people wearing hazmat suits against the coronavirus of now joined the riot police i think the message here at the moment certainly is one of peaceful force a very clear message from the authorities at the time is up to the refugees and migrants bending here that they need to move to the camp and if they don't do that willingly that force will be used these police officers were dressed in protective clothing due to the coronavirus as they motion for people to wake up and make their way to the camp and many started to move telling us they had no choice he said go go go go go go go because it was so of the way problems no not even here one here 6 rows i leave you. but no i go to the go and i don't know how many long

time you're leaving one years 2 years 3 years i keep to the co that's. most here just want to leave the island some people got inside and they said for ascalon to me and such is a very bad. note you know electric know what are for a drinking and for showers. but that's not happening any time soon outside the new camp the immediate result of this operation waiting under the scorching midday sun to be registered and test. for the coronavirus the greek government is making it clear this is the only option for the refugees where they can be provided for and where their paperwork will be resumed. today we are doing the obvious thing is a democratic and civilized society migrants are being moved from the streets to the new camp from being abandoned to being cared for from hygienic dangers to control and protection of public health from no water to order. it's been 9 days since

morea camp europe's largest refugee camp burned to the ground since then most of its 12000 people have been sleeping on the roadsides or wherever they can find shelter most have been waiting for more than a year for an answer to their asylum requests now many tell us it feels like they're somehow starting all over stephanie decker al-jazeera lesbos island greece . so dan is bracing for more floods and heavy rains that are also expect that the hit neighboring ethiopia more than 100 people have been killed by flash floods that have wreaked havoc in sudan since late july more than 650000 others have been affected and about 120000 homes have been destroyed the heavy rainfall has led to the very for nile rising to its highest level in a sentry a 3 month state of emergency has been enforced by the government mohamed though is in one of sudan's worst affected talons singa he says 31000 people have been the

place there. the situation is really desperate for the displaced in one of the primary schools in the heart of the town of seeing. a very cross in the school is packed with up to 20 families they ease congestion food deliveries yes come but again some say they do not and now if during the day and they are also concerned that they have nowhere to go back to because their homes have either been damaged very much by the floods or totally destroyed so it will take them a while to go back and piece their lives together but right now the non-governmental organizations that are caring for the displaced people in the city not a state which seemed is that you straight if it was his up to thought to 1000 people

displaced and affected by the floods in just this state alone so you can understand the magnitude of the problem but the main concern of the agencies right now the residents of up to 18 villages that have been told to limit room down cut off from the rest of the state by the floods they have tried to have a quite some people but many of the people from these villages are not willing to leave their herds and their crops that are still under water behind and they are concerned for those people mostly. still to come here on al-jazeera a young man is killed one supporter a survivor a coast president clash with rival protestors and schools reopened in rio de janeiro despite confusion and changes that took coronavirus falls.

hello to sydney had a talk temperature of 31 celsius on thursday afternoon warmest weather same here for around 6 months will cool off over the next couple of days we've got a band of cloud and rain quite an active weather system this one punching its way into south australia could see some significant rainfall some meaningful rainfall into the outback over the next couple of days pushing up into south australia to central parts pushing into outback queensland as well out west of weather heading over towards see a saucily busta comes in a 10 degree talking temperatures there for sydney on friday and that west the weather will trundle its way further race with that could be some flooding is that rain will be heavy at times pushing into the western side of victoria as well ahead of that it's generally fondant rather a bit of cloud there into new zealand but not too bad over the next couple of days not too bad now too into the korean peninsula claris guys coming in here but we

have got west of weather making its way towards japan some rather heavy right particularly cross western areas of japan for that rain right back into central china southern china also seeing some big downpours as we go on through the next couple of days and not just where little further north which as we go on through saturday with the possibility of some flooding here. for decades criminals made millions trafficking drugs through thailand one when east explorer. it's where the country has now become the 1st in southeast asia to legalize medical marijuana. on al jazeera. if you want to help save the world.

the old. other time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has sounded the alarm over the rising rate of corona virus transmission across europe more than 300000 cases in the past 7 days it's urging countries not to cut quarantine periods warning the sacrifices made could be wasted about 5000 refugees stranded on the greek island of lesbos have been rehired as the new tent city more than 12000 people were left homeless for the fire destroyed the overcrowded morea camp 9 days ago and sudan is bracing for more floods and heavy rains there are also

expected to hit neighboring ethiopia more than 100 people have been killed by flash floods that have wreaked havoc in sudan since late july. un investigators are warning of rampant human rights abuses in the spite of change in government they say security forces and the ruling parties youth wing carry out kidnappings beatings and other violence with almost total impunity alexy o'brian reports. was when president ever raced and was sworn in in june he vowed to ensure national unity pace and social justice but un investigators say that's not happening dashing hopes of change under a new government what is really striking is that he has appointed to high positions in his cabinet 3 people who are under sanction from the e.u. and or the u.s.

but they're alleged participation in human rights violations since 2015 it's a strange act for someone who's keen on reconciliation the opposition says in days jimmy as election victory in may was rigged the ruling party candidate had the backing of his predecessor and long time friend and currencies are. few and investigators have highlighted abuses linked to the election accusing security forces and the ruling party is youth when it kidnappings beatings and sexual violence one of the findings i was picking troubling was how these violations were aimed at preventing the main opposition party from carrying out their activities and effectively taking part in these elections. the un investigators weren't allowed into burundi and i inherited a country isolated under international sanctions and cut off from foreign donors the the latest crisis began in 2015 when then president and currencies are

decided to stand for a 3rd term hundreds were killed and $400000.00 displaced in months of violence the u.n. commission later accused government forces of crimes against humanity including summary executions rape and torture. burundi is one of the world's poorest countries with a troubled history of ethnic violence the u.n. report comes days after a local group investigating past violence opened 8 mass graves in southern burundi suspected of containing the remains of victims shot by security forces and 972 said . these people who risked in the mass graves of cousy would murdered out of the content in irresponsibility of the political power which deliberately chose not to protect its citizens. the local investigators want to interview regional leaders

about the suspicious deaths the un suggests victims from more recently also deserve a similar chance for justice brian al jazeera. one of the 40 candidates barred from running in ivory coast's election next month says there won't be a vote unless they are on the ballot for the prime minister again sorrow is calling for protests a continual against of re-election bid of president ouattara a court has cleared the way for him to run for a 3rd term even though the limit is to victoria gate and he has more details. there's a tense atmosphere in the city of bonior fighting between supporters of president allison with tyra and opposition activists has left people frightened resulted in the death of a 22 year old who'd gone to buy something and. we decided to demonstrate like any ivorian in relation to the 3rd term of the current president a young brother had gone to the shop and when he came back people shot him in his

stomach judy not boost says he was also injured by supporters of the president. in memphis is that our youths were demonstrating i stopped and told them to come down suddenly our source i'm a link a kids who were very excited coming to get me with their cars they broke my leg. protests have intensified after the country's top court cleared the president to run for a 3rd term even though the legal limit is only 2 the court also rejected 40 of the $44.00 candidates the next month's election including former president laurent gbagbo and one time rebel leader turned prime minister game story but those supporters say people mustn't lose hope. e.d.'s launches an urgent appeal for the mobilization of activists and supporters of the parties and organizations that are members of the platform of democrats from all sides and also of the people of

the ivory coast to block the forfeiture and dictatorship of mr our son ouattara. that bill refused to concede defeat to retire after the 2010 election triggering a civil war his supporters say his continued exclusion from politics and retiree's bid for a 3rd term is further destabilizing ivory coast victoria gating be there. saudi arabia's energy minister has condemned other opec members for cheating on their own oil production quotas the criticism was made during a conference call of member states the international energy agency says the united arab emirates widely disregard of commitments to cutting its quota last month abu dhabi says it will compensate for over production in october and november the saudis have led the drive to cut production in an effort to boost crude prices as the coronavirus curtails them around. alexina valleys colleagues say they

found traces of the toxic nerve agent not the chalk on a bottle of water in the siberian hotel room where he stayed before falling ill his team says a german lab and 3 other labs have confirmed the finding the russian opposition leader is recovering in hospital in germany after spending more than 2 weeks in an induced coma scientists in germany france and sweden say that the family was poisoned by the soviet era nerve agent russia denies the allegations charlie angela's been following developments from london is team originally thought that he had ingested poison in a cup of tea that he had at the airport but they now say he was poisoned even back in his hotel room in that siberian city of tom's with a video has emerged of his supporters sweeping that hotel room using protective gloves hours after they found out in the valley had fallen ill in the scene collecting a number of water bottles now they say that they wanted to bag up as much evidence

as they could to ship it out of the country before russian f.s.b. agents could take them and tests have shown that some of those bottles did can turn contain the nerve agent of the burra trees in france germany and sweden have all confirmed invalid he was poisoned with novacek but russia is still denying this saying that they have yet to see any conclusive medical evidence so germany is drafted in the help of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they've taken their own biomedical samples from the bounty and they say they will be testing those samples in their own deborra trees. tropical storm sally is bringing torrential rain to the u.s. states of georgia and the carolinas as it moves north from the gulf coast it has already caused chaos in florida and alabama where at least one person was killed nearly 500000 homes and businesses are now without power the storm has been

downgraded to a tropical depression but officials say it's not over yet with warnings of widespread flash flooding. and they are quality along parts of the western u.s. coastline is the clearest it's been in several days allowing firefighters a better chance of tackling the fires that have been ravaging the states of california oregon and washington crews are battling dozens of the staging fires which have claimed at least 34 lives since august cooler temperatures and the chance of rain are expected to help efforts but authorities warn that warm and dry weather will return over the weekend smoke from the west coast fires has drifted as far as europe well hazardous air pollution continues to blanket portland salem and bend. schools in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro have reopened despite constant changes to coronavirus restrictions despite disputes between mayors

governors and trade unions are causing confusion for students and teachers alike monica yant a key of reports. the deadly pandemic kept this school closed for 200 days but not anymore children are back in class just by brazil remaining the world's 3rd largest cope with 19 hot spot thing i'm afraid but we have to take a risk rice not all students have returned but 10 year old isabella has decided to take the plunge she's taking precautionary measures against coronavirus and says she prefers being back at school than at home learning online but isabella's 1st class in 6 months maybe one of her last summer when we've had 4 injunctions in 48 hours we don't know what will happen next all over brazil decisions are taken one day and radically change the next week political squabbles have turned brazil's educational system into

a shambles bell us family of 5 is struggling to get used to the pandemic and to the changing guidelines i headed in the only rule in brazil is that there is no rule whether to grandma or not whether to reopen school or not say one thing governor 3 another trade unions fight back and the federal government has no policy every family is on its own isabella's daughters study at a private school but lessons will remain online person was accepted by a public university free of charge he had one week of classes before the pandemic shut down his college his father fabio is a teacher at the state funded school for the hearing impaired this is the 1st time he has stepped into the building in 6 months and it is still empty now. a huge percentage of public school and college students have no access to internet or the means to follow online courses. but many in brazil say children should be back in

class and have staged protests to make their point if bar stores and shopping centers have read. openly say in school should be allowed to do the same before the pandemic this school had 183 the 1st day it reopened only 38 showed up the 2nd day only 5 resilience aren't sure if schools should be open or not if it's legal to do it or not there's only one rule everybody seems to agree with playgrounds like this one are off limits the owner says she followed all the safety procedures but brazilian authorities keep going back and forth this is getting some parents need to leave their children here because they have to go to work and don't have good internet connection for online classes but they don't know who to trust and meanwhile bills keep coming and since there has been no final decision if schools should reopen in rio de janeiro or elsewhere in brazil students

teachers and parents from maine in limbo monica inactive all just sirrah rio de janeiro much more on that and everything else that we have been covering on the website al jazeera dot com. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has sounded the alarm over the rising rate of corona virus transmission across europe more than 300000 cases in the past 7 days weekly cases are now exceeding those reported when the pandemic peaked across the continent back in march the w.h.o. is urging countries not the cup quarantine periods warning the sacrifices made could be wasted. knowing the immense individual and societal impact even

a slight reduction in the link of god and going out and giving the figures i have just mentioned i encourage countries all the region to mixing the freak due process with the experts and explore safer addiction options about 5000 refugees stranded on the greek island of lesbos have been rehabs than a new tent city where than 12000 people were left homeless when the fire destroyed the overcrowded morea camp 9 days ago $135.00 refugees have tested positive for covert 19 so dan is bracing for more floods and heavy rain that are also expected to hit neighboring ethiopia more than $100.00 people have been killed by flash floods that have wreaked havoc in sudan since late july or than 650000 others have been affected and about 120000 homes have been destroyed. colleagues say they found traces of the toxic nerve agent navi chalk on

a bottle of water in the siberian hotel room where he stayed before falling ill his team a says a german lab and 3 other labs have confirmed the finding that ali's colleagues initially thought that he was poisoned after drinking tea in tomsk airport the russian opposition leader is recovering in hospital in germany. tropical storm sally is bringing torrential rain to the u.s. state of georgia and the carolinas as it moves north from the gulf coast nearly 500000 homes and businesses are without power the storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression but officials say it's not over yet. those are the top stories of my colleagues in the hall will have more news in half an hour one on one east this coming up next exploring thailand's cannabis revolution thanks for watching us about. russia now seems to be going after the main economic resource which is a poor story we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing

the world living presidents america's 1st policy trigger the troy war that morphed into a technological come to call on al-jazeera. the . 4 decades drug kingpins made millions trafficking heroin opium and cannabis through thailand. in response thailand's long speaking tough. tough it's prisons are bursting at the seams. but there's been this don't think you can call this a. time but i do not. even government ministers are extolling the virtues of cannabis we have seen that the best product would not only kill it it's for people to become one of the major income. people.