Government is called to account over the eviction of people from the forest. Tension once again in cities of the United States in Portland OregonSecurity Forces have launched tear gas and street fires have been lit by protesters theyre angry because federal officers have been sent to control demonstrations which have been going on for 56 nights but President Donald Trump has promised to deploy more officers this time to the cities of chicago and albuquerque he says is to control rising crime others call it an election stunt my camera ports. The concern about federal involvement was spotted by scenes like this from Portland Oregon up to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in unmarked vehicles much to the end of the states governor this is a democracy. Not a dictatorship and we cannot have secret police abducting people into and putting them in unmarked vehicles. I cannot believe i have to say that the president of the United States now the president has announced his intention of sending federal offices to several other cities today im announcing a surge of federal Law Enforcement into American Communities plagued by Violent Crime will work every single day to restore Public Safety protect our nations children and bring violent perpetrators to justice for months President Trump has regularly tweeted law and order in capitals and this decision is regarded by many as a Campaign Ploy in an Election Year the mayors of several major cities have sent this letter to the attorney general blasting the proposed deployment the letter reads in part these are tactics we expect from authoritarian regimes not our democracy that has been an especially violent summer atlanta has seen a 300 percent spike in shooting victims compared to the same week in july last year in new york city over the past week shooting victims are up more than 200 percent. Mounting frustration during this pandemic and widespread anger at police has led to what many view as a perfect storm of increased violence that federal involvement could intensify rather than fickle mike hanna aljazeera washington for the death of his top prosecutors warn that federal agents will Face Criminal Charges if they on lawfully assault or arrest anyone in the city. If they choose to follow the law then well all get along famously and if they choose not to follow the law then they will discover that there are laws in the commonwealth of pennsylvania that can be used to prosecute them. It is certainly my hope that their behavior will be entirely legal but based on what i saw in portland it is my opinion that some of that behavior looks like criminal conduct very plummers a democratic strategist who served in the Obama Administration and says trying to stop it is likely to harm his chances of reelection. I would have to argue that what were seeing right now and law and order strategy is really nothing but a lection year ploy to directed at democratic cities to try and demonstrate it is they said he is. Along the border president if you recall 4 years ago he said i alone fix the problems plaguing america and what weve seen out of this president is higher unemployment weve seen pandemic and many other western countries have been able to handle a completely go off the rails weve seen now ajah 20000 americans die as a result were seeing economic calamity were seeing unrest in the streets and were also seeing a president that has absolutely no clue as to whats happening in cities and has absolutely no plan no order to fix these issues there are a number of holes that are shown that. It was actually losing on this cortical longer strategy so a. B. C. News Washington Post poll recently. Has a 9 point lead over trump when it comes to issues of safety and security and law and order Kaiser Family foundation has a template lead provided over trunk one percent to 44 percent when it comes down to the issues of safety and crime so poll after poll showing that actually does not have a winning hand when it comes to this and give i think what people are seeing is that the emperor has no clothes again though your leadership on crime and safety issues they are leadership Economic Issues though your leadership on the public see the Public Health issues are very clear and as we get closer to the elections i think thats just going to really exacerbate conceal for the president. 45 people have been killed in airstrikes in western afghanistan a district governor in the province of her that says at least 8 civilians have died in the attacks which hes blaming on Afghan Forces members of the taliban were also killed afghanistans Defense Ministry has launched an investigation the u. S. Says its not involved. Brazil has reported a record daily increase in corona virus cases of nearly 68000 its got the worlds 2nd worst outbreak after the us brazil has more than 2000000 infections and 82000 deaths a pandemic was initially focused on cities but in recent weeks its surged in the countrys vast remote areas at the same time president general scenario has tested positive for the virus for the 3rd time he says hes taking the antimalarial drug hydroxy chloroquine most studies have found it to be an effective in treating covered 19. Well those new cases in brazil pushed the total number of reported infections across latin america to more than 4000000. 00 several countries are seeing increasing rates of covert 19 including bolivia where police say theyve recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and homes by over apollo reports. In bolivia a special police unit is tasked with recovering bodies from peoples homes in the cities of la paz and santa cruz Authorities Say theyve recovered 420. 00 bodies from homes streets and automobiles over a span of only 5 days. The vast majority are believed to be deaths from coated 19 its a sign the Health Crisis in the country is accelerating more trouble friday until 2 of my relatives have died we went to the hospital and they didnt take care of them they told us the hospitals were crowded we went to several hospitals and now my 2 closest relatives have died from medical negligence the government does nothing. Coronavirus cases in bolivia have surpassed 60000 and there are predictions the number of cases could double in the next 2 weeks this exponential rise in corona virus cases is also playing out in several other countries in the americas with alarming rates of contagion in ecuador colombia and others during the last week there were almost 900000. New cases are nearly 22000 deaths reported in our region most of there is within brazil mexico of the United States of america. On tuesday evening mexico surpassed 40000 coronavirus deaths its the 2nd highest death toll in latin america just behind brazil. People need to know the epidemic is still active that we have to stay home engage in social distancing etc or guarantee some moral commitment from Health Officials but Everyone Needs to do their part. Despite a reopening of mexicos economy the still worsening outbreak is expected to lead to new lock downs as cases surge. Latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the Pan American Health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down World Health Experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in Central America where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. Aljazeera. Victims of sexual abuse in indonesia are being failed by politicians according to childrens rights activists a bill to tackle Sexual Violence has been dropped as the government deals with the coronavirus pandemic as jessica washington reports from jakarta experts say Vulnerable Children are facing even bigger risks. In the city of deployed. This is where children can come together to play thing and to be safe its a place that children who would otherwise spend all day on the street. Is a volunteer at the shelter she spent her youth on the streets and she knows firsthand how perpetrators of sexual abuse target these children. Living on the streets or sleeping in front of shops is a nice but if someone suddenly offered you access to an apartment facilities who would refuse theres no concept of social distancing here but these children through. Food and a safe place to rest are more pressing concerns than covert 19 the volunteers who run the show to say sexual predators use accommodation and food to target children. And. Street children are very much at risk of Sexual Violence thats why we have to be patient embrace them and protect them but in many parts of the country children have been left to fend for themselves this is just one of many shelters across indonesia which has closed its doors because of covered 19 precautions alone on the streets and with nowhere to go child rights activists say children are now even greater risk of becoming victims of abuse this month a number of child abuse cases have sparked calls for change including the case of a 65 year old French National who was arrested late last month accused of abusing more than 300. 00 children in jakarta the accused committed suicide in his jail cell most of his victims were children on the street he lured them to hotels by pretending to be a photographer it was like before the corona Virus Outbreak the number of cases of abuse of children was already high the situations only got worse now because there are more opportunities for the abuse to happen. Despite this legislators have dropped a Sexual Violence eradication bill from their agenda. Because its not that we dont think the bill is important its just a technical consideration we are finishing a bill about handling covert 19 we dont have time to finish the other bills activists say combating sexual abuse should be a priority and laws need to be strengthened. If they refuse to discuss the bill it means they fail to understand the need for protection for women and children against Sexual Violence. Life has always been dangerous for children on the streets but the pandemic has highlighted just how vulnerable they are just in washington aljazeera jakarta. Still ahead on aljazeera a new pension reform law in chile gives those hardest hit by the pandemic a chance to dip into the savings but its not the president with his back against the wall. And on a mission to mars find out whos just joined the race to explore the red planet. Hello there quite a massive cloud across northern regions of europe the same rain of course having you with us as well you notice into areas across the south a scattering of thunderstorms on their way east was theres also been some fog some mist in the morning as this is a case across into western hungry but those thunderstorms i mentioned they certainly did some damage in 2 kids have as you can see his some trees down cars damaged or also some property to homes as well now the good news is that conditions a much clearer and calm a as you go through thursday funniest most a bad picture generally throughout europe quite a cloudy one still a scattering of shows maybe a thunderstorm across areas in the south and that rain is heading across the u. K. Its moving up through the north sea it will leave a scattering of showers in its wake and how much is a little bit low but generally not too bad but as you head off into friday it becomes if anything rather more unsettled that rain across the south becoming really quite heavy and also quite widespread rain as well pushing through southerners a scan the navy on tools both takes on the next round of all the heavy rain working its way in towards at the northwest at the time which is 25. 00 in london the same in paris but in both cases fairly cloudy conditions and then down into north africa is fine and dry here weve got some fairly high temperatures as you can see by friday 35 inches. A team of chinese scientists embark on a garing deep sea mission searching for rare is also a new space one who when its produced chinas underwater on aljazeera. Be the hero the world needs right now. Washing. If you want to see a reminder of our top stories this hour fires on the streets of Portland Oregon protesters are angry about federal officers whove been sent in to control demonstrations President Donald Trump has promised to deploy more officers to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to combat what hes calling rising crime. 45 people have been killed in airstrikes in western afghanistan according to local officials a district governor in the province of products says at least 8 civilians died in the attacks hes blaming Afghan Forces members of the taliban were also killed. Over 9000 cases in brazil have surged by a record of nearly 68000 in just one day the country has the worlds 2nd worst outbreak of to the u. S. With more than 2000000 infections pandemic has recently spread from big cities to remote rural areas. Water has started to fill africas largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt havent reached a deal on it yet but balkan reports and the concern about the impact the giant dam may have on Blue Nile States in sudan on the border with ethiopia. Planting banana trees is nothing new to has been in safe his family has owned these farms in sudans Blue Nile State for generations has been managing some of the lands for years and has noticed changes in the landscape and. Our farms are by the bloom in about a decade ago the river was 500 meters away but since the increased highs of the day the flow of the nile river has changed and some parts of the water levels have gone down in others theres an increase in production some parts increase and decrease in others it all relies on the dam and its operation has the means farm is on the banks of the blue nile river the water is controlled by there was there is down built more than half a century ago to irrigate farmland its also one of the main sources of hydro electricity the dam was extended in 2013 with the aim of increasing water levels for farmers to irrigate their crops farmers say the river which used to cost seasonal floods is more controlled now but there are concerns about the dams future. This reservoir called the 1st point where water from the territory is reserved. And experts and government Officials Say the feeling of the ground if you can renaissance them will have an impact on the rest areas down so dan has tried to bring together to reach a deal while it too is a stakeholder on the mile the 3 sides say the technical issues have been resolved but the legal aspects remain so dans government is also concerned about the safety of the new dam and says it has failed to provide any safety guarantees its true say was that just 100 kilometers away from the if you can run us on stand or gerd as its known. Sudans to be signing an agreement prior to the start of the film you know the good safety is entirely dependent on the operations of the good disagreements are currently concentrated on legal matters the degree to which the agreement is binding separation agreement to water sharing agreements and conflict resolution mechanisms as well as various other limited technical issues. Analysts agree that mismanagement of ethiopias grandam will affect the irrigation of farmland in sudan. The capacity of result is a 6 to 7000000000 cubic metres but the goods is 47000000000 if the water released by the good as above or is it is capacity that would lead to its destruction another issue is that the irrigation of land along the nile will reduce by an estimated 50 percent farmer and need a mix of the wit and dry seasons so the agricultural patterns will be affected has a name expects any changes to the floor will further change the landscape of his home but he hopes to continue growing crops just like his ancestors have done for generations people morgan aljazeera there is. Kenyas government is being accused of mistreating in the thousands of people a report from Human Rights Watch says in the last 2 years more than 50000 people have been forced from their homes in the model forest its one of the largest tree covered parts of kenya the report says at least 6000. 00 people have been put up in camps in our county with few supplies and no compensation and blames Police Violence during evictions and poor conditions at the camps for at least 7 deaths last year Human Rights Watch also accuses police of forcing villagers to burn down their own homes while stealing from them and destroying their food and animals the government says no one died it says people have been settling on the land in the eagerly for years cutting down forests and changing the ecosystem of the forest. That in the face of opposition and pressure from the government Chiles Senate has approved a bill allowing citizens to withdraw from their Pension Funds to offset hardships during the pandemic the historic vote will impact chiles highly unpopular private pensions system one of the main targets of last years mass protest america at a tennessee and human reports from santiago. Chileans watched with bated breath as the senate voted to allow them to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings. Its suppos