Comply as the country sees a sharp rise in infections the fight against rising waters ensued on we meet residents forced to abandon their homes a sudanese minister will join us live to talk about the situation. Really well in the sports news is one of the top players in womens football joins one of the most famous clubs in the world u. S. Woke up when i tell you been signs for Manchester United. Hello thanks for joining us and overcrowded the greek islands camp that had become the makeshift home for thousands of refugees is now a smoldering ruin the fire is still burning at moria camp and a desperate effort has begun to work out what to do. With those now homeless a state of emergency has also been declared on the island of. Zeros johnson. Morea camp will be speaking to him in just a few minutes but 1st jonah hall begins our coverage. This is whats left of europes largest refugee camp. On the greek island of lesbos to find those tools through tents and didnt have data structures on tuesday night they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people who went up with that desperate existence compounded by coronavirus yeah i was there a few days for our 1st 38. 00. You know. Thousands of people homeless once again precious belongings hastily bundled together to fill makeshift bedding. There were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very thin for the very very different chord this across his the gulf war is really brought this. Forward purport far more was we are told me one who is living here because this is what it all but if i may be here now its the campaign had 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of next number of conditions in which corona virus could easily flourish there are several fires that are all over the camp. Yes corona has been identified in this camp in recent days and the number of confirmed cases have been rising many of the asymptomatic people have been put into a quarantine area on the far eastern side of the camp and that area earlier this evening was attacked by individuals who seemingly do not believe that corona is actually in the camp and that it is being seen as a reason to continue a 6 month lockdown in the camp some attacks on some vehicles to move people out of the camp or to move them around in a suit and some of the people that were in this quarantine area were fleeing from that violence and in the process of that several fires are set on the perimeter in 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk 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 morea camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldnt have to shoulder alone. I believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen unless boss wants the damage and maria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our Party Remains the health and safety of all Vice President s and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait the government says up to 3000 people will be re housed in new tents but the numbers in need are far greater than that the still smoldering embers the cruel reminder of europes change of heart on refugees joe now al jazeera lets get a live update from johnson ruppel us who is right near the camp john what do you know seeing because reports coming through suggest that the fire is still burning. Well it is burning again the fire service had put it out this morning but after nightfall or as night fell locals tell us some people apparently Asylum Seekers relate to these fires that you can see behind me and if i step aside and allow the camera to zoom in you can see that there is a long ridge of fire on the hillside above the camp what you see in darkness below that fire is the camp that was burnt out overnight and was put out this morning but there were still some tents in the areas around the camp the over spill as it were which housed many of the people for whom there was no space inside in those boxes and container units but now i think those many of those tents will have been burned as well so the humanitarian emergency by tomorrow morning may be greater than that reported by the migration minister earlier this evening here on lesbos he said that 3 and a half 1000 people were in need of shelter because many thousands were still able to live in their tents im not sure that that will be the case by tomorrow so where were those in the full House Service has been steadily moving. At the moment the greek government solution is to bring in a ferry and 2 Navy Transport ships for at least the 1000 most vulnerable people. Families presumably with small children they will be housed on ships those ships havent arrived yet theyre expected tomorrow thursday. The rest of that 3 and a half 1000 figure will be housed in places provided by the municipality but not all of that has been spelled out the municipality does run a camp in nearby morea cut out the bit where it can put a few 100 were not sure several 100 or a few 1000 people will the. For the spending the night we saw people shifting with their luggage this evening in on the island we werent sure where they were headed and we hadnt time to stop and ask them but its quite possible that they had plans to spend the night here before these photos were released so the moment there are still many Unanswered Questions the only good news out of all of this in the last 24 hours is that there are apparently no reports of any deaths serious injuries or missing persons. All right john well let you go for now thank you very much for giving us that update from les most thank you now the amount of people escaping conflict or persecution is higher than ever before so the u. N. Is saying that almost 80000000. 00 people worldwide were forcibly displaced last year just over a 3rd of them had to cross borders to escape almost 70 percent of the worlds refugees come from just 5 countries those countries are syria venezuela afghanistan south sudan and me and maher and a new report from Brown University in the United States says about 37000000 people have been displaced since 2011 and 8 most significant wars where the u. S. Has been involved they include so malya iraq yemen libya and of gonna stop lets speak to Arsalan Iftikhar whos a human rights lawyer hes joining us from sterling thats in virginia thanks for your time 37000000 people thats a Staggering Amount of people what stood out for you from this report. Well there again i think the key thing that stood out to me that summer 2020 a growing university once again a group of our American Global war on terror was a complete and utter failure moralise and why so not only do we you know you know and decimate you know nations they go on as you write in yemen and you have got the largest eucrites thats around the world since world works you know where we know 30000000 refugees around and around the world and i think it cant be underscored enough and the detrimental impact of our american identity on the rest of the world and this report points that out so what youre saying is that you do blame with the authors where they were you do agree excuse me with the authors where they seem to be blaming the u. S. For the for these numbers why is the u. S. Going to simply because every country that didnt. Come understood and american war you know they were not for the war in abundance and we would not see the outflow of use were it not for the war an invasion and occupation of iraq we would not see you know a flood of iraqi refugees going not only to European Union but into syria which then into the conflagration of the Syrian Civil War there if not for American Intervention in the region. Simply wouldnt exist. So these reports actually make a difference when it comes to implementing or pressuring policy changes. Thats a 1000000 dollar question gary and the honest answer is no it doesnt really make it different but again. Its to be able to you know give every single living human being. Dignity that they deserve you know we talk about you know 30000000 refugees around the world weve sort of we lose the fact that theyre all human beings you know. Their native country this report showed that in somalia for example 46 percent of the population of somalia was displaced since 2002 because of American Intervention and that you have a country not living in the same homes that they lived 10 years ago so you know we cant you know we cant alter or emphasize the impact that the brown and black lives around the world how concerned should the International Community be because like youre saying beyond these numbers there are real human impacts of displacement. And thats what were going to be seen for generations very for example in the European Union you know weve seen. In countries like germany france and the u. K. And italy you know the refugees versus the migrants you know right wing you know all turn out as european politicians you know are framing this as a migrant zone these people are coming out of their free will and were under International Law if they recognize that the refugees that they are there actually afford it automatic International Real protections in their host countries and so you know millions and millions of people. Are not only at stake now in their new adopted home countries but we also have to understand the impact on the origins you know where all of these crises began right Arsalan Iftikhar we thank you very much for speaking to us from sterling thank you. Thank you very. Now top United Nations officials are warning of an increase in conflict and insecurity if more is not done to address the coronavirus pandemic secretary general antonio gets harris has been calling for a global 90 days ceasefire calling covert 19 a common enemy threatening all of mankind persons salumi has been following discussions at the headquarters in new york. The Security Council has been getting a briefing from some of the uns top officials and humanitarian affairs peacekeeping affairs and Political Affairs and its a pretty bleak picture not only is the violence continuing efforts to help conflict and do away with conflict are struggling because of restrictions placed on. Diplomats and so on because of the coronavirus so we heard from rosemary de carlo the Political Affairs corner that there was some initial cessation of hostilities in country countries after the un 1st called for the ceasefire about 2 months ago but that is pretty much fallen apart weve seen that in countries like yemen and libya where conflict and violence is still ongoing she gave an example of syria where talks had to stop peace talks had to stop before resuming because some of the participants came down with kovac but the really bleak picture comes on the humanitarian front undersecretary general mark lowcock who heads up humanitarian affairs for the United Nations said that conflict prone countries with existing refugee and humanitarian issues already make up about a 3rd of cases of coronavirus globally and a 3rd of desk globally and those numbers he said are probably much under represented in the totals because testing is so limited in these areas and we can now speak to mark local hes the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator he is joining us from new york things. So much for your time giving it to us or tom and al jazeera so its been more than 2 months since the Security Council indoors the secretary generals call for a global sation of hostilities and also a 90 day humanitarian pause to help the fight against coverts what are you seeing on the ground in conflict zones in places that are most in need of aid well as my colleagues and i told the Security Council that if they were always seeing the impact of the coronavirus and then make a scene in a complex and things these humanitarian places than anywhere else in the world and also that is getting worse and the other thing were seeing as again we said to the Security Council he says that compared with previous crises the risk from the wider International Community is much weaker and same way reassuring really an alarm call to arms and encouraging powerful countries that are represented on the Security Council to do some of the things theyve done in a year crises to deal with programs especially to make great 2 years that have fantastic capabilities and results in the International Financial institutions to come to the aid of these very poor countries so what are the specific acts and then should the council take. Firstly the council should with all the Member States of the un fully fund the remaining 7500000000. 00 a day year ends global humanitarian Response PlanCouncil Members should use their influence which is huge collectively. Ok full compliance with the cease fire as the sector general has called for and Council Members should use their influence to bring the International Financial institutions march more fully to the aid of these poor countries who are suffering huge economic contract and no witness saying a disastrous decline in their basic health and other services. What about the 90 day humanitarian pause in your opinion should it be extended yes i think that would be very valuable one of the consequences mostly unintended of a lot of down measures countries have taken is that its been much harder to keep from i know you were. In a in the front line of course conflict and find saying simply adds to the difficulty of keeping those people when they are thousands all stuff in the u. S. And have called the coronavirus some of lost their lives in trying to come to the aid of a release have those people also attacked by men with guns and. Its really a terrible thing at this time when what everybody should be focused on is saving lives and protecting the vulnerable and trying to recover from the pandemic and when you look at countries like yemen for example desperately in need of aid whats that need to be taken to improve humanitarian access there. While all of the parties in yemen need to live up to their own think ations under International Humanitarian law the man with the gardens and the bombs need for them them but the other thing we do need as you alluded to a proper funding for our appeal for yemen weve had to haul off the number of yemenis specially women and children who we give food to every month because were running out of money were closing. Stations way closing clinics way of closing down lots of programs that would keep people alive the same because weve been asked and money and i do think that the countries in the gulf region where you are speaking to me from today have a particular responsibility to. Lifesaving programs at the level they date in 20182019 because the problems are not better all right so i will leave it there mark local thank you very much for speaking to us on aljazeera. Much more to come on the aljazeera news hour including laying it down in the new book that reveals how donald trump concealed the real threat of coronavirus defying government orders ethiopias to agree region goes ahead with Regional Elections despite the Prime Minister calling the vote illegal. And sports news the you know messi continues his reintegration of course alone after failing to force a move to another club. But 1st severe flooding in sudan has killed at least 110 people with the nile river reaching unprecedented high levels hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes are desperate for help ever morgan reports in the capital hearts. This is how i never had to arrive to the doorstep of her home these days she comes to see if the water which flooded it nearly 2 weeks ago has receded the yard which was once dry and where she used to spend most of her evenings is still covered with water from the river which is now steady after rising to levels not seen in more than a century they have slowed down in the senate in ways that we were surprised this year when the waters entered our neighborhood and we didnt know what to do there are no sandbags there is no want to come and help us with whats happening we decided to act on our own lives and bring sandbags but we found the water coming in from all directions as much of never had a neighborhood in the southern part of sudans capital khartoum is now flooded some homes have collapsed as a result of the force of the water as the river which was once nearly 3 kilometers away became one with the area the levels of the nile started rising 3 weeks ago causing destruction as it flooded its banks and flowed into villages and towns more than 100 people have died in the past month as a result and more than 100000 homes have been damaged or destroyed more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced most left their homes with the help of their neighbors who also lost their homes in bad guys are ready the people here are struggling despite all the difficulties were helping each other out because we cant abandon each other we grew up together so we cant just turn our backs on each other and we have to make sure that everyone here gets out so i flee because were part of one neighborhood one neighborhood in the midst of doze