taken to the u.s. state of florida the u.n. says 70000 people need help and supplies aid is being rushed in but is hard to distribute because of ruined piers runways as well as roads 43 people are known to have died but the government says that number could end up being staggeringly high that's as recovery crews reach more devastated areas. off there are going to be really do is realize they've got a really really would you see in the movies like those and the dimes clips you watch on you tube this is unreal just unreal. man who has more from freeport in the bahamas. you were in freeport grand bahama just outside of the airport as you can see behind me this is an aircraft that has been kind of delivered here by the storm surge from hurricane dorian again this was a category 5 hurricane wind gusts upwards of 350 kilometers per hour it wasn't just those strong winds that caused so much devastation in this part of the country was

also that storm surge exactly where we are right now just next to the airport tarmac this would only a couple of days ago was under 2 meters of water now at the moment there is still a lot of concern over shortages of food shortages of water and shortages of medicine but we've heard from the world health organization that help and disaster relief is on its way we've heard that somewhere around $8000000.00 tons of food supplies have arrived in nassau and are are and will be delivered to the island most affected in the northern part of the country the i'm going to grand bahama and the island of abaco just a couple of days ago we were on abaco is in island is that arguably was the worst hit powerlines still downed trees snapped in half debris covering the roadways but but but much of the island is now being cleared up and stir in terms of roads there's access in terms of aircraft there's access but there for that for many of the people that are still there they're their number one priority is getting off of these islands getting out of the bahamas until

a sense of normal normalcy returns to l.a. is director of international communications at the american red cross she says it may take years to undo the damage left by dorian. we've heard some really horrific stories from people who have survived this storm we heard from one mother who spent 3 days just trying to keep her kids alive she was able to evacuate and she doesn't know what she's going to do next but she was glad to be able to get out and start getting the help that they need certainly logistics of getting aid in has been challenging this everything from flooded airports to a flooded roads and tell it connected to the but red cross aid is on its way to the most affected areas and that aid is things like emergency shelter kits which have hammers nails ropes tarp things that people can use right away for emergency shelter has jerrycans so and water purification system so that can help people stay healthy and hygiene items and as well which are really important other focuses are

food and water and in the midterm people are going to need to figure out how to restore their income i spoke to people who lost their bicycles the stocks in their store their fishing boats those are things that people are really going to be dealing with in months or years to come through and is now entering its rocket canada where it's made landfall in the eastern province of nova scotia with winds of 160 kilometers an hour around the hof a 1000000 homes are without power in coastal towns have been lost by 20 meter waves strong winds ripped off roofs from homes and toppled a crane north carolina's governor roy cooper spoke a short time ago saying although the storm has passed there is a lot of work to do before things are back to normal. we have about 45000 people who are still without power most of those people are here in day care and in high care any today i traveled to visit some people who

had storm damage i went to the emerald isle to the r.v. park that was hit by the tornado there were significant damages damage to many homes there we talked to a number of people who live there and a lot of volunteers who came to help it was amazing that no one was hurt or killed at this r.v. park i talked to a man named bill who was drinking a cup of coffee when the tornado hit and he showed me where he had on the floor and there were boards in beams all around and i don't know how he survived but he got by with a few scratches in south korea at least 3 people are dead and more than 160000 homes are without power because of typhoon ling-ling it hit the southern areas of south korea with winds of up to 196 kilometers per hour 200 flights were grounded

across the country north korean state media says leader kim jong un held an emergency meeting to discuss disaster prevention efforts he reportedly scolded officials he described as helpless and unaware of the storm's seriousness russia and ukraine have completed a prisoner exchange that's being hailed as a 1st step in easing long running tensions $35.00 prisoners were released by each side they include $25.00 ukrainian sailors who were captured near crimea victoria gate and the reports. it's the 1st post to leave in 5 years between ukraine and russia a filmmaker and a group of sailors landed in kiev that hooty the long anticipated prison a swamp. the release of ukrainian filmmaker or legs and so he was jailed for 22 years is seen as a major concession by russia and president followed him is and then ski fulfilled his election promise to bring home 22 ukrainian sailors and 2 security service

agents we have to do all the steps to finish this horrible war and it really. by being easy to feel for him. things will get better thank you very much thank you we'll leave you the sailors on board 3 ukrainian vessels were captured here in the current strait 9 months ago after russian warships opened fire on them the kremlin says they illegally entered russian waters near the crimean peninsula which russian troops seized and annexed from ukraine in 2014 since then the kremlin backed separatists have been at war with ukrainian government forces in eastern ukraine at least 10000 people have been killed since the fighting began 5 years ago he crane's recently elected president the lenski says he wants to revive peace negotiations with russia he's been seeking support from european leaders recently and he's spoken to president vladimir putin by phone the prisoner exchange

could be an important step towards further tentative toltz this what is being seen as a victory for both presidents putin and zelinsky a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet a crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria al-jazeera matthew cup for as editor at the kiev post he explains what the president transfers mean for ukraine russia relations. i think this is a positive step and it shows that there is the ability to negotiate over important things but i think that in order to ease tensions between the 2 countries and stop the war in eastern ukraine and resolve the issue there are a lot of other issues that need to be resolved and many of them are much more

difficult than prisoner exchanges this was not a big compromise by anyone the biggest compromise here was ukraine deciding to handle human someone the m. 817 suspect or witness to russia this is a big victory president skins a big victory for ukraine as for the man who was a suspect or a witness to the mh 17 downing but would you meet someone this is of course what i meant when i said perhaps russian you did someone back at this moment of course the netherlands would have preferred that he not be handed over although the investigation and that 7 did manage to question him and he was also questioned by the ukrainian security services but i think some mark there was that there was a challenging issue here russia wanted him back in this exchange they made that clear and crane that the value of getting their own prisoners back was much higher than simply keeping this man and handing him over to the dutch so i think that was the difficult choice for ukraine there's a likely was an international element to it and the russian president met with

french president mccraw i think believe it was several weeks ago and it's likely they discussed this issue there at the same time there it looks like also just a matter of certain agreements came together at this moment there was a lot of effort put forward and perhaps there was a need to on the russian side also to get some people back too and that led to this prisoner swap happening now and the exact reasons why now are hard to understand plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including yet another blow to boris johnson as a member of his cabinet resigns criticizing the way he's handling both backset and his own party. from nuisance to nutrition how swarms of locusts are actually helping the food shortage in war torn yemen. i can aid in teenager bianca and her country its 1st grand slam title upsetting serena williams in the u.s. open final.

first hong kong police a fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathering for a 2nd night in the district of kowloon the crowds were pushed back from a police station where they were demanding an independent investigation into the alleged use of excessive force earlier officers stopped another protest from targeting the airport with a major security blitz trains didn't stop at stations on the way to the terminals to prevent demonstrators getting there there were a number of minor scuffles with the plan demonstration failed the test shut down the airport for 2 days last month to go pollard has more from hong kong. this time the police and security were prepared last time they came well into the chaos well after protesters had paralyzed the airports and the transportation linking to these competing against their strategy this time they were here at the airport hours before protesters were due they were here in large numbers and they also instigated

stop and searches at young people that they suspected of being protesters and that's basically because the protesters to change their tactics they called on those who are willing to take part of the movement to come to the airports and try to blend in as toddlers to tell them not to wear their customary black shirts masks and helmets and even maybe take a luggage and print out fake boarding passes so that they could be seen as legitimate travelers so in response to what the police has been doing is searching anyone that the suspected of not being at the airport with a valid reason to be at the airport and of all set up checkpoints at various tunnels and highways and train stations that would take people to the airports and conducted searches there anyone they suspect of being a protester they turned away u.s. pharmaceutical company purdue which manufactures the controversial painkiller oxycontin is expected to file for bankruptcy company has been in settlement talks over america's deadly overdose crisis much of which is blamed on the

overprescription of drugs like oxycontin. to go to trial in october to settle more than 2000 lawsuits worth up to $12000000000.00. having endured a week of parliamentary defeats and defections the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has just lost a senior cabinet minister who is work in pensions secretary resigned from the government and the conservative party she says she could no longer endorse johnson's approach to brecht's it because he seems determined to crush out of the e.u. without a deal. the move comes a lot of work going on tonight i'm not going in to get it. and then on top of that i've seen 21. good strong conservative m.p.'s. want to question excluded from the indicated the stuff to not use such a force for good income in this country you long as it likes. you.

and i. and the visions over bricks it became ugly outside the houses of parliament in london and europe demonstrators fought with police as they tried to reach a rival anti bricks at rallies officers blain most of the violence on a far right group called the democratic football lads alliance. saudi arabia's king has replaced the energy minister with one of his sons prince abdullah on it puts him in one of the kingdom's most important positions prince abdullah zs will replace khalid fowler who was dismissed as chairman of the state owned iran co a few days ago become pinney's preparing for a much anticipated stock listing and meanwhile saudi arabia is reiterating that it won't lift the blockade on qatar the air sea and land embargo by saudi the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain was imposed more than 2 years ago they accuse qatar of violating

a 2014 agreement with members of the gulf cooperation council by meddling in regional affairs and supporting terrorism. strenuously rejected the allegations and says the blockade is an attack on its sovereignty. swarms of flow quests are usually viewed as a threat to farmers' crops but in yemen where millions are threatened with famine because of the war locusts are being caught and eaten as a valuable source of nutrition mohammad la tub has more from. saudi warplanes have been the main threats from the sky during for years or for swarms of law coasts are new threats to farmer's fields they are also being welcomed by hungry yemenis. yemenis from all walks of life hunting insects. minerals yemenis have enjoyed eating

locusts for centuries locusts eating green leaves of crops so the snack especially in these days of war children leave their bowl games behind to play catch instead. it's more difficult to catch lockouts during the day. farmers wait until night to collect them in large quantities from their fields. but their families and friends do not eat they sell. the prices of locals snacks is significantly lower even donate some for needy people so this one came to the capital where they had a sack of flour costs to help pay for a family basic needs and i made the point and times of war it's difficult to earn a living i collected these insects to sell them and buy some wheat to feed my children. are considered

a major threat to crops in many countries. the united nations 13000000 yemenis are become on the verge of famine 7000000 of them don't know when the next meal or so free food is considered by many. still had on the al jazeera news hour back in court sudan's deposed president is denied bail as he faces tough questions. big promises from greece's new prime minister as he tries to convince the country's lenders to let him leave austerity behind. and a week after a more death the driver of this formula 3 car is lucky to walk away from this dramatic crash.

however in the west pacific and the philippines east china sea in the yellow sea there's plenty of activity in the air which means over land in china it's gone remarkably quiet. satellite shows and the full cost more us reflects it allowing some build up of writing united sichuan and western china typically hong kong might get a shower to but the main rainbow is just south of taiwan and heading up towards japan where we've seen one typhoon go through made landfall in north korea another one coming towards japan and you can see a circulation developing east it's i want to get very active now the moment the tropical storm season in the western pacific area now if we drop sufis obviously if all the actions out there this should be quieter than the satellite yes this confirms it the very few showers around science in the philippines even back in sumatra and in thailand the cloud has cleared from the sky back in the forecast so

we get 12 thunderstorms in bangkok maybe not in k.l. or singapore i'm not very much in borneo or other quiet looking weather and you'd think from logic that would be right but there is still plenty more rain to come out of what is a slowly receding monsoon this is the picture from space repeat it tomorrow. the weather sponsored by catalona. og. 3 months of protests unprecedented scale have virtually paralyzed hong kong what began as opposition to an extradition law has escalated into a broader pro-democracy anti-government movement. so how and why has this crisis developed what the protesters want. in the 1st of 2 special reports people in power traces the dramatic evolution of hong kong summer of defiance on the jersey of.

the latest news as it breaks the problem is that in many cases those fires get out of control with detailed coverage the protesters don't seem to be flagging and neither does the police's determination to suppress the movement from around the world most of these vehicles carry syrians fleeing from the south of at the border and that influx causes a traffic jam in the only the over no that city. hello again the top stories on the al jazeera news hour president donald trump says he's called off secret meetings involving the taliban and afghan government that were to be held in the u.s. on sunday he says it's because of

a taliban suicide bombing in kabul. hurricane dorian has left a humanitarian crisis in its wake with thousands of people fleeing their destroyed homes in the bahamas aid is coming in but is hard to distribute because of ruined roads runways and ports. ukraine and russia have carried out a prisoner exchange that's being here. a step towards ending the war in eastern ukraine 35 people were released by side. hopes of salvaging the 2050 nuclear deal with iran have taken another blow to her now says it has the ability to enrich uranium to a much higher level but it also says that capacity could quickly be reversed if europe delivers more promised promised sanctions relief. has a latest from. another step back from the 2015 nuclear deal but a step forward for iran's nuclear program the latest phase of iran reducing its

commitments further to the agreement with 6 world powers is its most serious and technical one yet. more lifting limitations on a research and development imposed by the deal is link lou developments of rapid and centrifuges we have the capacity to enrich uranium beyond 20 percent but we don't have any plans to do so for the time being this is where the more advanced centrifuges have already been installed as a friday in a tense nuclear facility is now capable of enriching uranium at a much faster speed since the united states withdrew from nuclear pact in 2018 and imposed a series of harsh sanctions iran has been reducing its commitments to the deal president has and rouhani announced this latest phase on wednesday but said all these changes were reversible when and if the european countries who signed up to the deal upheld their end of the agreement that would include protecting iran's oil exports from u.s.

sanctions what they're saying is that they can go back to that they really don't want to and one parent trying to do is to get some more leverage and these are the that was. the u.s. these negotiation and the stock supplied to great with. their honor partners lead to somewhere to add. chief of the united nations nuclear watchdog well head to town on sunday for talks with the reigning foreign minister mohammad javad zarif iran has given britain france and germany and the other 60 days to see if they can do anything to salvage this deal and the head of iran's atomic energy organization has told al-jazeera that after the next phase iran will have officially abandoned all of its technical commitments under the nuclear agreement or such a party al-jazeera to hong well despite this latest move france has it still committed to getting iran to adhere to their nuclear deal again here's what the

defense minister florence partly in her american counterpart said after they met in paris earlier new proved. we can only confirm our goal which is to bring iran to fully respect the vienna deal and we will continue to push towards this or diplomatic efforts oriented towards this the president is personally involved in it so it must be. i'm not surprised that iran has announced that it's going to violate the j. c.p.o. a they have been by leading it they were they had violated the nuclear nonproliferation treaty for many years so it's no surprise that the iranians are going to pursue with the iranians have always intended to pursue the former surgeon as president bashir has been denied bail by a court in hearts he's accused of corruption and illegal use of foreign funds shares says the $25000000.00 received from the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman wasn't for personal gain but denies all charges against him here but morgan

has more from hard to. this is the 4th quarter hearing in the corruption charges against vance former president already bashir where he's being charged with a list of financial gains corruption and bribery now the former president had previously stated that he wished the whole trial was secretive because he did not want to mention the name of saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin solomon where he previously stated that he did indeed receive $25000000.00 from the crown prince investigators also revealed during the 1st hearing that he received millions of dollars from the united arab emirates ruler as well now the former president has continued to plead not guilty to the charges against him and his defense lawyers which comprise of more than 130 lawyers say that they want the charges against the former president dropped because when the money was given to him it was given to him as a person and not as a president today the judge listened to their flood to the witnesses from the defense side and said that all financial dealings every single money he gave away

was documented and that they had documents to prove that and receipts to prove that the president did not understand the money that he received. our witness testified that africa international university which the president admitted giving money to had indeed received money in the sum of 4000000 euros and that that was documented in university records how 2nd witness who was an office manager of the president also confirmed that the president gave him money which he had been distributed to other people. now the charges that are not being mentioned end this trial are the charges against him for inciting tickle protesters things demonstrations began nation wide in december now these the transitional government which has been formed has said that they going to try to set up an independent judicial system to haul the president turn into account for primes long just committed in the water own region of darfur but also in the southern regions of and south quarter fun but people in the streets have been protesting and they're saying that the all trial is a sham and in attempt to divert their attention from the real crimes that has been committed in not just by before the president but by his governments as well

they're saying that throughout the 30 as they were been so many crimes committed so many lives lost and they want to make sure that not just the president but those who were his allies and with telling the government are also held to account and they're saying that if that just at is not delivered in they will considered that the revolution that based are to is not your to complete opposition candid it's a moscow or asking voters to use sundays regional elections as a referendum on the government the poll is lots of all largest protests and russia in years after more than 30 opposition candidates were banned from running step fossum reports salesman that neil big let's was detained to during a protest in late july you was charge for pulling the arm of a policeman who was a resting a protester the and to put new he was caught up in the demonstrations after coming from a business meeting he's been sentenced to 2 years in a penal colony read you wrong in cases like these people usually receive suspended sentences and sometimes even have their cases dropped consider in that their kids

has a political stairs the president knows about it of these because influence to the sentence q deal shoe coffee growth 3 years in prison for touching the helmet of a policeman the harsh sentences are part of a government crackdown after a protest dominated moscow streets for weeks they started when opposition candidates world banned from running in moscow's local elections more people joint after many were arrested united russia is trying to hold on to power using the right police batons they are the only pillar of support even afraid to candidates to run in the election let alone have a fair composition of what was in the only way to make this election meaningful used to turn it into a sort of referendum on the government after being released from detention for organizing an unsanctioned protest opposition figure alexei now finally changed his strategy on his you tube channel he started campaigning for what he calls smart

a voting urging voters to subscribe to a website on which his team has announced which candidates will have to chance to be the governing united russia party probably through friday friday the opposition between those who still want to continue the 3 protests and those who despite its flaws want to participate in this election and as analysts have pointed out the pride of opposition can be creates the chances of the opposition to be the government candidate and make this so-called smart vote a success. is one of the government candidates likely to benefit while the opposition has strongly campaigned against her after her competitor was not allowed to run she says she wants dialogue. it is a big lie following a scenario in which the war situation the better meaning the less qualified the more critical the situation is the better i want a dialogue because the situation is very intense people don't one radical change

but they want to improve their lives whatever the outcome of the elections for those who have to spend years in final colony some for participating in unsanctioned protest it's a high price to pay but many here say even that won't deter them from taking to the streets again in the days and weeks to come. having come to power promising to get the economy moving greece's new government is pumping money into new infrastructure but it says there will be no quick fixes for greeks who've endured a decade of austerity and crisis johnson reports. prime minister keogh cause me to thank yous has wasted no time over the summer he delivered on a promise to cut property tax and this month plans to roll back corporate and income taxes that rose sharply during the country's economic crisis and the government is fast tracking flagship investments and gold mining development and

urban redevelopment at the previous cd's a government had frozen benon almost lease out i.q. thought like life has become better for the greeks in 2 months but stone by stone the foundations for the country's rebirth of being light for the 1st time after 10 years of crisis is a glimmer of hope that the brighter grace we've spoken of is not an impossible dream in the market the expected tax cuts don't yet translate to higher sales to say business owners. and her family have fought to keep alive a 50 year old business in threads and guns and last year was their worst of the crisis she says but things changed after the july general election so to psychology has changed a lot changing government always helps but i think it's more than most i see assess an optimism but a climate a sense of expectation the same is true for basic needs there's no uptick yet but people here are more hopeful through this fruit stand and many kind of cali and her

brothers support their families as well as their mother who can't survive on a pension what it is now never got out we haven't seen a change in the market yet i hope it's a talk us passes the tax cuts the previous government was a disaster thank goodness they've gone i hope so pinned on the stopping at. outside the whole way michel thank you spoke labor unions mark their presence as they always do at the country's biggest annual trade fair not to oppose government policy but to press even harder for an end to austerity. is giving people hope that after a decade of recession and high taxes he will deliver on his promise of the growth. business and consumer sentiment are as a 12 year high and global markets have given him a vote of confidence greece's cost of borrowing has fallen by 2 percentage points since the election was announced and peter thank yous is showing he means business his 1st act of parliament created the most powerful secretariat the greek prime

minister has ever had to monitor his cabinets performance jumps out 0 thessaloniki the brazilian president has used his country's independence day to send a message about sovereignty over the amazon rain forest also narrow joined a parade in the capital urging brazilians to in his words show the world that the amazon is ours he's been criticized for his response to the record number of fires there but continues to refuse international aids not everyone was out celebrating though there were protests in several cities are latin america editor of the semen was at one in sao paulo. this is national independence day in brazil and while in the capital brasilia the president is leading the military parade here on the streets of sao paulo people are dressed in black that is their sign of protest and this year they're out on the streets protesting against budget cuts in education and against the government's policies in the amazon rain forest boy because he

should be presuming with education we acquire knowledge and without a recall and do anything it means we'll be at the mercy of political leaders that's why we're all fighting for decent public education. you know. the government has a plan to destroy our citizens' rights because without science and education we have no rights and i think that now the amazon is in the hands of the exploiters in the agricultural business sector. others are carrying flags and signs saying st louis the former president who is now in prison accused of corruption they believe that he has been wrongly accused and condemned 2 years in prison while supporters of the government and the previous government as well are free. and there are no shortage of it issues to protest against these women for example say that there's been in the.