A warning for wildlife a new report says nature is being destroyed act on a nun a great. Record fires are raging along the west coast of north america from mexico to canada at least 7 people have died in the u. S. In the past day including a one year old baby the fire season is also worse than usual in brazils Amazon Region during the 1st week of september more than 8000 blazes were reported would have more on that shortly but 1st reynolds has the latest from los angeles. From montana to the mexico border huge swaths of the western u. S. Are burning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers have burned in california colorado arizona montana oregon utah and washington all were experiencing this year is simply without precedent the small town of mold. And in Eastern Washington was almost completely incinerated by a wind driven wildfire authorities are searching the rubble unsure whether all of the towns approximately 300. 00 residents made it out alive in medford oregon a fire swept through of mobile Home Community reducing it to a burned out hell scape of ash and twisted metal resident regina hill lost everything she own and. What youre wearing right now this is. Powerful winds are spreading the oregon fires the governor invoked Emergency Powers to marshal more resources in california high winds are also fanning the flames 14000 firefighters are out on the front lines in california where 28 major fires have scorched over 100000 hectors tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from several of the largest fires in the States History a big fire in San Diego County is moving dangerously close to Populated Areas we have a Sleeping Giant that is in the back country California National guard helicopters flew hundreds of stranded campers and back country residents to safety relatives welcomed the rescued after an anxious night long wait it was so we dont know crying but there will be tears the smoke and ash in the atmosphere cast a blow over San Francisco in an eerie orange light air quality in parts of the bay area was labeled hazardous whats behind the many conflagrations bone dry brush and trees following years of intermittent drought low humidity combined with a broiling heat wave in recent days and above all high seasonal winds blowing down from the mountains provide a singular recipe for disaster rob and all. Los angeles well as we mentioned brazils amazon rainforest is also burning fires of the gun spreading into untouched areas as monica yucky reports. It often starts like this a person setting fire to dry bush under forested land. Then the original good to be that we dont want to destroy peoples lives were just clearing a little bit of land to plant something to eat and a little bit of grass to feed a cow. But the results can be disastrous with flames spiraling out of control clouds of smoke in brazils amazon are common side during the dry season but this week they have grown and fires are spreading into untouched areas during the 1st week of september more than 8000 fires were reported in this part of the amazon thats twice the number of fires spread just to join the same period last year more worrying still a quarter of the major blazes have spread to the virgin rain forest theres 2 major types of major fires or see a lot of the fires are just smoking indicators of previous deforestation are a lagging indicator previous deforestation now quarter of the fires as early as of yesterday are now forest fires that is fires that are burning large amounts of. Us across the brazilian amazon matt finers n. G. O. S on conservation spotted the change after analyzing satellite images he says the situation will only get worse as the dry season intensifies in august there were an average of 18 major blazes a day during the 1st week of september that number went up to 53 brazils government has been facing increasing International Pressure to protect the rain forest from illegal logging years land grabbers and cattle ranchers but brazilian investors are also pushing for better policies remember a zillion banks have joined the campaign to protect the amazon theyve agreed to stop financing meat Packing Companies that buy cattle from rancher who destroyed the forest park craze theyre great fun. But the amazon isnt the only region in peril fires have also. Been burning in the front of the Worlds Largest wetland threatening endangered species since january roughly 23000 square kilometers have been burned in the area 30 times the size of new york city mine and give of just sirrah rio de janeiro. President trump has admitted he knowingly played down the threat of the corona virus even though he knew it was deadly admission is made in a series of interviews with Journalist Bob Woodward for a book to be released later this month as opponent in the members election joe biden has accused the president of lying to the American People michaela reports from washington. The white house is once again at the center of a political storm as it emerges that President Trump whats were you briefed about the dangers of the coronavirus by the tiny thing president in a phone conversation on the 6th of february this is part of the compensation recorded by Journalist Bob Woodward for his book the following day said goes through air but thats always tougher than the touch another touch you dont have to touch things right but the air you just read the air thats how its passed and so thats a very tricky one thats a very delicate one is also more deadly than your you know your even your strenuous flues this is more deadly this is 5 per you know this is 5 percent versus one percent and less than one percent you know so this is deadly stuff its 3 days later president competent the American Public that the virus now working hard looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer and miraculously goes away i hope thats true in another recording on the 17th of mont the president pills would with the paul owing well i think really to be honest were here i want you to i wanted to. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic president who counted the job i didnt dismisses the 3 thinning insisting the president has done guilty of lying to the American People you had your permission he knew how dangerous he was while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do his job on purpose. It was a life or death betrayal of the American People experts say if youd acted just just one week shooter 36000 people would have been saved if you acted 2 weeks suitor back in march 54000 lives would have been spared march and april alone but now President Trump continues to insist he saw and sees his role as a killer the last thing you want to do is create a panic in the country this was a horrible thing it was sent to us by china should not have happened should never have happened this is a disgusting terrible situation that was foisted upon us and we have to show we just dont want to use the best word is panic we dont want to have to show panic were not going to show panic and thats exactly what i did as the death toll in the United States 200000 the latest revelations also certain to people the debate about President Trumps response to the virus old lock up it it can no longer be argued that President Trump did not know of the dangers posed by the virus and the response of an American People that have been publicly misled may well be measured in the november poll mike hanna aljazeera washington for Us State Department top official for the middle east says there may be progress in resolving the 3 year blockade of qatar David Schenker says he expects movement on the issue in a matter of weeks u. A. E. Saudi arabia bahrain egypt will sever ties with qatar in 2017 fires are again burning near a refugee camp in greece which was all but destroyed by overnight blazes its left thousands of people without shelter but locals abetting them for starting the fire as officials believe refugees who were forced to self isolate after testing positive may have committed in protest John Psaropoulos reports. This was one of europes largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there today for parts but. There are. Hundreds of thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form a makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to very very different chord. 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Or purport far more you know has come 3rd were told me one who is living here because this problem but if i may be dead now is you know the camp had housed more than 12000 people in cramped unsanitary conditions designed for a quarter of that number of conditions in which coronavirus could easily flourish we are extremely worried not only 4 to 40 percent children even muddier who are currently on the streets but in particular we need to think also more than 200 people live in the camp who are at particular risk for her because of their age or because of that would mean that if they get infected the will be much more sick than the rest of the population and so as far as we know right now those 200 are next in the big group of 30000 who are basically at loss in the streets in 20152016 hundreds of thousands of people risk to 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 moria camp a problem the greek government has long said it shouldnt have to. We dont. Believe that a bad experience can quickly turn into an opportunity for a better reality and this will happen in less boss once a damaging maria has been assessed and in consultation with the European Commission we will take concrete initiatives our Party Remains the health and safety of president s and migrants with nowhere else to go there was little to do but sit and wait. The government many as 300000. 00 people will have to be really housed in tents municipal facilities and on board ships but just 24 hours after the fire that destroyed the official morea camp a new fire was lit and the numbers of people in need of shelter are now likely to be far higher. Aljazeera lesbos time for a short break here and ill just say that when we come back dominating the summit u. S. Secretary of state but. Meeting to get out of china. People in northern ethiopia have voted in an election that the federal government is unable on the stand. And theyre mostly house and dr coles across much of the middle east but we have seen in the last several days as yet more showers and thunderstorms across the fossils and west of yemen and have a look at this because this is in the fall northwest on the rains have been particularly heavy and also a very prolonged and has led to widespread flooding as you can see him now there are a few more showers in the forecast as we go through thursday will see as a cloud developing across saudi and those showers likely running all the way down at the western side to the north is still very hot the temperatures acca up into the high fortys across into baghdad but the winds a generally fairly light but at least finally the temperatures beginning to slowly come down. Across into jerusalem now central africa. But for the next couple of days its really going to be coastal areas where we see the heaviest rains and the showers coastal areas across eastern madagascar and then really all the way from mozambique up through a towns there right the way along towards somalia another front just sliding by the south of south africa game bringing a few showers there and quite a a difference in temperatures sunny warm day in capetown on friday you can see here for the next few days plenty of sunshine maybe cooler on sunday with one or 2 showers and generally staying fine and dry ground into port elizabeth. A face can tell a story without touching a single one. And knowing. Going to. A simple time. In 4 months. The unconventionality applying witness through the lens of the human eye. Is what inspired some. Witness documentaries on how to 0. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on aljazeera fire warnings are in place along the entire west coast of north america from mexico to canada 7 people have died in the last 24 hours the states of california oregon and washington are the worst affected. Newly released all your recordings revealed u. S. President donald trump admitted downplaying the threat from code 19 in public that he knew how deadly it was the recordings are from interviews with the Journalist Bob Woodward in march. And fires are again burning close to a greek refugee camp that was all but destroyed by overnight blazes thousands of refugees have been left homeless of moriah camp on the island of less force. Now u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has accused beijing of not respecting Democratic Values and urged asian nations to act against its influence in the region Foreign Ministers from the 10 nation bloc have been holding a delayed summit online its hosted by vietnam and us china rivalry has dominated discussions along with the coronavirus pandemic and the territorial feud in the South China Sea it is eating those who respect the fundamental Democratic Values or those that sure im in the Church Independent sovereignty quality here are true integrity and National Identity day to day i say keep going dont just speak out but. We consider business dealings with the very state and companies that really are c. M. Goes all states in the south china city will work to the Chinese Communist party walk over us and our people and scott id like joins us live now from the thai capital bangkok scott so its day 2 of this new virtual format talk us through what we can expect today from the leaders. Then roll that sound bite we just heard from u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo that was that one of these bilateral meetings the Foreign Ministers of these 10 nations speaking with their counterparts at one nation the 1st one today was the United States also throughout the day there going to be more new zealand Canada Australia also very important players in the region here now as you mentioned yes there has been kind of a partial hijacking if you will of the discussions because of the tension between the United States and china but also the both of those superpowers did mention before they got into kind of the tit for tat that we just heard they were commending on the they were commenting on how well the nations here these 10 nations in the osce and walk have been handling the covert situation but there are many challenges ahead as they said that they handle things well theyre also saying that they will be behind these 10 nations here now to discuss this further lets bring in benjamin as a walker who is with the Asia Foundation here in bangkok benjamin thank you very much as always you know before we went on there you and i were discussing kind of the importance in the history of aussie on and that is to give these tens 10 nations one voice particularly in these very difficult times how important is that all is extremely important to United States audience and charlie for the United States its critical for the u. S. To sort of prevail in this tit for tat and for these policy debates and practices in Southeast Asia and in the South China Sea for china its quite the opposite weve seen ever since it introduced its 9 dash line about a decade ago that its its approach has been to deal bilaterally with all xian states as opposed to multilaterally as opposed to collectively not necessarily as a sort of divide and conquer approach but thats certainly been the effect and were seeing the results of that today in the inability for for for the whole of us eon to speak with one voice instead were seeing different pockets if you will of the on sort of pushing back against the china position and others wanting to stay a bit more neutral and when in that same subject when you look at the United States moves over maybe the last month or so and then what we see moving forward their posture the. Its posture when it comes to dealing with you know these 10 nations independently or as a bloc and whats going on in the South China Sea they have also kind of change their position if you will they have they have sort of clarify their position to bring it more in line with the 26000. 00 decision of the International Maritime tribunal which essentially ruled that most if not all of chinas claims in the South China Sea are unlawful what the u. S. Is not sayin