Longer the attempt to revive its ancient culture. So that into a straight and journalists have returned home from china after a diplomatic standoff Chinese Police had demanded interviews with the pet and initially bought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a. B. C. And the other from the financial review so refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safe departure was negotiated this comes after the arrest of another straightly journalist john lay who was working for chinas state owned channel c g t n. That is. Why you. Believe that if there is. A country with genuine rule of law but. 5 this is a whirlwind of some kind of. Got a few good. Well lets bring in mark a straw man in sydney hes the president of australias media union and Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance markets so mike smith and bill birtles back home now but clearly unable to do their job what do you make of all this well were very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china theyre clearly not so and this is a very disturbing pattern weve seen. Channel a is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a union and german whos in jail and has been so to 18 months facing its been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the Chinese Government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic gown as you say this one in jail is trying lay is being detained as she works for the Chinese State broadcaster c n n what more do you know of her confinement at the moment what news is that coming through to you. Well we know very little and then this is again a pattern you you hear very little about what happens up to journalists that detained we know that that has received consular assistance but thats thats about it and this appease to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of tit for tat tied in with trade disputes chinas long struggle weeks the United States maybe a stranger is seen as a as a as a pawn or a patsy for the United States its very unclear whats going on and its very disappointing because i mean china does not have a Civil Society where freedom of the press exists so its disturbing that that pattern is being rolled out against western and other journalists you know a diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to cover china if this indeed is is being driven by deteriorating relations between the trailer in china what assistant are the a strain in government given giving your members they Work Overseas in places like china. Journalists in australian journalists in china are getting full support and know that there was a lot of support from a stroll in Foreign Foreign Affairs to support the extraction of those 2 journalists and thats very welcome. But its were also very concerned about the support staff that are left behind because as you know the bureau is not just one person but it is a series of people who are there to support the telling of stories in the reporting of information so were worried about. China it seems then acting with impunity what what pressure can be brought to bear if any. Well that it is unclear china is playing a along again and as i said this seems to be a secondary aspect to a diplomatic game that theyre playing that a concern for us is that this is not just china as this is a this seems to be you know an assault against journalism and journalists across the world as you know your own. Reporter drew ambrose in malaysia it was facing. Legal problems over a documentary that aljazeera broadcast there this week we have another member of ours Julian Assange too is facing extradition to the United States all reporting information that revealed war crimes carried out by the United States in the iraq war so were very concerned that this is a pattern. Of impunity been carried out against journalism in the publics right to not. Mark a straw man we appreciate your time joining us here on this mark a strong president of australias media union that china is accusing indian troops of foreign warning shots during a confrontation on the disputed border beijing says indian soldiers crossed the boundary in the Western Region on monday china says its troops to quote countermeasures both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area which runs through the western himalayas tensions have been high since clashes in june left 20 indian soldiers dead. Wildfires in california will the nate 100000 pictures this year its a new record for the u. S. State which continues to battle with extremely high temperatures and dozens of photos before a group as its report. Residents living near the Angeles National forest have been told to prepare for the worst for costas say strong winds will push a large wildfire in that direction our number one priority for this fire is the protection of Life Property situation that we have right now. Is a life threatening situation with the Weather Forecast that we have for the next 3 days. The forest blaze is one of 23 raging across california and we really need to Pay Attention to any instructions on evacuation the fire is likely to move south toward 6 communities a lot of people a lot of property to the south of this fire right now california has suffered more the 900 wildfires since made organist extreme heat and lightning strikes have been blamed but one fire was started by a fireworks display during a family celebration started i was pushing to the east end in north and big westerly wind shift you know and today was moved to the south 8 people have been killed during this years wildfire season the challenge now is to help bring the blazes under control barbara and. Sara. There have been protests for a 6th straight nights in new york state over the case of daniel prude a black man who died after being arrested them straight is in rochester calling for the 7 officers involved to be charged and convicted they have been suspended with pay crude was arrested in march police put a hood over his head and held him down he lost consciousness and elated. And in a state of oregon hundreds of pro Trump Supporters a rally near the city of portland they later clashed with counter protesters near the States CapitalBuilding Police made a number of arrests. Trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a Coronavirus Vaccine might be ready by next month just ahead of the president ial election his rival joe biden says science should dictate when a vaccine is made available the pandemic is front and center in the minds of voters and precautionary measures have also seen a more subdued start to the Election Campaign compared to 2016 this was when jordan. Crowds flags thumbs up for a victory this seen on labor day 2016 for both donald trump and Hillary Clinton as they end their running mates started the general Election Campaign fast forward to 2020 where President Trump convened what he called a press conference at the white house in reality this is the 2nd Campaign Event here in as many weeks trump said his administration will be the one to end the cold 1000 pandemic not that of a potential President Joe Biden this could have taken 2 or 3 years and instead its going to be going to be done in a very short period of time could even have it. During the month of october trumps comments came after by campaigning in pennsylvania accused him of letting politics not science guide efforts to develop a covert 900. 00 vaccine. But the problem. My problem. I think there are 3 or if you have really good. Luck. Going on the mining public. For biden and trumps running mates labor day campaigning was more traditional both mike pence and kamel harris reaching out to blue collar voters in wisconsin and will cross pence talked up trumps trade policies as good for workers and attack towers for voting against that meantime harris was across the state in the long where she met with the family of jacob blake a black man shot and paralyzed by a white Police Officer blake is the latest symbol of troubled Race Relations in the u. S. During trumps tenure there kind of a family and theyve been doing it and they can do it but thats ok maybe a great time they came to play a lot of places on their shelves with 56. 00 days until election day joe biden is polling ahead of donald trump anywhere from 4. 00 to 11. 00 points but theres also a u. S. Political tradition known as the october surprise thats a major event that could persuade voters to choose one candidate over the other based on how he responds to a major crisis in real time trouble suggesting that could come in the form of a Coronavirus Vaccine but his opponent argues that the search for a cure should not be the tool of political expediency rosalyn jordan aljazeera. But meanwhile the Mandela Foundation is called to trump arrogant and uninformed after reportedly made disparaging remarks about black World Leaders trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen is releasing a book which has the president described Nelson Mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa so that no black leader can run a country and is having a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and for financial friends. Still ahead here on aljazeera too old a soldiers fiance calls it a fast death sentence for some of the saudi hit squad who killed the journalist in 2018 a cut to jail term. In a major party packing the beaches in brazil to mark Independence Day despite a road of ours crisis. Hello welcome to another look at the international forecasts its looking pretty quiet across the middle east now we have still got the hates just around the levant temperatures still getting up into the low to mid thirtys here few showers just around the caucasus between the black sea and the caspian sea but that aside were really looking at a case of lots of hazy sunshine and temperatures getting up into the high thirtys so the high fortys there for kuwait and also for baghdad the low fortys here in doha 4142. 00 over the next couple of days still a chance of want to choose showers around the southern end of the red sea joining up with the showers we have across central parts of africa making their way further west which song there is a sickly wave some big downpours still continuing into south sudan pushing across into the Central African republic right the way across into the gulf of guinea southern parts of nigeria kit but to see some flooding as we go through the next day or so some light showers continuing to into cameroon all the way down towards angola to the south of that it does look generally dry with plenty of sunshine well see a little bit of cloud clearing away from the eastern cape so far to pass some quiet weather coming through 24 celsius in capetown a 21 importer lizabeth little cola as we go through wednesday. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic arlens that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he gets human equating it business if were going to adapt to climate breakout this street on aljazeera. But again youre watching aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour and to australia reporters in china have been rushed home amid safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff. They sought refuge in australian compounds on the departure was it. Wildfires have burned more than 800000 hectares in california this year thats a record for the u. S. 15000 firefighters are battling almost 2 dozen blazes. And donald trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a Coronavirus Vaccine might be ready next month just ahead of the election his rival joe biden says science should dictate when in fact see its available. Saudi arabia is being criticized a verse decision to overturn the death sentences handed down to members of the hit squad which killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi 8 people have now been given jail terms of between 7 and 20 years because he was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 he says the court ruling did not meet International Expectations while the u. N. Investigator called it a parody of justice. As the. The saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdoms consulate in istanbul thats where a prominent and well connected chrissake of Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while 21. 00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and close trial that there was no International Observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not published. And theres no more. Appeal possible so the nature of the evidence only you know every technical part of the trial almost has been questioned by. Internationally accepted judicial standards last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but thats been kept to 20 years in prison 3 others have been given sentences of 7 to 10 years and will say is calling a fast i think. The whole verdict seems to me to have been manipulated and i way they used of course they get behind a fig leaf according to practice Legal Practice in saudi arabia and the family has the right to commute any sentence and the family has issued such a flourish and most probably under duress i dont think it was done really knowing the family. Knowing the man so i was surprised by their 2 official gee sounds made the saudi king and crown prince in the weeks after they found his killing the cia and other intelligence agencies have said theres a direct link between the crown prince and the murda the case caused worldwide outrage and tarnished mohammed bin sahlins reputation but several of those in the hit squad coming from. Then his in a circle though he denies involvement the u. N. Experts who investigated is murder said in a series of tweets the saudi prosecution performed one more act today in this parody of justice but these verdicts carry no legal all moral legitimacy she went on to say that crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon remained well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdicts cant be allowed to whitewash what happened the saudi Prosecutor Says this causes the case both privately and publicly many say justice for his shoghi has not been served brian al jazeera the European Union is calling on batteries to immediately release more than 600 people who were detained for protesting on sunday its also condemning the disappearance of a prominent opposition activist kolesnik over is missing after being snatched off the street by masked men and taken away in a van in the center of the capital minsk shes one of 3 women who joined forces before last months disputed president ial elections to challenge Alexander Lukashenko and shes the only one who hasnt fled belarus or Veronica Carlo is another of the 3 women who spearheaded the Opposition Campaign she is in exile in poland and told aljazeera its a typical tactic of lucas shank his regime to intimidate his opponents. Country in belarus you know its a whole can normally its not normal but in a good sense but its normal when the people get the 1000 without any explanations so hopefully she will be released as soon as possible because i read away about her you know in belarus the entire nation became leader so its so easy if you see the leaders that we see their leaders everywhere now in the streets in the students in the universities in the affect the race in the play plans location prejean works this way everything and they see a leader and they would like to isolate this is the air from the people from the nation and these just socalled as i said its normal in ghost right now but hopefully a location will not be able to be 9500000 people for a bill it was because there was simply it will not be any space in the prisons. And nearly 300. 00 ranger refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia off to drifting it soon for several months at least 30 people died on the journey from bangladesh those who survived to be moved to temporary shelter but its not clear if theyll be allowed to stay in indonesia jessica washington reports now from jakarta that after 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey and though safe in the news in provence accounting nearly 3100. 00 refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on the long trip from bangladesh. Fortunately we came to indonesia and indonesian people are really helpful towar