but for now many fires are simply ignored farmers from the region say clear days are few and far between. fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there too. we can't lie around just because there's smoke we have to work on the fields cut the hay there's smoke everywhere you can't hide from it. people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but if they are ignored they threaten to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. this is the w. news in case you've just joined us here's our top stories german chancellor angela merkel is holding their video summit with the premiers of germany's 16 states to decide whether to change strategies for testing and controlling the coronavirus the current system was only brought in a few weeks ago but the number of new cases keeps on rising so

a rethink is considered necessary america wants a more unified approach across the nation that call also mean tightening the rules such as limiting the number of people allowed to gather together and finding people who failed to wear a face mask when shopping or on public transport. well that summit between the chancellor and the 16 state premiers is still going on their press conference was supposed to start roughly 2 hours ago we're still waiting for it to happen so there are lots of crunch points in those phones to talk about you know as a political correspondent who has been waiting with me for this press conference to start meet every us up to speed what's this all about and why is it taking so long well 1st of all it is the 1st such meeting in 10 weeks this meeting was prepared by the health ministers but of course it's a different thing when powerful people like that come together and have the opportunity to exchange their views and some of these views on how to handle the

current a pandemic quite different depending on where you are in the country depending on how your infection levels are if you look at the south of the country and to the west in fact the numbers are rising and they becoming quite high again when you look to the north and the east not much happening in terms of the spread of the current virus so of course those regional leaders have implemented different solutions to similar problems and that is something that mechelle doesn't like because he says it's making it hard for politicians to communicate that overall strategy and that they need to agree on similar solutions. similar problems in terms of what we can expect from the meeting our colleague. is in the chancery has a very close eye on the door of that meeting and you've been in touch with her you've been texting buttons and forwards. we hearing what is she hearing what can we expect to come out of this meeting was she says that. for contentious issues on the

table and one seems to be particularly contentious contentious it's about the topic of people coming into germany whether they're returning or whether they're travelling from a high risk area into germany to. play. if free corrupt. high risk then you'll faced upon a rival with a corona test that the german state pays for and now that strategy is going to be over hold and apparently the big issue was ok we're going to instead we're going to replace it with a quarantine rules if you come from a high risk area into germany and that's important for a lot of use of well because basically much of the world is considered a high risk area by 70160 countries exactly and some regions in the e.u. as well even brussels for example and so if you come here then you are faced with a quarantine you can leave that for 19 to 5 days if you can provide the authorities

with a negative coronavirus test in the big issue was who's going to pay for those 5 days that people can't go to work for example and you know we're going to be talking about this a bit more but later on while we wait for the chancellor's press conference to stop but 1st a look at some other world news a powerful hurricane hit the u.s. state of louisiana and focused as one of could be one of the strongest storms ever seen along the state's gulf coast are akin laura made landfall as a category 4 storm after almost doubling in strength over 24 hours low lying areas i've been flooded meteorologists say the storm will continue to have a potentially catastrophic impact as it moves across louisiana and texas rob half a 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. earlier i spoke to dave knows boehm he's a majority just with w w l

t v in new orleans and i asked him for an update on the situation there. yeah well right now though the storm continues to work its way just north of lake charles louisiana it has weakened down to a category 2 hurricane which is expected once it moves in the new gets cut off in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico landfall 1 am local time here is a category 4 queens about 250 miles per hour but 230 kilometers per hour there so just incredible this is the tide for the strongest hurricane ever to hit where we see the end of the other one dating back to $256.00 so this is likely going to cost significant devastation once the sun comes up here how it will start to hopefully be able to get out that way just to try to see that things are lost the southwestern part is here now so. people have been ordered to leave their homes did they full. authority as. a lot of people did we

were afraid that maybe some have tried to ride this one out of why you would but some did and so there are national guard and others who try bench they want to sign comes up in the conditions start to improve a little bit to try to get out there to see if they have to form a new water rescues that let's just hope and pray that it didn't get out to no one as that's a home because the storm surge was going to be about 15 to 20 feet high so that would like the overtopping of many homes in those areas even some of their elevated they would still be able to get some water here. almost double the strength over the space of $24.00 tell us briefly what does the full cost for the next 24 hours. well fortunately moving in that it continues to work its way north sort of move up to a city of shreveport louisiana in the northwestern corner of what we see get us still maybe as a hurricane out there but we can deal with your brain 20 toes and gusty winds and continue working its way through little rock arkansas seen eventually on the toward the maybe washington d.c.

area not as a tropical system but a big if you were a maker and potentially was a tornado is there. as we get towards weekend here in the world ends we did not have much going on but we are being answer brainwork from the current heat working week from today that the cost of quoting issues here and maybe even a few 22 or so we could have a busy afternoon evening here across the southeastern part of the reason it's thank you very much dave. just w w l t v in new orleans louisiana. but in the us republicans have mounted a robust defense off law and order on the 3rd night of the national convention that comes as the nation faces new tensions following the shooting of jacob blake a black man in wisconsin vice president mike pence was the keynote speaker mourning the only president trump could hold order said americans didn't need to choose between an all for society and standing up for african-americans trump and joined him on the stage making another surprise appearance he'll give his acceptance

speech later today on the final night of the convention. let's hear a bit more of what mike pence had to say the violence must stop whether in minneapolis portland or can no show too many heroes have died defending our freedom to see americans strike each other down we will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american every race and creed and color. before appearing at the convention president trump pledged to send more u.s. national guard troops to the city of can ocean wisconsin to assist local authorities off the protests that turned deadly the demonstrations began over the police shooting of a black man jake blake 3 days ago the white police officer who allegedly pulled the trigger 7 times has been named as as ruston cesky an officer with 70 years

experience in the kenosha force. the streets of an ocean are once again tense as police in armored vehicles attempt to keep the peace for another night of protests against the shooting of jacob blake they're now getting back up from the national guard and federal agents. after a traumatic escalation videos taken tuesday showed demonstrators trying to disarm a man then he starts shooting hitting several people and wounding 2 of them fatally the alleged shooter then approaches police with his hands up but they do not arrest him and he was only captured a day later in illinois what happened yesterday night. 2 people were shot and killed the 3rd person was shot and seriously injured the killings came on the 3rd night of protests that have rocked since sunday then police shot blake in the back wounded him at the scene of an altercation

authorities have now released more information about that incident. officers attempted to arrest jacob. age 29 a law enforcement deployed a taser to attempt to stop mr blake with a taser was not successful in stopping him mr blake walked around his vehicle opened the driver's side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr. officer. fired his service weapon 7 times. is being treated in hospital and his family say he may never walk again. the u.s. justice department says it is launching a civil rights investigation into the incident but for now the protest show no sign of relenting. the state of wisconsin is also home to the n.b.a. team the milwaukee bucks who boycotted the playoff game on wednesday in protest of the shooting of jake blake the box had been due to face off against the orlando

magic justifying their walkout today said they were demanding justice and police accountability teams across the league backed the decision. to the n.b.a. to postpone all playoff series games on wednesday and thursday. and the action had a ripple effect across the u.s. sports teams and major league baseball and soccer joined the boycott and the only teams were showing solidarity tennis star. announced that she would not play in her semifinal match in the western and southern open to quote protest the genocide of black people by police before world number one said she hoped to get a conversation started in a majority white sport. as not take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world kevin mayer is quitting the chinese own video. the former disney executive only joined to talk in june he has been under strong pressure from the trumpet ministration it says to

talks ties to china make a national security threat most of the oracle are currently just to buy 2 top. emergency workers in northern afghanistan are searching for the survivors of flash floods that have killed more than $120.00 people and injured hundreds more authorities fear many victims are trapped in the rubble of collapsed houses around 1500 weddings have been destroyed by the floods. elizabeth the roots have detained dozens of protesters rallying in central midst it's part of a widening government crackdown on demonstrations in the aftermath of the country's disputed press. election the oldest 9 poll saw president our lives on the shameka when a 6 term in office attests to say the result was a great. fear trade commissioner phil hogan is resigning the middle elevations he breached lockdown restrictions an island week ago hogan attended a golf dinner with over 800 people sparking

a national outcry in irish government says his actions undermined public confidence . the man who carried out murderous attacks on 2 new zealand mosques last year will stay in jail till he dies the high court and sentence brenton turns to life in prison without the possibility of parole the white supremacy admitted killing 51 muslim was shipped us. outside of the lego's courthouse a lineup of alleged lawbreakers gay men heading for their day in court. charged with displays of affection in a country that criminalizes same sex relationships elsewhere in that same city filmmakers prepare for an intimate scene between same sex lovers discussing relationships you can talk to.

the film's director the actors all face prosecution if censors decide their work if they promotes homosexuality in the past nollywood has depicted queer characters as mentally ill or deeply troubled but the crew of the movie see their work per training normal life for a sizable percentage of nigeria i feel like for a very long time we've been told one sided story and the story is not complete if it does not represent all of the groups in the society so what i wanted to do until the full story by representing l.g.b. the people in 1000. the face trailer was released online last month it advertises a film that touches on a shared theme and some nigerian families being forced to choose between family and happiness. i understand where they're coming from in that in nigeria it's not accepted and so doing something like that puts you where you feel like it's not it's not the norm but but but i don't feel that it's bold i feel that it's ordinary

i feel that it's my life just being shown on screen but it's been beautiful beyond family and stigma same sex relationships in nigeria are in theory punishable by up to 14 years in prison and depicting such relationships on the silver screen or on you tube or netflix may be considered just as unlawful. the man who carried out murderous attacks on 2 new zealand mosques last year will stay in jail until he dies the high court in christchurch sentenced bensen time to life in prison without the possibility of parole the white supremacist had admitted killing 51 muslim worship is for justice for the victims thursday's ruling making the immeasurable grief their relatives carry a tiny bit lighter survivors of the 200-1000 mosques shootings gathered outside the court with family and supporters of the loss' this is really big but again we are

trying just to move on not moving toward this this thing will make us move on. we can't all the way our language if i'm going thank god for everything i'm going to get on. the eve of one of the 2 mosques targeted that day called the country solidarity a model for the world weary of present love. compassion muslim and non muslim people the face and in the face that is us new zealanders and we are very proud that we muslims in new zealand i will continue to serve this country and no punishment again is going to bring our loved ones back. 90 survivors and family members testified during the 4 day sentencing hearing in march brenton terrine

a 29 year old white supremacist from australia pleaded guilty to $51.00 counts of murder 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism terrance court appointed lawyer told the judge that the defendant did not oppose the maximum sentence the judge called terran a terrorist who deserved a life sentence without parole you can imagine the best. use loaded and the faces of the. united wounded incredible many others. who are victims include the young and the all meaning only and shoulder. the sentences the country's harshest since the death penalty was abolished in 1961 new zealand prime minister told reporters the punishment fits the crime this is being a crime in new zealand the likes of which has never occurred before and now we've seen a sentence the likes of which we've never seen before as well but yes it gave me relief to know that that person will never see the light of day. the case closed

new zealanders now look to heal deep wounds caused by the attack afflicting both the victors sorry that sound. back here in europe you foreign affairs had just a viral is countries to forge a common way forward to meet global challenges and increase europe's clout on the international stage he was speaking at head of an informal meeting. of e.u. foreign ministers here in berlin he said the e.u. could not stop global crises from happening but changed the way it responded to the crisis said to be discussed by ministers today other tensions between turkey and greece over gas exploration in the eastern mediterranean as well as the suspected poisoning of russian opposition figure alexander valley and the situation in better or worse. let's go to our correspondent allison a phenomena who's following the meeting i was under germany's foreign minister has

said the e.u. will not leave the ongoing human rights violations in bellew's unanswered what does he mean by that. well german foreign minister mass has made killdeer that from his perspective nothing has changed so far on the ground in belarus that the repression against the opposition are still ongoing and that doesn't seem to be willing to enter any dialogue with the opposition and that's why moscow believes that it's important for the u. foreign ministers to discuss how to increase the pressure on the question and whether the sanctions that are being planned sanction against individuals who are responsible for violence against protesters and election fraud are enough and whatever the european union should do more than. number one how much agreement is there won't be the ministers when it comes to topics like the tensions that we're seeing in the eastern mediterranean right now. while the tensions there and how the

ministers are discussing that that's a good example of how it is difficult to find and grim and sometimes of course the ministers here are trying to support one of them and the greek foreign minister greece and turkey are locked in this dispute over energy deposits in the eastern mediterranean but many member states also don't want to angry turkey too much and that's actually the german position they are trying to find a diplomatic solution to to bring both sides to a negotiating table stressing how important turkey is because of its job graphic importance and because it is an important partner in the region. have another contentious issue what is kind of impact is the case of russian opposition

figure alexander valley likely to have on the talks is there agreement. well i think that this issue is going to have an enormous impact on the me. and i would expect the foreign ministers to join germany in demanding an investigation into the circumstances of the alleged poisoning. over here again we have to strain to stress that the members of the european union they have to front interests in different positions on russia and how to deal with deal with russia. our correspondent. thank you. to india now where schools have been closed for months as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic exposed inequalities in india's education system classes have moved online but many students are not able to access lessons because of poor internet connectivity and for children with disabilities the struggle is much harder.

chantry reports from daily. life to look closely at the. building blocks before he starts being with them. he can only see to some extent large objects and colors. he was born with a logical disorder visual impairment and have troubles with fine motor skills. the 9 year old studies in the 2nd grade of a government school along with children without disabilities. the school does not provide him with a special educator all the crucial resources he needs to study. as a result he is almost entirely dependent on his mother for his education. that is challenging enough right now the shutting down of schools during the call that lockdown has put him at risk of missing out on formal education entirely marking

but talking about impaired to other children disabled children are lagging behind in studies now even more than before but they're facing many problems he cannot see properly what can he understand from a small i phone screen and sometimes there are network issues too because of which he cannot attend the classes there the lack of inclusion in the education system for children with disabilities has never been more pronounced than now. according to some recent surveys majority of students with disabilities are finding it difficult to cope with online education at the same time many non-governmental organizations which address the needs of these children and provide them with academic support are also reeling under the impact of college 19 and the lock down the national association for the blind in delhi is one such organization that helps children with visual impairment and multiple disabilities to build a foundation in learning so that be can lead to join schools.

were not receiving many donations now. so we're not able to pay our stuff or provide the facilities for the differently able to. we've also not been receiving the funds we normally get from the government from reformatting on its 1st feel that during this pandemic the special needs of students with disabilities have been completely left out from education policies which any we kept them on the sidelines . has shifted to online and systematically nor should it be to cater to them you would visit orderly days it was in accessibility and engender information communication technologies it all learned those with disabilities not ready developed a magazine bundle or also issues or non-availability or internet devices. despite all the hardships he faces is a lengthy and happy time and like other children he has one day to be

a doctor another day a single. the education system or is it to him to be more inclusive. mexican conduct part of came up with a plan to bring musicians together even from a distance she formed the impossible and ambitious project to gather from a far off some of the world's best musicians to make music goal is to raise funds for women and children in mexico affected by the corona. i was sent home. and i suddenly couldn't conduct so what could i do. i was imagining what it would be an artist trying to have an artist to have the world's best seller lists. call my friends 1st i called all

the people that i had their phone numbers and have i had worked with. it's a coroner project obviously it would have never happened if it wasn't for the situation . it's impossible orchestra because in the normal situation if i had called them up they would've said that sounds great but i have this concert and that concert and we can plan it for 2024 and so on that would have not been possible without a doubt but suddenly everyone was free. well. i don't want it to seem homemade. it had to look professional as if we could go to a concert hall or an opera stage. 2 the

impossible orchestra aims to raise awareness and trace funds to help foundations in mexico who help women and children in many aspects. had to be a mexican piece for this project of course peace that people would recognize in my country and that people around the world could be fascinated immediately by had it all as much as the author set up though as i said. there are a lot of player to marcus well because it's an amazing piece of music that moves people. so much and i have probably. that's probably to be said conduct at the most in my career so it's been my friend since i started

my career. for the 2nd summer in a row forest fires have been burning out of control in the russian province of siberia an area bigger than greece set of to be affected several regions of declared a state of emergency the w.'s emily show and traveled to the small town of foster guy in the region where forest fires in the surrounding countryside have become a fact of life. regular drills keep the fire brigade in but-i guy running like a well oiled machine they are the town's final line of defense against forest fires . you small when the threat of a forest fire comes within 5 kilometers of

a town and then we react but even if the fire is 10 kilometers away if we get the order to go my guys are always ready to call.