search for survivors continues after flash floods near jordan's dead sea most of the twenty one confirmed dead are children. as samples prosecutors demanded the extradition of eighteen suspects from saudi arabia over the murder of john is jamal khashoggi pressure is mounting on riyadh to reveal the location of khashoggi body journalist vanished after entering the saudi calls us in istanbul more than three weeks ago well the turkish president long cold on saudi arabia to come clean on labeling its explanations so far childish and comical he also urged the kingdom to reveal the identity of its local cooperation whose saudi officials say helped dispose of body odor one one turkish investigators will be revealing more evidence related to the killing and also jamal khashoggi fiance has spoken publicly in her first television interview since the murder took place charles strafford reports. you saw miss it we're going to show. you what happened with the second says the turkish to be graphic walt with their last words together for the first t.v. interview since her fiance was killed in the saudi

died after flash floods and jordan most of the victims were children on a school outing near the dead sea delany and sent this report from the scene. search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescuers shores of the dead sea resort area while. the water but with every hour that passed hopes to find anyone alive became dimmer and one hider sat patiently staring at the horizon wondering where his son could be. i came here with my success we were having a picnic all of a sudden we saw the floods rushing down my son saw the children in the water they went to rescue them i was swept away to one died two were taken to hospital and one is still missing the count find him anywhere it happened when suddenly heavy rains sent water surging from higher grounds in the jordan valley to school children were at a camping site near some hot springs furder in that range of mountains now they were caught by surprise and the force of the water swept them away over several kilometers according to the civil defense on the valley and some of the bodies were found in th

well search and rescue operations are still underway near the dead sea in jordan off to flash floods that killed at least twenty one people most of the victims were children on a school outing adda abdul hamid sent this report from the scene. search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescuers shores of the dead sea resort area while. the water but with every hour that passed hopes to find anyone alive became dimmer and will patiently staring at the horizon wondering where his son could be. i came here with my success we were having a picnic all of a sudden we saw the floods rushing down my son saw the children in the water they went to rescue them i was swept away to one died two were taken to hospital and one is still missing account find him anywhere it happened when suddenly heavy rains sent water surging from higher grounds in the jordan valley to school children were at a camping site near some hot springs furder behind that range of mountains now they were caught by surprise and the force of the water swept them away over several kilo

kilometers according to the civil defense on the valley and some of the bodies were found in the dead sea a bridge that leads to this site with the school children where when do water started seargent collapse so drills were also used to search to rocky slopes and deep canyons surrounding the dead sea. divided the work into tang to continue searching drones are also searching searching the show and the mountains. heavy rains and strong winds were expected in the area they had already hit the capital are many previous days they did see is an arid region the lowest point on earth at some four hundred thirty meters below sea level and is prone to flash floods to school day trip was initially due to happen in another part of the country it's not clear why plans change to school decided to take to children to do one area authorities had warned against by late afternoon still had no news about his son he walked away overwhelmed with grief had a bit hammy the edges here at the dead sea in jordan israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a surprise visit to the gulf state of oman matter

at the dead sea in jordan. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a surprise visit to the gulf state of amman he met the country's ruler sultan qaboos to discuss the middle east peace process the last time an israeli leader visited amman was in one thousand nine hundred ninety six netanyahu his visit comes just days after palestinian president mahmoud abbas made a three day trip to the sultan amman's foreign minister says his government is not officially mediating the human being because when it comes to many issues we are not mediate we don't mediate between parties who are capable of achieving what they agree on we are facilitators in many situations that can help convince opposing parties on how to reach an agreement when it comes to the palestinian issue we believe the media to has to play a new role is the u.s. and particularly president trump. an investigation by the associated press found that hospitals in the democratic republic of congo routinely imprison patients who fail to pay their hos

they were thought to be part of the historic dead sea scrolls. scholars in germany found five had inconsistencinconsistencies. cnn raised questions about the dead sea scrolls last november when the new $500 million museum opened. the forgeries could be the biggest sham in the history of bible arc ology. >>> -- arceology. >>> and tonight is the showdown with boston red sox and los angeles dodgers. first pitch scheduled for what we call bedtime here on the set at 8:09 eastern time. red sox are a slight favor. >> it is hard to be a sportsman on this shift. >> it is tough. a lot of naps this week. >>> taxes, caravan, voter fraud. the president latching on to a lot of issues two weeks before the midterms. how much is true? >>> and moments from now, the turkish president expected to reveal details about the death of the journalist at the saudi consulate. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hund

at the dead sea in jordan. a political battle is brewing in sri lanka after the president sacked his prime minister and replace him with a former strongman manda rajapaksa was sworn in on friday and replaces ronnell with crime a singer but a singer insists he is still in power and alpha and is has more now from columbus. developments here in sri lanka giving the freeze never seen never one almost completely different twist the former president mahinda rajapaksa now sworn in his new prime minister now the swearing in of this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the be in political circles in general day to day life expected it what we're hearing from the president's media division was that the president might have policy to say in a war in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after serious in the defeated rajapaksa at the last presidential election now running victor missing heard the prime minister that walked with serious

at the dead sea in jordan. the u.k. based charity oxfam has again called on the u.s. the u.k. and other governments to stop supplying arms to saudi arabia which is leading a coalition against the rebels oxfam says one civilian has died every three hours since august more than five hundred to many were killed in fighting between the saudi led coalition and the rebels between august first and october fifth and he blamed the war for a cholera epidemic which has killed two thousand people in the past eighteen months and yemen's economy is in tatters spiraling inflation is half the economy nearly double the cost of feeding a family or smith as more. doctors have told the needs to buy a course of three injections to treat his daughter the diarrhea and inflammation but he can only afford one course because of soaring inflation and the collapse of again many reasons. before one injection cost two dollars now it's three dollars and sixty cents she needs three but they can only afford one we're suffering because of the high price of medicines and even children's milk prices have gone up

at least 18 people, are killed by a flash flood during a school outing, nearjordan‘s dead sea.ency services rescue over thirty people. the first bilateral talks in seven years — japan's prime minster is in beijing, for a summit aimed at repairing relations between china and japan. and in the business briefing. a disappointing sales forecast for the christmas season sent amazon shares sliding on thursday night. and google's parent alphabet‘s results disappointed as well. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. the philippines has reopened its famous holiday island of boracay after it was closed to mend decades of harm caused by unchecked development. is this the future of tourism for the world's beauty spots? let me know your thoughts using the hashtag #bbcthebriefing police in the us have intensified their search for a serial bomber, after more suspect packages were sent in the post. ten have been discovered after being sent to prominent critics of president trump, two weeks before the us mid—term elections. inve

there we re the beginning of the dead sea.he seawater and there were people who managed to reach crocs and save themselves. the dead sea is the lowest point on earth and a popular tourist destination because of the natural buoyancy and rejuvenating properties of its waters. however, the area plus a dry conditions make it susceptible to flash flooding. dozens of people have now been rescued from the area. at this hospital, frantic family members wait to be reunited with their loved ones are. some people are said to be ina ones are. some people are said to be in a critical condition. meanwhile, the rescue mission has been called off for now, as those involved wait for the weather to improve. japan's prime minister shinzo abe is in beijing, for a summit with chinese president xijingping. it's the first bilateral talks in seven years. rupert wingfield—hayes is live for us from tokyo. relations between these two leaders have been pretty frosty over the last few years. is this going to change? i think this is a tremendously importan

at least 18 people have been killed and dozens more injured in flash flooding near the dead sea.d were students and teachers travelling in a bus that was swept away. the incident has promted a major rescue operation involving troops from both jordan and neighbouring israel. kathryn armstrong reports. alert in the dark, rescue was in jordan search this canyon on the edge of the dead sea for signs of those missing after a deadly flash flood. this was the scene earlier in the days. eyewitnesses say a current swept away everything in its path, including families picnicking in the area, and a bus carrying schoolchildren. later, bodies were recovered from the seashore. many of those killed were under the age of 18. translation: the water came up strongly for 11—5 kilometres, the location between the pool and the bridge and near the beginning of the dead sea. there were people who ended up in the seawater and there we are people who managed to reach rocks and save themselves. the dead sea is the lowest point on earth and a popular tourist test the nation because of the natural buoyancy

a search and rescue operation is underway near the dead sea in jordan after at least eighteen people died in flash floods most of the victims were children on an outing organized by the school on his ear a shell a palace reports. the headlights of risky vehicles illuminates a ravine on the date see. this search in for school children swept away in a flash flood on thursday. the sound of rushing water is drowned out by helicopters seen from israel us on issues. we're doing everything we can everyone from the ministry of labor the ministry of interior civil defense down in the water and up in the mountain they won't be leaving the area until we know the fate of every student every citizen jordan has experienced heavy rains this week witnesses say the children were visiting popular hot springs inland from the deep sea and they were swept into a valley by a flash smart most of the children were under fourteen years old risk families picnicking at the holiday spot were among the dead and injured and. when the flash floods came to this swept the students forty five kilometers from the hot

rescuers continue to search the shoreline around the dead sea in jordan after flash floods killed at least nineteen people most of them were children all organized ousting openness rather by their school was forty people were rescued japan's prime minister shinzo abe and his country's says his country's relationship with china has reached an historic turning point as the first japanese leaders a visit beijing a formal visit in seven years but you countries have signed a series of trade agreements. killjoy it from competition to cooperation relations between japan and china are in the process of entering a new era we agreed to move forward towards realizing peace cooperation and friendship this includes taking measures towards averting maritime accidents in the east china sea and working towards establishing a hotline as soon as possible between maritime an aerial communication mechanism three journalists have been released from detention in myanmar as the country's president intervened the men work for the country's largest private newspaper arrested earlier this month following the

desperate search for survivors dozens of children are caught in flooding during a school trip near the dead sea in. indonesia where it's been almost a month since the earthquake and tsunami so many people are still missing tens of thousands are homeless and there's ongoing concern for the welfare of children the most vulnerable in the aftermath of a disaster. a lower top u.n. invest in u.n. investigator is now singling out the saudi state for the killing of. special rapporteur agnus says the saudi journalist was the victim of an extra judicial execution she says the people who committed and orchestrated the killing was high enough to represent the state and she's called for an international investigation our diplomatic editor james bays with this latest development. agnes calmar does a very specific role for the united nations and it covers exactly the crime committed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago she is the special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions with regard to the gruesome executor of saudi giannone jamal khashoggi i want to add my voice to tha

swept the students forty five kilometers from the hot springs to this valley which leads to the dead sea there are people who ended up in the sea water and there were people who managed to reach rocks and save themselves . jordan's prime minister tweeted this image of a between a man's victoria college and the ministry of education showing they only had permission to go to as rock a two hour drive east of the did see it where there was that i mean there were many warnings from the metrological department. and that's why i really don't understand how this will syndicates and in such a day. we did see is the lowest point on earth and prone to diddly floods in april taynton agents who were hiking in southern israel also. a few kilometers from the sites. a procession of ambulances pushed through crowds in a hospital doctors treated more than fifty patients. each time the door was opened relative schools hopeful it might reveal the thanks of those still missing child at dallas al-jazeera. japan's prime minister shinzo a basis that his country's relationship with china has reached a historic t

at least ten people killed in a flash flood struck a picnic area in jordan near the dead sea and more than a dozen others are missing. santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera the prosecutors say they are investigating the killing of. premeditated murder on american cia chief briefs president trump on her trip to istanbul to investigate the death of the saudi journalist and a first for ethiopia the first female president is appointed out of a reshuffle for an equal number of men and women. hello everyone was starting with this savage flash flood in jordan that as of now we know has killed at least ten people and up to sixteen others are missing here it is on the map near the dead sea the floods engulfed a spot near that area where about forty children and their teachers were on a picnic a major rescue operation is underway emergency crews have rescued eleven people some of whom are in a serious condition so we're going to go on the line now to a man with columnist and author haasan anything more you can tell us. you know what i want to say that it is a sad moment into th

desperate search for survivors thousands of children are caught in flooding during a school near the dead sea and. the top back to is now a target see more high profile opponents of donald trump's president potentially explosive packages. although a top investigator at the u.n. is now singling out the saudi state for the killing of. special rapporteur agnes says the saudi journalist was the victim of an extrajudicial killing she says the people who committed and orchestrated the killing was high enough to represent the state and she's called for an international investigation automatic etta james bays reports. agnus color mark does a very specific role for the united nations and it covers exactly the crime committed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago she is the special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions with regard to the gruesome executor of saudi giannone jamal khashoggi i want to add my voice to that of my colleague david cave the un special rapporteur on freedom of expression. to call for an international investigation into this murder after she ra

wnior >>> a museum is admitting some of its dead sea scrolls are fake, and an investigation at the home soros. those are some of the hepatitis on the "morning newsstand." the fbi is investigating an explosive device near the home of billionaire philanthropist george soros. the device was found yesterday afternoon by someone who works at his home. that's about 40 miles north of new york city. officials say that the bomb squad detonated it. soros wasn't home at the time. the onetime hedge fund trader has donated heavily to liberal causes. >>> the "austin american statesman" reports that people before drinking or cooking with it. recent flooding has filled lakes that supply the water with silt, mud, and debris. officials say the water needs extended filtration and treatment before it is safe to consume. they're also urging residents to cut back on the amount of water they use. people have flocked to stores to buy bottled water which has led to a shortage. >>> "the san francisco chronicle" says a northern california judge upheld a jury's verdict that monsanto's popular roundup caused a grou

and jordan are searching the shores of the dead sea after flash floods claimed the lives of at least 19. the victims were children out on a school trip. 37 people have been rescued in the operation. continues.ch rescuers scour the spot near the shore, hoping to find survivors from the flash floods. our work has been divided into 10 groups to continue searching. drones are also searching the shore and mountains. we expect people are still missing. the search will continue. most of those killed were middle school students on a school trip to visit hot springs in the area before e downpours swept their bus awaway. picnickers w were among the oths killed by the floods. the dead sea is one of the lowest points on earth and its valleys often see flash floods and landslides. the tragedy is the second disaster linked to flash flooding this year. in april, hikers perished in a similar incident in southern israel. media reported the king has canceled a planned visit to bahrain to monitor the situation. >> around 50,000 residents in the u.s. commonwealth in the northern mariana islands are expe

kilometers according to the civil defense on the valley and some of the bodies were found in the dead sea a bridge that leads to this site with the schoolchildren where when do water started surgeon collapse so drills were also used to search to rocky slopes and deep canyons surrounding the dead sea. we divided the work into tang groups do continue searching drones are also searching searching the show and the mountains. heavy rains and strong winds were expected in the area they had already hit the capital in previous days we did see is an arid region the lowest point on earth at some four hundred thirty meters below sea level and is prone to flash floods to school day trip was initially due to happen in another part of the country it's not clear why plans change to school decided to take to children to do one area authorities had warned against. by late afternoon still had no news about his son he walked away overwhelmed with grief redemptive hammy the edges here at the dead sea in jordan israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a surprise visit to the gulf state of a man he

different countries in the region search and rescue operations are still underway and you're the dead sea in jordan after flash floods there killed at least twenty one people most of the victims were children on a school outing me set this report from the scene search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescue school dish was of the dead sea resort area while army divers room to water but with every hour that passed hope.

to prominent americans and the search for survivors continues after flash floods me a children's dead sea most of the twenty one can fun dead are children. as stumbles prosecutor has demanded the extradition of eighteen suspects from saudi arabia over the murder of john list jamal khashoggi pressure is mounting on riyadh to reveal the location of. the journalist vanished after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul more than three weeks ago in his second address to parliament in a week the turkish president called on saudi arabia to come clean or type a new one called its early explanations childish and comical he also as you condemn to reveal the identity of its local cooperator who saudi officials say helped dispose of body. investigators will be revealing more evidence relating to the killing of. the bush of course there's other information and evidence that we are holding and they will be used when the time comes but there's no need to rush because in the first instance the saudi officials have to explain who killed. or. the chief prosecutor. they will meet with a rude chief prosecu

a search and rescue operations underway near the dead sea in jordan following deadly flash flooding at least twenty one people were killed thirteen of them children on a school outing they were caught when sudden heavy rains sent water surging from higher ground in the jordan valley sweeping away the people below. at least one person is dead following the collapse of a building that was being built in the kenyan town of melinda rescue work is still ongoing and many people are trapped under the rubble more than a dozen injured have been pulled from the debris so far one of the world's most popular tourist islands has reopened in the philippines after it was shut down because of environmental worries barack i learned was closed off six months ago by the authorities renovation work and a cleanup operation. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream also you tomorrow from ten of our. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human crime in the twenty first century nuclear war climate change and technological disruption facing re

the dead sea scroll fragments are believed to date back to the time of jesus.rael in the 1940s and '50s, and soon some of the 80,000 fragments started appearing on the market. some were sold to museums. now this museum admits that part of its collection may have been forged. fragments that were purportedly part of the 2,000-year-old dead sea scrolls have been on display at washington's museum of the bible since it opened last year. now technical analysis has shown at least five of the museum's 16 fragments including these two are likely forgeries. museum chief curator, jeffrey khloa -- >> the questions that have come up have been sufficient enough that we're not confident in displaying them as authentic artifacts. >> reporter: they were donated by the green family, the evangelical owners of the hobby lobby craft stores and the museum's largest donors. they were the centerpiece collection, but there were concerns about their authenticity even before the museum opened. >> we certainly had lots of questions. but we decided that this was an opportunity to help educ

there the dead sea in jordan. now a target more high profile opponents presidency. explosive packages. and independent u.n. investigators now pointing the finger squarely at the saudi state for the killing of jamal khashoggi special or agnes callum ard says the saudi journalist was the victim of an extrajudicial execution she says the people who committed it orchestrated the killing were high enough to represent the state and she's called for an international investigation or diplomatic editor james face has the latest developments. agnus color mark does a very specific role for the united nations and it covers exactly the crime committed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago she is the special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions with regard to the gruesome executor and of saudi giannone jamal khashoggi i want to add my voice to that of my colleague david kay from the un special rapporteur on freedom of expression. to call for an international investigation into this murder after she raised the case in the u.n. committee that dea

search for survivors thousands of children were caught in flooding during a school trip near the dead sea in jordan. i'm wayne hay in polish indonesia where it's been almost a month since the earthquake and tsunami so many people are still missing tens of thousands are homeless and there's ongoing concern for the welfare of children the most vulnerable in the aftermath of a disaster. a top investigator at the u.n. says now singling out the saudi state for the killing of jamal khashoggi special repertory agnus column are says the saudi journalist was the victim of an extrajudicial execution she says the people who committed and orchestrated the killing were high enough to represent the state and she's also called for an internal investigation our diplomatic editor james space has the latest developments. agnus color mark does a very specific role for the united nations and it covers exactly the crime committed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago she is the special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions with regard to the gruesome executor and of saudi jo

victims were children daily two thousand military rescuers are searching the shores of jordan's dead sea resort area politicians raise questions about the preparedness national emergency services in coping with the disaster of a serious heart of the reports from the scene. search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescuers shores of the dead sea resort area while. the water but with every hour that passed hopes to find anyone alive became dimmer and we sat patiently staring at the horizon wondering where his son could be. i came here with my six we were having a picnic all of a sudden we saw the floods rushing down my son saw the children in the water they went to rescue them i was swept away to one died two were taken to hospital and one is still missing the count find him anywhere it happened when sudden heavy rains sent water surging from higher grounds in the jordan valley to school children were at a camping site near some hot springs furder in that range of mountains now they were caught by surprise and the force of the water swept them a

crossing live now to the dead sea and correspondent coming to what's the latest information there where you are. actually down by the shore of did we miss some. rescue trying to pinpoint actually basically they are looking at anything that is floating in that sea there are boats also that are combing this area with their help i would say of the local people living here who have been helping out from what we understand from the civil defense ever since these floods flash floods happened last night now we understand according to the civil defense that four people are still missing. they say that it is still a bit to get the final tally at this stage simply because not all the bodies that have reached the hospitals and morgues have been identified for. search and rescue operation or just a search operation. well they would say that it's a search and rescue operation but when you ask them do you think you could find anyone alive anyone these four missing people well they don't answer but there's a lot of skepticism that that will happen just to give you an idea about what happened to the ch

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also on the grid the search goes on many of the dead sea after a flash flood killed at least twenty one people most of them children but there was also a search over why a group of children were on a school trip in an area known to be prone to flooding and with strong weather warnings and it is the last day of campaigning before brazil's presidential runoff election on sunday we're going to be live in rio de janeiro as this divisive controversial period in the streets and online reaches its. and u.s. president. and suspicious packages blaming the media and. reaction and. with the news grid streaming online through you tube facebook live in an al-jazeera dot com turkey is ramping up the pressure on saudi arabia to explain who killed jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago now president of the police have more evidence that will be revealed. and these are his words when the time comes he's urging the saudis meanwhile to reveal the location of casualties body adding their explanations so far have been quote childish and comical the city prosecutor will head to as

eighteen people most of them schoolchildren have died after flash floods in jordan it happened near the dead sea where thirty seven children and seven teachers were on a school outing witnesses say the children were traveling on a bus to result when it was swept into a valley by a raging flood waters u.s. president donald trump has signed a new law imposing sanctions on lebanon based group hezbollah he was attending an event commemorating the thirty fifth anniversary and attack on a u.s. marine compound in lebanon's capital beirut those are the headlines we're back with more after four lines. if inscribed in the wild west previously where the average person couldn't touch and tell if a post had been said all right or if not why does this updated nafta have the kind of support that it needs for we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. and the financial assistance but over and. over most of we've been talking. about. and. labor looks a little out of the just another big a level. of. one to ten who's out of the ability in the village t

them schoolchildren have died after flash flooding in jordan heavy rain caused the floods near the dead sea where thirty seven children and seven teachers were in a school outing witnesses say the children were travelling on a bus to a resort area when it was swept into a valley by raging floodwaters a major search and rescue operation is currently underway israel has sent helicopters to assist the search jordanian authorities say they were able to save a group of people from the raging waters. so there was a school trip for thirty seven students with certain. people in this location there were people who ended up in the little people who managed to reach the ropes and. thank god we managed to save several people without any injuries. a top taliban commander detained in pakistan for more than eight years has been freed abdul honey but i doubt it was the former right hand man of taliban founder omar better that was among several senior taliban leaders freed this week after the group demanded their release taliban representatives of being in talks with the u.s. and boys on my way to end the c

them schoolchildren have died after flash flooding in jordan heavy rain caused the floods near the dead sea we're thirty seven children and seven teachers were on a school outing witnesses say the children were traveling on a bus to a resort area when it was swept into a valley by raging floodwaters. with pictures there a major rescue and search operation is underway israel has sent helicopters to assist. each other you have is a freelance journalist she joins us now on skype from the jordanian capital amman it sounds like a horrific story there what other details do we have. now. in jordan for this in principle eighteen people for four people were injured and the number can be increased and then make coming hours as the defense forces are still a little q one more children and people you know that cool but we're going in attrib near the big pete wentz last away of the bus. as i said security civil defense forces are trying to to risk you more people i mean we have been seeing around the world perhaps more of these cases of flash flooding but how common if at all is that in jordan. actually

people most of them school children have died after flash floods in jordan it happened near the dead sea where thirty seven children and seven teachers were on a school outing witnesses say the children were traveling on a bus to a resort when it was swept into a valley by raging floodwaters those are the headlines iraq today we're back with more in half an hour right now it's the stream. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human point in the twenty first century they are nuclear war climate change and technological disruption facing realities whatever is there to fear is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on and talk to al-jazeera. i am for me ok i am enjoying the stream i say and rest is a james beard award winning chef mission in star restaurant i know new york times best selling author. joins us to discuss his new book about providing meals and disaster relief to puerto rico and beyond i have a question for him to leave it in the you tube chat as well get them into the conversation. my name is funny about him find i am a creepy fil

a search and rescue operation is underway near the dead sea in jordan after flash floods killed at least twenty one people thirteen of the victims were children on the school hours and caught up when suddenly heavy rains sent water surging from higher ground in the jordan valley sweeping people away rescuers are searching for survivors and civil defense officials are expecting the death toll to rise the full story now from. the headlights of risky vehicles illuminator ravine on the did see. this search in for school children swept away in a flash flood on thursday. the sound of rushing water is drowned out by helicopters seen from israel us on issues. we're doing everything we can everyone from the ministry of labor the ministry of interior civil defense down in the water and up in the mountain they won't be leaving the area until we know the fate of every student every citizen jordan has experienced heavy rains this week witnesses say the children were visiting popular hot springs inland from the tutsi and they were swept into a valley by a flesh mart most of the children were under fou

and rescue is a searching the shoreline around the dead sea in jordan up to flash flooding killed at least twenty one people most of them were children on a school outing almost forty people were rescued after helicopters and divers were dispatched. japan's prime minister has been meeting the chinese president in beijing shinzo abi is making the first formal visit china by a japanese leader in seventy is he says the relationship between the two countries is at an historic turning point ties have been strained since the second world war from beijing. a red carpet welcome for a japanese prime minister in beijing would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago but now the leaders of asia's two most powerful economies are talking rather than threatening each other. in discussions with china's premier league shinzo abbay said he wanted to lift relations to a new level two also from competition to cooperation relations between japan and china that is in the process of entering a new era. china is japan's biggest trading partner the volume of two way trade could grow even further given t

people most of them school children have died after flash floods in jordan it happened near the dead sea where thirty seven children and seven teachers warn a school outing there was heavy rainfall in the area at the time witnesses say the children were travelling on a bus tour resort when it was swept into a valley by a raging flood waters. u.s. president donald trump assigned a new law imposing sanctions on lebanon based group hezbollah he was attending an event commemorating the thirty fifth anniversary of the attack on a u.s. marine compound in beirut two hundred forty one marines were killed in the bombing blamed on hezbollah those are the headlines. one of the. ear of the. world a listener of one of. the. most of them because you're competing really wouldn't finish college that's the biggest polluters you know. osama. because you know so i have to know not. only. are the most of the. foreigner many. believe is going to. be. from one of them and when you have i mean much more one part of a high temperatures are going to vary here the letters are very clear so now we have acquired. w

in the jordan valley civil defense offices expect that death toll to rise as more from near the dead sea. search and rescue operations have continued throughout friday even though there was little hope since the morning to find anyone alive that said one body was found in the afternoon bringing the total number of that so far to twenty one there are still some missing it's unclear whether their bodies might be at the morgue or still haven't been recovered from either the mountainous areas or maybe they see now there are still many questions certainly about the a lot around the decision of the school to changes the trip from the area where they were initially supposed to go which is in another part in the other part of this country and who decided for them to come here without getting official permission from the ministry of education it has to be said that among the school children today it is also the daughter of the director of that school now king abdullah is also taking a close attention to this according to the official news agency here he will be presiding over a meeting in which a

suddenly there's a dead sea creature sinking slowly to the seabed in front of me. they be happening? splash. there's another one, another rigor mortis half-frozen freakin' octopus, but it goes on. one dead cuddle fish, deceased octopus and frozen sea urchin after another and splash, splash, splash. each specimen drops along the rocks or sea floor tore historically recovered by toure while the next boat over hurls them into the water one after another. ♪ i'm no marine biologist, but i know dead octopus when i see one. i'm pretty sure they don't drop from the sky and then sink straight to the bottom. >> how many do we have? three? >> yeah. okay. i try to get some now. >> strangely, everyone else pretends to believe the hideous sham unfolding before our eyes, doing their best to ignore the blindingly obvious. >> and then they gave up and dumped the whole bag of fish into the sea. >> you at this point i begin desperately looking for signs of life. hoping that one of them would stir, become revived. i'm frantically swimming around the bottom littered with dead things, l

at least 18 people have been killed by a flash flood nearjordan‘s dead sea.rs travelling in a school bus that was swept away. the incident has prompted a major rescue operation involving troops from both jordan and neighbouring israel. japan's prime minister shinzo abe is holding formal talks with chinese leaders in beijing — as asia's biggest economies seek to boost cooperation in the face of us tariffs. it's the first official visit to the country by a japanese head of government in seven years. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the telegraph and sir philip green, who now has been named as the uk businessman who obtained an injunction against the paper to prevent it publishing details of sexual harassment allegations. the new york times says brazil is facing a threat from the far right and a storm of populist conservatism as new political candidate and trump admirer, jair bolsonaro, is expected to win the country's presidential election on sunday. the times world section reports s

fourteen people were killed while having a picnic near the dead sea and in a first for ethiopia the first female president pointed to reshuffle for an equal number of men and women. so the eldest son of jamal khashoggi has been allowed to leave saudi arabia as the public prosecutor in riyadh investigates his father's killing as a case of premeditated murder that is based on information received from turkish investigators. he is now on his way to the united states where he has dual nationality remember he'd been banned from traveling abroad since his father left to live in exile last year when he criticized the crown prince mohammed bin someone and his father king salmon were offering their condolences. on tuesday also a vigils been held outside the saudi consulate in istanbul where he was killed three weeks ago friends and colleagues are demanding answers as to who was responsible and importantly where his body is the saudis have given various accounts including that he died accidentally during a struggle. on this occasion and from this place where the spirit has been lost we clearly stat

search for survivors continues after flash floods near jordan's dead sea most of the twenty one can fun dead children and it was once labeled a cesspool and shut down over environmental concerns the philippine island of boruc i reopens for tourists. istanbul's prosecutor has demanded the extradition of eighteen suspects from saudi arabia over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi pressure is mounting on riyadh to reveal the location of body the janice vanished after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul more than three weeks ago in his second address to parliament in a week the turkish president called on saudi arabia to come clean. on called it's early explanations childish and comical. the kingdom to reveal the identity of its local cooperative is saudi officials say helped to dispose of body one also want to investigate his will be revealing more evidence related to the killing. the bush that of course there is other information and evidence that we are holding and they will be used when the time comes but there's no need to rush because in the first instance the saudi official

kilometers according to the civil defense on the valley and some of the bodies were found in the dead sea a bridge that leads to schoolchildren where where do water started surgeon collapse to so drills were also used to search to rocky slopes and deep canyons surrounding the dead sea. divided the work into tang groups to continue searching drones are also searching searching the show and the mountains. heavy rains and strong winds were expected in the area they had already hit the capital. they did see is an arid region. earth at some four hundred thirty meters below sea level and is prone to flash floods to school day trip was initially due to happen in another part of the country it's not clear why plants change school decided to take to children to do one area authorities had warned against by late afternoon still had no news about his son he walked away overwhelmed with grief. at the. leaders from turkey russia france and germany a meeting in istanbul to discuss the conflict in syria the united nations says the damascus is blocking efforts to draft a new constitution which is key to