hundred and ninety five columns is power. the category five storm cause catastrophic damage in babita on the pot french part dutch island of some some. for people that can find dead and over fifty are injured. france the netherlands and percecent he sense eight city facts about affected islands which included some are telling m. anguilla the u. s. and british virgin islands on of course someone some where the hoff the population is now heinous. his the french prime instead what feet speaking adia. big material. the material

damage is considerable. select religion numbers arey likely to change as we receive more information about what you. ludicrous electricity has been cut off. there is no drinking water. liz and fuel is unavailable. you want. the roads all blocked and early accessibl. even though the first clearing operations have begun goal eagles. because i'm a sweeps north west hate him governments has called for a nationwide looks down from twelve pm thursday local time. montessori occupational a those in the country's mold and paste. the hurricane is unlikely to hit the impoverished nation directly but heavy rains could trigger at dangerous floods. meanwhile cuba has started evacuating people on its northeastern coast santiago province has a bit over a hundred evacuations and as for up to thirty eight thousand people.

measures were taken include trying to organize for the fat and. get eggs the most practical things to have at home when the power goes out right. because there will be a power outages maybe the gas and water will be cut off. that's why we're buying it to in cases is terrence get contaminated and while. i'm a little bit scared yes. yeah it's coming from that. manzana pera glove mullah. and so you can imagine it's not easy. yeah i do know they were already pacify harry a nasty. you know they still haven't recovered. and was now coming hurting anna. i hope this miracle and it would just disappear. i wouldn't touch us because it's not easy was coming for us. looks at it. well joining me now from persons warrick university is leon silly huggins is professor upgrade will sustainable development program specializing in the caribbean region. professor hurricanes on

uncommon this type this time of year b but the atlantic s never seen on as powerful as i am. do you think it't's le the climatchchange. yes i am thank you very much will because i should say that it's very heartbreaking to see the facts. i am but you spawn. i mean sons of the impacts of climate change wanting the scientists have noticed that since the nineteen seventies the strength of category cited overcast reformed five hurricanes has almost doubled. and and what is not necessarily possible to say that is specific hurricane easing the climate change this kind of intensity of arcane certainly is. and do you u think that strg words are more frequent hurricanes a are going to become the norm in that case is climate change continues. it seems very likely and wanting this crucial and as we think about how best to respond to this kind of hyrcanus dissent in this kind of wider social political context so. scientist your warning for years that this kind of hurricane and he's like me to discuss it more since

hurricane are unlnlikely. ad to come in to happen but we don't have the necessary resources in the region to help countries i'm adeqeqtely respopond to prepare.. at what policies and spend particular have carribean islands try t to put in plae to tackle the effects of global warming and climate change. yes was a ranger responses across the region and the carribean re has been one of the most proactive regions in terms of the international negotiations on climate change. and governments in the carribean and specific and join forces of thellies a small island states. wanting calling for is very tough action on climate change at a global level unfortunately we haven't seen that and what that means is easy is that these countries are having to adopt. an ad hoc fashion unfortunate as i mentioned because of the economy how distribution of resources and wealth. they don't have the r resources o articulate it out s so one thing that. i'm carrying expertrts havave toldd me wi can do my research that i have the expertise they know

what you need to do which is to build. a stronger and better b buildinings is oute advanced warning systems but unfortunately pace just simply donon't have thee resources to do that. now there is an argument that many of the people affected by climatat change don't come from the nations that creates it. should morore affluent pollution proroducing natios be helping their letting its an injustice i i the climate change because. what you have is r richer countriries like the uk like the u. s. i'm like frarance in have polluted hisistorically a considerable amount is a industrialized but not only that? that pollution is the link to the industrial revolution which is self was link of course the colonialism imperialism so hazy for example. on haiti is partly so impoverished because friends i was paying reparations in france until nineteen forty seveven. ando less is a redistribution of resources that addresses

those h historical inequalities we really want to see i'm'm at the nececesy support for the region they need to deal with this with hurricanes like these. thank you very much professor leon sea hawk ads from work ust speaking that with us. well hurricane i is a category five hurricane which is the highest possible classification with wind speeds of up to two hundred and ninety five kilometers an hour it's cause catastrophic destruction. though it's rather the thirty strong hurricane in the atlantic in general these types of storms are typical phenomenon this typepe of y. puzzle we gogo explainins. hurricanane arma offfficialy the strongest atlantic storm ever recorded. but tropical cyclones in this part of the world are nothing new. each year the region braces itself for hurricane season. but in nineteen ninety eight hurricane mitch became the deadly storm in modern. leaving eleven thousand dead and. sing with hononduras and nicaragua paying. venus told. more than the strong winds

it was the historic rainfall the calls the greatest damage triggering floods and landslides on a massive scale. after its passage two and a half million people were left homeless. as hurricane ivan swept through the caribbean in two thousand and four the eyeballs directly over the small island nation of granada. the damage was colossal. over three quarters of buildings were completely or partially destroyed by the winds. schools hotels hospitals prisons and even the prime minister's house. the entire islanand was left without power or running water. in two thousand and twelve hurricane sandy left a trail of destruction spanning from jamaica all the way up that stern united states. haiti one of the world's poorest nations saw whole neighborhoods destroyed. while in the u. s. even evacacuations and cosostly emergency preparations could not prevent boss damages. florida is now bracing for landfall in thee comining ds

but it hasn't seen a a category five since it was hit by hurricane andrew twenty five years ago. yeah they are now and french police have arrested three men of the police found explosives and chemicals and flats in the persons of of of his youth. authorities say at least two of the men were in contact with jihadists in syria. it's believed they were planning attacks on banks cecile money. officials have a been a counterterrorism investigation columnar has the story. ndola petulance discovery that could have prevented yet another terrorist attac. police were called in on wednesday to floss in vga south of paris. often being tipped off by a handyman working in the building. side the flats they found a hundred grams of t. h. e. p. chemical products used to make explosives several gas canisters as well as mechanical and electrical parts that could be used to produce a parcel bomb. two men previously unknown

to police were arrested during the operation. that was apprehended on thursday authorities said he'd seen signs of radicalization. french interior minister jacques google has now confirms the three suspects were in contact with terrorists in syria. itit was y you knonow he was possible letet other people were involved and that will soon discover. that there are links with foreign terrorists. yeah they did ya they could. he said no they call. it is what allows you to link these two people to syria and iraq. huh shelf then only we were able to listen to a number of their conversations. see http is a homemade explosive that's being used by militants and several sacks over recent years. including the attacks in manchester i i mayay in brussels last year and in paris in twenty fifteen. on thursday investigators found more chemicals in a lockup carrots in neighboring ca. the two main suspects say they were preparing an attack on a bank to steal

money. it's not yet clear whether the discovery is links to the attack in barcelona last month. investigators are trying to find out why the main suspect had driven to paris days before the august attacks. next to the syrian army has accused israel of targeting one of its military sites in hama province. two soldiers were killed the syrian observatory for human rights said on thursday the strike hits a scientific studies and research center and a military camp next to it. syria has warned of craig jane dangerous repercussions to stability in the region against that has the story. nmo eighty warplanes striking imagery was such site close to russian base in the central syrian city of lhasa. that's according to the syrian army. that statement was read out on state television in the early hours of thursday morning. israeli warplanes at two forty two a. m. today fired a number of missiles from lebanese airspace. targeting

one of our military positions in a massive. which led to material damage and the death of two people. syria's army warns of serious repercussions for such hostile actions on the security and stability of the region. there was no immediate comment from israel the alleged attack. the former head of the country's military intelligence thomas yadlin however. was quick to respond. he treated that the attack was on a site that produces chemical weapons. and explosive arrows killed thousands of syrian civilians. another ex official yet of i mean door former head of the national security council. said in a radio interviview that the strikike. was anan effort to weaken iran and hezbollah. fruits partly lebanese media reported the presence of israeli at croft it's as space. related. retrieved. the e strike comes hours off the united nations.

only syrian government. michael weapons. it's deadly attack i'm calling. now a quick reminder about headlines this hour.. the strongest stotorm evever recorded in the a atlantic hurricane i'm a heads towards the southeastern bahamas. author wreaking havoc and destruction on a string of cardio items. cuba and haiti very soon a category five. french investigators believe up three suspects link to explosive slab fountain of. moments with targeting a pack. police say they had legs sits herself in syria. time now for business and kate maybe g going beyond tt now i kate actually. say friends presidents on a macro is increase on a two day visit he's been of course following what's happening at with hurricane another also issues like greeks bailouts thousand yeah well he's been talking

about debt relief calling. for athens really be forgiven some of its massive debt he praised the government's efforts to implement the austerity measures which been demanded by international creditors. that international mantra funds in particular should take care not to impose new conditions on a population already struggling. freshly also call for deeper year integration as many of us he explains. visiting the country that threatened to pull the eurozone upon us. emmanuel mackerel returns to a key theme of his presidency thie integrated europe don't them later jimmy need a trulyly european budget. and a finance minister who will truly accessorized the democratic responsibility that will belong to them when he would it hasn't. and his proposals have

created some friction among members particularly german. athens for its part insists it's living up to expectations that the bailout is on schedule to wrap up next year. and that's the ends maybe insights.. this. i agree crisis was simultaneously a european crisis. also greece's exit from the crisis will suggest the end of the crisis where your races. fashionable. eurozone creditors have agreed to a loan package worth eight point five billion euros with the imf provisionally participating. although both greece and france have been critical of the ims role in the process. we might call saying the body needed to act in good faith. in upcoming talks. the message from athens it appears is that it's the role of europe's leaders so europe's problems. the european central bank has kept interest rates at record lows and revised its

assessment of gdp expansion. the sitting outside fears on economies grow by two point two percent this year. not be the fastest rate in ten years. inflation is still lagging behind the bank's two percent target. not still cause for concern it's one of the reasons the bank is maintaining its constant easing program. pumping sixty billion euros a month injury eurozone economy. site some speculation over the summer the bank would begin backing away from that steals this. our drug he said he would only consider changes in october. this autumn will decide on the calibration o. r. policies through lines. beyond the age of the year. taking into account the expected bothell inflation. and the financial conditions needed for sustatained r ren only flesh on rates. the worse levels. there are below but close to two percent. not relativelyy upbeat tone for mario draghi boosted european markets so green

across the board at the closing bell. the firm for tax leading the gains of about two thirds of one percent. was highly volatile session on the currency markets the euro jumping after thanks announcement and hitting a dollar twenty. wallstreet slipped in its trading session just the nasdaq closing above the flatline banking stocks dragged down trade. shares in disney dropped four percent is media giant issue a profit warning. dear senators approved more than fifteen billion dollars worth of emergency aid for victims of both hurricanes harvey and irma. in a controversial deal which democrats struck with the white house that funding was linked to measures to extend the government's debt limit. it's a different bill than the one that was passed by the house of representatives on wednesday. meaning it will have to go back to the lower chamber for the final green light. as an ultra meanwhile is that he would be open to the idea of eliminating the cap on government borrowing take a listen. but many years people haveve been t talking abobout gettg rid of debt ceiling altogether and a lot of good reasons to do that. so

certainly that's somethingng that we'll be discussing complicates things it's really not necessary because you're talking about budget. so it's really not necessary but it sure. after months of delays a french court has approved a government backed rescue plan for the gms car parts factory. bailout would see just a hundred and twenty of the two hundred seventy seven workers there keep their jobs. with financial participation two of its biggest clients hello and his is citron as well as from the french state. we've always been protesting for months creating the first major industrial dispute of the michael administration. and more than half of their co workers facing an uncertain future. those employees out continue their demonstrations. but there is already a pie and that's good but what bothers me is that we don't know who will be retained and on the wall conditions. for those who need the compensated i'm angry that we don't know anything. i thought well you really have to struggle to find something to finish paying the house to raise your

children. provide your basic needs not least find something to me little miss eskimos a. electric revolution is continuing on the roads with bmw and jaguar land rover both announcing plans to go green. bmw says all of its new cars will offer electric motors from the year twenty twenty five will judge your land rover announced similar plans take effect by twenty twenty.. they'r're following in the footsteps of volvo which will stop producing traditional petrol engines in just two years time. cocountries including france and the uk said they'll ban gas guzzling vehicles in the coming decades. all consumers begin shifting to hybrid or new generation motors. the whole world out there julia and how sick you thank you very much kate made eye with a business. now in town at tier media watch and enjoy my neck crush what he's going to take us through some of the media and social media reaction on this intense thoughts americans even in tv scene a houston hits with harvey. now we go to. about owning his way to the carribean asserting.

haiti and the dominican republic as we speak and. leslie at to riches the cartoonist for a moment that with france looking on i guess a lot of people in the world are looking at events. americans to us closely in florida there you can see. friends looking at his distant cousins. in its overseas territorie. as the trees the rips open houses and narrow threatens their people's running stand out on. the middle knuckle of the president's it beating greece today amber has spoken on a blouse and the whole question of climate change noticeably. saying that the events with seeing now unfolding are very much linked to the us. he's saying that he will visit the region once conditions arise. anything

that what's missing now is unprecedented and there needs to be a long term and. presidents donald trump he said that in the past he's not a big believer in global warming. well known trump is in the eye of the storm literally because he has properties in the carribean and is mara largo a stays. is in the path of irma and as as the mortals show now if you look at this street here. olive trees ashley's them it's a treat takeover because he's made in the past about will this whole idea of global warming was created. by the chinese to make us manufacturing on competitive so as you know he's nausea and it isn't so the believer

of climate change. and. the washington post's on its top articles. sometimes change the facts you can physically see other damage in his own backyard. letter conciertos mentioning that. let's. is let down a. you know if it is a little homes. thank you go the consonant answer and night mom are longer so we don't know if you see how this will pan out in terms of florida to. the senses is all some degree of panic in terms of. trump lasting irma in well that's one thing but and maybe he won't let. her can who say which is the hurricane behind out a. you know that job being a because a lot of those names if you look at the

hurricanes coming on in his arrogance is they're all hispanic. so i went and make a joke for you because it's on said the other day the other gags include them. you know and this is the simple fact that. you know we just in so long lines. and in those long lines which is going to cost nothing to look at those computer models again every six minutes and panic mars. and a sense of humor because again we have no house in a pan out. and looking at his computer models it's is it is fairly. well you know there's a side of its efforts are underway to ensure relief and aid gets varies. affected us as quickly as possible because my indeed you know as as he said in these listener dutch french british arm of the. outcome of the sending out forces to to help relief efforts and now i'm in the car. and directly.

here one of the nice good news stories in the tampa bay times that i think. a transport and storage company thing we can offer you stuff for free. you know to help you and as you as you unload. obesity that though that not good news story. match highs over the ones about. an airline companies over charging among parody as well you got to elect racism curfews those security questions knows us. as you saw with erica hobby whether those things leslie on happened at dan in terms of security issues people and evacuating now i'm in florida thousands of people. here that's look at this of one of the. . nice website to go to to really in terms of copies of modeling is this nasa sport. and treat that school being nationals so that calling ie tropical truancy cats here on the left e eighty miles n

hour earlier in the sent a hundred and seventy five. and who say a right behind a hundred and five six. you know. people who are. addicted to a smartphone and will actually be able to follow things are very different. thank you very much that nicole shot that with the media watch. that that vermont state you know in six short break more news and commentary about. the second

09/07/17 09/07/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is demomocracy now! >> some properties have been totally demolished. it is absolutely heart wrenching. utilityastructure, infrastructureres damaged. the physical infrasucucture was damaged. amy: hurricane irma, the most powerful storm ever recordrded over the atlantic ocean, has left at least 10 d dead in the caribbean, more ththan a million without power in puerto rico, and the entire island of barbuda