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earthquake on most powerful quakes mexico has ever seen strikes off the south coast claim lines. thirty people. fleeing violence persecution the united nations as a quarter of a million people from thomas for. those who minority. now fled to bangladesh during the course of the last few weeks alone .
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good evening we begin with the very latest harkin. murray severely just it was. is been downgraded from the top i agree a five to four on the scale of intensity. she's still bringing with it nevertheless winds of up to two hundred fifty kilometers per hour as well as torrential rain. well supposing through the carribean killing an estimated twenty people along the way. and then headed in the direction of the homeless and cuba words expects to move closes allowed. of saturday. threatening to do yet more severe damage. will schools and most businesses are being shot on the communist side if you earn hundreds of thousands of people. are being evacuated. amer's that expected to hit florida during the course of the weekend. lee you s. president all
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trial trumpf described it as my quote a storm of absolutely historic destructive potential. reversals in florida are pleading with residents to follow instructions and leave the most high risk areas six hundred ninety thousand people in that state. have already been electricity. hyrcania irma. continues to be. a threat is it ever say. the united states is not a question of if florida's gonna be impacted it's a question of. how bad floors gonna be impacted and where the storms ends up over the next four to five days as it passes them on? i came here to you that i don't know anybody in florida that's ever experienced lets out a hit south florida they need to get out and listen. okay authorities that giving a very clear instructions and. a specific warnings to people in florida will for all three of us got if eric. is in the florida keys area an area which is the an entirely evacuated. gallagher joins us now galaga. unless signs where
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you are now that storm is headed your way. well it's on the. wintering we picked up nothing too impressive for a moment you're seeing some. are ripples on the water as well right behind me are on the. see an ally on the different nobody's of water such as lakes. other you come across out you but so nothing out you crazy that this was certainly no clear indication of any kind of imminent danger in the. form of our severe weather system
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clear warning sorry stop warnings to people that. and a you getting a person that that has hit home. and that most people have of of left the areas that are most at risk. yeah absolutely a vast majority of folks of faux chosen to get in their vehicles after having boarded up their houses their businesses and made their way alice. i either in lanza in some cases to some other shelters the more fortunate ones have found a hotel rooms others have simply. flied out but it's true that there are some people who are choosing to stay behind it are putting up a
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sort of. defiance added to one man that i just spoke to was literally standing on at the very end of us. when it appears that's right behind you staring at the ocean i was basically explaining that he has a business a family owned business out here and he's afraid of looting is afraid of. leaving it behind it being robbed by you ill intentioned of people who would take advantage of this situation and a very. a deserted parts of of of florida others. older folks were telling you that it simply is too complicated for them to grab their belongings. and leave it's not that easy and the solutions being offered in the forms of. shelters for h time. okay well thank you very much indeed for bring us. up
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to speed principles elephant in the florida keys are thank you so much. we are in this in austin has been severely damaged by hurricane armored residents in the french offer the island. say this is the worst storm system they've and unknown. overalls evil simon harding reports now on the extent of the damage that. slowly. and painfully. the residents of some of the top it's taking stock of the damage to their islands. hurricane and this passage boss at the french territor. local authorities have said ninety five percent of the island's infrastructure has been damaged. houses are destroyed. cars overturns. residences scavenging for provisions. some have lost their entire livelihood. i experienced louis that was nothing. lewis was a baby compared to this. is a monster which landed in our heads of lust everything my
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house my business everything we have nothing left nothin. amongst the rubble. residence looked helplessly on. those who can try and seek refuge wherever they can. in the few buildings which left standing on the island. as it because. items i seen a few cyclones but i've never seen anything like this look there's nothing left. i have a. some people are lucky to be alive they were just standing in the right place at the right time. we were staying second floo. with hurricane is it is worst the third floor collapses onto the second floor. and we are saved because we were in the bathroom. which had concrete in the ceiling a concrete wall. people on the islands have started clearing the debris. but the task ahead is arduous there is still no electricity comunicaciones
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it down. some people haven't even been able to contact their loved ones yes. amid the destruction residents are facing another threat lootings. homes and shops are being pillaged the french governments have sent police reinforcements to the overseas territories to keep order on some of them. nobody is more than thirty people unaccounted for being killed in mexico after a powerful earthquake struck off the sun because the country during the night. the eight point one magnitude quake because one of the biggest ever recorded in mexico as well as damaging buildings. it also triggered a small tsunami was inside quick struck rescue workers have been digging through the rubble. looking for survivors. emergency workers clear debris some one thousand kilometers away from the epicenter. here in mexico city the earthquake some people running into the streets in panic as building sways. it does about i grabbed a
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friend and i cried i cried because it scared the hell loads. i never lived through anything like that. that experience tram is a full but never had the walls three. lights go out rules prohibit it i mean they have any was full of people coming out of buildings out of apartments. everybody in their pajamas getting their dogs eyes and everything as it was very strong just all over. mexican president and ricky pannion yet so set some fifty million people were likely to have felt a tremor is over or near this is the earthquake with the biggest magnet you to be recorded. in our country. and at least the last one hundred years. unfortunately we've already received reports of loss of human life new material damage that we cannot get quantifying. what we would do that in the coming hours and days? to learn what damage here at a depth of at
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seventy kilometers that's according to the u. s. geological survey. many buildings that were reduced to rubble. the president's side over sixty aftershocks followed the quake mortimore strong folks could follow. a tsunami warning has also been set. some small tsunami waves already record is. now the un refugee agency says in the case the past few weeks more than a quarter of a million people from. is rohit shah muslim minority have fled to neighboring bangladesh. whistle is what what rights groups described as a campaign of violence agains. that is being burned to the ground. that she was also triggered widespread condemnation from around the world sparking protests. such as the one you can see that. as far afield as neighboring countries also. as far afield as japan as you can see that people are protesting that applied so the range of people. at least one thousand kills
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and well over two hundred thousand place. this is the un refugee agency's latest estimate on the recent wave of violence in burma. i think that it's going to be one of the worst. disasters. that the world at add to him are has seen and recent. high years. throw him yes it a burly security forces and buddhist mobs are responsible for the violence accusing them of burning villages shooting civilians indiscriminately and forcing people to abandon their homes. the military has rejected these claims and said a minority group had burned their own homes and village. although they had no proof to back the acquisition. not not not not. i'm from man do in irma. they burned our houses. they're killing our people so we have to come here. and cross the border. if i. lik. it a lot. the violence he surfaced in
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late august after militants of our condo he has a vision army. it's accessory forces racking state. since then an estimated two hundred and seventy thousand rohana have less labor in bangladesh. overflowing refugee camps there. in response protests erupted across the muslim world but. so my. earlier this week burmese leader and nobel prize laureate. she faced fierce criticism for refusing to condemn the. saying that international outrage was based on a huge iceberg of misinformation. no the wife of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's until she could face trial for alleged. funds.
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according to the justice ministry sarah netanyahu's and how the options you gave her version of events in the so called catering fat. vanilla countries attorney general feel and decide whether or not to press ahead with charges. right israel's sarah netanyahu is at the heart of a fresh legal scandal. dealing an embarrassing blow to her husband's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. soon she may have to face a judge. for the misuse of state funds for private mails. the statement of the general prosecutor rates that sarah netanyahu falsely claimed that no cooks are employed at their official residence. in order to use public funding for hundreds of meals catered from restaurants. according to the ministry of justice the personal dining expenses amount to one hundred thousand dollars. the police first filed a reporting answer last year recommending criminal charges. for paying excessive household costs with public funds.
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this is not the first time she stands accused of squandering taxpayers' mone. and he's also been previously convicted of underpaying and humiliating household staff. and this latest case she has denied any wrongdoing. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said yesterday on facebook those claims and says why for at certain will be proven unfounded. netanyahu himself faces multiple investigations are suspected of corruption and fraud and breach of trust the. one who did you. now the french foreign minister zhou yi flatly on has been holding talks in moscow today with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. making this a third set of talks between gm and since president amanda knockoffs of office four months ago. whatever of under the real you discussing a whole range of his it's from ukraine it's in libya to north korea. on the question of syria leo outlined house he sees events unfolding.
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when each the other forms of france as four basic principles in order to identify the actors that are likely to drive forward the political process. we. that bower. real little small minor the renunciation of all use of chemical weapons. the willingness and determination to eradicate all forms of terrorism only i think it would be fun to kill his. the granting of access to humanitarian aid to everyone everywhere. by that i mean to civilians everywhere. and that everyone of these actors in syria. omits disease principles so that a ceasefire can allow for the political process to begin. you deserve it on. a french horn has speaking that in moscow. pope francis is considering his five day tour of columbia with reconciliation being a central themes you out trip. with the goals for islam from countries five decade
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long conflict. he's it now in the town of view that you should zero which is a part of a country which once was besieged by leftist rebels. well see that he's really urging those he meets to forgive that former silence. conciliation and forgiveness in colombia. the backdrop may have changed the pope francis remained consistent and his mission. the pontiff arrives villa sencillo the second stop on his five day trip to a country trying to put a division of the five decade long war behind them. should a sincere was once known as the epicenter of violence between right wing which trees marxist rebels and government forces. now a place of praia for six thousand survivors of the conflicts. assessing for pope francis continued message of forgiveness. when the victims overcome. v. understandable temptation of revenge. that competency with it and that's shown they're loving
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us. so what we have they become the most credible protagonists of peace building processes. on there about. and it is necessary that some are encouraged to take the first step in this direction. without waiting for others to do so. russell. perhaps one of the other is the paper was referring to was rodrigo loans i know. the former farc rebel leader who was also the pope for forgiveness. in an open letter to the pontiff he writes. your repeated expressions about god's infinite mercy move me to plead for forgiveness for any tears or pain that we have because the people of colombia. the foxy mobilized in june after signing a peace agreement with the government late last year. is in my novel insults tourism from city for a storm of historic destructive potential the words of president trump's
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describe her into my. that he stole system heading through the carribean towards. states. but short of activation wasn't an issue. russia for. at eight point one magnitude earthquake on the most powerful quakes mexico has ever seen strikes up the south coast claimed the lives of at least a dozen people. we involuntarily secu show in the u. s. says that quarter million people from diverse range of muslim community. effective on the dash during the course of the past two weeks. stein offers a little business news stories i'm joined by anka hula high i guess. let's also with a major breach of what is one of the united states biggest credit reporting agencies as our time is one of the biggest and most threatening data breaches in recent years the company is called. equifax sort of three nationwide credit reporting agencies in the united states. announced yesterday late on thursday that the personal data of a hundred and forty three million americans could have
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been compromised huge hack occurred back in may. uses the slogan that almost half of the population of the united states and this is a very sensitive information i got out including names. birthdays social security numbers some credit card information and personal documents as well. the repercussions could be enormous and fallout from the announcement is already explosive as alexander hurst explains. for years equifax's run ads offering consumers a chance to see their credit score for free. now hackers have those breach began sometimen mid may and was discovered by equifax on july twenty ninth. just days later on august first three equifax executives made unscheduled trades selling a combined one point eight million dollars of the company's stock. though equifax says they were unaware of the
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breach at the time. it wasn't until september eighth that accompany inform the public sending its shares plummeting. well acted really. stop intrusion would probably gains in reading cyber security firm which are conducting a comprehensive forensic review. to determine the scope of intrusion. we also reported that the law enforcement you continue to work with authorities. we also got a social call center was a dedicated website provide consumers with information they need. to manage our personal situation. however consumers took to twitter to report early problems with the call center. and a law professor from lewis and clark university says that by signing up for the free identity protection service equifax's offering on its website. consumers are waiting their right to sue the company and the future. experts say the full impact of the breach may not be known for many months. yeah equifax shares to nosedive in today's trading
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they were down more than thirteen percent a short while ago. moving on to some bad news for french cheese lovers in china. the country has banned all soft cheese imports which means that smelly superstars like brie camembert and brook felt her out so. the band started in july but he nationwide last week. the government says it's to stop bacteria from entering the country. but some say it is an attempt to promote local made cheeses. china imported four hundred million dollars a cheese last year. so they understand really thrown a wrench into plans of rent renowned french restaurant turns in the country. many of whom had already planned to feature the cheeses on their menus. let's hear from the manager of the restaurant paradox. well for me so i did my supplier already has containers that are stuck at customs and they will go through. ashes not clear if i can sell we've already purchased here so we decided not to sell any of it. we have one she's last. which we put our freezer full ashkelon horror at wha.
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it's time now to take a look at some other business news that's making headlines this hour. the french daily newspaper le monde reported that the investigation into alleged emissions shading rather psa our group. found that she'd software had been used on almost two million people somebody automaker. the maker of peugeot and citroen cars denies any use of fraudulent engine software and is suing over a breach of confidentiality. stocks for the company fell more than four percent after the news. prada announced its net profits dropped eighteen point four percent in the first half of the year. italian luxury brand is struggling to turn its business around in the midst of falling sales and increased competition. the company also attributed decreased tourist spending in europe to a strong euro. now speaking of a strong hero europe's common critic i currency has hit a two and a half year high against the dollar. crossing the one dollar and twenty cents specials. you can see that exchange rate on this graph over the course of two year. those gains have been intensified by a drop in the dollar which at its lowest
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level in thirty three months on friday. wallstreet has seen a choppy session today with all indexes wavering between small gains and losses a few minutes ago the nasdaq was down about half a percent. with the s. and p. five hundred flats and dow jones let me in the green. tech companies slid and data securities companies client after that equifax data breach. in europe markets are in muted clothes except for london's footsie which closed down three tenths of a percent on the back of the chambers of commerce. saying that the british economy was quote treading water. now hurricane has yet to reach the us mainland the florida is bracing for the worst with many homes uninsured against flooding. meanwhile the house of representatives has given its final okay to a massive aid package for victims of the earlier her cane harvey. norman ethic act reports. the fifteen billion dollar disaster aid package is almost twice the amount requested by donald trump.
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but with her regain her my threatening florida hot on the heels of harvey congress expects more funds will soon be needed. this is. a down payment unfortunately. on what will be additional costs that congress will have to vote on. matter fact after hurricane katrina. congress voted on seven separate. supplemental appropriations for the job was done. the full extent of the destruction has yet to be assessed but the combined cost of the two harry kane's is likely to eclipse the hundred and ten billion dollars in damages caused by katrina and two thousand five. rising expenses that aren't only due to the strength of the storm. but also to the over development of low lying disaster prone areas in the u. s.. the combined residential values of miami dade broward and palm beach the three florida counties expected to bear the brunt of hurricane irma. is estimated at six hundred and sixty six billion dollars. but experts say most of the infrastructure isn't
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designed to withstand tropical storms. in addition of the two point five million florida homes in hazard prone areas only forty two percent. insured against flooding. one of the last great storms to hit florida hurricane andrew caused over twenty six billion dollars worth of damage in nineteen ninety two. according to a recent study at the same storm hit today. it would cost between fifty and sixty billion. and finally the last season of the hbo hit series game of thrones was one of the most watch seasons in television history. but sadly that may not translate you as much money as the network might hope. that's because there were more people pirating the show than those watching it legally. a new report by the anti piracy fuhrman you so so the whole season was illegally downloaded more than one billion. terms of individual episodes this season finale which was hailed as the most watched episode ever and which broke ichiro's ratings. was much sixteen point five million times. legally. but illegal
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downloads or series clocked in at a whopping four hundred and forty three point four million. first estimate just how much does it cost the company. the previous reports of peggy annual cost of piracy to american companies had twenty five billion dollars. so people who are downloading those are very obviously are saying i. it's worth watching episodes not having to pay for them. why pay for something? for free but. you're here if you wish. i have a handle on season seven. legend political policies and to have it anyway also catching up soon thank you very much indeed. i get earlier with the day's edition all the business then go i'll be back hoppus
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09/08/17 09/08/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> they haven't had showers in 10 days. they've only had one change of close in those agendas. -- in those 10 days. that port of potty's, but they have been told that those are for correction officers only. amy: as massive hurricane irma rushes towards florida, we go to houston, texas, to take a look at what happens to prisoners who are left to fend for

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