us on al-jazeera how significant is this announcement in your opinion the fact that we now have a 2nd gulf state normalizing relations with israel. it is significant because it creates a dynamic in the region and the dynamic is driven by 3 factors one is the regional factor iran the threat of the iranian dominance the sunni arabs perceive it as a shia threat. and i would add to that some concerns about turkey turkey is emerging as a claimant to leadership in the muslim world not just in the arab world they can they're not arabs but in the muslim world. the greater global cause is china and russia who are making inroads in the middle east and the united states want to consolidate its allies such as israel u.a.e. saudi arabia etc why it is so important because my friend is important because i doubt very much that the king of bahrain would not consult with his brother the king of saudi arabia and would not have gotten a green light of some kind an approval and blessing the 3rd factor is their american factor and that the elections that you mention both even jellicoe us and the jews in the uni

jazeera and these are your top stories bahrain has agreed to normalize ties with israel it's the 2nd gulf state today say off to the u.s. east decision last month palestine as condemning the move as a normalization of illegal occupation here and 2 peace agreements with israel in the last 72 years this is now the 2nd peace agreement that we've announced in the last month and i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow i can tell you there's tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join and we think ultimately you'll have most countries joined and you can have the palestinians. in a very good position and they want to come in they're going to want to come in because all of their friends are in protesting refugees are demanding permission to leave the greek island of less balls and go to the mainland thousands spent another night without shelter after 5 is destroyed europe's largest refugee camp earlier this week 10 eve countries have agreed to accept 400 unaccompanied children. oregon's governor says dozens of people have been reported missing as the massive wildfi

reminds of our top stories this hour our brain has agreed to normalize ties with israel it's the 2nd gulf state to do so after the u.n. decision last month the palestinian authority has condemned the move as a normalization of illegal occupation. the u.n. experts on extrajudicial killings addressed the us congress and condemned saudi arabia of the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi a house committee on intelligence has held a hearing to assess security ties between washington and react. protesting refugees have been demanding permission to leave the greek island of less false and go to the mainland 1000 spent another night without shelter after guys destroyed europe's largest refugee camp earlier this week. the association of southeast asian nations is wrapping up its annual summit it's been dominated by tension between the u.s. and china as being hosted by vietnam but most of the meetings have been held virtually foreign ministers from nearly 30 countries attended north korea the south china sea and regional infrastructure projects have all been high on the agenda let's get more we co

quick amount of our top stories this hour bahrain has agreed to normalize ties with israel it's the 2nd gulf state to do so after the u.s. decision last month the palestinian authority has condemned the move as a normalization of illegal occupation. refugees have been demonstrating to demand permission to leave the greek island of next boss and go to the mainland thousands have spent another night without shelter the 5 destroyed europe's largest refugee camp only this week. that humanitarian aid is finally being delivered to hundreds of thousands of people devastated by the worst flooding in sudan's history at least a 100 people have been killed. now the u.s. house intelligence committee has heard testimony on the security relationship with saudi arabia and the killing of jamal khashoggi it's been nearly 2 years since the journalist and u.s. resident went missing after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul multiple investigations have concluded he was killed and dismembered by a team of saudi operatives al-jazeera how does your cast reports to the fellows at the un special rapporteur on e

your heart your top stories on al jazeera bahrain has agreed to normalize toys with israel it's the 2nd gulf state to do so after the us decision last month palestine has condemned the move as a normalization of illegal occupation here and 2 peace agreements with israel in the last 72 years this is now the 2nd peace agreement that we've announced in the last month and i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow i can tell you there's tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join and we think ultimately you'll have most countries join and you're going to have the palestinians. in a very good position and they want to come in they're going to want to come in because all of their friends are in. this deal is a danger to the palestinian cause and arab national security this is a new political mistake done by bahrain it supports the occupation and it supports this honest right wing the ration the rain should hold back immediately it's a huge political scene the u.n. experts on extrajudicial killings as address the u.s. congress and condemn saudi arabia for the killing of

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chaining in the atlantic. hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic category 4 storm and. gallagher is live in miami in florida for us and bring us the latest wachter things looking like right now. well we just had a briefing from this state's governor rhonda scientists who warned people in florida's panhandle which is the worst hit of the states affected by hurricane charley not to be complacent to say look it's going to rain for a couple of days rivers could crest the flooding could get worse because this is a slow motion oh vent it's not so much the power of the storm a category 2 storm in the grand scheme of things is not that powerful for the gulf coast it's the fact that this thing is only moving at about 6 kilometers per hour so there is a dire warning from the governor of this state and of course alabama got hit really hard as well i just saw some drone shots

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and. well i mean gallagher is in miami florida for a sunday what's the situation like there now well it seems that florida has really borne the brunt of hurricane sali it came ashore in the early hours of wednesday morning in alabama but quickly turned to the east flooding the streets of places like pensacola you've got about half a 1000000 people across a couple of different states now without power that's typical of a storm 'd of this strength but the real key thing about hurricane sally and a lot of other hurricanes we've seen lately is that it's moving at an agonizing pace as you said about 5 kilometers per hour that means it's lingering over the state of florida causing problems in louisiana as well and even as far west as mississippi so this is a big storm it's a very powerf

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic ready hurricane tait is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and 0. 0 can join us live from miami in florida and andy give us an update what is happening right now. well the storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm that's normally what happens when these storms make landfall it hit in the early hours of wednesday morning as a category 2 in the grand scheme of things not a very strong storm for the gulf coast residents down there are certainly used to worse but as was said in that report it's not the size and strength it's the speed of this storm that's causing most concern it's moving painfully slowly through the state of florida up into the carolinas and about half a 1000000 people mostly in florida have lost power places like pensacola in the florida panhandle suffered some severe flooding as has mobile in alabama where the

sally's the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and. meanwhile on the west coast of the united states a federal disaster has been declared in oregon as wildfires continue to ravage the state 5 federal search and rescue teams have been deployed there is part of a one point $2000000.00 relief effort about 800000 square kilometers of woodland in the states of washington california and oregon have been destroyed by fire over the past few weeks. u.n. investigators have accused the venezuelan government of crimes against humanity including the killing and torturing of protesters a fact finding mission found reasonable grounds to believe president maduro ordered the crimes to silence suppression the investigation was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses investigators say the case should be referred to the interna

2nd half. for the earthquakes although a video review was needed to confirm the goal won one final score. gulfs the 2nd major of the year the u.s. open tees off later on thursday at the wind foote course in new york the government rather the term it was originally set to take place in june but was postponed because of the coronavirus wingfoot is notoriously difficult to play and fact one of the 5 u.s. opens that have taken place at the course only one has produced a winning score under par 15 time major champion tiger woods says it's without a doubt one of the world's toughest courses. and i think it's right up there next to mine and i think carnoustie as far as this. sure difficulty without even doing anything to it. you know. those i think those 3 golf courses and. they can host major championships what ever do anything to him and. you know this one. oral on here is 0 and one or 2 yeah you just you have to embrace it otherwise it's going to it's going to eat you know i mean you're going to especially a place like this you're going to make a lot of bogeys. you're going to you're going to be pu

of coronavirus well the competition was due to be held in katsav this december for the 2nd straight year is the gulf country is towards hosting the main world cup in 2 years time in france you know insists he's confident the 2022 event will go ahead just as planned. i hope. that by the end of 2022 we will not have this problem anymore at least not in the same shape or form as we have it now or i am confident that there will be a vaccine or there will be a medication that will make us come back to normal life. well into the n.b.a. the l.a. lakers have cruised to victory over the denver nuggets to clinch game one of the western conference finals the top seeds didn't waste any time opening up to double digit lead in the 1st hall and city davis said with 37 points from 10 rebounds to bron james outage 15 more as the lake has rolled across the now gets 126114 but it wasn't told good news for james musing out from the bookies box the honest answer to come saw was it was very sincerely 2nd most valuable player. chose a finished 2nd to last and marmar career there from a championship now 4 times as the m.v.

sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and. as we've been saying storms are the only natural disaster country affecting the u.s. several states on the west coast are still battling record fires of course want to rob reynolds joins me now from portland in oregon rob that's quite the ominous scene where you are those fires have been raging for days now how are all of ours he's they're coping still. well this nazi of the people of oregon got some welcome good news today firefighters are making progress on a number of the major fires and one of the most destructive ones the so-called tell me to fire in southern oregon is now 100 percent contained this improvement is due in large part to favorable weather conditions it's gotten much more humid the temperature has dropped and that's true in large part to the fact that becaus

will be the 1st gulf state to have diplomatic ties with israel and firefighters are tackling a 2nd blaze on an oil tanker off the sri lankan coast days after the 1st was extinguished the vessel is carrying nearly $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil officials have warned of potentially massive environmental damage if there is a leak or if the ship explode. tension is escalating between india and china over their disputed border in the himalayas beijing is accused indian soldiers of illegally crossing the frontier in foreign warning shots that violates an agreement barring the use of firearms india said chinese guards fired into the year a border clash back in june left 20 indian soldiers dead wildfires are continuing to rage the parts of california for a 4th day in a row authorities believe one blaze was started by fireworks at a private party temperatures in the state have reached extreme hives of 49 degrees celsius hampering efforts to control the flames. one month ago a massive explosion rocked the lebanese capital beirut killing more than $100.00 people and injuring many many more the ci

answer to their future economic development and the 2nd of course factor is their issue and maybe with their confrontation between some of these gulf countries and iran and they feel that somehow israel will come to their rescue should they play action. iran which is doubtful i mean israel does definitely its own interest 3 power but i'm not sure it's really to offer power to a new leader like wired allies that many israelis are dependent. the bangladeshi government wants to relocate more than 800000 rangar refugees to a remote island in the bay of bengal but some are opposing the plan while u.n. agencies are questioning the suitability of the new site on the challenge reports. russian island is where 100000 growing as will be moving to if the bangladesh government can persuade them to government leaders said the remote island 60 kilometers off shore in the bay of bengal is better option than the world's biggest refugee camps in cox's bazaar more than 300 rohingya refugees are already here after being rescued in may 1000 deaths and in me in my we suffered a lot of atrocities which is why we escaped to bangladesh then we tried to go

will be the 1st gulf state to have diplomatic ties with israel firefighters are tackling a 2nd blaze on an oil tanker off the sri lankan coast days after the 1st was extinguished the vessel is carrying nearly $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil officials have warned of potentially massive environmental damage if there is a leak or if the ship explode it's. floods in sudan are continuing to threaten communities and important historical sites as the nile river swells to record levels now authorities are pumping the water out to try to save the ancient ruins in morocco and in europe which are 2 of sudan's most important archaeological sites the flooding has killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless sudanese authorities have declared a 3 month state of emergency. well for more on the humanitarian situation there i'm joined by john roche in nairobi he oversees the red cross and red crescent efforts in sudan it's good to have you on the program give us an idea john of just how bad it is right now and is the worst still to come. yes thank you we've been monitoring this since earl

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also africa and in the gulf states but also of course europe is now saying a resurgence in cases in a number of countries and our israel has become the 1st country to introduce a 2nd nation wide lockdown could other countries be heading in the same direction you think. so we separate terrorists say. you don't want to have to get to that stage way you've got such widespread transmission and you've got to hospitals overwhelmed so that governments resort to the lockdown because the problem there is the community doesn't. have to stop the transmission which we would like to see is really ceases and if 3 putt out of every person in the country taking action now to prevent the transmission rising so intensely that you leave all cards with. it resorting to drastic measures. stay with us because we over the weekend we spoke with the you commission for the economy we asked him about covert 19 let's hear what he had to say. not at the moment. with the serious issues seussical raised with long time. we know that this. is not something i didn't experience so for now i think we have something but not. counting. the research for. the future depends very much safety measures ris

on the gulf coast tropical storm sandy made landfall as a category 2 hurricane on wednesday it's been bringing in what's been described as catastrophic and life threatening flooding it's the 2nd how to can to hit the area in less than 3 weeks it's one of 5 active tropical cyclones from the atlantic ocean the only other time on record this is happened was in september 19th $71.00 on the ah. this side of the u.s. a federally declared disaster is happening in all are gone it's now the hot spot on the west coast unprecedented wildfire season hundreds of thousands of people have faced evacuation orders and some entire towns have been destroyed down a few moments we're going to go to rob reynolds who's in oregon for us but 1st jay gray is joining me live from mobile in the state of alabama jay just talk us through the fact that this area is no stranger to bad weather it's been inundated bombarded with storms for many years how are people reacting to all of this. well we're on the west side of that storm and so we get an easing of conditions rather early and people have been out talking to them they say you know we've been through storms with this one was different popped up very qu

north africa and in the gulf states but also of course europe is now saying a resurgence in cases in a number of countries and israel has become the 1st country to introduce a 2nd nationwide lockdown could other countries be heading in the same direction you think. so we separate terrorists say. you don't want to have to get to that stage where you've got such widespread transmission then you've got to hospitals overwhelmed so that governments resort to the lockdown because the problem there is the community doesn't. have to stop the transmission which we would like to see is if we really see this and if 3 putt out of every person in the country taking action now to prevent the transmission rising so intensely that to be evoked artes with. resorting to drastic measures. stay with us because we over the weekend we spoke with the you commissioner for the economy we asked him about covert 19 let's hear what he had to say. not at the moment. with serious research see the 2nd wave with long as you know that it's very nice not something that you've experienced so far now you think you have nothing to do but not. can't seem to even see. the future depends very much sa

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gulf coast. india is on its way to becoming the world's largest covered 19 hotspot with 4300000 cases india has surpassed brazil as the country with the 2nd tightest number of infections public health experts warn it's inevitable india will soon claim the record it's not surprising that the numbers that are coming out and. reading in. india would be a culprit by end of september. india has ramped up coronavirus testing and is now conducting more than a 1000000 a day for the virus shows no sign of slowing. that hasn't stopped the gradual reopening of the economy and schools. we have to open up the economy we have to lift restrictions of the world's work isn't possible. to protect people's livelihoods while also protecting their lives it's the high stakes decision being faced around the world. india's battle with corona virus is unparalleled around the world and subject to one of the world strictest lockdowns introducing tough measures back in march when they were just 500 cases in the country but that didn't stop the spread interest posting record numbers of new cases on an almost daily basis with nothing to suggest the curve is nearing it

around north africa and in the gulf states but also of course europe is now saying a resurgence in cases in a number of countries israel has become the 1st country to introduce a 2nd nationwide lockdown could other countries be heading in the same direction you think. so we separate terrorists say. you don't want to have to get to that stage where you've got such widespread transmission and you've got to hospitals overwhelmed said that governments resort to the lockdown because the problem there is the community doesn't. have to stop the transmission which we would like to see is really ceases and if 3 putt out of every person in the country taking action now to prevent the transmission rising so intensely that you leave all cards with. it resorting to drastic measures. stay with us because we over the weekend we spoke with the u. commissioner for the economy we asked him about covert 19 let's hear what he had to say. you know at the moment. we have serious issues seussical weight loss. we know that it's there with you it's not something that moves opinions so for now i think we have certain rights not. counting that and doing the research for. the future depends