Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

States will examine the role of Climate Change in fueling the flames. And struggling for schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. And in sport to Toronto Raptors force against 7 in the n. B. A. Playoffs attending champions be the Boston Celtics to level their semifinal series add 3 games apiece. Thousands of refugees are searching for shelter on the greek island of lesbo also after being forced to spend the night out in the open fire swept through the biggest camp in europe on tuesday night ships being sent 10 by the greek government to provide accommodation will be live with John Psaropoulos in laws boss at the count in a moment but 1st heres his report. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there. Today for parts but. There are. Hundreds of thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundles together to form makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to fit in very different chord. Is a very broad. Chord proport far more know has come 3rd where if you dont want to go is living here because this problem but if i may be dead now is i know the camp had housed more than 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of that number of conditions in which corona virus could easily flourish we are extremely worried not only 4 to 40 percent children that live in money or who are currently on the street but in particular we need to think also more than 200 people live in the camp who are at particular risk for it either because of their age or because of course that would mean that if they get infected the will be much more sick than the rest of the population and so as far as we know right now those 200. 00 are mixed in the big group of 30000. 00 who are basically at loss in the streets in 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk to the mediterranean crossing in small boats from turkey to greek islands like lesbos they fled war persecution and poverty the European Union eventually closed its doors but the refugees kept coming many ending their journey here in moria camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldnt have to. We dont what we ask you to be able to come out of the i believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen in less boss once a damaging maria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our Party Remains the health and safety of by president s and migrants was nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. Ok lets talk to john because inside the camp john the scale of devastation we can see in the scene behind you and over the the remnants of the fierceness of the flames talk us through what the latest is as far as the people in the camps is concerned and also how the local people have been reacting. Well quite rightly as you say look if you look behind me the camp is utterly destroyed it has stood him for 8 years it has gradually been expanded to accommodate more and more people reaching an official capacity of 3000. 00 this is now gone its going to take a very long time to rebuild if this is ever rebuilds that is the governments plan right now what were seeing here is the devastation of the tent city immediately around us that stood outside that fence of the main official camp all that remains here is door hinges bolts. Nails that are fall into the ground because the. Wood they held together has disintegrated and we can see a few people returning from the hillsides where theyve spent the night from these all of curves and pine trees around us to pick up whatever few remaining belongings they can find. Theyre picking up some fresh water as well which is perhaps the only Refugee Service that is still ongoing but there is no health care support. Obviously theres no food Service Going on here anymore so we dont know how these people are eating and clearly theres no sanitation or anything of that kind these people are actually agreed with the greek islanders the they want to leave but they want to go to the greek mainland the governments plans a different they insist on bringing in machinery today that will start reconstruction on this camp and will turn it into a secure fenced in facility that people wont be able to come and go from as they have done. The locals here are determined to stop that theyve set up roadblocks a couple of kilometers away from where we spoke earlier this morning and they said that theyll see everything in their power to stop those trucks bringing in the machinery and resuming the reconstruction here they have lost these all of the groves many of them have been out of use for years as theyve been sold to bits for firewood they have had their groundwater filed by the sewage that the government facilities were unable to handle and process because the facility wasnt built full as many people as have been here theyve lost their flocks of sheep and goats which have slowly been slowed for food by the refugees so the people here locally are angry and they see this is an opportunity to be rid of this camp once and for all to have a major change in government policy now that this was still it is no longer here of course the refugees are here we saw them sleeping on the streets last night many of them with small children they were on the concrete pavement beside the highway that leads from italy anytown to moria they have nowhere else to go i think even tonight even though some of them apparently will be taken to those 3 ships that the government is bringing in today but if all 13000 refugees whove been on this island who are indeed homeless i think its going to take a long time to accommodate all of them John Psaropoulos at the madia camp had less boss bring us up to date with the situation there john well be checking in with you is that they could progresses but for now thanks very much indeed Waterborne Diseases are the latest threat to the people of sudan hundreds of thousands have been displaced as the knob river reached unprecedented levels the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick people morgan reports from the capital khartoum. Barely able to stand 13 year old Mohamed Salah seeks treatment at this Health Center in the south of the capital how to medics say hes suffering from a parasitic infection usually caused by lack of access to clean Drinking Water his mother tries to comfort him through his pain which she herself is barely able to hide her own discomfort. Often is other weve been living on the streets for more than one week a home is completely flooded and we didnt receive tents this fathers also sick hes mentally unstable and i can give him his medication if he had a 10 id be able to take care of him there the clinic treating mohammad was set up nearly 2 weeks ago to help patients affected by recent flooding in many villages and towns in khartoum many have fever diarrhea and stomach infections thinking that they will last longer i can read my daughter has been suffering from diarrhea for the past 3 days i myself am also sick and it feels like im coming down with an infection my voice is now weak its all from the floods im living in the camp. Floods hit sudan after the river which flows through the country rose to levels not seen in more than a century the surge in water was caused by heavy rains on the if european high lands upstream more than 100 people were killed and Dozens Injured and at least half a 1000000 people were displaced as homes were damaged or destroyed by the waters the government declared a 3 month state of emergency last week and while the rivers water has started to recede this week the number of those falling ill is increasing. So that was facing a Health Crisis even before the flood emergency pharmacies have been reporting shortages of medicines and many hospitals like adequate equipment since the floods began 3 weeks ago the number of cases of water borne diseases in areas affected have increased many families say theyre struggling to cope with illnesses after having lost so much already. Aid organizations say the Health Consequences of the floods will be much worse in the coming days and that action needs to be taken now and. The biggest protest is the water it was a disaster when it flooded and will be a disaster when it recedes if not dealt with properly and if there are no strategies to fight contagious diseases will have a bigger catastrophe than what we see it will be stagnant york says which will result in more malaria cases more diarrhea cases in. Sudan was already struggling to handle the coronavirus pandemic when the floods hit those in areas affected theyre hoping proper measures will be taken to it used to health risks now that the floodwaters are receding so that no more lives are lost people more going on just their own heart. Record far as a raging along the west coast of north america from mexico to canada at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed in the u. S. Several states and are battling flames which have consumed entire communities and blanketed cities from San Francisco to seattle in smoke robin reports. From montana to the mexico border huge swaths of the western u. S. Are burning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers have burned in california colorado arizona montana oregon utah and washington what were experiencing this year is simply without precedent the small town of malden in Eastern Washington was almost completely incinerated by a wind driven wildfire authorities are searching the rubble unsure whether all of the towns approximately 300. 00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through of mobile Home Community reducing it to a burned out hell scape of ash and twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she own and. You know what youre wearing right now this is. Powerful winds are spreading the oregon fires the governor invoked Emergency Powers to marshal more resources in california high winds are also fanning the flames 14000 firefighters are out on the front lines in california where 28 major fires have scorched over 100000 hectors tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from several of the largest fires in the States History a big fire in San Diego County is moving dangerously close to Populated Areas we have a Sleeping Giant that is in the back country California National guard helicopters flew hundreds of stranded campers and back country residents to safety. To welcome the rescued after an anxious night long wait it was through the week that no crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a glow over San Francisco in an eerie orange light air quality in parts of the bay area was labeled hazardous whats behind the many conflagrations bone dry brush and trees following years of intermittent drought low humidity combined with a broadening heat wave in recent days and above all high seasonal winds blowing down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles ok lets bring in Mark Houghton hes the director of the Climate Change institute at the Australian National university hes joining us by skype from canberra thank you very much indeed for being with us what is the combination of events and circumstances that allow fires like this to be created. Its a combination which occurs in many places around the world its way you get high temperatures very dry very dry fuel on the ground and also hot and when you get those things combining you get very serious. Astronomy is of course no stranger to fires on this scale but what is different about the fires in california which has led to the spread of them so widely. Well i guess that in their sense theyre actually very similar to the fire has to be experienced so at the moment around about only one tin of the area has been out in california that burnt in australia last year and so he said these are still relatively small compared to the australian situation and both california and australia have very flammable digitization so so when it dries out it really runs very quickly very seriously but the conditions otherwise are actually quite similar in california with very. Dry conditions very hot conditions but weve also got very similar capabilities in terms of fighting fires weve got great Fire Fighting Services Good equipment good Information Systems and often quite good systems to deal with things like out of deck your patients so theres quite a lot of commonality between australia and california and the differences really are that california has a lot more people so theres a lot more people a lot more buildings city in california oregon and washington than there are in equivalent placed in australia so theres a lot more to lose i can understand that after every major fire particularly in history and that lessons are learned what lessons have been learned in history or to deal with fires like this that perhaps werent known before. Well i think weve found out over the years that its really important to do fuel reduction burning but not a broad scale so we dont have to do this over 10000 days its really just an mediately around the houses the cities that we want to protect so thats one of the 1st thing well turn to make sure that we try and have confidence that theres equal to the best in the world we need to have really good equipment on the ground and in the air and in a prediction systems we also need to change the rules which govern have back your way sheets which govern how people build the building standards and with ideals we also have learned that we really need to educate people so that they dont start fires in the 1st place because apart from lightning human accidents and schumann activity is a thing that must cause as far as. I understand that the u. S. Government for quite a long time has been putting out wildfires natural wildfires which would actually benefited because going by what youre saying that it would actually burned away a lot of the scrub land that would catch fire and create would not create natural fire breaks and so on is that in your opinion given the experience of this trailer is that something that california and the rest of the United States should be a bird be revisiting to try to avoid the scale of these fires in the future. Indeed so fuel reduction burning all controlled learning is an important tool in the toolbox but its not the only one and in australia and what weve moved away from is in a sense in very broad scale burning it to understanding that its actually very specific burning that actually provides the best protection and thats really important because if you do grow and scalp burning you generate a lot of smoke in the wood to season and ordinance spring and that causes its own problems and so by reducing the amount of smoke it actually allows us more controlled and trials to actually be undertaken and and so whats happening because of Climate Change is the duration of controlled learning the the time when its not high risk season is actually shrinking because the fire season is starting earlier and going later and so the time in which control burning can occur is actually shrinking so we have to make the most use of that time and when we have it it does seem that on a fairly regular basis were doing stories about huge scale fires or what appear to be huge scale fires either in hysteria or in america and in other parts of the of the world as well is this something that we are just going to have to get used to or did give us some context here has it always been like this im just things are marginally changing which are now attributable to Climate Change. Well bill in in places like the west us than australia. Just a normal part of the system and weve got digitization which is adapted to the us floods and the question here though isnt where the fires of occurred before but what were seeing it trends towards more intense fires fires over a much much greater area than ever experienced before along the fire season and the fire danger generally increasing quite considerably and and so those are things which are all linked to Climate Change so as the temperature goes up and their systems can get drafted more frequently because of those high temperatures were seeing increased fire risk so mark out into there is really one things we have to do is reduce Climate Change which means reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions we really appreciate your time for joining us on our visit a marketing thank you very much indeed we appreciate it. The pleasure of. Ok its time for the weather and heres jenny were going to talk about those fires and one of the things that you were telling me before we came on air which i find astounding was the tiny amount of rainfall it takes to suppress fires even on this just 15 millimeters of rain 1515 well actually stop a fire from spreading and 50 millimeters well actually extinguish the fire so yes i mean these are raging fires hes a huge huge blaze is it could be you know a little bit more is required but youre right its a tiny amount of rain out here up there is hopeful a bit of a glimmer of that rain in sight now you can see here on the satellite clear skies and of course this is being the problem it has been hot very hot temperatures well above average weve had very strong winds we had a front that sunk south this is what brought that very cold air in that snow starting in the dakotas down tools colorado on into wyoming very strong winds came through ahead of that they weather was also hot and dry and this all fueled by were looking at this this is actually snow which is just blowing off the west coast of the United States and in terms of what as i say these winds are so strong look at this in utah this whole video captures there were 45. 00 vehicles the actually were blown over on that one particular area trees being rooted that is how strong the winds were in the last few days now were looking at this in california the skies are red and this is because the winds have actually dropped since that was the winds drop all those embers all of that pollution is in the air all of that begins to drop down to the surface so again images like that the painted ladies in San Francisco theyre beginning to see this because the winds have dropped so that is some good news what we need of course is a reduction in temperatures and we need some rain it is going to stay very warm in the Pacific Northwest its not as warm in california weve still got this rain across the focal rate Corners Region that will work its way eastwards but in actual fact its not going to be until the beginning of next week for seattle monday and tuesday this is when we should have some rain coming through it will bring the temperature down obviously the rain is very very good news no rain in the songes but weve got those areas this night for the next couple days. The only downside in this front with the rate is that ahead of this front again were going to get some strong winds into Northern California so you know its good its bad well have to just see how strong the front is how strong the winds are yet we just have to keep an eye on it jenny thank you very much indeed thank you but have more ahead on the news hour including i wanted to always play it down president admits minimizing the threat from the cold at 19. We report from chile where his story talks between Indigenous Leaders and the government hope to resolve an increasingly violent conflict and Serena Williams battles hard to reach the semifinals of the u. S. Open fire is going to be here with the details of this sport. For you South African Police officers accused of murdering a teenager with Downs Syndrome have appeared in a court in soweto the hearings been adjourned to later this month the shooting of nathaniel julies in johannesburg last month triggered street protests against Police Brutality and corruption the family of the 16 year old said he was shot for not answering Police Questions because of his disability some of them alone was at the code and says people and so were told want to see justice prevail. Very difficult for many South Africans to understand what could have happened that caused the death of a 16 year old with down syndrome his family has said he would have been unable to communicate with police if confronted that night weve also heard from Police Minister because they are who has been cautious in what he said but he has also said its very difficult to try and put together what could have led to the death of Nathaniel Chiles its very difficult to understand what exactly went wrong and so there is great intro interest in a justice prevailing in this particular case given that police in south africa have previously been accused of abuse of power Police Brutality you know we look back to cases like maracana the maracana massacre as its been dubbed with 37 miners were gunned down by police peoples and instances during south africas covert 19 lockdown where police have also been accused of brutality so this is just the latest incident to where so that africans are keen to see what happens in courts with regard to these 3 Police Officers that are appearing today dozens of antigovernment protesters are out on the streets of the ballgame is capital sofia for weeks demonstrators have been calling on Prime Minister boyko boris have to resign theyre angry about his proposed changes to the constitution which could extend his term bug areas next elections are due to be held in march. The u. S. House speaker says theres no chance of Congress Passing a trade deal with the u. K. If brags it undermines the good friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland and suppose his comments appear to contradict those of the trumpet ministration which has said a deal could be fos tracked through washington the u. K. Left the e. U. In january but it still follows most of the blocs rules until a transition period ends in december 31st. Schools in the philippines are struggling to provide children with education in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic kids from poor backgrounds are being disproportionately affected as well and organ reports from manila. 14 year old marketeer is loves art specially drawing happy faces but the last few months were spent not inside the classroom but in the fields of bangor province in the central philippines. He is farming every day just so he can save a 150. 00 to buy a cell phone he needs for the newly implemented rule of Distance Learning but they have no money north and they further research will do the writers indigenous tribe is considered one of the earliest inhabitants in the philippines but for decades their population has dwindled and now live in scattered mountainous parts of the luzon region on the walk is a village of about 900 people and just like most indigenous communities across the country they have suffered dispossession and displacement for decades but the coronavirus pandemic adds another layer of difficulty for the ita families here. The Philippine Government has implemented a Distance Learning program for all schools to help stop the spread of coronavirus education Officials Say it is unlikely that schools will reopen until a vaccine is available which means filipino children will have to study from home with electricity a laptop and Internet Connection thats a major problem in a country where more than half of all families live below the poverty line and where millions of already lost their jobs because of the month long point lock down. Its an even bigger dilemma for indigenous tribes like the ideas long suffering from discrimination and abject poverty many live without electricity or Running Water to have a laptop and a working Internet Connection every day a tome is almost unimaginable for them in a healing potion and i mean you see it in the eunice people are far from the cities they dont have grown the way it was here so why should this just learning be entirely implemented here to history books here tell us that the ideas or the country scary or the culture and identity but for the parents here they say all they care about is the legacy of education they want to leave behind for their children. Duggan aljazeera manila this is gold is true for education and unicef philippines he says more help is urgently needed. This School Closure has been afflicting 28000000 children in their feelings and the department of the nation has be paralleling continue with the plan that includes different more than 2 to reach the children in different areas of the country so there is a part on an Online Learning or so there is t. V. A location relocation and also distribution of bringing materials serious. Concern. Gaps that can increase because right now the private schools already started with the new school year and Public School will wait until the official start which is october fact so you nice a piece of ok good will to start this as will not force you all im not the least bit farther or soft we we are also advocating for face to face nearly a lot risk areas the myriad cases so we think that there is for schools with the safety and conservation is that a possibility that the department of education once you are. Still ahead on aljazeera how policemen and woman are feeling the pinch of the recession in argentina. A warning for wildlife a new report says nature is being destroyed ive been extraordinary rate. And in sports one of the worlds richest boxers gets ready for a fight in court. Free education for all was the promise the reality provoked a generation. Of. Drugs another block to wantons on how a protest over education feeds. Morphed into a National Results that is dumb and i sit down its got. Everything must form. A witness documentary on aljazeera. When the news breaks and the racism protests continue in a number of cities across the United States when people need to be heard in the council area line nearly 500 points with destroyed about 80 percent of this land the aljazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if thats going to solve the problem if want to bring you more room in documentaries and lightning. And online. You want to knowledge is it on my mind or of our top stories this hour thousands of refugees are still without shelter after fires burned for a 2nd night on the greek island of lesbos much of the money had already been destroyed by blazes late on tuesday emergency efforts are underway to find places for the refugees to stay. A surge in water borne illnesses is stretching medical services in sudan hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by flooding in the nile river the flood waters are starting to recede but a growing number of people are getting sick. The record fires are raging through towns and forests across north americas blessed coast at least 7 people including a one year old baby have been killed. The fire season is also worse than usual in brazils Amazon Region fires have begun spreading into the so far untouched areas as monika your reports. You dont often starts like this a person setting fire to dry bush under forested land at the end of the region ok to be getting it we dont want to destroy peoples lives were just clearing a little bit of land to plant something to eat and little bit of grass to feed a cow. But the results can be disastrous with flames spiraling out of control clouds of smoke in brazils amazon are common side during the dry season but this week they have grown and fires are spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000 fires were reported in this part of the amazon thats twice the number of fires registered joined the same period last year more worrying still a quarter of the major blazes have spread to the virgin rain forest theres 2 major types of major fires or see a lot of the fires are just smoking indicators of previous deforestation are a lagging indicator previous deforestation now quarter of the fires as early as of yesterday are now forest fires that is fires that are burning large amounts of. Us across the brazilian amazon matt finers and cio amazon conservation spotted the change after analyzing satellite images he says the situation will only get worse as the dry season intensifies in august there were an average of 18 major blazes a day during the 1st week of september that number went up to 53 brazils government has been facing increasing International Pressure to protect the rain forest from illegal logging years land grabbers and cattle ranchers but brazilian investors are also pushing for better policies through known brazilian banks have joined the campaign to protect the amazon theyve agreed to stop financing meat Packing Companies that buy cattle from rancher who destroyed the forest park creek their great line. But the amazon isnt the only region in peril fires have also been. Burning in the bunker not the Worlds Largest wetland threatening endangered species since january roughly 23000 square kilometers have been burned and nary a 30 times the size of new york city mon and give all just 0 rio de janeiro. U. S. President donald trump admitted he downplayed the threat of the coronavirus even though he knew it was deadly the admission was made in a series of interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward for an upcoming book democratic rival joe biden says the president lied to the American People maicon of reports from washington. The white house is once again at the center of a political storm as it emerges that President Trump once were you briefed about the dangers of the coronavirus by the chinese president in the phone conversation on the 6th of february this is part of the compensation recorded by Journalist Bob Woodward for his book the following day said goes through air but thats always tougher than the touch another touch you dont have to touch things right but the air you just breathe the air thats how its passed and so thats a very tricky one thats a very delicate one is also more deadly than your you know your even your strenuous flues this is more deadly this is 5 per you know this is 5 percent versus one percent and less than one percent so this is deadly stuff its 3 days later president competent the American Public that the virus theyre working hard looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away hope thats true in another recording on the 17th of mont the president tells would with the polo ing well i think really to be honest were here i want you to i wanted to. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic president ial candidate joe biden dismisses the 3 thinning insisting the president stands guilty of lying to the American People you had your permission he knew how dangerous he was while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do his job on purpose. It was a life or death betrayal of the American People experts say if youd acted just just one week shooter 36000 people would have been saved if you acted 2 weeks suter back in march 54000 lives would have been spared march and april alone but now all President Trump continues to insist he soul and sees his role as a killer the last thing you want to do is create a panic in the country this was a horrible thing it was sent to us by china should not have happened should never have happened this is a disgusting terrible situation that was foisted upon us and we have to show we just dont want to use the best words panic we dont want to have to show panic were not going to show panic and thats exactly what i did as the death toll in the United States is 200000 the latest revelations also that and to people the debate about the president comes response to the virus old lock up it. It can no longer be argued that President Trump did not know of the dangers posed by the virus and the response of an American People that have been publicly misled may well be measured in the november poll mike hanna aljazeera washington. To let me take you to some live pictures from beirut this is beirut ports during the clean up operation after the huge explosion of Ammonium Nitrate which happened in august the 4th this blaze appears to have just begun or certainly appears to be fairly well established now we understand that there was a blaze in this same me area yesterday that would be again during the cleanup operation you can see there the Emergency Services vehicles which have moved in to try to. Cope with the fire during the original explosion of Ammonium Nitrate about 119. 00 deaths were caused along with 6500. 00 injuries and about 10. 00 to 15000000000. 00 worth of Property Damage is estimated its also left an estimated 300000 people homeless or were watching pictures live from beirut ports during the cleanup operation following that huge explosion on august the 4th these pictures coming to us live obviously as this story develops were going to have more on this. But for now were going to move on. More than a 1000 Chinese Students studying in the United States have had their visas revoked during the last 3 months federal agents have tracked down students suspected of stealing American Intellectual property and concealing their ties to chinas armed forces or the crackdown in may the tensions escalated with chinas government it accuses the us president of racism. The secretary of state has accused china of a disrespecting Democratic Values my compare asin nations to act against chinese influence in the region the us china rivalry dominated discussions by asking and Foreign Ministers that their delayed online summit hosted by vietnam the 10 Nation Organization is also discussing the coronavirus pandemic it doesnt respect the fundamental Democratic Values are those the shrine in the Church Independence sovereignty equality territorial integrity and National Identity day to day i say keep going dont just speak up but. We consider business dealings with the very state and companies that really are c. M. Goes all states in the South China Sea will lead to the Chinese Communist party walk over us and our people scot hypos following the ice and summit from bangkok and he spoke with benjamins in walking from the Asia Foundation he says not all members of the bloc agree with americas position on china. Yes there has been kind of a partial hijacking if you will of the discussions because of the tension between the United States and china but also the both of those superpowers did mention before they got into kind of the tit for tat that we just heard they were commending on they were commenting on how well the nations here these 10 nations in the osce and block have been handling the coated situation but there are many challenges ahead as they said that they handle things well theyre also saying that they will be behind these 10 nations here now to discuss this further lets bring in benjamin as a walker who is with the Asia Foundation here in bangkok benjamin thank you very much as always you know before we went on there you and i were discussing kind of the importance in the history of aussie on and that is to give these tens and 10 nations one voice particularly in these very difficult times how important is that was extremely important to United States. For the United States is critical for the u. S. To sort of prevail in this tit for tat and for these policy debates and practices in Southeast Asia and in the South China Sea for china its quite the opposite weve seen ever since it introduced its 9 dash line about a decade ago that its its approach has been to deal bilaterally with all the on states as opposed to multilaterally as opposed to collectively not necessarily as a sort of divide and conquer approach but thats certainly been the effect and were seeing the results of that today in the inability for for for the whole of us eon to speak with one voice instead were seeing different pockets if you will of the on sort of pushing back against the china position and others wanting to stay a bit more neutral. Economic crisis in recession hit argentina means many are struggling to make ends meet including Police Officers hundreds protested in the capital demand higher salaries better working conditions and improved protection from covered 19 to this a bow has their story. These Police Officers belong to the Largest Force in argentina. They have been protesting for days demanding better salaries and work conditions and im one peter has been an officer for 16 years she says her family can barely survive because. They dont need bases i make 43000 pesos a month this is a wage that leaves my family below the poverty line before the pandemic we were able to make some extras but now we dont have any extra money and its tough to sustain my family this officer who did not want his name mentioned says he needs to pay for his own equipment. This gives us some money for our clothes but the price is 4 times what they give us we have expired bullet proof jackets everything is wrong. So this week for the 1st time Police Officers are taking to the streets there demanding a 56 percent salary increase. With 19 having praise the pressure on momentum ploys like doctors and others who say theyre working nonstop and cannot make ends meet i didnt tina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world even in the economic crisis and thats why this people here say they are attending to the way government officials told aljazeera that some of those involved in the protest are under investigation for crimes committed during service and could be suspended and thats why theyre trying to create chaos. A group of officers showed up outside the president ial residence many perceived their presence there as a threat to argentinas institutions. President of the freedom and this said. This is not the time to put security at risk and then now as he was we distributing National Resources to assist the province of when a site is ok been sung what im thinking is how many citizens are now left without security or how many are left at the mercy of those who commit crimes this is not the way i tell you honestly i hope you reflect and stop this and im sensitive to the demands of these of a series because it is clear that they have been left behind in regards to their salaries and we must give them an answer but the protesters say they just need better wages and a time when hardship has become the norm thagard he said will and when a sighting says the mayor of colombias capitals joined the outrage against Police Brutality after a man was repeatedly shot with a stun gun javier dawn ordinaries died hours after he was arrested for violating coronavirus social distancing rules the officers involved are suspended all the death is investigated. For the 1st time in chile for more than 100 years talks are being held between my pussy Indigenous Leaders and government representatives are latin america editor of the sea and human was given exclusive access to the meeting into moscow aimed at resolving an increasingly violent conflict. We are the beginning of whats being described as the very 1st meeting between members of the my council which are. And these are the most the highest ranking members some of them up which a community here and the story hours of the state that is executive branch of the just litter and the courts the Supreme Court the venue was changed at the 11th hour and is taking place in a stadium in the Capital Region in a location that was supposed to be secret but it was leaked and a rival group of have now arrived and are protesting against the meeting riot police are here to try to push them away but theyre not succeeding. The meeting inside does not represent the majority of them up which a nation there is a deep division between those who are meeting or believe its time to start tracking with the state and these people who choose them of being imposters in fact they refused to sit down with the government unless it releases when they could put a Political Prisoners many of whom have been on a Hunger Strike this meeting is taking place as militant groups escalate arson attacks against Forestry Companies and tribal homes and would be a claim as their ancestral land in fact on the eve of the scattering a 21 year old man was shot dead by the same group that had earlier burned down 3 houses president s of us gambling it is represented to the ministry of social development. Representative after the other accuse the state of abusing usurping land and discriminating the nation for centuries and while those who are meeting here are hoping to lay the groundwork for the 1st formal dialogue between them approach a nation and the chilean state team 25. 00 the government is also committing itself to substantially increasing the presence of militarized police in this region which is home to the longest running. Mind in latin america. South africas government says it will continue working with zimbabwe to find solutions to the countrys problems as senior delegations in zimbabwe to help mediate an end to the nations escalating economic and political crisis the opposition m. D. C. Accuses the zanu p. F. Government of human rights abuses. Has more on the tolls from harare. Its the 1st time a high level and c. Delegation has visited zimbabwe since 2017 when president gore took over from Robert Mugabe and expectations were high while cyprus president help economic and political crisis senior officials in the a. N. C. Governing party met members here from a zanu p. F. And they made it clear this meeting was between friends to former liberation parties. To zimbabwe what to do what we can engage in because zimbabwe is a sort of calm independent calm. And therefore as friends turn out organization we continue. To ensure that we have one member standing there with remember us and im sure we have agreed that the main opposition m. D. C. Alliance accused of abductions torture and the official say they will leave. But they also say they will come back to meet other players from human rights organizations to Civil Society organizations so everything needs a more stable zimbabwe as its neighbor system is more than 3000000 zimbabweans are living in south africa at the moment many of them and documented and they are competing with frustrations that frickin small scale jobs and resources. The World Wildlife fund is warning of the devastating Effect People are having on animal and plant life and how nature is being destroyed at an extraordinary rate this years global living planet index says the wildlife population has declined by 68 percent in the last 50 years like america and the caribbean are the hardest hit with a 94 percent wipeout freshwater species seem particularly vulnerable with an 84 percent decline globally Climate Change and human activity are blamed the w w f is urging us all to make immediate drastic changes to reverse the trends rebecca shaw is chief scientist of the World Wildlife fund and she explains more about the factors causing the destruction. The biggest drivers right now are habitat destruction and primarily for expansion of agricultural lands to feed a growing population on the planet. We also see indicators that Climate Change is shifting populations of species and driving some species extinct and well see that play a bigger role in the future. The kinds of things were seeing happening on the planet that seem callous but cataclysmic many of them have their roots in the destruction of nature what were seeing with these dramatic fire fires in california and australia even covered 19 and its release from the wild has everything to do with the with the way were destroying nature listen we need to pend our nature for clean air clean water a stable climate and things we dont think about every day like pollination of our most nutritious food crops so we really need to Pay Attention to this and we really we have we know what to do and because of it more people are paying attention we are so were at a turning point and its really time to take action the next generations that are coming in until leadership positions see this very clearly and are asking for change and i think we owe it to them to leave them a much Brighter Future than they have in front of them in a business as usual scenario still ahead on aljazeera and sport on us a performance from the every clippers star player n. B. A. Playoff action coming up in a moment. I. Org. And its time for the sports heroes fire rob thanks so much raining and a champions a draw no raptors have managed to stay alive in the playoffs they beat the Boston Celtics and its rare to send the eastern conference semifinals to a deciding game 7 so how malik reports the raptors had every reason to look nervous before tipoff in game 6 only a win would keep the title defense alive during a go ahead and despite looking up for the fight between 17 time champions boston was going to be anything but easy. They needed a big performance from this Dominic Kyle Lowry attached to the 6 time allstar back to game high 33 points toronto however couldnt pull away from boston to get who kept coming up with big plays. They pushed the raptors hard and even managed to deny them the win in regulation 2 periods of overtime when needed to separate the sides. To run to eventually proving to be the better team on the night in the snow. But only just the champions hanging on to win 81252122 force the deciding game 7 play hard. Play every possession like this our last. 3 years. The l. A. Clippers had a far more comfortable win over denver in the western conference semifinals was in a nice recall why leonard starred with 30 points finishing just want to sister short of a triple double. Time sucking his efforts leading the clippers 289685 win for a 31 series lead. The clippers are now just one win away from the 1st of a conference finals so while malik. Serina williams as fodder way into the u. S. Open semifinals in new york she had to work hard after losing the 1st set for a talent from bulgaria who was playing in her 1st tournaments in 3 years but they were he came through to win the next 2 serena who is aiming for a record equalling 24th grand slam title praised her opponent whos also made a comeback after becoming a mother. Shes incredible and so i say i think most influenced by moms are like oh my god how do you do it i guess shes going to her baby has to be younger than my. You play a match and you go home and you still changing diapers you know its its like a double life its really surreal. Well you will face victoria as a rank on the last for the former world number one had a much easier time in her match against lisa mertons belgian thrashing her opponent in straight sets 616 love the belorussians says shes looking forward to her match against serena. For me you can so im so excited about this its so its an amazing opportunity to play against a champion and the someone who our respect a large who is my friend so im just so excited for this opportunity i hope people are excited for this for this for this match so i hope will be fun i mean i know will be fun for me. Over on the mens tour number to see dominic team has reached the semifinals with a straight sets victory over australia as alex to man our team who is the highest surviving seed at flushing meadows faces Daniel Medvedev of russia annexed. All lesson 2 years ago mexicos boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez signed the biggest deal in the history of the sport but hes now suing is 2 main partners. The 4 weight World Champion agreed an 11 fight deal worth 365000000. 00 but hes now filed a lawsuit against promoter oscar de la hoya and streaming service designs for not being able to agree terms for his next fight is not fought since november and is seeking damages of 280000000. 00. And in the n. H. L. Playoffs the Tampa Bay Lightning have taken a 2 nothing lead in their Eastern Conference Finals against the new york islander lightning is the key to a creature off scored the buzzer beating winning goal to give tampa bay the 21. 00 victory game 3 is on friday and at mintern canada. Ok and that is all your sport for now rob back to you father thank you very much indeed for me but he was going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories im rob matheson thanks for being with me. Frank assessments what are you seeing and yes. Theres a new poll. Like it being slipped through its an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls or do you want to meet region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy because look there are some big interest the bill of your people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. 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A fire erupts the beirut board which was the site of an explosion that killed at least 1089090 people last month. Play watching aljazeera live from doha with me fully back also ahead on the move again in search of a home the scramble on a greek island to find help for thousands of refugees after a Fire Destroys europes biggest account. The flood waters begin to recede in sudan