In strange prisoners for the 2nd time since 1 oclock for half dog began his assault on tripoli. European coincides with apple in a setback to e. U. s votes to crack down on tax deals favoring the multinationals. If you will be a has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega on the blue nile thats according to the countrys water minister egypt and sudan had requested the grander nacelles dam not be filled until an agreement is reached theres been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce Water Supplies to downstream countries if you opiah has said the dam is crucial for its growth i will begin filling it during this months rainy season stratford lays out the politics behind the down. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start the government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which has a population of around 108000000 the country plans to export electricity across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. But egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat egypt does have legitimate concerns i mean that egypt relies on the nile for 0. 90 of its fresh water needs and the largest share of the river runs through each 3 different territory and what we have has had in egypt is a situation where they have a significant gap between the amount of what they produce and the amount of water they can shoot. And with a rapidly growing population of over 100000000. To this problem only getting worse ethiopia also has strong claims because its the source of the blue nile the largest of the river gnarls tribute shoes if you appeal was never included in a colonial era agreement between egypt and sudan the gives the lions share of water to egypt there are many finely balanced calculations including internal political ones that reply you know if you dont really need the other big you have id be outmanned havent come into power in 2018 he wants to secure his position and you know be reelected in future elections in europe yeah in egypt you have president sisi with you know an economy that has had been struggling but also he needs to ensure that he has the continued backing of the military establishment country which of course has an Important Role in the. Economy. In late june ethiopia rejected a u. N. Security Council Meeting requested by egypt saying the council should not be involved at all ethiopias un on bassa said the dispute should be solved at a regional Level African Union talks hosted by Science Africa failed to forge agreement earlier that months in february the us and the world bank mediated what it hoped would be a road map on how to proceed with final technical and legal issues which concerned egypt in particular but he g. O. P. Did not sign of the final document ethiopia always said that it would have preferred agreement before it begins to fill the reservoir but if that wasnt possible it would go ahead anyway you just potential huge security implications for the entire region ethiopia accuses egypt have repeatedly dragging its feet over the issue of filling the reservoir something it says egypt knew would be inevitable one day charles stratford. Our correspondent here morgans joining us live now from the northern states in sudan do we have any idea about what sudans reaction is going to be. Well rob were yet to hear any reaction or any statement from the Sudanese Government weve heard from them yesterday saying that they are going to present a report to the African Union theyve already submitted reports from the to of. Their sedan in egypt to their Prime Ministers and there is supposed to be a summit that is going to take place between the Prime Ministers of the 3 countries within the coming week now this was all to try to make sure that it is 2 weeks before if you start killing its grand dam now that obviously a little bit too late for that there have been repeated conference from sudan about the safety of the operations of the dam lets not forget that sudan itself has another dam thats about 100 kilometers away from the group the grand sweep in advance them which is called the serac so its quite concerned about what would happen when the sampai also operate properly and still holds water and all of a sudden all that water that has been held by the reservoir down clean all of them will not be able to handle repairs itself has the capacity up 7000 thats. About 10 times less less than the grand dam of a lot of concern that egypt of course we know has been very concerned about the killing of the dam because that will affect the water levels it has which more than 90 percent of the population there like a lot of concerns there were you think the reaction from the Sudanese Government they said that there should be a diplomatic solution and that there should be a political will to reach a deal which is why theyve been trying to mediate between 2 sides will think that at the same time it will take all the local concerns here 4 how to handle the coming to that over the coming 2 days now that because that was in the dam has actually started about what i would have understand is that People Living in and around the dam are also going to be concerned about safety issues the same safety issues that sudan has is there be any efforts in sudan can make least in governmental terms to try to protect people who might be affected. Well as you heard from my colleague when he said just a few minutes ago that if you had said that they damn well control the most likely along the nile in sudan thats something that saddam has repeatedly suffered from i should gain the rainy season flooding along the banks of the nile as the nile flows from the country to it now the dam will control that however if that is not what pharmacy weve spoken to farmers along the mountain pronounce they are on the border with us here on their way up to. The border with egypt they say that they need that that motion of the lighting on the nile to be able to our how to freestyle so to be able to irrigate their plants for properly so while we have heard people complaining about the floods over the past years they think that those that have been happening for a recurring annually is very important so that they would be able to continue farming and contribute continue believing there are a lot of farmland agricultural farmland along the banks of the nile as they go down. From sudan borders going on to egypt a lot of concerns by the farmers about what will happen when the water levels drop on the nile river more reporting to us from sudan have a thanks very much indeed chinas going topless has more on the fire the concerns lie for egypt and sudan if you piers largest Hydroelectric Project has been controversial since its beginning in 2011 but what is it about the grand ethiopian many songs down egypt and sudan so concerned lets start with what it can do for you theo pierre itself. A country of more than 109000000 people its economy is one of the Fastest Growing in the world roughly 10 percent a year for the last 15 years if you piers energy demands of kept pace but only 27 percent of the country is currently connected to the National Grid this dam the largest in africa spans the blue nile and will produce a whopping 6450. 00 gigawatts when its fully operational 3 times as much as he chips as one high dam giving ethiopia the ability to connect every single citizen to the electricity grid drive its economy and still have energy left over to export to its neighbors sudan djibouti somalia and kenya so far so good then what is the issue a big dam needs a Big Reservoir and this one will be huge 1840 square kilometers it will hold more than 2 and a half times the amount of water in lake tana ethiopias largest lake and the source of the blue nile the dam will take years to fill and the fear is it will reduce the water flowing downstream to sudan and egypt currently 86 percent of the blue nile flows from ethiopia the river provide 77 percent of fresh water for sea done and 93 percent of egypts if there is a reduction in the water flowing through these desert countries it could have a serious impact on agriculture and livelihoods other Hydroelectric Projects like egypt as one high dam currently producing 6 percent of egypts electricity would also be greatly affected egypt and sudans populations are rapidly growing and with them the resource needs but for you theo pia the 4000000000. 00 dam is a way out of poverty and an end to decades of rolling blackouts with Global Warming and changing weather patterns managing scarce resources is becoming increasingly vital alex could topless aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera. Butterly incapable. Of leading this country. And Donald Trumps niece says the u. S. President is dangerous and calls on him to resign. Hello its going to rain again in japan and probably in q shoot but you got a few hours off at least the next pulse in this seasonal rain is developing in central and western china more or less following along the yangtze for their theories going across the south of q sure and then heading up towards tokyo where it might just affect you on friday was no certainty that it may well just go off shore and leave cues you draw as well so the place to watch the next heavy rain emote most likely Central China weve seen some nasty weather in sort of a series in the flooding and unfortunately deaths there are more showers to come on thursday but they are drifting slowly westwoods towards boni able to get to friday it should be at least a dryer picture that the whole area looks rather dry the plenty of showers the west of that to the pick of course the monsoon weather up in india which seems to take on the pattern which you might expect in the southwest the wind comes up against the west and gets a lot of high ground mountains if you are always on this side of the indus but the concentration and we saw this a few days ago might want to be a tropical depression certainly it suggests rather more heavy rain for the western side of good drop more flooding. Stories of life. And inspiration. A series of short documentaries from around the wilds. That celebrate the human spirit against the arts. Aljazeera selects change make us. All. Youre watching aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour ethiopia has begun fanning the rise of was of a controversial mega on the blue nile according to the countrys water minister egypt and sudan had requested the ground renee songs to not be filled until an agreement is reached it has said the data is crucial for its growth and would begin filling its journey in this months way nice season. Fighting on the border between armenia and azerbaijan has killed 13 soldiers from both sides and at least one civilian a former soviet republics went to war in the 1990 s. Over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh areas internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but its controlled by armenians a fragile ceasefire was agreed in 1904 but tension has simmered ever since internally 16200 soldiers and civilians were killed in whats known as the april war russia brokered that cease fire and the International Community is looking to the kremlin once again open for us to walk or reports. Large crowds of protesters demanding the government declares war on. Some demonstrators managed to Enter Parliament early on wednesday and were dispersed. The crowds are highly unusual tightly controlled azerbaijan an indication of the national mood. An army general was one of 11 as ery servicemen killed in 3 days of fighting on the border with armenia the armenian government reports the deaths of 4 personnel. Both sides accuse each other of starting the latest hostilities as ery missile strikes on armenian positions. Armenians shooting down as airy drones. Civilian areas are also being shelled what i think many mean with the whole story of them going creches in red where is the very area thats flipper created by significant religious are like it its right next to me onto a train or between that and this is extremely important because it enough are the 1st one to suffer from that roy and our military action that is. The latest fighting is north of the disputed territory of the going to occur internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan its controlled by Armenian Forces some 30000 people died in the regional war between the former soviet republics in the 1990 s. As a by chance president ilham aliyev says International Peace talks have led nowhere how to go to think in armenia as Prime Minister nichol passion yan accuses as a by john of in danger in regional stability. This is the biggest escalation since a 4 day conflict in april 26th the russia and iran have offered to mediate but turkey says it stands with azerbaijan unless the renewed fighting can be resolved the risk of a wider conflict grows robin 1st steelworker al jazeera. In an interview with aljazeera armenias Foreign Ministers stress that the priority now is to find a peaceful solution one says canyons says the conflict cant be allowed to escalate any farther. Its a very Dangerous Development over the past days since the 12th of july when there was an alternative infantry actual tradition by theres ever been a force of this through the armenian geraghty to the north east of where media and the use of chemical artillery. And to fire the dangers of escalation which we have now and. The. Attempts to deescalate are a priority now this is what were working for and this is what were working with the corps chairs of the over a c e needs group which comprises france russia and the United States this is the priority now we need to deescalate because while a media spoke about us to defend any enemy may scare it all to theyre going to care about but war is not an alternative there is no alternative to the peaceful settlement marry me committed to this and will work towards the escalation and establishing an environment which helps an atmosphere which helps the. East and we share favor state negotiating process meanwhile azerbaijani officials blame on media for the escalation that clint hudson avez assistant to the president of azerbaijan and head of the Foreign Policy to pop into the president ial administration and told on his ear that peace is the priority but on media needs to answer for its actions. Doesnt when is committed was a peaceful resolution of the council it based on International Law and dozens of dream of course which aired but has armenia but on the minds of those a negotiation and substance of the negotiations and also the armenian Prime Minister sitting with mubarak era is armenia isnt an exact undermining of the negotiation process its a reaffirmation of the poles of annexation of the solitary there is of azerbaijan and its also this respect jews the mediation process and the. Report you countries are which is always going to interest that is a peaceful resolution of all matters but here is pulls a little eyes on her minions are is an armenian has started with attention an escalation is a border area and therefore as a wedge and is also in concert was a voice emus group which countries and also regional countries and we have an extensive diplomatic counter was a russia and. Member countries and also some of the original cancers in general as a way to support in a peaceful resolution of the council it and reasons of existing framework and poor month of the negotiations but of course an armenian has started an armenian be as a responsible of the army should also. Explain reasons why it was probably cation have been acquired from this earth. At least 7 ships are long fired a bush of ports in southern iraq local media reports there have been mil casualties is not no more cause the blaze is the latest in a series of explosions and fires around Iranian Military nuclear and Industrial Facilities since late june. Prisoners of war in libya have been swapped the internationally recognized government of National Accord un forces laws are free for half to each exchange 8 prisoners in misrata the latest video shows one of the tripoli government fighters celebrating at home with his family but most of the one who has the latest from tripoli. They have been exchanging captives even during the last Year Campaign the military Campaign Launched by have to run tripoli and during that. Fighting and also after the end of the fighting both sides have been exchanging captives but tribal leaders from the city of misrata tell us that this time it has not been initiated by an official institution not by the government not by half the side but tribal leaders or social activists and mediators from both sides communicated did and did they decided to exchange 8 from the g. N. A. T. For 8 from the have to the site they handed over and over wasnt in any area in the southern west of the strategic coastal city of spirit. As during the military Campaign Launched by have to there have been there have been similar operations to Exchange Prisoners and also exchange corpses of the dead fighters on both sides but this does not mean there is an initiative about a cease fire or a peace talks. The niece of u. S. President donald trump is calling on him to resign maybe trump says its dangerous for americans to let her call uncle lead the country a comments come a day off to releasing a book heavily critical of donald trump a lot of White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb is live for us now in washington d. C. Its long been known that this book was going to be critical of President Trump but its a very strong words. Very troubling the president s niece has special insights not only is she a relative shes also a trained psychologist and she visited the white house in 2017 where she says she have served her uncle and said that she believed she was strained by the pressures of the job now she is urging americans who have a choice to make in november not to vote for her uncle saying in fact that she believes he should resign she said his dysfunctional upbringing leaves him a damaged man and he she believes he is a threat to the country whats the single most important thing you think the country needs to know about your home he is utterly incapable of leading this country and its dangerous to allow him to do so based on what you see now or what you saw that. Based on what ive seen my entire adult life. Now the white house is pushing back on this book there was even an attempt by a Family Member to block its release the white house saying accusing mary tromp of false hoods and that she is motivated by money it is important to note though that this is the 2nd book in a number of weeks to push back on the president the another book that has come out recently by the former National Security advisor john bolton also not one that the white house has welcomed sharply criticizing the president now the u. S. President for his part has not reacted to the interview by his niece or watching very carefully for that he will be leaving the white house in the coming hours heading to atlanta where he will be delivering a message on law and order part of his reelection platform as committee hold the wires those Committee Thanks very much. China is vying to retaliate after the us president announced a new measures to hold beijing accountable donald trump has revealed sanctions against chinese officials over the recent National Security law imposed on hong kong drums announcement came after the u. K. Banned chinese tech giant holloway from its new high Speed Mobile Network so i think concerns about security trimming your reports from beijing. Home call is known as the world city but the u. S. Government says that nickname no longer applies washington has revoked the territories special economic status as punishment for the newly imposed National Security law. From now on says the u. S. It will treat hong kong like Mainland China the Chinese Government has condemned the move saying it will respond with sanctions we were going to uphold our legitimate interests china will make the necessary responses to sanction the relevant personnel and entities of the u. S. Side we are the u. S. To correct mistakes and to not implement this act and stop interfering in chinas internal affairs critics say the new security law strips hong kong of its freedoms and autonomy guaranteed to 50 years in the 1997 handover green with the u. K. The Chinese Government says law abiding residents and Business People wont be affected but several companies are moving forward with plans to relocate including the New York Times which is shifting some of its operations to south korea china has also hit back at the u. K. Government for banning Chinese Telecom company hallway from its 5 g. Networks warning that chinese investors should reconsider doing business there. So. This is about the u. K. At all costs politicizing commercial and Technology Issues this is about china facing major threats in its investment security in the u. K. And its about our confidence in whether the u. K. Markets can remain open fair and nondiscriminatory. Us President Donald Trump has taken credit for britain freezing out. We confronted untrustworthy Chinese Technology and Telecom Providers we convinced many countries many countries and i did this myself for the most part not to use while away britains government says its decision has nothing to do with donald trump but that hasnt convinced china officials here in beijing say the u. K. Is call looting by the u. S. To oppress chinese businesses and warns that china will do whatever it takes to protect its companies and core interests Chinese State media says any retaliation against the u. K. Should be painful and a public warning to other countries the china wont be bullied however china moves forward it faces an uphill diplomatic battle in a world filled with increasing tension and fewer friends katrina you aljazeera beating the giant up of the celebrating a big win ireland they took in high court has ruled apple doesnt have to pay 15000000000. 00 in irish back taxes and thats a blow for the European Unions promises to crack down on tax avoidance by multinationals judges ruled that it hadnt been proven that apple had an illegal tax arrangement with irelands government and used Shell Companies to grossly under declare profits but in baba has the latest on the world. Multinationals could often choose to pay tax on their revenues around the European Union in 1. 00 country where they have a Regional Headquarters in apples case like other Big Companies that was in ireland so the commission back then ordered apple to pay back for a gross underpayment of tax on profits from 2003 to 2014 it said that basically the company had created 2 Shell Companies to hire eat their profits now this is a big win for apple as it stands the company had really who the idea that theyd sort to avoid tax the irish or fortys have welcomed this decision they said ireland has always been clear there was no special treatment provided the opposition and in the main opposition should fain have said its a bad day for the taxpayer there as well as morally a terrible day and the european ringback commission itself hasnt necessarily given up the fight theyre saying it they dont know how long it will take for them to make a decision on whether to continue this case but it could impact on others there are people looking into the tax affairs of Companies Like nike and ikea around the European Union right now its a very very important for the European Commission to be seen to be taking a stand to make Big Companies pay their fair share of tax particularly given the huge numbers involved in this covered 19 Recovery Fund which theyre trying to create right now flash flooding on the indonesian island of so the ways he has killed at least 16 people have the rains and north triggered landslides boating roads and buildings and mud thousands of homes have been destroyed dozens of people are missing and around 2000 and now staying in temporary shelters. In india at least 77 people have been killed in judah flooding in the northeastern part of the country 2000000 people have been displaced in state after a fortnight of heavy rain the deluge has seen one of asias largest rivers burst its banks leaving huge areas underwater and more than a 1000000 people in bangladesh have been stranded or forced from their homes by the heaviest rains in a decade water levels a major rivers are rising in northwest and central districts flooding started late last month devastating crops. This is these are the top stories if the opium has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega dam on the blue nile according to the countrys water minister agent in sudan had requested the grander nacelles dam not be filled until an agreement is reached if the opiah has said the dam is crucial for its growth and will begin fitting into joining this months rainy season our correspondent hit morgans in sudan with more on the concerns over the reduction of water in downstream countries. Complaining about the over the. Years. That have been happening and recurring not only in court but that they would be able. To continue to eat and there are. Agriculture along the banks of the mile. Border. By the farmers. At least 7 ships are on the port in southern iran local media reports there have been no casualties its not known what caused the blaze but its the latest in a series of explosions and fires around Iranian Military nuclear and Industrial Facilities since late june. 3 days of fighting on the border between mania and as a budge on has killed the 13 soldiers from both sides and at least one civilian the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict over the known clave inside azerbaijan controlled by Ethnic Armenians prisoners of war and libya have been swapped in the internationally recognized government of National Accord and forces lot of Khalifa Haftar each exchanged prisoners in misrata. China says it will retaliate after the us president announced new sanctions over the National Security law beijing has imposed on hong kong and donald trump also signed an executive order ending hong kongs preferential economic treatment tech giant apple is celebrating a big win in ireland theyve opened higher courts ruled out paul doesnt have to pay 15000000000. 00 in irish back taxes its a blow for the e. U. His promises to crack down on tax avoidance by multinationals those are the headlines coming up next its the stream. Of Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election. Steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Saying welcome to the stream home edition josh rushing in you are in my home edition today. With the owner might you run up the top this is out going out on you tube live and im hoping youre going to join us in that discussion box over there and im going to get some of your comments into the show or try my best listen would you believe me if i told you i had an inside source with a trumpet ministration and theyre planning
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