river have suffered the most because of the floods what drummy has become a largely empty town with most of its houses either partially underwater or completely destroyed many of the people here have sought shelter at a nearby camp and those who remain are waiting to leave with their belongings as well. those who have moved to the camp say they're worried about how long they'll have to stay there are warnings there now could continue to swell. we're now in a camp that we don't own anything i have left with only one of my children i can't continue to live in a camp where there are little services in the army we don't want to i already thing but for the government to give us a plot of land to stay on to give us lands to compensate for the ones we've lost in the floods the disaster management committee in would say they are also other concerns. even and then there's at least $1200.00 families but not enough tents there are no lights or electricity we need the authorities to respond with more tents and there's an issue of access to clean water we also need more security.

just last week residents of what romney had been helping people in neighboring areas who were the 1st to be affected by the floods now they need assistance as they try to salvage the little they have left if they're not relocate it they'll be forced to wait for the floodwaters to retreat so they can go back home or to what was once home he will morgan al-jazeera would probably. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after flooding and landslides in japan 2 people have died and emergency warnings been issued for parts of the northern island of. tropical storm dorian has caused power outages and downed trees in the caribbean islands of barbados and solutia is now threatening puerto rico with a direct hit people in this u.s. territory been stockpiling goods and boarding up their homes as they continue to recover 2 years after being struck by how it can maria dorrian is forecast to bring heavy rains and could approach hurrican strength president drums declared an

emergency ahead of the storm's arrival. the u.s. and mexico have reached a deal 8 months ago it was to allow tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait for the hearings whilst on mexican soil well the central american migrants were promised jobs and shelter under the remaining mexico plan but as john the hole now reports from the border town of wanna that isn't happening. roland his son the well are heading home they too have an estimated $40000.00 u.s. asylum seekers mostly from guatemala from salvador and like them from honduras but over the border into mexico to wait for their process to play out it's a relatively new deal before they would have waited in the u.s. mexico's president promised work health and education while they're here for riled an oil that hasn't materialized do not own the look on the play when all we haven't

got the documents to work here and we can't leave the shelter because it's dangerous around here and my son can't go to school either together or he says given all that in the 5 month wait before his asylum hearing next january he's got no choice but to go home it's happening all over to quanah where there are close 212000 u.s. asylum seekers. churches and charities not the government running the show is that how it's them providing classes for their children a meal since many have been issued to bees is to work. the government has a double discourse it said there's a lot of opportunities for migrants in mexico and they will practice we haven't seen a lot of support. but we reached out to several minutes can migrant shelters in different cities they will said the same case is written that those in june i asked president why the government wasn't doing more he said it had a plan for thousands jobs in border factories for the migrants and it would cut

through any visa bureaucracy. months later i want to board a factory owners so they do have those vacancies but the government hasn't helped to get them filled if we are ok with our work they're doing. i think they have to work faster have to. not fast enough. i mean. there's a solemn seekers continue to arrive private shelters have actually had the government funds cut despite the lack of a state shelter here i asked the federal representative why shouldn't. they have been founded by altruistic people but not part of the stays the big problem is that the state never took care of migrants but now it's doing this it's providing a shelter for them. he says that there will be a governmental shelter working from this week ready to house 5000 that's been

promised to be fool not to live it. if it does appear many like role in oil would already have vanished and their american dream with the. john home and how does it or to one of the. toughest to take a look at the top stories here it is there brazil says it will now accept foreign aid to help fight fires ravaging the amazon president diable scenario initially rejected an offer $20000000.00 from g 7 leaders brazil is insisting there that it has control on how the money is used. hamas has declared a state of alert in girls are up to 3 police officers were killed in 2 separate suicide attacks it's thought they were carried out by groups affiliated to ice on. most of these events only serve the israeli occupation which tried to stab the palestinian resistance in the back what the occupation could not achieve by

launching wars on gaza not be achieved by such bombings. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is in court for his 2nd of several corruption trials the 66 year old facing $25.00 charges including money laundering he's accused of using his position to siphon 500000000 dollars from a state investment fund. it is interior minister has banned another charity ship from entering italian morse's the german vessel is carrying more than 100 people rescued from the mediterranean in the past month salvini is also grounded 2 planes used to search for boats in distress rescuers are still hunting for around 40 people after a boat heading for europe capsized off the coast of libya at least 5 people drowned while $65.00 others were rescued. afghan officials say taliban fighters have killed at least 14 members of a pro-government militia in the west of the country it happened during the violence

in the province of herat with several others wounded the attack comes as the taliban and the u.s. are finalizing a deal aimed at ending the 18 year war. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after flooding and landslides in japan 2 people have died an emergency warning has been issued for parts of the northern island of cuba sure and tropical storm dorian has caused power outages and downed trees on the caribbean islands of barbados and lucia it's now or heading for puerto rico right those are the latest headlines coming up next here it is there it's inside story. we are going to give to the people will be attending the minimal workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter is iraq. why is

kenya important this african country is conducting yet another population count its outcome is expected to shift political boundaries and shape elections but in a country divided along ethnic and tribal lines what does that mean this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. governments has been holding a historic census over the weekend war that 160000 people would you ploy to collect data from its population of about 50000000 but that process has proven to be a challenge since millions of kenyans live in slums with no official address

millions more are nomadic herders cross into neighboring countries regularly. kenya's government is conducting a census for the 6th time happens every 10 years and the result may be significant for several reasons state resources are allocated to each district according to population and higher numbers of people means more money from the central government in the last census 10 years ago there were allegations of data rigging this time police say they've arrested one chief in northern kenya for trying to double the numbers of people in his area. it's also significant in terms of politics in a city plays a key role in kenya's politics which are often contested on tribal lines census includes the question on people's ethnicity he said the results will show which ethnic groups have grown larger which are smaller and politicians will be paying

close attention to those numbers so that they can work out which ethnic groups able to call for votes in upcoming elections rights groups have expressed concerns that the census goes beyond its legal mandate of a simple anonymous account of the people in kenya plus some simple data about them that's needed for policy making because the census also includes questions that identify people things such as national id numbers the rights groups say it's problematic for the government to have a database of all the people in kenya occluding all of this information even the g.p.s. of the home that they live in especially in the absence of data protection law that stipulates how this data can be kept who can access it and what for they say there's a risk it could be misused for discrimination or for targeting people at a later stage. there's no preexisting comprehensive list of every physical

address millions of kenyans live in slums or informal settlements all shacks. the data collectors are sent to every single home to ask people questions on their doorstep but the are still major challenges for example the millions of nomadic herders who often cross borders into neighboring countries the government hopes to collect all of the data by the end of august but it will take much longer to process it all kenyans will be waiting 3 months before they get the final results. as mark a mansion there's a history of controversy in kenya when it comes to census that's because kenyan politics are often contested along tribal lines and census data determines how state resources are allocated the 4 largest ethnic groups make up more than 60 percent of the population that's according to the last census a decade ago. are concentrated in the country's center and make up an estimated

22 percent of the population since independence from britain many have taken up prominent positions in government including president. the low here if they group account for 14 percent of the population they live in the west as a bloc the votes are much sought after by political candidates the 3rd biggest group is the law they make up 13 percent of the population and are concentrated in what was the neons a province in the west opposition leader via loading as a member of the tribe. callen didn't account for 12 percent of the population and are found across the rift valley region many have taken up key positions in the government ministry and state owned companies. let's bring in our guest from. damascus pronoia is lawyer and campaign manager at

the international kenya jennifer byrne journalist and publisher of africa briefing a pan-african magazine based in london patrick is writer and political analyst welcome to the program dimmest is there a general sentiment among can ears that this census in particular is about building more understanding of the demographics or there's a political agenda behind it. judging from the secrecy that has surrounded the success ames for example. but i mean the statistics act that is the basis for the census was signed an amendment for same into law just 2 weeks of will. and there are certain questions that seem relevant for census that. are asked during the summer during this exercise. so it seems like. there was more

transparency in the whole process and which in which many kenyans would would say it would suggest that there could be some nefarious things going on. jonathan why is this sense as divisive among the kenyans. well the sun sauce is held in every in every country every 10 years i live in england and the census is held every every 10 years every 10 or so in this. country like. tribal and ethnic sensibilities are very very. high and i think nuff care on a might be taking to our $48.00 at the suspicions any. yeah as a species on behalf of the people and. the government you know has suffered

a lot i have to make. sure it's attacks in recent times. ok so in the government as can set and questions i think it's in lying and it would be need to do that twice to be able to identify you know who lives with you know who he said tracking and who he said for not as well as so forth but you know in the absence of adequate protection i guess i did with england right and i can give my some attention from the start by me see if we don't know link that that information is protected by data is i mean it's i try to protect it to know for sure ok so the government's obvious said i don't go back to house to a buck or should have bought on a very extensive known and all public information campaign right to sensitize the

people us to why they need and or for such information to be provided and owen of course or titian should have been done by shouldn't have been done arbitrarily that is where i have a problem with the whole exercise i see but i think provided dates as sort of one again look good bent. issues passports the government issues and i said your tickets so you don't have to ask being in and i know he has of course is to to indicate my my part number and provide my nationality it is done by your regular said me so you should know all my details about audience details about eric i mean if this is an exercise to further build a relation between the government and the people many people are asking what's the point behind a census when in 1909 there was a crucial one but then the results were.