Thousands of fresh new g. s on the greek island of loss was dont want to relocate to a new shelter after a huge fire destroyed europes biggest town. Hello Senior Palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates reign signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize relations with israel there have been protests against the deal and gaza and the occupied west Bank President donald trump says the deal is represent what he called the dawn of a new middle east our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett reports. Its not the promised peace deal of the century between israelis and palestinians still u. S. President donald trump hailed the signing of the Abraham Accords the white house. As an historic day after decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already in place but now includes the opening of embassies its a pivot point they hope will end old conflicts and lead to new Cooperation Among israel and eventually even more arab nations to all of israels friends in the middle east those who are with us today. And those who will join us tomorrow i said. Earlier in the day trump hinted that other countries will also be signing diplomatic pacts with israel but will have at least 5 or 6 countries coming along very quickly. But noticeably absent from tuesday steele signing the palestinian leadership the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates acknowledge their participation in the agreement require the preservation of current palestinian land. I thank you for choosing peace and for halting sation territories at position that reinforces our shared will to achieve a Better Future for generations to come. In the palestinian territories there were protests over the deal that also failed to ease the 13 year blockade of people in gaza the human rights activists have like into an open air prison this trump official blames palestinian leadership for refusing to negotiate separately you have the leadership time and time again refused to engage refuse to engage directly with israel their message is to go to the United Nations. The road to peace is not through the United Nations who through. The through through the divisions over this deal also on full display outside the white house. Is a bit of us. To have a. List and then a bra going to. Be in there with the leads. There are also questions in the United States about why the Abraham Accords are called a peace deal given none of the nations are war theres also concern the socalled peace deal is really a new military alliance of nations with a common interest to confront iran the u. S. Congress already promising to scrutinize the d. Particularly over the possible sale of f. 35. 00 fighter jets to the usa but more importantly for President Trump with less than 2 months until the us election the accords offered the optics of a Foreign Policy win for a president behind in the polls and eager for reelection camberley help at aljazeera the white house and just 2 weeks after a qatari brokered do ended in escalation of violence in gaza the israeli army has resumed launching airstrikes into the strip hitting several hamas targets there is no immediate word on casualties that happened just hours after a rocket fired from the territory injured 2 people in israels city of ashdod but rocket was fired at the same time as a ceremony took place at the white house. Record fires continue to burn along the west coast of the u. S. Several states are still battling flames which have consumed entire communities oregon is the latest hot spot a President Donald Trump has now approved its disaster declaration making it possible for the state to access federal funds. And. Theres not much left of talent in phoenix in Southern Oregon the ferocious wildfires of recent days have reduced most of the 2 small towns to ashes the worst thing ive ever seen in my life its the same up and down the west coast near Boulder Creek california dozens of homes were incinerated heaps of rubble covered chimneys and burned out vehicles all that remain near los angeles the socalled bobcat fire is only minimally contained it is burning close to the famed mt wilson astronomical observatory and outlying suburbs 23000 firefighters are battling dozens of major fires in california and oregon more than 4000 houses have burned in california alone and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and drifting over it all a choking shroud of smoke and ash its making skies hazy as far away as new york Portland Seattle and San Francisco now have some of the worst air quality on the planet we started to read it and 95 rather than just that quatermass because ash in s. T. K. To oregon 50 kilometers from Portland Police are allowing residents to return to their homes and assess the damage fires on this scale are unheard of in this part of oregon those have never happened i mean weve had fires you know open up in the national forth before theyve never been this close to the canada and ive lived here 33 years theyve never been this close to me candy evacuated days ago. But her home is a total loss has some stranger call you on the phone and tell you that your house is burning and its a total loss is not something you want to wake up to. Amid the destruction signs of strength and resilience this is another aspect of this terrible disaster people coming together to support one another with donations of free food water and other necessities organizers say so many donations are poor and in here they can barely give it all away. People here say they all have to look out for one another oh it is. Not anything that we can do to help out families that are in need you know thank you you know with the fires and everything weve kind of need to make sure that were helping out as much as we can some of the organs fires are now partly contained helped by the verbal weather that the trees will likely continue to burn until the autumn rains begin in earnest weeks from now robert oulds aljazeera has to cater oregon. And a powerful hurricane closing in on the u. S. Gulf coast has now been upgraded threatening to unleash a torrents of rain severe winds and flash flooding sally is now a category 2 storm and could sweep ashore in parts of alabama and florida in just a matter of hours its effects are already being felt powers out to tens of thousands of homes and people in one coastal city have been ordered to stay indoors lets get more on this with Jenny Harrison jenny what do you have for us. Well this of course is the actual gulf of mexico and this mass you can see here this is a hurrican solid of course its been moving very very slowly but towards the coast in the last year as now it is about 4 or 5 hours away from actually making landfall but of course is when the eye comes on shore but remember those outer feeder bands this is what is continuing to batter the coast produce these torrential amounts of rain weve got winds right now at about 165 kilometers an hour it could even strengthen a little bit more become before she comes on shore maybe 175 kilometers an hour it is barely moving but it is moving to the north northeast but its about the flash flooding because some areas along the coast could pick up as much as 700. 00 millimeters of rain over half a meter of rain and of course storm surge as well as a system comes on shore those winds literally push the the sea water inland they could be up to 2 meters now as we go through wednesday it will continue to work its way on shore and working its way across into southern central areas of alabama all the while the rains extending right the way across the Florida Panhandle down across into florida and there will be some torrential rains with this storm it will weaken very quickly but it will continue to move across the southeast over the next couple of days as you can see and of course it will take that rain with it and just look at this because over the next 2 or 3 days this whole area could see as much as 375 millimeters of rain so a very powerful hurricane one well watch closely in the hours ahead jenny thank you very much well the number of people affected by floods in sudan has now risen to more than 650000 tens of thousands of homes have been damaged by the unprecedented rise of the now river and its waters recede residents are struggling to clean up and make repairs have a morgan reports from hard to. This is what the inside of of the lot his house looks like now weeks of flooding has damaged or destroyed much of what he has. He says hes got no way of training the water out hiring a water pump is costly and hes lost too much already but he says moving elsewhere after the floods is not an option. Then my house is about 3 kilometers away from the nile and ive lived here for a number of years. Getting a plot to move elsewhere is costly with todays economy and me and my family cant afford it so ill drain the water and hope this doesnt happen again next year. At the last his home is one of dozens that have been damaged in his village of in the southern part of sudans capital hard to on torrential rains caused the nile to rise to levels not seen in more than a century the resulting flood damage to well over 100000 homes around sudan most were just kilometers away as the river burst its banks wiping out villages and towns and displacing more than 600000 people it forced the government to declare a 3 month state of emergency some chose to stay in their homes despite them being filled with water the land waters have begun receding after nearly 3 weeks and people in the area are hoping to start the recovery but there have been problems with the drainage system and its weakness can be seen on the streets of out of tune after rainfall since the start of the rainy season 2 months ago some of the major highways have been cut all schools and Health Facilities have either been damaged or destroyed its a site that repeats itself every year but meteorologists say this years rains are unprecedented so dans government says its focus is on helping those whove been displaced and preventing water borne diseases but more rains and floods are expected in the coming days and those displaced say the government needs to do more to help them. On the government to give us new plots so that this doesnt happen again really who live in the banks of the mine we dont have the ability to buy new plots it should be the government giving us a plot so that the problem is addressed by the root and normal houses collapse from rained off until he gets a new plot this house is all that he has he says hell do what he can to get the water out so that he and his family can return to their home and start rebuilding he will morgan on his their own hearts and. Still ahead on aljazeera why do grow to hate farmers in northern mexico have seized control of a down to take on the us. From such a popular in the french towns where the government of homes that are successful to order from the narco problem despite the current virus and driving. The sunshine is still clinging on across Central Regions of europe it is about to change the damage is all set to come down is all because we got High Pressure in control weve got this card to the north and that is beginning to sweep the south was but still people asked about enjoying the warm sunny weather and he said some of it of course were not really in summer any longer being see here in paris people are flocking to the streets and the same across into parts of germany as well thomas has been well above the average nice sunshine to go with those high temperatures so as we go through wednesday we might just see want to use got a chance across northern sections of italy my father it is clear and fine but were watching this next system is working its way gradually towards portugal and spain that will begin to push the rain certainly by thursday and some fairly strong winds too around that area of low pressure but also on thursday well see more in the way of rain across northern sections heavy downpours across into Western Areas of russia so what i saw in moscow and still this very stubborn area pressure just sitting off the coast of greece as well will produce some heavy rains over the next few days but for london is fine and dry some nice sunshine for the next few days damages have come down but even so in the Sunshine Feeling very nice indeed paris will stay quite a bit warmer still above the average maybe just. As well is mostly sunny. Truly not Global Community we are our biggest opposition elbow. Grease is the worst possible it looks like the part of the debate issue in each of you can jump into the conversation wanted when no topic is off the table youre not afraid of anyone taking power we just go and what isnt used in the world uses the regional getting richer and the poor getting poorer its not kill the story the system its just to look at the system and. Modern world this street on out is there a. Form. Other than the top stories on aljazeera Senior Palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates on the train signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize ties with israel theres been protests in gaza and the occupied west bank. The white house has approved oregons disaster declaration making it possible to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western states hundreds of homes have been destroyed. People in the u. S. Gulf coast are bracing for Hurricane Sally which is expected to make landfall in the coming hours its been upgraded to a category 2 that could cause life threatening floods and winds. Well japan has a new Prime Minister designate its a parliamentary vote has confirmed. Hes a longtime ally of former Prime Minister shinzo who resigned for Health Reasons before he takes office will have to be officially appointed by the japanese emperor mcbride is following developments from seoul. Change in leader but were not really expecting a change in substance or indeed in policy. As the right hand man the trusted left turn and go served him for nearly 8 years as the chief cabinet secretary as soon as r. V. Announced his resignation he became the heir apparent and now indeed succeeds him hes being called a continuity Prime Minister almost an interim basically his job for the next year is pretty much to mind the shop for the ruling l. D. P. Before new elections are called and Carry Forward are those policies we know hes very closely aligned politically ideologically with are they hold to the same conservative views especially when it comes to trying to revive the economy so we can expect that sudar will basically Carry Forward those same cause they socalled are the nomics policies that were already in place and we already know in fact from the lineup of his new cabinet that it is basically our base cabinet so that is confirmation if we needed it that sudar is basically going to Carry Forward the work of his previous s. A the World Trade Organization says u. S. Tariffs on chinese goods are illegal washington has imposed 400000000000. 00 worth of tariffs on goods from china since 2018 President Donald Trump has defended the duties saying unfair chinese subsidies and intellectual property theft hurt u. S. Interests the white house has 60 days to respond to the decision 6 people have been arrested over the fire that destroyed europes largest refugee camp its left 12000 refugees on the greek island of lesbos without shelter for nearly a week a new facility has been opened and while hundreds of people have moved in thousands are still wary Stephanie Decker reports. On the move once again its still a slow flow but some people are now willing to making their way into this new camp of their lives packed into bags their futures still uncertain the authorities that circulated flyers on monday telling people that this new camp was their only option for their safety in needs could be provided for and most importantly only the people registered here will have their silent papers restarted but the majority of the 12000 or so refugees in migrants so far reaching as to cobb. Over there were tell number 2 i was already in prison because moria is a prison so i come here i see people in cars entering but no i dont want to i want into the. The president of the European Council visited the island and toward the new camp up to meeting the greek Prime Minister in athens we managed to ask him a question it took a fire to burn down the entire camp for this dialogue to be back in International Agenda what message do you give to the refugees whove lost all hope whove been forgotten technically that europe will this time not only europe other countries as well will take the responsibility to help these people to process their paperwork foster we need to take more european responsibilities and thats why youre going commission with concrete proposals in principle next week in any case by the end of the month and it would be the responsibility of the Member States of the ministers that the governments to start agreeing to and. You know that you know to find solutions the greek Army Continues to clear this land in iraq tends to make way for the thousands of refugees that need to be sheltered the challenge now to make people calm of their own accord the great minister of migration has already made it clear that if they dont come of their own will that the police will have to get involved the new camp is necessary because morea refugee camp europes largest was burned to the ground a week ago on tuesday the news that those apparently responsible for setting the fires have been caught 6 young men from afghanistan according to the greek authorities for the few who have made it into the new camp the proximity to the water seems a welcome relief tens waiting to be filled with men women children young and old their long and tiring journey their hope for a better life still on hold Stephanie Decker aljazeera island. Human rights activists have filed a complaint against the Migrant Detention Center in the us alleging abuses including mass hysterectomy is a Spanish Speaking woman a nurse working at a facility in georgia reported several detained women did not understand why they were having operations to remove all or part of their uterus the whistleblower says the facility refused to test people with coronavirus symptoms and faked medical records a detainee at the center likened it to an experimental concentration camp. Drought farmers in the mexican state of chihuahua are occupying a down saying they want to prevent a water payment to the United States under a 1944 treaty mexico on the us are obligated to share water found along the border between the 2 nations pharma say they need the resource for their crops. More. Than this dry desert landscape is in the state of chihuahua in northern mexico just south of the us border it hasnt rained much lately and many here or concern that crops and livestock are under threat from. Farmers like but i would guess tell us what little water remains in the region is about to be given to the United States under water sharing treaty signed between the 2 countries during world war 2 on the order of the work of these are Water Reserve there we have collected we have to restrain from harvesting more than one crop or a year in order to subsist and not run out of water now the government shows up and say they have to pay the United States it isnt true. The issue of water is a boiling hot topic in this part of the country and protests against the decades old water treaty have been growing more and more violent in recent weeks the medics have been mostly lionels its a reaction from citizens who are defending their own way water is everyones heritage water doesnt belong to anyone water is for everyone and for all mexicans that is why were outraged and this reaction from citizens is a result of this anger when the u. S. And mexico signed the water treaty of 944. 00 the United States agreed to send more water to mexico than it receives but it still requires mexico to release water from dams along some of the driest parts of the border. At level dam the largest in the state of chihuahua Mexican National guard troops are keeping watch farmers recently seized control of the dam and have attacked members of mexicos National Water commission who plan to extract water from the reservoir mexico has until october 26th of this year to pay off its water debt with the United States which amounts to some 100000000000 gallons of fresh water and the word of mexicos president has addressed the recent violence but claims Water Reserves and she are enough to pay both the water debt to the u. S. And supply the needs of farmers in the region the president has also suggested the conflict is politically motivated it dont matter dont. They took over the kid dam which was being used to follow through with a commitment to deliver water to the United States under the treaty of 1944 go and go but since the literal interest this has become a political issues. As the drought in northern mexico worsens a growing number of supporters are joining in the protest against the treaty their hopes are fading 1st solution that will guarantee farmers access to the water they say is essential to their survival. Below al jazeera mexico city. To a found tart to cuz most important glaciers are breaking free a pine island on thwaites glaciers are ready contributor around 5 percent of global Sea Level Rise the survival of the thwaites has been deemed so critical that the u. S. And britain launched a multimillion Dollar Research mission had a safford as an environmental policy specialist at the university of california davis she explains the changes needed to slow the melting progress we actually have known for some time that these glaciers were melting and they were on the track that they were on track to perhaps one day disappear completely but we didnt necessarily know was how quickly that was likely to happen and the mechanisms underlying that new studies that are coming out are showing are shedding light on that mechanism and indicating that melting is happy much more quickly than we had expected until recently there is a difference between these glaciers melting and the whole glacial system melting and we also have control over some of these things the fact that the glaciers are melting and that may be may eventually disappear in nearly completely that seems to be something that might be inevitable but the rate at which that happens that i think about it as a runner as you might know theres some distance away but you have control over how quickly you are slowly you get there and you also have control over how people it is along the way those translate into we can have control over how quickly we act and how strongly we act to mitigate Climate Change which will slow the pace at which the glaciers melt we also have control over the adaptation measures that we can take so that the melting isnt as costly to humans. The netherlands has reported a record daily increase in nuke over 1000 infections 1400 cases were registered on tuesday their previous highest total was seen in april medical staff say the countrys Testing Capacity has been stretched to its limits but the netherlands government has announced a plan to boost spending to counter the economic effects of the pandemic. French president cars heading to the alps on wednesday a cyclist taking part in a Tour De France climb the regions mountains as corona virus infection rates keep rising its being seen as an attempt to reassure the public the famous cycle race was postponed from july and is taking place under a strict sanitary protocol that asha butler reports. To defrost teams arrived in the small eastern french town of lateral due power having been given the all clear after the round of coronavirus tests it was a tense wait last week several cases were detected and 2 positive tests in any one team would have led to its disqualification after a Training Session brace leader promotes rutledge said the results were a relief. Really happy. Racing here the kind of a pandemic is forced to talk organizers to impose new rules on the race teams are regularly tested and kept apart cities and towns on the 3 week route have had to adapt we had planned an open fan zone for the public to see the start of the race but the Health Crisis meant we had to reduce the number of people on the site then last week the region was declared a code red zone so we had to change again and cancel some of ends in town a few kilometers away thousands gathered but far fewer than in previous years its different this year you cant get near dividers at the start or the finish also its september not july so there are fewer fans schools are back its definitely not the atmosphere of previous years cove it is a shame but we wanted to come here as were fans of the toll across the country covert infections are rising last week there were more than 10000 new cases in one day new restrictions have been imposed in some cities including mass a where doctors say intensive care unit. On nearly full staging the Tour De France during a pandemic is certainly controversial some say it is unnecessary and irresponsible but the french government says that traditional events like this one over the people and the larger problems must continue as normally as possible that will be the french president emanuel macros message when he visits the race wednesday if all 22 teams reach the finish line in paris sunday without a last Minute Health scare the 2 will be widely regarded as a success even though the precariousness of this years race has served to highlight the gravity of frances Health Crisis. Aljazeera allowed the last frogs. Had online to our web site aljazeera dot com where youll find more on the Tour De France. Headlines on aljazeera Senior Palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize ties with israel there have been protests in gaza on the occupied west bank and u. S. President donald trump says the pacts marked the dawn of the new middle east. Together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region something which nobody thought was possible certainly not in this day and age maybe in many decades from now but one founded on shared interests Mutual Respect and friendship to our honored guest from israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain congratulations on this Outstanding Achievement congratulations. And just 2 weeks after a qatari brokered deal and didnt escalation of violence in gaza the israeli army has resumed launching airstrikes into the strip hitting several hamas targets it happened just hours after a rocket fired from the territory injured 2 people in israel study of a star and that rocket was fired at the same time as the ceremony took place at the white house the white house has approved oregons disaster declaration making it possible for the state to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western states hundreds of homes have been destroyed people in the u. S. Gulf coast are bracing for Hurricane Sally which is expected to make landfall in the coming hours its been upgraded to a category 2 storm that could cause life threatening floods and winds. Japan has a new Prime Minister designate a parliamentary vote house confirmed you she had to go is a longtime ally or former Prime Minister shinzo resign for Health Reasons before he takes office to go will have to be officially appointed by the japanese and for. The World Trade Organization says u. S. Tariffs on chinese goods are illegal washington has imposed 400000000000. 00 worth of tariffs on goods from china since 20 teen President Donald Trump has defended the duties saying unfair chinese subsidies and intellectual property theft hurts u. S. Interests those are the headlines well have more news on al jazeera right after the street. Destruction and despair a group of friends resist. Rescuing books from the rubble theyve built a refuge for freedom and democracy. A secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. Witness. On aljazeera. I am from the u. K. 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