on imports of american vehicles. the company had actually opened a factory in thailand before the trade war to supply the growing east asia market but an economic advisor to one of thailand's largest companies warns of a threat not just to thailand but to the global supply chain if china and the us can't settle their differences soon. clear go going to last longer they're going to have. a long lasting chanting of the. country that you seem to me going to be become more in the now don't know rice that you called me. that means china will rely less on neighboring countries for materials and goods producing more of its own that be bad news for countries like thailand its largest export market is china the economy here relies heavily on its big neighbor to the north so businesses could be forced to recalibrate their supply chains it's got harder al jazeera bangkok still ahead on

al-jazeera a huge setback for india's space exploration hopes to losing contact but that's known lander as it was about to touch down. i couldn't wouldn't be eternally remembered and. at address death at 95 zimbabwe and the world reflect on the mixed legacy of proper mugabe who fought to liberate this country and then let it to ruin. when i'm pleased to say that can dorian is now pulling away into the open waters as you can see the storm just a few hours ago clearly marked on the storm flouncing blow that full the carolinas the outer bands of the carolinas but as we go on into sas they would just made its

way up into the canadian maritimes pushing in the across newfoundland and it will continue to drive this way for the more woods and east was what it is shadows coming in behind eastern side of canada over towards the plains of the some rather wet weather but for much of north america is fine and dry with plenty of warm sunshine some wants to have it's was western side of the u.s. 24 getting up to 20 in san francisco a little more cloud here across the pacific northwest into that western side of canada for a timeless see some shabby run just pushing in across the high ground across the rockies as we make our way into sunday and some wet weather to into the southwest into northern cause all of a mexico. shell is too small the spoils of rights as a possibility into the great plains into those central areas is a simple find android just up towards the east side a kind of as you can see plenty of shells coming in along the spokes of planes from the remnants all the dory and sunshine and showers across the caribbean but lots of

fun weather between. with the plummeting birth rates and families moving to the cities south korea's rule schools are shutting down one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every.

saudis are let's take a look at the top stories right now as president all trumps national security advisor has tweeted a satellite image which he says shows an iranian oil tanker has reached syria despite assurances it would not go there adrian daria one previously called it grace one was held by british authorities 100 brault are suspected of taking its cargo to syria and breach of a new sanctions. that have a station caused by hurricane dorian in the bahamas is being likened to a tsunami with entire neighborhoods flattened at least 30 people are known to have died across the caribbean nation but officials are warning that number could rise dramatically and protests in hong kong continue despite. the city's leader carrie lam dropping the controversial extradition bill that sparked the crisis china's central government in beijing has warned it won't allow the chaos to go on forever . for many he will be remembered as the hero who led zimbabwe to freedom that others are him as

a corrupt dictator who brought about economic disaster robert mugabe's death at the age of 95 has been saying tributes pouring in from around the world but also harsh criticism of one of africa's most divisive leaders until he was overthrown 2 years ago it was the only leader many had ever known aramis hasa reports from harare president amos a monogamous relationship with robert smith gabi was not always easy but on friday he praised the man he replaced as a principled comrades would made huge sacrifices for his country. remains. but didn't. replay that would load ground mrs wood to use. it did no rest. we. do. morning our leader and you use very. died in singapore we had he received treatment for

several years he was 95 years old mugabe leaves a complicated legacy to some he was a hero an african legend that his education policy is the reason why zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in africa. he knew that would make a good. education it emitted possible for the kids of zimbabwe to give their free in free choice of learning but others point to a history of disputed elections and trends corruption allegations of human rights abuses and political and economic turmoil to destroy a dominant snuffy that truman was there really really. did nothing for a nation for it what it did do is brand as as an distrusted everything opposition leaders say some of the goddess black empowerment policies such as land reform and indigenisation cripple the economy and government services the fact that it has led to pass on in foreign lands is something that points to the problems that we have

in our country we can't pay for leaders in africa being treated in foreign lands we must be able to fix our politics fix our governance institutions fix our governance systems so that we have big ideas not just big men big institutions not just. mugabe remains a polarizing figure but government officials say who'd be treated with respect and dignity to zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe will be given a state funeral his body will lie in state for a few days then he will be buried at the national hero symmetry in the capital when many people who fought in a white minority rule are there 8. al-jazeera. prime minister boris johnson has accused us opponents of making an extraordinary political mistake after they agree now. tobacco's 1st for elections next month and a separate another setback parliament's upper house has approved legislation preventing the country from leaving me a year without

a deal and what has more from london. he's been struggling to control parliament and even hundreds of kilometers from westminster boris johnson wasn't having an easy time of it britain's prime minister was in scotland to announce extra funding for bombers he hasn't got the election he wants yet both photo opportunities like this the campaign certainly feels like it's on the way johnson insists he has no intention of resigning if he doesn't get britain out of the e.u. soon that is not a hypothesis i am willing to go but i want to get this thing done and you know i think the people of this country. and there's an opportunity to be so much more positive about this earlier at a fish market he promised again that britain would leave the european union by the 31st of october we're going to go. opposition parties are continuing to pile on the pressure saying they'll vote against his plans to hold an october the 15th

general election just days before what could be britain's last e.u. summit. is hoping that he'll be able to secure the support of 2 thirds of m.p.'s in the commons to push through a general election and middle tobar over 15th is the date he's proposing but the opposition just simply aren't going to budge they don't trust him and they want to make sure that this extension is in place before they agree to anything it's been quite a week the prime minister johnson said. on thursday his only brother resigned as an m.p. a minister saying he was torn between family loyalty and the national interest his majority has been obliterated through expelled 21 m.p.'s trying to stop and sit and a bill to stop the country crashing out of the. is going through parliament this being a small but to put the government no with the high court in london ruling that the decision to suspend 5 weeks is legal the saying a week in politics is

a long time has never felt more appropriate boris johnson is a man under pressure to deliver the promises he's made and keeps on making there may not be able to keep the general election seems likely but the electorate is wary of bricks it i mean he would al-jazeera in westminster. an investigation is being launched in several u.s. states into whether facebook is stifling competition and putting its users at risk the new york state attorney general is leading the antitrust pro it's part of a wider check on anti-competitive practices among major digital companies reportedly including google amazon and apple by canada has the details from washington d.c. . most of those investigations offered real investigations that are being carried out in a number of companies particularly google and facebook but this particular move that was announced by the new york attorney general in the course of the day is

different to a number of states coming together the attorneys general from at least 8 states who are coming together to jointly probe the activities of facebook at this particular stage now the significance of this is that it is a bipartisan investigation facebook would be unable to say that there are political motivations behind such an investigation now the new york attorney general outlining the probe has said that it's going to be focusing on facebook's dominance in the market and the way in which the starman and squid be misused it is going to look at facebook's use of consumer data about whether it is responsible for the increase in the cost of advertising so it's a widely spread very significant investigation last time a major investigation an antitrust investigation such as this was done on this basis was concerning microsoft 2 decades ago when attorneys general came together to launch a bipartisan investigation so

a significant move indeed thousands of people in northern syria have been protesting against russian air strikes more than 500 have been killed an ellipse robinson for the past 4 months russian backed syrian forces have been trying to recapture the country's last major rebel held territory. 2 palestinian teenagers have been killed by israeli forces during protests along the border fence separating aza in israel since march of last year palestinians have been gathering at the border to protest israel's blockade of the strip and a right to return to land seized after israel's creation in 1948 at least 270 palestinians had been killed by israeli army since the demonstrations began. i jury and south africa are being offered free flights home after violent anti immigrant riots in johannesburg this week and syria says it will seek compensation from south africa for attacks on its citizens south africa's government has closed its

missions in nigeria after a week or retaliatory attacks when he has more from the nigerian capital abuja. reactions from such an african countries have been swift and angry regarding the events in south africa for example reports from zambia said rioters attacked south african businesses or south african owned businesses in that country in nigeria police have arrested dozens of people in the commercial capital lagos for rioting and also targeting south african businesses in that city similarly there been some street protests in lagos and the buddha at a time when the nigerian government is walking behind the scene with the south african authorities to try to resolve the crisis nigeria's despite a high powered delegation to meet the president of south africa and people in his government to try to resolve this crisis one of the of the nigerian government to say that they will seek for redress and compensation for victims all been affected by the xenophobic attacks in south africa now business between south africa and

nigeria in particular is estimated at more than $60000000000.00 u.s. dollars so both countries up a lot to lose if there is any breakdown in sort of business activities between the 2 countries and ecowas also stepped in to warn that this could affect regional integration as specially now that african countries are trying to come together and the africa free trade agreement that is expected to take off probably in the next one year or so so basically this situation is come on the streets of nigeria and other parts of africa especially in west africa where there been some angry reactions from citizens because of the situation in south africa. sudan has been readmitted to the african union its membership was suspended in june after a deadly attack on protesters in khartoum this comes a day after sudan's newly appointed prime minister named his cabinet members it's

part of a transitional power sharing agreement between the military and pro-democracy demonstrators this is the 1st cabinet since longtime president omar al bashir was ousted in april the case against cameron's main opposition leader and one of his supporters has been put off until next month maurice campo faces life in prison accused of rebelling against the government it was the runner up in last year's presidential election which many allege was rigged police and riot gear part of the court asked him to his followers rallied outside france the u.s. and european union are among those demanding his release. the leaders of 6 latin american countries have agreed on a regional action plan to deal with the record number of fires in the amazon they signed a pact that also as measures for the preservation and sustainable development of the rainforest brazil venezuela bolivia and colombia are the worst affected by the fires brazil's president did not attend in person instead joined via video

conference critics have denounced as anti environmental policies in the amazon so much going to skip which he says we are aware that perhaps for many decades many of the regions of our amazon were left forgotten or quite simply they were not clay our toys and i believe that this meeting gives priority to the amazon in our country and it also shows to the world that it is a priority for us and the space agency has lost contact with the moon lander as it made its final approach there were scenes of disappointment and mission control as the bad news became no it's still not known if the lunar lander called the chrome crashed the prime minister was there hoping to celebrate he told the crew to hope for the best. thank you when i saw that the communication went on i was walking. but this wasn't a small. country is proud of you figure and was carried to the moon on the 2 mission and the orbiter is now 100 kilometers above the surface mapping the lunar

surface the lander separated from the orbiter on monday and had been descending towards the moon's unexplored south pole when things went wrong the lander was supposed to deploy a robotic rover which would collect samples had it been successful and it would become only the 4th nation to land a spacecraft on the moon trip malik is the editor in chief of space talk all this is the spike the setback and still has its eye on the moon. everything seemed to be going really really well until the final moments they got about 2 kilometers kilometers above the lunar surface when they lost contact with their probe they don't know if it crashed or maybe redirected itself to a secondary landing site they're hoping to figure that out in the next few hours and days but it was you know definitely really tense in india's mission control and a big disappointment after a mission that's gone really really well over the last month to reach them there are folks still listening for signals but not having any signal from the spacecraft

nasa deep space network with antennas around the world also lost contact they weren't hearing anything from the spacecraft that's not the best of signs it is possible that the spacecraft might have been able to land itself busy and just lost contact you know they have their orbiter in orbit around the moon nasa has an orbiter as well you can be sure that they'll be looking for that but not hearing from the spacecraft during that critical period isn't a great sign india has resolved to keep at it to to keep listening and keep shooting for the moon they do have plans for a 3rd mission later on. take out the headlines right now on al-jazeera u.s. president of trump's national security adviser has tweeted a satellite image which he says shows an iranian oil tanker has reached syria despite assurances it would not go there are you one proof he called grace one was

held by british authorities and are suspected of taking its cargo to syria and if you sanctions. the devastation caused by hurricane dorian in the bahamas has been likened to a tsunami entire neighborhoods have been flattened at least 30 people are known to have died across that caribbean nation but officials are warning that number could rise dramatically and dorian has weakened and but it is still bringing flooding to the u.s. state of north carolina the storm is now a category one or the atlantic ocean at least 4 people have been killed in the u.s. and more than $200000.00 people are without electricity protests in hong kong continue despite the city's leader kerry land dropping the controversial extradition bill that sparked the crisis china's central government in beijing has warned it won't allow the chaos to go on for ever some bob way has declared days of national mourning until the burial of its former leader robert mugabe he died in singapore at the age of 95 president emerson minin. named gobby

a national hero but others are remembering a brutal dictator who brought economic ruin and opposition leader nelson chamisa says robert mugabe left some bob way divided. knowledge their condition made by mr mugabe to deliberation for kaante and also he's going to dish into the early days when he contributed to education and housing but he also acknowledged the reality that there were all so negatives in terms of good things that the people had to go through on a common goal is all nations and commissions in government someone got the was the human being is now it is no party. you could not have been ducked it because it was not in asia and the space agency has lost contact with its moon lander as it made its final approach this is mission control there obviously scenes the disappointment there is they figured out something went wrong it is not clear

if the lunar lander called the crime actually crashed keep it here when i went east it's next. talk to old jews there oh we're going to give to the people will be attending the minimal workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the show to 0. across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. as families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residence and their schools. are testing all of you out in. changing it in those in the. meantime i think. but some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you want

it taught at all at all ya but hold it all. be 101 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 gotten hung and there now and. canada was. yeah one big battle going home again you know.

she's one of 3 grandmothers enrolled in the 2nd grade at bank room primary school nestled in the picture rest farmlands near the city of pyong chang. 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 to tell you don't. walk. example. hong kong go back i just.

wanted to. good god up him a little good my. love and today there are only 2 grannies in class the other is weak operating in hospital for most recent stroke patent to me. 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 twin like that of. a daily thing in. the not going they need it. and go east 10 year old granddaughter jake so he is 2 grades above in a class down the hall. the grannies important role here

by boosting enrollment numbers they're saving bank room primary from being shut down critical to the case will go to the hook it was i will tell you with a thought when that isn't all money wisely because they are in the ways it is a. sin in so is the school's director of education and a science teacher he was in the hogan in college is again. what is a higher sin then you didn't don't says in the age in there you'll get counters again not then come down hard on her sin and question time and time is that i'm doing a good job. 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 name thing you told me how 1000000 or so a 1000000. or so to me then goto just a 1000000 and then a. similar tell me the how it done shanae all. bower auditioned did it. and when did you turn your. place autonomously thaw. initially 6 elderly students were recruited but after the 1st year one dropped out due to bad health and 2 workers stopped coming to their new home when this whole thing could go whole told anyone there was a little girl and. all along the movie ticket they read a little that when they go pure alone even with all the funerals you go more even

with 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 your idea of all the railcar they live all over the 100 as a farmer she couldn't read the daily crop prices for her chiles or even her own bank statements put morrigu almost ruaridh will google would feel isn't it because as i go. does igor among those in the room because on the ticket will. go with a will so the more modern will walk monreal as it was a toy limo number 2 or the money. having the grannies in class presents unique challenges for the school told me. how come on in

the morning are you going to get them when they're done when in the den. i. couldna how do tunes hosing the men out of their holy here. only. this one so why are parker june me never expected to be teaching grandmothers when she came to bankroll. the how tom a toddler told me us all told me i want to get it are far all. done with a. toy meaning i did it on. in there or. you have a lot. of money in this little thing to me not a little bit because it was a cutie. it takes patience she says because the grannies learn more slowly

than their younger class me. while doing it in order for morning their daughter to a year ahead or she call her what you know what i'm gone where. take i wonder what i die in an audi to what that one thing and i are you into can work harder to go in but the minute i got all i did i notice how the new model story of . getting up to do them when they all totaled. to enjoy. to mark. daughter. i didn't want to think of what you thought about in the are you going to pop over to. the use of boy. torture ok looking right down the. middle my little moment today that we would

all be someone who probably pretty soon so you little doesn't it the completing the point where you can live forever. tempos middle and i was 7 2nd delay words like we do we didn't want to. oh no your teacher is really patient with you she's she wants you to stay she would be disappointed if you left it was because as you go over the words for her we saw her there was a girl who has a. and their classmates young woo and you do their part to make sure the grannies are not left behind are you helping them. i'm only. god like you. and you don't judge me to preach on the vehicle. or. be. there were rumors wrong learn

thailand or our goals will tell you that. if. you don't i'll give you on your new. home with. him or him on your. and i was going on you go then yawn kind of one the meat on the table thing and we're going to. get our tickets went to taught our boys. and their car in front of them known as our home on your tongue of. the amount the paper. paid. for generations many south korean women were denied an education all. in all. be. banned and docked

all your tenants on. that score you don't have how you are in the old regime that in your turn an unborn is. if. we educate shin was over before it began. people back along this path only go more report the long run as it will or more they're going to go home neither. could win though you would have a real friend in their war and. 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 on. tell whether you're a loser was she would you. 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 didn't go to my all this is your turn and. there are people as and when your bubble head of norway has been the case you. know that. now it's. as a young girl park young soon was also given little chance to learn to read and write nice picture her family sent her away to work as a maid at the age of 10.