As the u. K. Government says they would bypass parts of their divorce agreement with the eu. Im in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river, and i will be telling you about the impact of the flood on neigighborhoods anand the govert response. Hello, and welcome to the program. New details are emerging about anw a prominent belarusi Opposition Leader was snatched from the streets in minsk. After the disappearance of maria, her whereabouts remain unknown. It is claimed unidentified men forced her across the border into ukraine, but she tore up her passport so she couldnt read couldnt leave belarus. Arriving at the ukrainian border, three opposition activists, two men and one woman. The driver and another man inside had been arrested in the capital not long before she was detained. They had been told they would be prosecuted if they didnt cross the border. The pair explained what happened. As soon she got into the car and saw her passport in front of her, she ripped it up into small pieces. Then she got out through the rear window and started walking towards the belarusian border. The Border Committee confirmed she is being held by the belarusian authorities. From exile in lithuania, she has used a video link with the council of europe, the right spot the in strasburg, to call for tough action against the belarusian government. We need International Pressure on this regime, this one individual clinging onto power. Individualstions on who issue and execute criminal orders that violate International Norms and human rights. In the meantime, the street protests and the crackdown continue. Securityle try to stop forces taking away demonstrators who called for her release. Such things happen every day now. More than 600 people were detained on sunday according to the ministry of internal affairs for participating in peaceful demonstrations. The list of Political Prisoners is growing. Nofor now, the protests show sign of dying down, but neither does the governments determination to silence opposition figures. Barbara despite mass protests, belaruss president lukashenko says he wont step down from power, but he hasnt ruled out holding an early president ial election. In ahenko claimed victory landslide that his opponents say was rigged. The announcement of the results triggered weeks of historic protests across the country. G7 Foreign Ministers have condemned in the strongest possible terms what they have described as the confirmed poisoning of kremlin critic alexey navalny. Chief is urging moscow to investigate the attack. Navalny is out of a medicallyinduced coma and is responding to doctors. German experts say he was poisoned by the nerve agent novichok. In light of the assertion by german specialists that they have unequivocal proof that the highas poisoned, commissioner is urging the government of the Russian Federation to carry out or fully cooperate with a thorough, transparent, and independent investigation. The number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on foreign soil over the past two decades is disturbing. Barbara many have called it genocide. Now to soldiers from myanmar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal court. There are reports the two men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of roy inge muslims. Fortify rights says it has seen taped confessions from to soldiers who say they deserted from the myanmar army. The men admitted to massacres, rapes, and the destruction of royhinga villages. More from the hague. We are hearing reports that they might have arrived here on monday. Officially, the courts deny that , which isn custody probably the case they are in a Witness Protection Program at the Prosecutors Office. The Prosecutors Office is independent from the court. So far, there hasnt been any arrest warrant against these individuals from myanmar. The icc has a significant Protection Program for witnesses, so if they are here, it is likely the courts have helped them get a visa, travel to the netherlands, and provide assistance during their stay, but the Prosecutors Office says they cant confirm any of this information while this investigation is ongoing. They also urge everyone not to speculate. You have to understand this is very sensitive. Its a crime against humanity. What happened in myanmar is and ifed as genocide, confirmed true, these would be the first two confirmed testimonies from the military in myanmar. There is a lot of concern for the safety of these two people, the former soldiers, so the court and Prosecutors Office is not confirming if they are actually here in the hague. Junk june hasmed covered the crisis extensively and says myanmars army used brutal methods to drive the Muslim Minority from their state. Fortify rights is an International Human rights group. They have viewed this video. They obtained it from the eric on army. Fighting the government of myanmar for greater autonomy in the region, and they say the video shows the confession of soldiers, foot soldiers, and these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages, that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military, including senior commanders, and in these confessions, they talk about the Clearance Operations in which they killed numerous villagers and participated in rapes of village women. This is all very disturbing, and of course, i have been told by members of other Rights Groups that what is being described in these videos very much fits the pattern of testimonies taken from Rohingya Refugees over the years as far as the atrocities committed against them when the brutal crackdown by myanmars military began in august of 2017. Leaders inp police new yorks thirdlargest sitter he are retiring en masse. Erupted inprotests rochester after details emerged about the death of africanamerican daniel prude in march. Prudes family released video of his arrest, which showed police putting a hood over his head as he knelt naked and restrained on the street. He died a week later after being taken off life support. A britishiranian aid worker jailed for allegedly spying and iran faces new charges after being summoned by an iranian court. He was arrested in april 2016 at an airport in tehran as she headed back to the u. K. She was sentenced to five years in jail for allegedly trying to overthrow irans establishment. The u. K. Government says it may break International Law in an attempt to change the brexit deal related to northern island. Johnsonnister boris plans to impose a unilateral interpretation of how arrangements will work. The head of the u. K. Governments Illegal Department has quit in response, and the pound has fallen sharply as the prospect of a nodeal exit increases. There have been several rounds of talks already, and mutual suspicion has grown. Sticking points over trade to do with things like state aid and a ministeren before confirmed the u. K. Intends to break International Law by reneging on parts of the divorce agreement with the European Union it already signed up to. I would say to my friend, yes, it does break International Law in a specific and limited way. Taking action to disempower that. Like the eu, some senior conservatives were left asking, who will trust the u. K. In the future . How can the government reassure future International Partners that the u. K. Can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations that the agreement signed . When Boris Johnson signed the agreement, which led to the u. K. Exiting the eu, it all seemed done and dusted. The trade border would be in the irish sea, thereby keeping the border between ireland and Northern Ireland open. Risksng away at it now destabilizing the entire process with fewer than four months left to finalize a whole set of trade arrangements. Quite apart from all of this leading to yet another rift within the conservative party, critics argue the principle of breaking International Law is anarchic and resist questions about the credibility of the u. K. In wider ways. The legislation will go before parliament on wednesday. It may fail, but the damage might have already been done. Come, the u. K. To town ofwn pubs in the bolton due to a surge in coronavirus cases and limits social gatherings to six people across the country. Helicopters rescue residents trapped by wildfires in california. Two dozen blazes are burning uncontained across the state. A fairly cloudy picture across much of southern australia. You can see this long line of clouds. A few showers generally on the losing end of that front. It should continue to carry through new south wales. Its a day in between across the west. The showers are pushing and certainly by thursday, the temperature coming down. Quite a cloudy day, but those showers are fastmoving. Ahead of this front, it is warming up across the southeast. Adelaide the next few days, it will warm up, and then the front comes through. Temperatures dipping down just below the average. For sydney, it is fairly cool with those showers. They will clear. That is when it will warm. Then we head up towards asia, and this is the remnants of what was the typhoon. This will sit here for the next couple days. It could once again lead to some localized flooding, and the rain is quite heavy throughout the korean peninsula, particularly through japan. For much of china, its a bit of a repeat on thursday across central areas of hung shoe. Barbara time for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. New details are emerging about how a prominent bella ro b elarusian Opposition Leader was snatched from the streets in minsk. Heldsts have been demanding her release. Two soldiers from myanmar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal court. Human rights group Fortify Rights says it has seen a taped confession from them, admitting to massacres and rapes of the rohingya. The u. K. Government says it may attempt to change the brexit deal related to northern. The head of the uks Legal Department has resigned in response. We are staying in the u. K. The surge of Coronavirus Infections is causing major concern to the government. Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced new restrictions reducing the number of people allowed to meet socially from 30 to 6. There are stronger localized measures in the town of bolton. Raa curfew is being imposed aftr new figures showed cases dramatically rising over the past three days. Paul brennan reports. Weeks ago, the infection rate in bolton was just 15 cases per 100,000 people. Perit has leapt to 120 100,000. On tuesday morning, this northern englishtown introduced new restrictions on household gatherings. By the afternoon, the infection rate forced the council to extend that to restaurants, cafes, bars, and pubs, all of them only open for take away, and they must close by 10 00 p. M. To be fair to the general public, many of whom who have been going about their business, they will find this frustrating. We are not able to say specifically, it is this business or that factory or this part of the bauer, but again, the realities are it is going up. We have to be responsible and take action. Paul the uks chief medical officer warned in july that britain was reaching the limits up, andpening tradeoffs might be necessary. Last month, the Prime Minister said pubs and restaurants might have to close to keep schools open. That decision has now been taken. Hospitality venues and the young people who attend them have been the focus of Covid Concerns in many european countries. In the u. K. , 30 of new infections are people in their 20s. In bolton, 90 are in the age group between 18 and 49. Pub the Anthony Walsh is on the front lines and says every night is a struggle. They dont care. They refuse to wear a mask. There is no social distancing whatsoever. Its ridiculous, disgusting. Paul summed to observe the warnings. Most College Students in the town center were wearing masks. I know quite a lot of people think they are not going to get it, but it doesnt matter if you are physically fit. If you get it, you get it. People dont really know what is going on because they are not really informed. Theres not much you can do about it. Paul many people complain the governments rules seem complicated and contradictory and difficult to observe. You cant haves members of your family, grandchildren come to your home, but go to a restaurant. The concern of the government is people have relaxed too much since the uks lockdown was eased. The rising infections will soon put pressure on hospitals as the busy winter period comes. Paul brennan, al jazeera. For one of the leading Coronavirus Vaccine hopes has reportedly been put on hold. A suspected adverse reaction from a trial participant has led to the suspension of the astrazeneca and university of oxford trial. Ae news was reported by spokesperson from astrazeneca who said it standard review process triggered a review of safety data. It is not yet clear who placed a hold on the trial. Is one of Nine Companies which have pledged not to rush u. S. Government approval for Coronavirus Vaccines. The Companies Say the drugs will not be cemented for approval unless they are proved safe. The promise follows suggestions from u. S. President donald trump that a vaccine could be out as early as november right before election day. Staying with president trump, he has extended a ban on offshore drilling along florida, georgia, and south carolina. Drilling is a key political concern for states like florida, a must win state for the president s reelection. The announcement is a reversal of administration policy. Trump expanded offshore drilling in 2018. Today, i have a very important announcement. I dont know if it is bigger than the things we Just Announced or have already done or are in the process of completing. In a few moments, i will sign a president ial order extending the moratorium on offshore drilling on floridas gulf coast and expanding it to Floridas Atlantic coast, as well as the coasts of georgia and south carolina. Barbara u. S. Think tank the Brookings Institution lists 74 actions donald trump has taken to weaken environment a protection. They include promising to withdraw the u. S. From the Paris Agreement on climate change. Although they cannot officially leave until the day after the november election. Killing off Barack ObamasClean Power Plan, which required states to meet targets for cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions from power plants. Intervening in the permit process for fossil fuel infrastructure, including green lighting the keystone xl pipeline that will carry oil sands crude from canada to the u. S. Earlier, i spoke to michael mann, a distinguished professor of Atmospheric Science at penn state. He said trumps latest claims are contradicted by his environment to record. Mann he is claiming he is going to support restoration policies in the everglades that will supposedly prevent red tides. Those red tides are occurring in florida because of rising Ocean Temperatures. Rising Ocean Temperatures mean there is less oxygen in the water, so you are more likely to get these red tides, so in fact his policies, which have been his administration has dismantled Climate Policies put in place by prior administrations. He has threatened to back out of the paris accord, and he has undermined policies like the Clean Power Plan aimed at restricting Carbon Emissions from coalfired power plants. Barbara helicopters are rescuing more people stranded by wildfires in california. The latest rescues follow the dramatic airlift of more than 200 people. The countrys National Guard said helicopters pulled dozens of people from the Sierra National forest on tuesday morning. These states are agencys spokesman said it is alarming how early the wildfire season began this year. Jennifer your bjorklund is in as uza. She explains what to expect in the coming days. Jennifer we are looking toward the afternoon, evening hours with a bit of trepidation because there is the forecast for wind, and we have very drive fuel in the foothills above. What could happen with the fire on the mountains is those santa ana winds could blow down and take that fire with them into communities through brush that has not burned since 1954 when there was a major fire. As you mentioned, this has been a recordbreaking year. A rec