on coastal flooding tens of thousands of people are without power and many are bracing for a deadly storms and gallagher has more now from charleston in south carolina. as hurricane dorian lingers dangerously close to the u.s. east coast residents of charleston to dealing with downed trees and flooding and tropical storm force winds thousands lost power here tidal surges remain a danger and more than 300000 south carolinians have moved to shelters but most agree things could have been a lot worse this used to it i'm ex-military and this is nothing compared to combat so you know it's it's it's that i'm ok as south carolina prepares for a cleanup dorrian is now tracking towards north carolina's outer banks the eye of the hurricane may not make one fall but this will be a close call for an area already under mandatory evacuation this will be a brush by whether it comes ashore or not the eye of the storm will be close enough

to cause extensive damage in north carolina tornadoes produced by the power of dorian have been reported throughout the region forming and touching down with little warning for south carolina though the storm is passing albeit slowly some 3 have a lot of trees that have blown down but frankly the wind changed direction bearing the city from those large tidal surges dangers remain from flash floods and throngs go through when the forecast is an hour watching for that long predicted eastern turn of hurricane dorian and now for north carolina will be vital residents in emergency staff in north carolina are now bracing for the power of dorian as it creeps northwards this may be the closest yet that dorian has come to the u.s. coast and the danger is a still life threatening stay informed no your zone if your zone is an evacuation zone get out there's no reason to stay behind and become a statistic or become a problem for 1st responders to have to deal with as hurricane dorian continues its

slow path hurricane and tropical storm warnings remain in place the system is so big there a watch is in place as far north as masses. it's when i was north carolina the remains in dorian's pass to go across his era charleston south carolina. the un has spent just 8 tons of ready to eat meals for bahama inns in ground bahama the abaco island small and i from money i'll repost to send this update from north abaco island we're in the community of blackwood on the island of abaco in the bahamas this is one of the most northern most islands and subsequently one of the worst hit areas by hurricane dorian again that category 5 storm that took 36 hours to make it across abaco to make it across grand bahama leaving a path of destruction this is about as bad as hurricane damage can get i want to give you a sense of what we're looking at here in this community if you can look behind me this is the home of teresa

a woman that we spoke to earlier today who is picking up the pieces she's lived here for 50 years and is left with absolutely nothing and this is a scene that we're left with this is what we've been seeing all morning with people walking up and down the street some people sifting through debris others walking toward the airstrip waiting for help to arrive waiting for disaster relief to get here we have heard that the royal navy as well as the u.s. coast guard are beginning to fly disaster relief to the bahamas but we can't confirm whether or not any of that disaster relief is actually arrived here we arrived at abaco on wednesday we were lucky enough to be taken in by a family so we did have a place to stay last night but there are thousands of other people who have nowhere to stay there's an estimated 13000 homes that were destroyed there's another concern the shortages of food shortages of water as well as medicine this is a this is something that the united nations has already said it's a crisis that could get worse without intervention by the international community

so a lot of people here are desperately waiting for that help to arrive. still ahead this half hour as the amazon rain forest bans protests held across the world to condemn an environmental catastrophe. hello there now we've got some warm weather heading away in brisbane bosh ahead of that into the southeast of australia some very unsettled weather system working its way across the great bite is bringing the rain but it's also bringing some pretty strong winds as well temperatures over say a little bit lower just 12 celsius in adelaide on friday but look at that 32 in brisbane but that rain to stretch right the way across into hobart and melbourne not bad in perth of the hive 18 degrees celsius and some pretty good sunny skies similar story that by saturday the temperature come down to more bearable 24

degrees in brisbane was a little bit unsettled in the southeast more showers across into highball system is on its way across the tasman sea not going to get there for the next couple of days but it is still fairly unsettled plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite there are showers in place you know clim for the next couple of days quite windy as well but clear conditions generally into christ church by thumb friday and on saturday but feeling a bit cool just 9 degrees celsius that we had up tools japan on the korean peninsula and what we're watching here is this massive cloud this is actually the next system is farther to the southeast pushing up towards the korean peninsula this is ling-ling and so ahead of that as you can see here this is j g so all these boats have taken cover just to prepare for that storm that arrives later in the week. with a plummeting birthrate and families moving to the cities south korea's rural schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who are saving these schools

while finally getting an education on al-jazeera talk to al-jazeera we are going to give to the people who will be attending the 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 on the 00. welcome back reminder the top stories say on al-jazeera the u.k.'s prime minister has insisted he won't ask european union leaders for another extension for claiming it rather be dead in a ditch france has appealed to iran to refrain from any action that doesn't comply

with the 2050 nuclear deal iranian media says the country has lifted limits on nuclear research and development which further and rivals the agreement. after killing at least 20 people in the bahamas hurrican darrien now a category 2 storm is battering the u.s. east coast. the south african president has vowed to tackle a wave of xenophobia that's fueled days of violence in 2 of the country's main cities attacks on foreigners and their businesses have killed at least 10 people threatening to turn into a diplomatic disaster. no amount of anger and frustration and grievance can justify such acts of wanton destruction and criminality they can be no excuse for the attacks on the homes and businesses of foreign nationals well the nigerian government is

recalling its top diplomat to south africa aaron metatarsal has that report. most of these people are from zimbabwe they say they were attacked on monday at around 3 local time they saw dozens of men hitting towards them telling them to least of africa because they are foreigners what wasn't littered was destroyed all of us we are human beings so we have to if miss for each other. the way that it's a dish other it's not that. they have to have missed because all of us africans it's only the difference because of the borders but all of us and all blacks africans soaring inflation rising food prices and high unemployment in zimbabwe made it difficult to survive the that's why they came here to look for work but some locals feel foreigners from other parts of africa are competing with

them for scarce jobs and government services more than 100 people have lost their belongings cheering the violence or trying to start over and rebuild their homes but many say they still don't feel safe here afraid african foreigners could be targeted again and. president still has condemned the attacks as an awful big and acceptable many foreign owned businesses and african foreign nationals have been attacked threats of reprisals for south africa to temporarily shut its embassy and consulate in nigeria we people have been protesting against attacks we also are now the fabric ensemble right now across. africa has gone. become hardened market parents are really prepared they have longer. they have also been demonstrations in zambia people they are threatening to boycott south african companies like shoprite supermarket you know certain business person show began protesting. if there are to midterm is greater desire to show project because.

after days of write in looting is now relatively quiet in pretoria and johanna spoke people are assessing what was lost and trying to pick up the pieces but it could take longer for south africa to repair the damage done and change the perception some have that foreign african nationals are not welcome here al-jazeera potoroo sudan has sworn in its 1st female foreign minister after a new prime minister took her last month cabinet members of the sovereign council have now been chosen as the 1st cabinet since former president omar al bashir was deposed in april hiper morgan reports from concert. executive cabinet and built by sudan's prime minister abdullah handle comes after days of deliberation between him sudan's sovereign council and the forces of freedom and change coalition which submitted the list of names to be picked from now the prime minister just before giving the list of the names of the people who will be ministers in the

transitional government said that he was very careful to make sure that women got represented because as per his words they were at the forefront of this revolution he also said that he was very careful to make sure that each and every part of the country and each ethnicity every level of society is you're presented in the executive council now as we know sudan's foreign minister asked for the names mentioned by the prime minister will be a woman which will be the 1st time there are also other 3 other women in the cabinet he also said that there are 2 of the seats which have not yet been given to any ministers because it needs for the deliberations he said values are some areas still need more representation like blue nile in southern in the southern part of the country and the eastern part of the country so he says that 2 seats are yet to be filled because those areas need to have representation in the executive council but there are concerns that this executive transitional cabinet will face some challenges the armed groups known as sudan's revolutionary front had said that this

cabinets may not be able to bring about peace like it says it would in the 1st 6 months there are also concerns from people on the streets that their demands for justice accountability may be forgotten or may be delayed they're saying that so many lives have been lost in this revolution and that the transitional government should make sure that justice and accountability is delivered before anything else is delivered. at least 10 people have been killed in order for in a suicide blast in afghanistan's capital kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack saying the target was a foreign military convoy the explosion was in an area close to foreign embassies government buildings. hong kong's embattled leader insists the chinese government supports her move to kill a controversial bill that's fought months of turmoil kerry lam has faced the media for the 1st time since announcing she was withdrawing the proposed extradition law to report. a familiar scene just hours after hong kong's chief executive and

that's the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked a violent protest but the concession failed to peace protesters. c on thursday kerry faced the media to explain why it took so long to give in to the protesters demands and that she had beijing's full support that's true of the whole process the central people's stuff men took the position that they understood why we have to do it they they respected my view and they supported me all the way. since june violent confrontations between police and the mostly young protesters had become an almost daily event against much opposition the government tried to push through the bill that would have allowed suspects in hong kong to face trial in mainland china i think she needs to. possible charges all the other demands and just a quick. action is she have done these you know list all of them do you know 3

months earlier that none of these are happening the other issues include voting rights since beijing appoints hong kong's leader through an election committee and more pressing for many in the city an investigation into police conduct during the months of protests as people go about their business here on where day the city's not convulsed with protest you could be forgiven for thinking that life in hong kong is going back to normal but there are constant reminders everywhere that this is a city on edge. hong kong operates under a one country 2 systems model. enjoying freedoms on thinkable in other parts of china but in recent years there has been an unprecedented interference from the central party in the city's affairs system many of the protesters feel the government puts beijing's interests ahead of their needs and they warn the city's autonomy and their future is at stake we believe it is an attempt to go say to us

but of course it will not work we have seen 3 koreans lies we have seen through the lies of this government and we will not back down not even. a clear message that the end of the extradition bill this not mean an end to the city's unrest. hong-kong turkey's president trichet tayyip erdogan is threatening to quote open the gates and allow syrian refugees into europe so less negotiations with the us result in the creation of a safe zone in northern parts of syria turkey hosts over 3 and a half 1000000 syrian refugees or said i'm cautious has more from istanbul. purpose present project opar don't threaten the west and united states with opening the doors to the syrian refugees who are in turkey who are fleeing war in syria and trying to find a safe haven't in western countries man the european countries he said that turkey

wants the 30 kilometer deep safe zone in northwestern syria which is a debate within the united states and turkey for a while they seem they have agreed on some details but the white p.g. is only cold winds for a 5 kilometer deep safe zone he said that the safe so should best as soon as possible and housing facilities should west allis in that safe zone so that at least 1000000 syrian refugees who are currently living in turkey can go back don said that the last day for the safe zone is the last week of september actually a couple of days ago he had said that the upcoming united nations meeting in new york is the is is the deadline for the united states to decide and turkey believes that united states is trying to gain time and is playing between the white b.g. which to considers as a terrorist organization and turkey don said that it is not only turkey who should be the one carrying the burden of the syrian refugees but other

countries should be in world as well and he said that he will open the doors for the serious who flee the war from syria to western countries a nonprofit organization amazon watch is holding protests around the world for what it's calling a global day of action for the amazon calling on the brazilian president jaya both are now wrote to change policies which they say are harmful to the amazon rain forest or a record number of fires are burning also narrow has deployed 44000 troops to help but declined funding from the g 7 leaders in america you see a new man has more. i'm in just across the river from me to one of the largest municipalities in all of brazil the size of england that is also the most of forested and here and on up all of the same things beginning to happen we were in the rain forest with a community that lives in a settlement trying to live under a sustainable development program in the jungle without knocking down or cutting

down all of the trees but they themselves are under attack we saw their community house had been set on fire by illegal loggers these people call them they cleared of the rain forest and then they set it on fire put grass get it to grow and then sell the land illegally to cattle ranchers and so this is the process that is quickly deforested in the whole area of one of the richest parts of the amazon which is the state of where i am right now. these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.k.'s prime minister has insisted he won't ask your opinion leaders for another extension for breakfasts claiming he'd rather be dead in a ditch boris johnson has vowed to take the u.k. out of the new top of the 31st whatever the cost despite parliament moving to block

a no deal bricks that he's also called for snap election over the opposition labor party says it won't move until the no deal exit is off the table johnson faced tough questions from the media but remain defiant about the brics deadline. i'd rather be dead ditch. so you would resign fast prime minister than going on to that dilemma i just do it i really it costs a $1000000000.00 pounds a month in achieves absolutely nothing earth is the point of. delivery i think it's totally totally pointless. after killing at least 20 people in the bahamas i reckon darrien now a category 2 storm is battering the u.s. east coast the carolinas are being impacted by high winds tornadoes and coastal flooding tens of thousands of people are without power and many are bracing

for a deadly storms. france's appealed to iran to refrain from any action that doesn't comply with the 2015 nuclear deal the agreement has been unraveling since the u.s. withdrew and impose sanctions iranian media says the country has lifted limits on nuclear research and development iran's president has signed rouhani had warned that his country will begin developing centrifuges to speed up the enrichment of uranium which can produce fuel for power plants or atomic bombs iranian government denies seeking nuclear weapons. the south african president has vowed to tackle the waivers and the phobia this few days of violence in 2 of the country's main cities and here is recalling its top diplomat to south africa and protests against the assaults to foreigners and businesses have killed at least 10 people. those are the

headlines coming up one i want to. bring grandmothers. after 25 years of affording the world's waste china through the global cycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure for greener skies eves resulting in change we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residence and their schools. politics and all of you out in. changing it in those you know you see me as england. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you want it oh god i know you all but i hold it all take me one

o one east meets the grandmothers finally fulfilling their dreams for an education while helping save korea schools. it's the start of a new school day but 65 year old part killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. were this time. that out had their own and. was. yeah i want it bad i'm going home again you know.

she's one of 3 grandmothers and rolled in the 2nd grade at bangor in primary school nestled in the picture rest farmlands near the city appealing chuang. but this is a school in crisis at its peak there were close to 700 students here today there are only 22. the grandmas share a classroom with just 28 year olds there simply aren't enough children here to teach what it takes you don't. walk. them. go back.

to. good pick up him a little bit and i. tore my bed today there are only 2 grannies and class the other is rico parading in hospital for my recent stroke. it's always used. to rule. 72 year old park go we has been a student here for 2 years and has a strong connection to the school. where it hit a little with a talking like that. with in. the not going they needed. to. and go east 10 year old granddaughter jake still he is 2 grades above in the class down the hall. the grannies important role here by boosting

enrollment numbers they're saving bank room primary from being shut down critical of the guesswork of the hook it was i will tell you with a thought when that isn't all money wisely because they are in the ways they. send in so is the school's director of education and a science teacher here's another again in college is again. what is a high saying then you didn't don't says in the it in there you'll get counters again not then come down hard on her sin and question time in time and have him do all get. south korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. and as young families move to the city for work schools in small towns are closing. bank room primary has been teetering on the edge of closure for several years.

tongue on and it turns pale tongue no nay saying you taught me how to mill your so i'm going to. talk to me then go joe does he know you and. tim miller tell me in the how it done shanae all. bauer auditioned did it. and when did you turn your. place autonomously. initially 6 elderly students were recruited but after the 1st year one dropped out due to bad health and 2 workers stopped coming to me with a new how wonderful because i was hopeful they knew her and that was it that i will . always wonder. if they read a little that when they go purely alone even with all the funerals you will more even with a little is a little girl. who we get up at 430 every morning

tending to her vegetables before going to school. because that's a lot of work for just you one person is a little on the rail because they live all over the 100 as a farmer she couldn't read the daily crop prices for her chili's or even her own bank statements to put in recall mudroom will google would fill isn't it because as i go. tonto lizzie does igor mano than the would rule because that on the dow ticket will go over though would want to we're we're also the more monday i'm will walk mounir of as it was a tunnel limone number tour a weather man reliable gloomy but having the grannies and class presents unique challenges for the school told me audition the do or she says that don't go on how calm one in did him on to your give a hidden shook at then when then how come when him the dern to i just or joke to

minda dall to eyes just serve i consent august or could i now how do to nunes hosing need men can doubt of their holy want hero now the same year also only there's non-suspect why you are park a june me never expected to be teaching grandmother's when she came to bank room or all of us her leg able how gaunt tommo told or tong we had us halt ptolemy i want to new did our fall her legged or hit all local cop dong with a or tar mean a car i did eat on him from running in them will when you about their pin their or dock at how to tie arctic and you hit the on what got me all these to deal with years then to meet you know look to little it took on t.v. there was any year big cutie q get it takes patients she says because the grannies

learn more slowly then they're young grew class me there to look i tick and while going needs in with her for morning there a daughter heart and it year to hedge or she core clue what's in the what in gone when we saw our tama take i want him dribble to die in an audi to mount what is one thing he meets and i are yogi into the to go home tomorrow and you know it all i did i know there's a new model story i could. think of them when they all totaled. to enjoy what i have or not paid out or have. to mount but. daughter i didn't think of her 2 daughters and we are going to pop over to. the using a boy. john hey look a little down they. didn't buy little moment today that we are more than old only

someone who probably pretty soon so you will feel it doesn't it that can leave them open believing in their. result. tempo's middle those servers are going to work we do we didn't want to. know your teacher is really patient with you she's she wants you to stay she would be disappointed if you left because of because as you go over the us for her we saw her there was a good though because a. and their classmates young wool and you know so do their part to make sure the grannies are not left behind are you helping them. i'm only. keep those cars. down and pretty you don't you're going to chick. or. be.

tired that. if. you don't i'll give. pyaar. home with. him or him on your i want it on crutches and i'm going on you go to the yacht kind of one day mate i was her only thing you got to. get our tickets went to taught our bonnie a boyish. their. own is our home on your tongue but of all the dominant departure. for generations many south korean women were denied an education all. in all. be. damned and in.

your turn and. that's all you don't see how you saw in. your german how good. if. go easy education was over before it began. it was back along that path only call more reported all over the world or more agree with the harmonica. given that we would have a real printing they were doing. she was then said to live with an aunt after a fortune teller told her father she would bring death to her mother. who was a. towel over your liz i was she would rather. let

her. feel more hardship was to come gobies husband died leaving her to raise 7 children alone. and illiteracy made life even worse. the. more you get along just do what you go and you go. to she will go to my all of this is your authentic. they are pure as and when your bubble headed nor whether indicated. this is done that. now it's. as a young girl park young soon was also given little chance to learn to read and write a nice picture her family sent her away to work as a maid at the age of 10.