this is. from the notes of the people from the red cross to evacuate 12000 migrants from last fall's have spent a 2nd night outside after a massive fire destroyed the maria refugee camp on the greek island. also coming up president trump on the fire again for playing down the corona virus outbreak in its early stages. still tanning we don't want to jump up and down and start shouting that we have a problem. president defends his response to

a new book alleges he knew about the dangers of the virus but failed to warn the public also coming. nobel prize winning. exhibits and chooses the fellows government of using terror against its own people she's one of the loose last leading opposition figures who is still true. and the n.f.l. kicks off in the u.s. things are little bit different this season for the fans as well as for the title contenders to. come to the program the red cross says evacuating migrants from the greek island of lesbos is a humanitarian impressive thousands spend a 2nd night without shelter after a fire ripped through the morea refugee facility no casualties been reported the leaders of germany. france have now agreed on

a plan to resettle hundreds of children from the camp to the its i found by high winds a 2nd night of fires burned the maria refugee camp beyond all recognition. leaving behind a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding on the streets of lesbos thousands of exhausted men women and children some born in the now destroyed camp left homeless fighting heat and hunger. over 3 if i'm left to give a little of you know doing nothing really. to do the will of the fuel for. no money put up less of them. now we will sleep on the street what can we do if we don't have food and if we don't have anything what can we do. meanwhile officials

point the finger of blame for the fire at residents angry over strict coronavirus quarantine measures. and. this is going to since because i recognized the difficult conditions however nothing can become an excuse for violent reactions to health checks and even more so for such extensive on rest as is that it has. amid the ruins of what was moreas notoriously crowded camp aid workers say the tragedy has been a long time coming. we are shocked about. the situation there. in groups that interest little one they only are there the. night that the 5 years of progress will finally to take the parties to run by and often as much as you know. the

people that live here and. the race to really housed the displaced is under way 400 unaccompanied children boarded a flight to mainland greece on wait and stay. for the families left behind the week continues their fate in the hands of leaders their futures uncertain. joined by. athens and what is the situation in lesbos now on the 2nd morning after the 5. well you we're now hearing of a 3rd fire that's taking place just around on the outskirts of whatever's left of this camp more. it's a 3rd fire in less than 48 hours and appears to be even more dangerous because we were understanding according to certain reports and that there may be some people who are stranded in and there are attempts by crews to douse out the fire and to

see whether there are any people inside now after the 1st initial fire there was several thousands of people who after they spilled out onto the streets went back into this camp to try and pick up whatever belongings they had left so it remains to be seen whether we may see any casualties coming out we hope not today but the government as you say you scrambling to try and get the situation under control there are still thousands of people out here on the streets people of all ages young toddlers. people elderly handicapped people pregnant women abandoned on the street some seeking shelter and parking lots others i saw also trying to erect tents in cemeteries in the nearby cemetery next to the mall to get . to shelter their families a cruise ship has come in to accommodate temporarily some of these people but again

authorities have yet to say whether they have actually allocated and found a spot to open up and to set a tent city to bring in these people back into a secluded area. and he has a group of any. support any substantial supports to the greek government. who are hearing a lot of words of support from a lot of people we've heard the president for example reaching out to his greek counterpart today also. we've heard in mind very much also making contact with the greek prime minister and the german presidency of the e.u. also engaged in this process to kind of review and revise european policy possibly . trying to ease and speed up the asylum process which is really creating all this crowded conditions in these camps but still you know none of this has actually

trickled down to the actual level of accommodating these people which is funding for this humanitarian crisis right now there has been assistance as far as trying to evacuate and get some $400.00 plus undistorted unaccompanied minors out of more and relocated into the mainland and in other counties in greece and to person reporting from athens thank you let's have a look now at some of the other news stories making headlines around the world today fire has broken out in beirut poss a little over a month after a massive explosion devastated the lebanese capital the army says oil and tires in storage are burning the explosion last month killed more than 190 people and left 300000 homeless. in the u.s. at least 6 people have died in wildfires in california oregon and washington

hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed the governor is warning it could be the biggest loss of life and property the state has ever seen. the u.s. secretary of state. says the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic i would say in a volley was likely ordered by senior russian officials doctors in berlin believe ali was poisoned with a nerve agent novacek says washington will evaluate its response. u.s. president although trump is under fire again for his handling of the coronavirus in a new book the veteran journalist bob woodward says trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus at a news conference the president has defended his actions trump maintained he was not lying to the public insisting he did not want to cause panic nearly 200000 americans have died so far. well joining me now the studio for more on this story is a bit of other stuff from a us elections peter what do we make of explanation for misleading the american

public right so president trump is known to be he likes to call himself a cheerleader for america he's known to you know one to talk things out rather than play them down except in this particular case above all he is someone who likes to project strength and you know give the impression that he's in complete control and that is very much the message that he was trying to sell in the wake of these revelations let's listen in and certainly i'm not going to drive. this country or the world into a frenzy we want to show confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as a nation and that's what i've done and we've done very so essentially there you know trump is really trying to paint himself as a responsible adult someone who was trying to calm the nation rather than create panic and of course the irony here is that by withholding this information he really actually created more panic and made

a lot of americans feel less safe because it created a false sense of security he told people not to wear a mask when he knew for a fact that it was airborne he said that it was no worse than the flu when he also knew that that was not true knew that this was potentially 5 times more deadly than the flu and let me just interrupt you there. let's go to and see walt's trumps rival in the presidential race joe biden had to say on these revelations. he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on purpose it was a life or death betrayal of the american people. so do you think peter that this

revelation which comes from bob woodward who's not just any reporter. further damage trumps the prospects of getting reelected it's a very good question i mean biden is leading in the national polls obviously a majority of americans say that they trust biden to handle the pandemic. you know more so than then trump will it matter you know there's a reason that he's also called teflon don these things have a tendency and he's seen his fair share of controversies none of them have stuck. in this case so trump can't rely on his base alone he will need also to appeal to suburban voters who lead to the support of older voters a lot of them have turned their back on trump because of his handling of this pandemic and so you know 2 months till election day that is a long time but we also know a lot of people are going to vote early they're going to look to mail in voting

because of the pandemic because they're too afraid to turn out you know a lot can happen between now and then but this could be one of the biggest blows we've seen to trump reelection chances so far it's all thank you. i'm going to buy the roost now where another prominent opposition leader has accused authorities of threatening to kill her if she refused to leave the country allegation comes in a formal complaint released by the jailed. courts authorities are saying they would get her out of the country quote alive or in pieces in recent weeks president the government has come down heavily on members of the opposition coordination council . on monday it was many are clueless nicola detained by security forces in minsk. on wednesday and identified men in plain clothes were seen taking maxime son not into custody. illusion security forces have now

confirmed that both prominent opposition figures have been jailed accused of calling for action that would harm national security it doesn't stop here. noble prize winning others a bit like syria if said unknown people repeatedly rang her doorbell and attempted to enter her apartment despite the intimidation she called on president alexander lukashenko to engage in dialogue with his critics who question could pretty sure go shanklin said he will not speak to the people taking to the streets but those on the streets are our countrymen the people are not those who follow luka shane close order he doesn't decide who is the people and who isn't the people or those on the streets. i think syria is now the only high profile opposition figure still living as a free woman and bella ruse. the growing pressure on opposition figures comes after a month of unprecedented protests against those reelection which demonstrators say was rigged. main opposition candidates with lenity cannot who left

velour rousseff to the vote visited poland on wednesday where she met the country's prime minister. she said look a shame call no longer has a mandate to govern hansei you and only fair and free elections can now set the path for belarus's future. germany has carried out the 1st test of its emergency warning system in 30 years local time today some 30000 sirens blared out across the country along with mail. a warning up on the emergency broadcasts the national warning day had been widely advertised beforehand but wasn't it wasn't clear to everyone what was happening such warnings were common at the height of the cold war but were stopped 30 years ago germany prepares for the worst. sirens wail across the country 30000 of

them in all the fire department is in a way says of peace the fire engines are silent and the population has to know what form this warning will take and it all has to be practice is to defuse not just how we respond but how to inform the population so that people know that yes i will receive a warning and i will have an access to information in an emergency triggering the alarm is just a mouse click for the head of operations at the press of a button and potsdam all sirens go off in decades gone by there were regular drills and test tomorrow including more 960.