and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for mines. this is the w. news live from berlin the most violent storm to hit florida in living memory crashes ashore hurricane michael lashing that state with fierce winds and torrential rain more than four hundred thousand homes and businesses are now without power our correspondent standing by for us is also coming up. it's a very serious situation for sure. but this was

a good shake the school knows you know this saying we had nothing to do with it but social president trump demands answers from saudi arabia on the fate of the missing opposition journalist jamal shogi there are fears he was murdered in riyadh xampp a scene in istanbul. and a corruption scandal any gulfs of belgian football police raid clubs across the country in detain high ranking officials are being questioned about fraud and match fixing. cost the syrian refugee children in lebanon forced onto the streets to make a living we need omar and use of to sell flowers just to get by they are two of the many refugee children facing of busa and violence as they struggle to help their families.

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the u.s. mainland has been battering southern coastal states hurricane michael made landfall in florida yesterday leaving widespread damage and flooding in its wake pictures taken by the international space station captured the storm shortly before it hit the southern tip of the state known as the florida panhandle it was the state's fiercest weather in more than eighty years now the storm's intensity has waned as it moves inland as usually happens but neighboring states including georgia and the carolinas are bracing for more destructive winds. supercharged by the woman waters of the gulf of mexico hurrican michael blasted ashore battering southern florida with winds of up to two hundred fifty kilometers an hour residents in coastal areas who hadn't already heeded warnings to leave were

told to stay put travel now just too dangerous. they say god bless you all this by message because that's what it is the storm is there i mean the storm is there it's sort of too late to do anything about it now from the standpoint of moving her cane michael is the worst storm that the florida panhandle has ever seen or the worst power storms to ever make landfall in the united states. panama city felt the full force of the hurrican so on the slopes the wind was so strong and with these trees you can hear disavow every tree cracking in breaking in the ranges hitting up against the house it is you could tell it was something major but again if you've never experienced a hurricane or a major storm trust me this is something that you never want to go through the dumbest thing i've ever built they've given years just to stay for her like a jet engine. i mean the wind just super super high pitch you can feel it in your

hears like the pressure just changing it in a noun. busters beer and bait bar in panama city beach they were taking a more relaxed view of the approaching her a can well hunker down the waiting to be well prepared. for a few hours before we get a feel that will be off the roads inside we haven't seen this thing. go full in trees and power lines are among the hazards left in her a can michael's wake thousands of rescue workers ready to move in after making landfall over florida michael has lost some of its destructive power as it continues inland across the southeast u.s. as a still highly dangerous storm. are correspond stuff and simon's joins us now from thomasville georgia that's about sixty kilometers north of tallahassee florida where this storm hit very hard stuff and even driving for a number of hours to reach where you are right now can you tell us what you've been

saying. well georgia is getting now what to florida got when state heavy heavy rains and even the wind is still. getting or having some punch year with one hundred sixteen kilometers per hour still and that's why you don't see anything behind me it's pitch black and dark here because the power is out and that's a big problem for a lot of communities see in georgia now who are dealing with. michael who is now a tropical storm as you had mentioned another hurricane anymore and the same is true for florida of course and as soon as day breaks here rescuers and organizations who are supposed to move in right away fim are for example the federal emergency management agency as well as people who found shelter in many many public shelters there will be eager to assess the damage in florida further intel has the coast as well as here in georgia talking about florida. this is

the worst hurricane to ever hit florida's panhandle the people there have enough time to prepare for. yes they had enough time forty eight hours is normally for us floridians enough time to prepare for a storm and many many people took advantage of the warning which came fairly early forty eight hours before the storm hits that this will be a monstrous storm and as you said the strongest hitting the panhandle in about eighty years in the second strongest after andrew from nine hundred ninety two and maybe some remember this was a horrible storm too so yes many many people floridians went to shelters or made it to relatives or friends away from the coast and up north towards georgia the carolinas but there's always some people who decided to hunker down and to ride the

storm out and we'll see probably as soon as they light breaks here how well those people really did. are people getting the support they need what are you hearing about that briefly a place. all right now rescuers going out no despite nighttime and despite the fact that it starkie the darkness in a flood situation which we have no in georgia as well as of course in florida is really really dangerous since you really cannot see anything you don't know if there are power lines under the water trees or any any obstacles so this is a very very dangerous and for care. effort from however in the morning you will and we will witness a rush of agents and people who can help those who are now maybe trapped in their in their attics or on their roofs or in their houses somehow so

yeah people will get a lot of help and of course power companies will do their utmost to to restore power as soon as possible thanks so much for that. all staying in the u.s. u.s. president says he has spoken with saudi arabian officials quote at the highest level to demand answers about the missing saudi journalist. in istanbul more than a week ago turkish officials say they believe he was murdered inside that building . this time a shop by texas media allegedly shows journalists homolka shogi walking into saudi consulate the last time anyone saw him eight days have passed and there are no traces of his whereabouts. say they believe a saudi arabian hits quote to fifty nine year old media outlets published proposing

to show the suspects a rival the day before went missing. before his disappearance he worked for the washington post during a self-imposed exile in the us. there he wrote columns criticizing saudi arabia's new rule as the washington post supports the view that saudi arabia captured him and says that u.s. intelligence knew about the plan to capture the columnist the u.s. denies any formal each president says he has talked to high level saudi authorities to demand answers over the case and it's a very sad situations a very bad situation and we want to get to the bottom of that meanwhile saudi arabia remained silent as the alleged c.c.t.v. images ran on news shows quote why it has yet to prove its claim that he left the saudi consulate buy it back to will. time to check out some of the other stories making the news today at least three people have been killed after a magnitude six point four earthquake struck the indonesian islands of bali and job

our short time later a large quake struck papa new guinea there been no reports of major damage this comes two weeks after a large quake and tsunami devastated parts of indonesia. hundreds of mourners have turned out in venezuela for the funeral of an opposition activist the government and says that fernando killed himself after being arrested last week but supporters claim all bond was tortured and murdered the white house has condemned what it's calling the majority eams involvement in all bongs death. we have some sports now shock waves have been sent through belgian football after dozens of police raids in that country and even across europe mccambridge from the sports desk is here for that stories are talking about financial fraud match fixing money laundering what's happening in belgium well things really don't look very

good at all for both and for all right now one hundred eighty six police officers have been involved in forty four raids across belgium now we're not just talking about small grass roots level clubs here either we're talking about the likes of club bruges the reigning belgian champions and also a participant in this season's champions league they've actually had their coach even leko detained for questioning and also clubs such as and the late probably the most large historic club in belgium football so no small fry teams there. now according to the prosecutor's statement this is the latest step in an operation which has lost it a year now police received evidence of suspects financial operations and indications of the possible influencing of matches over the course of last season now it's also not just belgium that's been affected they've also been raids thirteen other raids across different countries all connected to both in football so france cyprus montenegro macedonia these sort of countries have also seen raids

in connection to this scandal so like i say no this is no small investigation ok no belgian police we understand are focusing on the arrest of players agents can you can you tell us who's a player in the agent what's happening here so the agent's name is now he's been described in the belgian press as a super agent which is a term we have beginning to see more and more of these days in football now it will come as no surprise to many fans that there's an agent at the center of you know the early stages of this investigation when there's money involved in football there are inevitably agents sniffing around now of course it's the agents role to try and get their clients the players the best deals possible when joining new clubs but we're seeing their influence in the game grow more i'm. more on the types of money they're receiving just explode so for example. the french for his move to manchester united and twenty sixth in his agent mino royal oversee forty five million euros in that deal so you could also self what sort of role all these

agents playing and what exactly has modi by it been up to it doesn't look very good whatsoever ok you know that these raids are centered on belgium's very concerning to answering the belgium took third in the last world cup what does this mean for the world cup and for european and world football right now well i think it's important to note straight off the very few of the players involved in that belgian world cup squad were actually plying their trade in the belgium really last season when these when these allegations were supposed to have taken place it's not the credit a crime of european football the belgian league it's quite small leigh but of course it is still very damaging for any nation a particularly want to have such a positive world cup to have their domestic league scrutinized in this way and you only have to look at the reputation italian football has had since the scandals of the bit of the mid north east where those match fixing and things like that so you know it's very hard to shake off this and i wouldn't be surprised if all the leagues around the world start to scrutinize their own undertakings and operations

that is probably a very good idea ed mccambridge for us this morning thanks very much. level on this is the focus of our next report it is home to more than one million syrian refugees many of them live in dire poverty refugee children are often forced to work on the streets to help their families get by the w.'s i abraham met two brothers in beirut the boys sell flowers for a living but they would much rather be at school. it is almost midnight but almost and use of the work day is far from over. the brothers from syria sell flowers in the streets of beirut three days per week from dusk till dawn . i wish there were. i work because my parents are sick i need to support them i wake up at five thirty or six in the afternoons i go and buy the flowers i work work work and then i go home. when i was

a. syrian children working on the streets of beirut has become a common sight seventy percent of syrian refugees in lebanon live under the poverty line leaving many parents like almost and use of swith no choice but to send their children onto the streets to survive them are. almost says there are parents a sick but i want to say something he should be able to stay at home even if my mother and father are sick they should work because they had us they should be supporting us and not the other way around just because. it's fun to ration. neither yousif nor his brother go to school on the streets they often experience violence. one time omar was six i came to sell the flowers here at the bar they beat me and did not let me sell flowers i said in a corner and cry had been bombed. facing this kind of abuse for prolonged periods

of time causes what is known as toxic stress and children something and geo workers are growing increasingly worried about. you were locked up at a bar let's say a kid spends four to five years on the streets if he stays in lebanon or goes back to syria the pressures he faced on the streets will remain with him he won't be able to do his work properly again there's no rule that no we are talking about children instead of being at school they are being lost. out of them and this is affecting an entire generation of them as thought he was yet. as part of a team that runs the fund us an initiative aimed at believe using the children suffering on the streets. for a couple of hours each week they can come inside the bus a safe space away from the gaze of the passers by to do arts and crafts. they said yes it helps them release if you give a child

a piece of paper cardboard and glue and then they can make something out of it the child gets to feel powerful which he normally does not get to feel yet they might but the bus is by no means a sustainable solution for syrian street children but you don't it can fit a maximum of fifteen children at a time. syrian children account for three out of four children living and working on the streets of lebanon. resources to help them are overstretched leaving children like yousif an almighty with no resort but to wish for a better future. as one who i hope if you have any station would come and get me to study i would go with them maybe they would give me a better life i would learn english french arabica. i would be able to travel and go places. save the children is trying to help young syrian refugees like yourself and omar the charity spokesman on that

joins us now from beirut thanks so much for coming on the show how many refugee children are there in lebanon out on the streets right now. good morning their numbers all too much have well. researched by twenty fifty has found the research which was done in collaboration with unicef and iow it's found that says fifteen hundred children are all mystery actively being recruited just to do different jobs. to do the threat. of child labor laws are we expecting a much higher there are no accurate figures as to how many of them are on history. of course you know it a problem it's not just being on the street and spend. whole days and weeks and years banking salary ventas starring dentistry.

and probably it's is huge. for a country star size and book elation our numbers are simply here. i'm you know here are these brothers talking about how they're beaten when they do their work out on the streets of beirut is that typical in beirut for children like us. fortunately yes i want to use it for just to sadly too many children who say you are exposed to different types of diffuse out there it's simply shouting and saying they get so big shots they get they get. even a scene they've been asked to try a cigarette that being that this is a drug abuse that. we are worrying about the children are exposed to all different forms of the use of violence no child rape should say and the and between

these corners of the street and. also in villages where the throat is just as big and they're all they're all you know suffering children who dream like yourself and don't know being something if you go absolutely those children they say they. want to be dropped this engineers architects something they still have that dream although we found out most of them are electric and cannot read or write. to them still have dreams this still have hopes that one day they will not be arsed to wake up at six final six and that warning and not come back and so midnight. it is our duty to look off to the ship turn to this incident to see where the problem lies rating. from save the children thanks so much for being with us and all the best to you with your work in beirut. thank you. let's get our business with

kristoff now and the latest on a major sell off taking place on the stock market is lot of red on the boards today brian it was a truly brutal session on wall street and the exotic continues stocks in the united states and asia have plunged every u.s. president on from call the federal reserve quote crazy for raising interest rates japan's nikkei hong kong's hang saying and china's shanghai composite all bonded more than three percent this after wall street suffered its biggest loss in months investors were reacting to off the cuff comments made by mr trump on his way to complain really robust growth in the united states has prompted the central bank to gradually raise interest rates way of trying to prevent the economy from overheating. the market turmoil comes as leaders of the financial world are holding their annual meeting on the indonesian island of bali here's i.m.f. chief christine legarde weighing in on why mr trump was wrong to criticize the fed

it's clearly. a necessary development for those economies that's all no showing. much improved growth. inflation that is picking up and falling into the range or reaching the threshold unemployment of extremely low it's inevitable. central banks make the decisions that make. their mess christine legarde speaking there now for more let's cross over to our correspondents at the i.m.f. world bank meeting in bali florian how are people reacting to the head of the i.m.f. essentially telling us president you don't know what you're talking about. well i would say that christine lagarde is in very good company here at the i.m.f. annual meeting she has basically just voice what everyone here has been saying

yesterday who was the french the e.u. commissioner who we see used to be francis of finance minister so he did so he also knows what he's talking about and he basically said that the trade war bad donald trump has started is stupid so even though donald trump is nonsense here he's basically taking center stage at these meetings here and there's a lot of consternation about what he might do next time for a new mention of one of the big topics of this meeting is the trade dispute between the united states and china what ways of solving the problem are being discussed. well as head of the. all who is also here yesterday said he says i don't see any light at the end of the tunnel right now apparently

there is no direct bilateral talking between the u.s. and china so the am i am happy that the world bank here that. they might be able to create a forum where these two superpowers if you will. can talk again and pan may be deescalated but so far there are no signs of that and so this is basically the topic that is overshadowing this this whole conference that might be nuances some say we're just in ask elating trade conflict some odds say we're actually headed for a fully fledged trade war now the i.m.f. experts here have run a scenario and they said if we really get into this fully fledged full blown trade war it might not knock off seventeen point five percent of global trade and almost two percent of the percentage point of global growth so the scenario is actually

pretty dire. for a nurse reporting from the meeting of the international monetary fund of the world bank in bali florida thank you so much. and we apologize for the quality of the salt there the united nations office for disaster her disaster risk reduction says economic losses from natural disasters around the world surged in the last two decades to a total of two point nine trillion dollars now what's striking fear physical events such as well kind of corruptions and earthquakes accounts for barely a third of that the main damage is caused by climate related disasters coming in at a staggering two and a quarter trillion dollars. the figures reflect a loss of resources and assets like holmes funk trees and foams caused by more frequent and intense climate related disasters like heat waves droughts and floods . presenting its record to disaster risk reduction offices climate changes posing

of a more problems and dangers. we have seen already that there is a very sharp increase. indeed number of climate related events which are actually creating seventy seven percent of the total directly economic losses caused by disasters. the report came as the southeastern us braced for hurrican michael to tear in from the gulf of mexico said to be the worst hurricane to hit the region in a hundred years. but while rich countries have a wealth of resources to mitigate the damage developing countries are helpless in the face of catastrophe. poor people in poor countries do not have twenty years coachy is forty years most of those children will be dead. this is what is going to happen i did even be dead because of the catastrophe itself all began because of the. prevailing persistent effect off many tradition that comes in on the scale

strophes with the droughts and floods the un says that especially when taking under reporting in poorer countries into account its study shows that investing in disaster risk reduction must become a major part of climate change policy. and reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour here on michael as bad for the u.s. state of florida with winds around train some flooding one person is reported killed so far as the fiercest storm to hit the state in living memory tears through the storm's intensity is weakening as it has for him but. this is the news coming to you live from berlin we have more coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news information around the clock on a website that's up call for now thanks for watching. and

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