A moment. But. Charged with undermining National Security better russian protest leader Maria Kolesnik over could go to prison for up to 5 years. 100 pound has a new Prime Minister the emperor has a preview actually had a suit as appointment his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. With the sports news the former head of world since found guilty of corruption. Was sentenced to 2 years in prison at the trial in paris the full story coming up. Now a 2 prong to whether assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires in one part of the country and rushing to avoid to be a flooding in another. Slow moving Hurricane Sally is a nation heavy rain and catastrophic flooding on the gulf coast and another powerful storm is also brewing in the atlantic hurricane teddy could have been near as early as this weekend and theyre just 2 of 7 storms currently moving across the atlantic with 5 of them categorized as Tropical Storms its only the 2nd time on record that this has happened the last time was back in 1991 on the other side of the u. S. In oregon a federal disaster has been declared as wildfires continue to battle forcing people out of their homes. In oregon where more than 2000000 hectares of land have already been burned will speak to him and just a moment but fast alexy obrien has more on the situation on the on the gulf coast. Early morning in mobile alabama brought a battering from Hurricane Sally. Trees uprooted or splinted by the howling wind city streets piled with daybreak only a few braving the elements to survey the damage and stop what could be a lone cleanup. Making landfall as a category 2 storm its not sally size thats the main concern but its speed moving so slowly its threatening days of rain with forecasters talking of life threatening flooding still to come jordan muse fled her mobile home in pensacola florida to shelter in a hotel it is under water boarding. As the storm moved in the wind packed a punch leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power the driving rain swamped streets and surges of sea water cools flash floods dozens of people had to be rescued from their homes rebuilt to have a lot of. Sally is the 2nd hurricane to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and one of the busiest hurricane seasons ever earlier this week sally was just one of 5 storms chanting in the atlantic hurricane tate is developing out at sea with forecasters predicting it could become a catastrophic catch agree for storm and. As weve been saying storms are the only Natural Disaster country affecting the u. S. Several states on the west coast are still battling record fires of course want to rob reynolds joins me now from portland in oregon rob thats quite the ominous scene where you are those fires have been raging for days now how are all of ours hes theyre coping still. Well this nazi of the people of oregon got some welcome good news today firefighters are making progress on a number of the major fires and one of the most destructive ones the socalled tell me to fire in Southern Oregon is now 100 percent contained this improvement is due in large part to favorable weather conditions its gotten much more humid the temperature has dropped and thats true in large part to the fact that because of this fall of smoke over the entire region the suns rays can reach the 4th floor and warm up the debris and fuel that would otherwise burn this thick blanket of smoke is also causing Health Problems there well talk more about that in a few moments but there are thousands of people who are still have been evacuated theyre living in friends homes or relatives homes in motels some sleeping in their own horrors and its been a 2nd week now of this type of situation dozens of fires have charred as you mentioned more than 2000000 hectares and there have been 8 deaths associated with the fires here in oregon now there are 16 people missing. Rather that smoke around you look so noxious i see its even made its way to the other side of the country even been detected across the Atlantic Ocean how are people there on the ground dealing with it. Well good. People are dealing with it as best that they can theres this really no way to avoid it there has been a 10 percent increase in admissions to oregon hospital Emergency Rooms for people with breathing problems people who have asthma or other lung diseases are really suffering and its these small microscopic particles of not only would slow but also the smoke from burning cars and you know toxic plastics and other things that are burned in these towns that are all in the air and that can get into your lungs it can even get into your bloodstream i talked to a man who is fullest who is walking along the shore there will land at river here in portland a few moments ago he said at one point he was coughing up brown material and even blood so its very dangerous indeed we have more information now on the overall situation with regard to the west coast wildfires in this report. Theres not much left of talent in phoenix in Southern Oregon the ferocious wildfires of recent days have reduced most of the 2 small towns to ashes the worst thing ive ever stayed in my life its the same up and down the west coast near Boulder Creek california dozens of homes were incinerated heaps of rubble and covered chimneys and burned out vehicles all that remain near los angeles the socalled bobcat fire is only minimally contained it is burning close to the famed mt wilson astronomical observatory and outlying suburbs 23000 firefighters are battling dozens of major fires in california and oregon more than 4000 houses have burned in california alone and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and drifting over it all a choking shroud of smoke and ash. Its making skies hazy as far away as new york Portland Seattle and San Francisco now have some of the worst air quality on the planet we started to read that and 95 rather than just that quatermass because that ash in s. T. K. To oregon 50 kilometers from Portland Police are allowing residents to return to their homes and assess the damage fires on this scale are unheard of in this part of war this is never happened i mean weve had fires you know open up in the national forth before theyve never been this close to canada and ive lived here 33 years theyve never been this close to me candy evacuated days ago but her home is a total loss haslam stranger call you on the phone and tell you that your house is burning its a total loss is its not something you want to wake up to. Amid the destruction signs of strength and resilience this is another aspect of this terrible disaster people coming together to support one another with donations of free food water and other necessities organizers say so many donations have poured in here they can barely give it all away. People here say they all have to look out for one another oh it is still eating all of us. Breads that anything that we can do to help out families that are needed now thank you you know with the fires and everything weve kind of need to make sure that were helping out as much as we can some of the organs fires are now partly contained helped by fever will weather but the trees will likely continue to burn until the autumn rains begin in earnest weeks from now robert oulds aljazeera has to cater orgon. Moving on now and a bell a russian protest leader who disappeared after being detained by masked men has now been charged with undermining National SecurityMaria Kolesnikov is in jail and minsk off to ripping up her passport to avoid being sent to ukraine by force and before her arrest you played a major role in organizing demonstrations against long time nida and xander luka shanker hes accused of rigging last months president ial election our correspondents basson is in the capital minsk she says almost all of the Opposition Leaders have now either been locked up or forced to flee these charges are actually quite brought to call for action aimed at undermining National Security instead of what the police earlier sat was a coup detat which was of course much harder to prove but still she is facing 2 to 5 years in prison she was indeed the last 3 male Opposition Leader still in the country and because she ripped up her prosperous overreading being deported to ukraine she gets turned tear into a National Leader the Opposition Movement is not really relying on its leaders to be honest so it wont affect the protests that we have been seeing in the last couple of weeks in fact only one of the opposition members of the council that was a created to have this Transitional Government by the opposition is now still free and here in a ballerinas and shes in fact being protected by european diplomats 24 sevenths so they come to her house to make sure that shes also not being arrested well we can now speak to dhamma tell us a grammar so shes a lecturer and the department of war studies at Kings College london and she joins us on skype from their home until as step was just saying their protests are set to continue where is the protest movement now is it just so organic that its functioning well without distinct leadership figures. Yes i mean this movement the Street Movement has always functioned certain extent independently although of course as we know for example because she participated in a lot of the marches and she joined the protest inspired the organization was struck such an extent autonomous from them although these individuals who form the council they certainly played an Important Role and they continue to play. As far as i can think of even though they are not actively play not part there is a possibility that eventually they could be more relevant in the future because i think the protesters are not going to be bop. Despite these announcements are regarded. That so i think that you know there is a very high chance that the protesters are going to be very much and bold and very much upset by these neurons and the protest against their protests are going to continue what we have seen these charges against class could have a do you see the government actually following through on all of this might that not just be more of a rallying call for further protests. Exactly i mean theyre probably going to i mean look actually it was probably going to try to follow through whether its also a lot of pressure for on him coming also from moscow from the kremlin to create some sort of. Constitutional reform which would allow i think potentially for him eventually to hand in power so it may be that there is a more effective parliamentary and different kind of leadership which would also be potentially acceptable to live below the ocean people so i think we really dont really know what this is going to lead to. The situation changes very much day to day and i think your question god knows that hes not going to stay forever he even recognized that himself. In the meeting on monday with. Made it very clear that some kind of reform was necessary inside the rules and i think that could also involve the releasing of some of these figures who have become so relevant and so symbolic because thats the only way also to sort of arm down the protesters to be have these people some kind of role in a future bigger rules so i want to tell you that meeting im sorry time until i because im curious about the level of confidence that is feeling right now i mean especially after that meeting with president putin you mentioned the potential constitutional change i mean there is tension in that relationship too how do you see that meeting as having gone. Well i mean it depends on what side you look at i mean from the russian perspective it went well because the russians have a much weakened to gush and go who are now cannot play a both sides you know russia the west versus each other and you know to a certain extent has to abide a bit to war to the kremlin is telling him to do in exchange of course for not only Political Support support for him as a president of miller rose but also for economic support and Financial Support which is so relevant for the russian economy at the moment so from the perspective of look or shame call it is positive in the short term because he gets the necessary support that he needs but also it would be interesting to see what what he has to give in exchange because at the moment nothing has been said about for example potentially. An airbase a russian airbase at being set up in belarus which is something that the russians have been wanting for many years very little has been saying. For example about military participation or some other integration between. Russia but these are things that could come later on in the pipeline i mean what is very clever he knows that if he now pushes along the lines of integration further integration between the 2 countries or pushing for a military basically only upset at the below russians further. The kremlin has really tread a very fine line trying to make sure that it is it to a certain extent supporting the other shango but also shameful some kind of change which is people are demanding he doesnt want to appear as someone who is completely indifferent to their demands of the bigger ocean people still i think the situation is tricky for balls because very much will depend on. What happens on the ground at that moment it seemed as though they are you know. To a certain extent and control but hes incapable of stopping these demonstrations despite hes very violent indeed and will continue watching the situation on the ground very close to tell us i agree most are there from Kings College london thank you for being with us great to get your insights again here on out is there. Thank you very. Well there is plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including south africa eases coronavirus lockdown restrictions well take a look at just whats changing. And find out what the u. S. Congress had to say about boeing last years 2 crashes involving its 737 max plane that killed 346 people. And in sports south americas biggest Club Football tournament returns despite the coronavirus pandemic. Malis military crew leaders have yet to commit to demands made by west african mediators who are trying to resolve political crisis eko us gave the joint to 18 months to hand over power to a civilian government in exchange sanctions would be lifted but only if the military puts together a Transition Team within days when i speak now to our correspondent he joins us from the senegalese capital dhaka nic i believe weve just been hearing from the military gentle what if they had to say. Thats right their spokesperson wouldnt a Lieutenant Colonel want to go and took to the press then whats interesting during that press conference is no live transmission was allowed of the press or perhaps for security reason it took place in catty which is their military base just outside of bomb might go outside or spouses and wives 1 of the soldiers chanting their support of the military basically the point of this press conference is to show unity to show that theyre in charge and to speak in one voice theres been criticism in part of the 1000000 population especially from the m 5 the Opposition Movement that the meeting with the west African Leaders was a failure according to Lieutenant Colonel was going to it wasnt a failure it was a success just by the fact that they were met and received by west African Leaders well for them that gives them some sense of legitimacy now they have to nominate by tuesday a new president and a new Prime Minister and those 2 that will be appointed cannot be members of the military there but also a Vice President and if they dont do so lieutenant was going to war and that what would happen is that the west african countries have the ability to fix eate mali and completely shut down this. Countrys in fact you know here in senegal 60 percent of its exports go to mali so theres a lot at stake for balance but also for neighboring countries listen into what colonel was going to have to say. But. We did not go to a cross to make a decision and for the moment we cannot make an announcement we ask to have more time to return to our country to meet and discuss to put a committee in place here all positions and allow the committee to make a decision i think it certainly sounds like theres going to be at least some kind of the delay so where does all of this leave any kind of the transition where do they go from here. Well they have just a few days to try to find a president a Prime Minister and so they said just just as we heard that theyre going to appoint a committee now that will decide on who will be the president and who will be the Prime Minister and who will be the Vice President now who will be members of that committee but we dont know will that be members of the military jones out will they be appointed from members of Civil Society or the opposition it seems that its an additional hurdle for this military leadership that seeking to gain recognition remember the context in which this is taking place i mean we saw a military coup on the 18th of august in a country where we have one of the most powerful armies of europe we have the 4000 french troops we have the biggest deployment of german soldiers outside of germany here in mali we have 14000 u. N. Peacekeeping tro