this is w. news live from berlin trapped in limbo and full of frustration my friends on the greek island of lesbos raise their voices in protest thousands are demanding to be allowed to leave the island after a massive fire destroys the morier refugee camp a group saying you camp is not the solution and also coming up dozens of people are missing as deadly wildfires sweep across the western united states hundreds of thousands have fled their homes as the blazes are ravaged through oregon washington

and california. and could there be a new chance for peace after decades of conflict in afghanistan negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban begin in qatar with cautious optimism for a fresh path forward. omarion evans dean it's good to have you with us thousands of myron's and refugees on the greek island of lesbos are demanding more permanent housing elsewhere after a fire destroyed the overcrowded morea camp a massive blaze 3 days ago left more than 12000 camp residents homeless the greek army has begun building replacement shelter but many of the migrants are opposed to the construction of another camp they want permission to leave the island alexander

phenomenon sent us this report. maybe and when ul is just 3 weeks old born in moria when that cam started burning parents ran for their lives now and there are sleeping on the roadside. just so i am so disappointed because the european union could have helped us after all this time it's been 4 dates no one is taking care of us what are they thinking how can they abandon us the european union to i don't know what they are doing in europe in most years of. the family fled the democratic republic of congo others came from afghanistan or syria now they're all stranded here kathleen card leader of the greens in the german parliament is one of the few politicians who visit the island up. let's this is the last chance to say we urgently need to change our asylum pole see it's all about law and humanity humanity and law it's the only way we can really live up to our european

values. a few kilometers away tents are being set up at an old shooting range but refugees gathered here tell us they don't want another camp like moore yeah. we need big government support us to be of a maybe on the other you know maybe out of. germany. that is a going to be good i decided to be the maybe 2 days i gave in. the fight. and then how many here feel their frustration leads to hours long for instance. they chant freedom and i'm not afraid to confront the greek riot police. here what is the force situation for didn't fugit we don't have too little now what are we the other end of doing and when it does freedom freedom. people here are

getting more and more impatient there are marching back and forth demonstrating their anger take a lot we'll work to stay here we get up take care of us. we were. right. this time everything remains peaceful but the longer understand of continues the bigger the risk that the situation could get out of hand. in the spring and alexander phenomenon who filed that report she's standing by near the site of the morea refugee camp on lesbos hello to you alexandra so we've heard it's already been nearly 4 days since the fire destroyed the camp describe the situation there now. so at the moment it's quite quiet here compared to yesterday people are getting ready for what is going to be another hot day here i cleaning their make shift

a tense and actually i was struck by by that that they were able to put them up. so quickly while we are still waiting for the greek government to live up to its promise to provide housing for the refugees but of course the conditions here are grim sanitary conditions there is only little running water no toilets and people really think that they have been abandoned by by the european union and they are getting increasingly frustrated as we saw in the reports we saw protestan yesterday and of course i can assume that we are going to see them protesting today again now xander out what have you been hearing from the local authorities what is their plan to provide food and shelter to the refugees how are they going to do all of that. well what we saw here on the ground were mainly n.g.o.s distributing food and water

but many refugees told us that they don't have enough food that they are hungry that they don't have enough water or really myself didn't see any local authorities here on the ground although we know that there are also distributing food they started as we saw in the reports setting up those tents if you kilometers away from from here the greek government has sent 3 ships to provide housing still to the people but it's got out take a while and many of the refugees here told us that they just don't want to stay here they want to move on they want to leave the island because they don't believe that the greek authorities can really take care of that and if you are here on the ground you see that that's really the case well what about the greek local residents in the residents of lesbos themselves how are they reacting to what's going on. well there are very upset and angry they say they

don't want an ob or a camp to be built here they say they have been facing this situation for 5 years now and someone else needs to bird this barden a burden we ran actually yesterday into the local blockade everything was peaceful we could pass through this blockade but that can change any day if they. push through with their plans to. build another camp in moria. w.'s alexander phenomenon on the greek island of lesbos thank you so much for your reporting. now wildfires have forced mass evacuations across several western u.s. states half a 1000000 people in oregon have been ordered to leave their homes or prepare to do so the governor says dozens of people are missing firefighters are battling to prevent 2 large fires merging near the most populated parts of the state washington

and california are also seeing the worst fires on record. as if 2020 wasn't strange enough already they sat francisco golden gate bridge remains tried it in smoke and a pale comparison to what the morning commute looked like this week smoke and ash from wildfires mixed with the cool pacific ocean air to produce an otherworldly effect 1150. crazy 11 seen in the morning and it's. like the middle of the night. historic fires are ripping through 3 western states in california almost 5000 square kilometers have burned firefighters don't expect to bring the blazes under control until the middle of october some villages have already been incinerated. the governor to

herd one scorched forest making up a point about climate change as he surveyed the damage. this is a climate damn emergency this is real. it's happening this is the perfect storm is happening precedented wage year in year out but debate is over around climate change just come to the state of california. a driver in oregon filmed the dramatic scenes as an inferno engulfed the forests. while disputed reveals the total obliteration the fires left in their wake. the governor told residents to brace for a huge loss of life and property and said that many residents were missing. in washington state 2 fires have wrecked havoc and heartbreak everything gone close beds everything. the weather conditions are gradually improving

meteorologists are warning that it is not yet even peak wildfire season. historic peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban have begun today in a bid to end 2 decades of fighting and bloodshed the meeting in the gulf state of qatar is the 1st time the warring sides have met face to face they're hoping to reach agreement on cease fires the rights of women and minorities and the disarming of tens of thousands of taliban fighters. for more let's bring in journalist t.v. who joins us from kabul hello to you ali so the talks have opened today with a ceremony and a number of speeches what is the main message at the start of these historic negotiations. ali are you there

oh it looks like we're having some difficulty with the connection ali can you hear me. all right we'll try and go back to our correspondent in afghanistan a little bit later in the program now let's turn our attention to some other news france's prime minister's on kus days says the government is not planning to introduce a new nationwide lockdown to contain a record surge in coded 1000 cases instead he urged citizens to be prudent and observe guidelines life social distancing and wearing a mask france and during one of the world's strictest lock downs this spring and there's little appetite for a repeat. concern over the rising numbers of corona virus infections is mounting with nearly 20000 new cases confirmed in the last 2 days hospitals are coming under renewed pressure despite the worry the government is

trying to avoid going back to a complete shutdown. we live users yes the virus is here to stay for several more months and we have to be able to live with it without going into a generalized lockdown once again. and we are aware of the simplest solution research and the least restrictive one on one. that is the scrupulously follow coronavirus protective measures. officials want instead to implemented less drastic measures such as ramping up testing and introducing localised restrictions the length of mandatory quarantines has also been reduced from $14.00 to $7.00 days to make this easier to enforce. persians are apprehensive but they too are hoping there will be another lock down. you want your kids yes we

are worried if you don't from among the figures are skyrocketing this morning we were really surprised by the number of new cases to be melted just because i just hope we won't be confined again because it would be a new ordeal that's too complicated for the economy and for our personal life at this hospital in the virus hot spot of must say all the intensive care beds for colvin 1000 patients are full doctors are sounding the alarm the number of people hospitalized nationwide is still way short of the peak reached an april. but france is back on the alert the overriding imperative is to prevent the healthcare system from becoming overwhelmed. well now to a group of senior citizens turning heads in china the elderly athletes are refusing to take retirement literally and thanks to their rigorous training routine their skills are impressing people half their age have

a look. while many seniors use hand rails to prevent falls these retirees are turning aging on its head. all the geriatric gymnast's in tianjin china are well known for the performances that combine gymnastics with chinese acrobatics. log we started the hour long tongue gymnastics team 10 years ago i felt very bored after retiring and didn't know what to do was so we started practicing gymnastics. there are now 300 members on the team ranging in age from 60 to 80 but you wouldn't know it by watching their training sessions. so what's their secret. don't be bothered by old age find things that bring pleasure and believe you're still young that's what i do. the team's leader says he always dreamt of becoming

a star gymnast and he's not giving up now. some very inspiring seniors there as the latest on the news this hour stay tuned to for arse and culture that's coming up next omarion and the evidence team thanks for watching. in the light of climate change. africa. what's in store. for the future. pretty major cities to get insight. into.