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threat. only eight. the us planets and international media agreement. first a frantic rescue effort is underway in mexico city after huge ask. buildings killing more than two hundred. among the victims school children at the end 3 que rips out. school why peep seem to. ben had. and reach survivors. second strong quake to hit mexico in this many weeks last month's disaster also hit thirty years to the day. after one of the after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the nation's history. painstaking waits for families desperate to see their loved ones rescued from the rubble. the seven point one magnitude earthquake which struck mexico on tuesday afternoon. has reduced buildings here in the capital to heaps of concret.

this man's son is trapped underneath one of them. no the sinking. in here telling us there are people who have managed to communicate via whatsapp get you will put if there's a group of thirteen people in a certain place. nicholas but that's i really hope my son is amongst them. is that they use. in southern mexico city a desperate search for survivors children continues under the rubble of the school building bradley's twenty children already known to have died. mexico's president brushed aside from tuesday night to comfort parents and teachers frantic with worry. senator joe it was if they have had voices. we don't to disturb the rescue operations. thank you very much. elsewhere in the city hopeful chair as the structures post up towards rescue teams who have found one of those tracts. and for those lucky enough to have survived fears of

aftershocks and we can buildings means rest bites can only be found out on the streets. with more and i'm joined by ben smith a mexico specialist a boring university. thanks to bring with us ed two nights and. this will have to the the nineteen eighty five earthquake that the killed thousands of people in the city mexico did changes building rules and. has not helped to save lives this time around. up i mean it seems to. enough profoundly being talk on a mexican policy tools a earthquake prevention is change building rail rules have changed. unless i had some of my stringent anti us quite rules now whether those are a blighted by is a different matter but it does have extremely stringent rules on this. also it it seems this time around. of the rescue service is farm organize neighbour were before and also i i think that's most

important to the mexican people. the status actually communicating with them. in eighty five it took thirty nine hours for the president to actually say anything to the people of this time we have pena nieto will sadly. much better. poly because. mess because it is now governed not only by the. the federal government does have the same man. his phone de centralization has actually fallen kuala of money towards the rescue services the police services the fire services. in mexico. city so it's far better prepared than it will say nineteen falling. i think that that that's quite clea. and unfortunately from mexico city geography means that it is very vulnerable to earthquakes and in in some parts of the city more than others isn't it. yami no nothing unite

political and pretty much every single news a. program on the start of the frontage builds on like. and not does it no services when it comes to the stability of its buildings so. no whenever there is a shock of con six seven are about. building suai enormously happy narron in quakes myself in it it's. it's extremely disconcerting are being collomb the six seventh floor just feeling a seven wobbly strongly storm to hie island in eighty five years. maria has killed at least nine people across the caribbean and it comes hot on the heels of irma a catch a brief five storm. which claimed dozens of lives three devastation in the region. direct impact from the worst hurricanes hit puerto rico in eighty five years. this was the scene and capsule some hon by residents of what to lashes of wind and rain from the category four storm. hurricane maria has been

downgraded in strength after slamming into the virgin islands as a category five storm. it is because several fatalities and has devastated the islands of dominican and guadalupe. this man in the french territory is taking stock of the damage. i've lost everything my car was crushed as well and it was a car that i had just repaired entirely. and now it's gone. erotic. to residents news caribbean islands busted by no less than full major hurricanes this season a return to normal life is a way off. for now it's back to basics. preparing houses. restoring power. and tearing roads. spain is wrapping up the pressure on the catalan separatists ahead of an independence referendum planned for october first. at least twelve people have been arrested following raised by spanish police on the catalan government offices.

as long as president has accused madrid of totalitarianism redonda of us has the story. nnova weaving cotton onion flaunts hundreds of protesters gathered outside the region's economy ministry in barcelona they turned out to demonstrate against the arrest of junior economy minister joseph maria jose. spanish police carried out raids on several government offices in a bid to put a stop to the independence referendum. despite the crackdown the catalonian president called on people to turn out and vote to defend democracy overnight in the catalonia last up to get the government to catalonia has today been the victim of a coordinated aggression by the police. forces of the interim industry and the spanish government. appeal the objective of preventing catalans from freely expressing that will. peacefully on the first of october. and with the purpose of suspending the activity of the government that was democratically

elected in twenty fifteen mass. of you can be shut the * him better the laws will king's. the catalonia leader accused madrid of crossing the red line. he said his province was experiencing a state of emergency you to central government adopting a totalitarian attitude but during a parliamentary session prime minister mariano rahu he insisted the crackdown in catalonia with legal. who will be our most open been the ones who really got the government is following through with its obligations? will continue to do so until the and. will continue to do what we have to one but i also believe it our actions are proportional to the events of the last few days in catalonia it's us. and got the rohingya. spanish police have reportedly seized millions of ballot papers across the region. over the past few days thousands of envelopes and campaign leaflets have also been confiscated and they have sent letters to the media. for beating tour to publicize these referendum. which is completely against

a at that the freedom of speech and the freedom of to inform. and the having to seized at private correspondence from the their regional government to private persons informing about the referendum. disease are unprecedented in now in. in european democratizing credit history and needs happening in the very heart of europe. totaled seven hundred and forty five out of some nine hundred minister police to say they'll provide venues for the referendum. despite facing charges of civil disobedience abuse of office and misuse of public funds. polls show just over forty percent of catalonia's five point five million voters are in favor of self rule. but that the majority wants the opportunity to vote on the issue. the united nations general assembly continues this wednesday with iran's presidents taking the podium and its a hit back at yesterday speech by the us president donald trump. us on a holiday cool trump's comments absurd ignorant and hateful. those first address

to the u. n. chump attacks by the iranian regime and the nuclear accord signed by his predecessor barack obam. music question ronnie also questioned the historic influence of the united states in the middle east. when i turn on that woody a coppola how your not the united states government should explain all you might to its own people leave. why hit show after spending billions of dollars of the assets of the people of america? and of our region. instead of contributing to peace soft and stability no. it has only brought more misery poverty. and the rise of terrorism and extremism got a month to the region john had asked. well foreign that we can get a now at to you in just kalamazoo area is that and that just got yesterday. i don't from called iran a rogue states today but rohani calling trump at a rug newcomer diplomatic

language. solely missing at this year's un general assembly was saying her. it just seems so he threw it right back in total charm space in the heat and he tried to present iran is a moderate state as a rational state is standing by. her this accord that it taken so long to broker a between multiple countries. and each rights a presenter on is the opposite of the united states saying that you trump has a is a broke new converts the international. that station that he's irresponsible he said that iran would never be the first to violate this still that had been a long time in the making of that it could not be. renegotiated that be very irresponsible and which showed that the united states cannot be trusted if it was just simply rip it out the in any case is not for the u. s. to do because

so many. other countries but were involved. i'm an insult to sites i'm s down but then just today also. a bilateral with the palestinian leader a bass but then trump a reply two reporters asking you what are you gonna do about the iran nuclear deal saying. all i have decided to run the mile thing i have decided but he didn't say what he had decided so he's reading less people are asking themselves. you know is this just posturing has he made up his mind what is he going to do your guess is as good as mine and even a french officials echo to his and you just don't really know. with double trouble one day said one thing then the next day the next something different and so he's that's not people

guessing hit one thing's for certain that data. the majority of people here at united nations support that jail and they were not is countries involved and see it simply demanded the y in new york his. what he adds? after a tragic history in iraq. time has come for us to decide to go for it a friend them. we were to do that peacefully. we want to engage with baghdad through negotiations so that we and this relationship that did not work. you know the to have to. southern states extra each other living in peace. this is a decision of the people of kurdistan at people who have suffered chemical gas inc. a people who have suffered and file instructional villages. that have been attempts from old friends and partners in the international community.

asking us to delay pressures actually what we have been honest we don't closer to that pressure because we have been. a an important. member of the international coalition against isis. it has been a what peshmerga forces for the first time they destroyed the myth of i says. and they have stopped the advances of ice. and then bailey gave tara two that was close to i suspenseful we have played a crucial role in the fight against isis and we have fought. on behalf of the free world. and that world has been costly. we have lost until now one thousand eight hundred peshmerga as and over ten thousand have been wounded. and sixty two missing but we have realized that we have no future whatsoever in iraq. time has come for us to accept negotiation we want to do it peacefully through negotiation and understanding with bad that. we don't believe that we are committing a crime. the international community has

be has to be opened for thi. and you can see that interview info here on france twenty four. at five forty five paris time. no authorities and ngos in bangladesh say that struggling to cope with an influx of refugees from burma over four hundred thousand wrecking the muslims have arrived in the. coaxes bizarre refugee camp in recent weeks and many of the new arrivals are children. and pregnant women mandakini got is that. nnova your feet arrived. four days ago. the long journey from bomb. two one on this one. isn't entirely reassured. he weighs less. and we need to give him food he also blood. he had a fever he was shivering. i had to find a place for my family to live. could look after him. how mud? meets decidedly to

to to spain. baghdad has. the mighty armies of the scabs on meeting ground for all sorts of diseases. for the moment mohammed is fun to show to from his family in their moss. his wife because he jumped is suffering silently. trying to take care of pen newborn son. but that has happened. it is going in the forest while the number. he say yeah. i have a high fever and my stomach was in pain. who was also bleeding? i wasn't such immense pain that i had to be carried to the jungle. but it may. about her mother. cut the child wouldn't have so live.

i think all year. i thought tough to leave my door to behind. when you have to give birth a jungle known but i can help you. the. seventy pounds. talk back to in women amongst the new wave of refugees that's one. out of every six new refugees. providing care for them will be a massive challenge. well that from a medic intolerance in bangladesh. let's get you some add business use decade media spent with us in the studio i own eyes on america's central banks tonight kate's and it has now wrapped up a crucial policy meeting what we know. that's right well the first thing ever wants to know about of the seas interest rates. there is no change to the key interest rates at the federal reserve officials at the central bank to do still expect one more rate hike to come. before the end of the year that's likely going to be in december. the real issue this wednesday though is the fed's balance sheet. it's a measure of the bank's assets and how much money it's been pumping into the american economy. since the financial crisis a decade ago that value has ballooned to four and a half trillion dollars. in a sign that the

economy is now getting stronger needs less support. janet yellen is going start reducing that in october. defied bound she will be drawn down by that ten billion dollars next month. and slowly increasing at that pace over the next year as the by this time. in twenty eighteen we six years should see a drop of about six hundred billion dollars. that also saying it expects the us economy to be slightly disrupted in the third quarter by the impact of hurricane harvey and irm. the doesn't foresee a long term impact. it would indeed be ready to act again if economic conditions deteriorated drastically. august is around the world have been watching it that announcement closely trade had been fairly muted in the run up to that decision the dow jones had a new record high earlier on in this session. although even see it has now pared back and is trading flat this hour. us stocks pretty much done across the board there otherwise the nasdaq down about. four for a point four percent rather the banking sector also trading off about one percent this hour pulling some of the trading

up there on the dow jones. and major european indices were fairly flat on their clothes london footsie one hundred slightly below the flatline. can count and tax just above it. the german steel giant tyson grief and india's top have agreed to merge their european operations. and create europe's second largest steel producer after arsenal meets and. the new joint venture is expected to cut around four thousand jobs in total. and has once again raised concerns about the future of workers at the poor tell that still works in south wales. which is owned and operated by tessa. steel prices have collapsed as cheap it chinese exports increased in recent years. and place we groups c. e. o. said that combining operations would help combat that supply glut. with in the immense is for the new company is big. it will be a clear number two steel maker with a turnover of approximately fifteen million euros. and forty eight thousand employees in thirty four locations just brightest on talk. using via and five mile on

the screen south we must deal with the basic problem which is over capacity. and that can only be done with the magic going to some interest people and if one doesn't match and does that alone. won't come to achieve things positive effect store michigan but for. france's socialist party took a beating in this year's presidential and parliamentary elections and it's now struggling to make ends meet. marty has put its historic headquarters in the chic seven the hottest month paris up for sale in an effort to fill up the coffers nearly explains. three thousand meters squared in the heart of paris. a symbol of the rise and full of the french socialist movement. the head court of the socialist it. ahead since francois mitterrand's election to the country's highest office in nineteen eighty one. the upkeep of this left bank townhouse costs four million year is the year. a price tag the socialist can no longer afford. political news it's not financially sustainable for us if we have to choose

between keeping a building no matter how beautiful have symbolic it is. and having the possibility to go out to spread a political message. and being a strong opposition force. well there's no hesitation show. supposed. political parties in france receives state subsidies based on how well they do in elections. after a string of catastrophic electoral defeat this year. the annual budget of the socialist has been flashed from twenty eight million. to just eight million year as. selling the home of the socialist party could race forty to seventy million. but it won't be enough to save some of the one hundred twenty employees from losing their jobs. squeezed out by manual macros centrist movement on the right. and beige ownik mental shoals radical movement on the left. the socialist party heads to reinvent itself from the foundation of. moving on some the days of the business headlines now. reports just the google's parent company alphabet is planning to body parts of

each t. seed the taiwanese smartphone maker. privilege to see shares was suspended after bloomberg published a story on wednesday. which is the already built up all for that own smartphone the pixel. an inquisition it confirms that indicate an effort to spend. one already competitive market. she but has agreed to sell its memory chip business to a group of investors led by bain capital. including apple and dell. eighteen billion dollar deal ends an eight month bidding process sheep was forced to put the unit up for sale. pay for billions of dollars in losses in its u. s. nuclear business. to avoid seeing its shares delisted the tokyo stock exchange. the world's largest fashion retail group has recorded a nine percent increase in profits for the first six months of this year. spanish group into text which owns brands including zara and first go. at knitting come of one point four billion euros. but it felt slightly short of expectations currency fluctuations. strengthening.

are much less have welcomed recent moves by governments including norway the uk france and india to ban sales of petrol and diesel fuel vehicles in the coming years. it was a similar announcement by beijing last week that could tip the scales. china is now the largest market for car sales in the world. our correspondent since report. rush hour in beijing. the chinese capital has five ring roads. but built around an ancient city the modern roads are not enough. the city's roads are inundated with traffic on a daily basis. today is sunny. but in general. beijing is wrapped in a blanket of toxic small. gas powered vehicles are blamed for a good portion of the problem. across china personal vehicle sales are surging. fourteen percent in a year. which is the equivalent of twenty four million new vehicles. tortilla. electric. their battery life can be s.

for a long journey. is there a possible. everywhere. we electric cars are good for your wallet. he about getting one. a transition beijing considering us. moon. banning every gas powered car by twenty forty. at b. y. de the main electric carmaker in china. this is welcome to the stat. the measure has not been confirmed yet. be why the stock rose by six percent on the day of the announcement. parishioners religion alone funding logo doing very little to be listening. and a life and limb two. days with. no. it is urging the government to act for change days. over a hundred i could do so by promoting electrical

charles whenever. we see none of up to one it was an excellent. with only five thousand vehicles sold every year. check remains in the. the growth is impressive. fifty three percent a year. with that speed the sector could soon earned its place under the sun. that report coming from the. great stuff kay thanks very much indeed that we gonna take a short break cara france twenty

1717 09/20/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the ground started moving. the windows started to break. people started to leave their homes. this building in front collapsed. amy: we'll go to mexico, where more than 200 people are dead and hundreds more are missing after a massssive earthquake. in puerto rico is hit by what could be the most catastrophic hurricane to hit the island in a century. it just and landfall. then to healthcare. >>