it's saturday in doha.at the weekend the city's residents flocked to local parks and to the soup the traditional arab bazaar. here the traditional qatar of old lives on. among the traders at the market is is maya who sells pearls. he grew up in a different and poorer i didn't force the police from the sea i open them and get them. person said that. i don't say that have you got any pros from the only days i could not keep it because how to keep the prison my pocket and my stomach is in to. anything they get said. he says to get you. today side is my only enjoys a relatively good life he's a local legend known as the old pearl fisher everyone knows him and countless celebrities have stopped by to have their photo taken with him. his v.i.p. visitors have included queen beatrix of the netherlands and former german president chris dodd trying. to. qatar used to be a british protectorate until it gained independence in 1971 at the time an underdeveloped nation where pearl fishers were still among the best earner

hostilities in afghanistan but the afghan government doesn't have a seat at the table we look at what the doha talks mean for actual peace on the ground plus what about the women they've explored more freedom since the taliban fell from power could your gains be lost once again. and a japanese farm that produces luxury i know old fashioned way to add something special to a popular dessert. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us will it be the final stretch of talks between the united states and the taliban this is the 9th time they've come together to try to hammer out a deal and 18 years of fighting in afghanistan they are doing this without the participation of the actual afghan government here are the 4 major issues being looked at the withdrawal of foreign troops mostly americans a cease fire counterterror guarantees and the promise by the taliban to engage in intra afghan talks before we get into what any of that means here's a quick reminder of the rise fall and resurgence of the taliban. the taliban a marriage to in the early 19 nineties their aim was to turn afghan

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together. al-jazeera doha. major league soccer is set to expand again adding its 20 team in 2022 this time in the city of st louis it will be the 1st come to happen female led ownership group the as yet unnamed team will join the stanley cup ice hockey champions the st louis blues. yes and the 11 time world series baseball champions the cardinals as the city's big sports teams major league soccer currently has 24 teams but it plans to expand to 30. italian great danniella direct see is set to make his couple of out of there as debut for bok a genius later as his new team take on leader to quito in the quarterfinals 1st leg he helped them to a 2 nil win in the argentine super league or on sunday to rossi joined from rome or on a one year deal having played there for 18 years he admits he wanted to stay with the italians. i always liked the idea of playing football but i never knew it would end up this way the truth is if i had offered me a contract i would have stayed there it would have been easier more normal

those negotiating sites that sit that talk and we are getting closer to the 9th round of talks in doha and in one of these 9 rounds afghan government representatives were there and were given a voice. that was a little bit of an icebreaker facilitated by germany you know 16 people from civil society and government in a private capacity sort of rocked up in doha and they had meetings with the taliban so that was a start but nothing official yet so as of now the main interest of the united states obviously is to pull out troops and to stop afghanistan being used as a safe haven for terrorists for future attacks and all the taliban obviously want to return to power want to be part of the government whether or not there can be a power sharing agreement whether or not afghanistan is on the road to democracy or returning to being an islamic emirate that's going to be discussed later not now a number of our norms and perhaps that is the reason why one large segment of the population you know it's young people have a lot of anxiety about the future we'll watch this report and continue to. pop

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together hard in al-jazeera doha. all over again the headlines on al-jazeera so don has formally disbanded the military council that took power after deposing longtime president bashir the military in protest leaders of a nelson 11 member sovereign council to run the country for 3 years until elections are held council is set to be sworn in by under. a court in australia has upheld convictions against cardinal george pell the highest ranking vatican official found guilty of child sex abuse. 6 years in prison in march on charges of abusing 2 choir boys when he was archbishop of melbourne 20 years ago clearly many works for a charity that supports abuse survivors she told us about the impact this ruling. has shown a lot of survivors that justice is a possibility. unfortunately some survivors who we work with. want to take that crisis but we are encouraging people to reach out to support services anyway. and as much of a recovery pathway as is available to them jewish activists and politicians in the us are criticizing d

troops to foreign troops but of the understand we have been told here in doha that if and once the u.s. and the taliban hungry on something it would lead to an intro of gone through dialogue which means they have gone government would hold talks with the taliban that are reluctant to have been reluctant to talk to you have gone government president goes on e of of gun astonished and wants to go ahead with the presidential election but i'm want to make it clear that what is happening and is between the u.s. and the taliban they have gone government is not a part of it and this counterterror guarantee which the taliban would pledge to you if this deal goes through it seems like an arsonist pledging to put out a fire am i missing something here. well the taliban recently said that. they have kind of agreed with the u.s. that they would not target u.s. troops in afghanistan under the drawl and the u.s. will not attack their fighters so that is something still pretty vague i would not say it is like i would not bring the and die that it is in the strategy and do it at the moment taliban and

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together leo harding al-jazeera doha. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera sudan has formally disbanded the military council took power off of the post. longtime president bashir the military and protest leaders have announced an 11 member sovereign council to room to run the country for 3 years until elections are held will be led by a lieutenant general. for the 1st 21 months. held convictions against cardinal george pell the highest ranking vatican official guilty of child sex abuse how was sentenced to 6 years in prison in march on charges of abusing 2 choir boys when he was already a bishop of melbourne 20 years ago clearly many works for a charity that supports abuse survivors and she told us about the impact this ruling will have this has shown a lot of survivors that justice is a possibility. unfortunately for some survivors who we would. have to try to has now passed away you have to want to take that crisis but we are encouraging people to reach out to support services anyway. and say as much of a recovery p

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together leah harding al-jazeera doha. the problem in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera a course in australia has held convictions against cardinal george pell. the highest ranking vatican official found guilty of child sex abuse was sentenced to 6 years in prison and march on charges of abusing 2 choir boys when he was archbishop of melbourne 20 years ago saddam has formally disbanded the military council that took power to deposing longtime president or model bashir the military in protest leaders have announced an 11 member sovereign council to run the country for 3 years until elections are held the decision by sudan's military council to appoint a sovereign council comes in line with a power sharing agreement that was signed between the military and the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change on saturday now asper that agreement the rule of the sovereign council will be largely ceremonial and it will be overseen the executive council which will be having members nominated by the oppositio

laura: lyse doucet in doha, thank you. u.s. mkets rebounded today after monday's deep dive, which was sparked by the ongoing trade war with china. the dow jones gained more than 300 pots despite the u.s. declaring china a currency manipulator. but how will the volatility end? a brie sudeep reddy of politico. thanks for joining us. the rkets rallied somewhat today, but how serious is this spat between china and the u.s. now that the trade war hasa been joined urrency war? sudeep: it is quite serious. this is opening a much more aggressive and unpredictable .hase of the trade war between the u.s. and chi obviously it has been going on upr the better part of t years, ratchetinf tensions. president trump declared early on that he wanted to take onnd china,ther presidents have done that as well. there is a deep-seated anger toward china from the left and the rit in america. the president is tapping into that and trying to use it to get more aggressive and to reallyme extract ing out of china that might be longer-lasting, but there i

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together hard in al-jazeera doha here and you're paying jobs are doing some last minute deals before transfer windows are open italian teams have been some of the busiest here in tina have successfully. from buy in munich up to 12 seasons the teen last won an italian title 50 years ago and narrowly avoided relegation last season. england opening batsman jason roy has been cleared to play in the 3rd ashes test i was being struck in the head during a practice session but he will still need to undergo a final concussion check for the start of play on thursday and only pope has been brought into the squad as a precaution issue of head injuries has featured since in a bowl of struck australia's steve smith forcing him to miss out on the test with concussion. people joe thanks very much now when we come back we'll take a live update out of washington after the news broke that donald trump counseling a state visit to denmark over greenland we'll tell you why. after years of war and famine a dramatic transformation is emerging. a

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together leo harding al-jazeera doha. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera so don has formally disbanded the military council that took power after the pows. longtime president bashir the military and protest leaders have announced in 11 members to run the country for 3 years until elections are held. upheld convictions against cardinal george pell the highest ranking vatican official found guilty of child sex abuse. 6 years in prison in march on charges of abusing 2 choir boys when he was archbishop of melbourne 20 years ago clearly works for a charity that supports abuse survivors she told us about the impact this ruling will have. a lot of justice is a possibility. unfortunately some survivors who would. want to take that crisis but we are encouraging people to reach out to support services anyway. as much of a recovery pathway as is available to them at least president has accepted the resignation of prime minister but has. caretaker leader. right wing interior minister. putting his party before the country the go

representatives in doha and says that it wants to protect civilians. right so so this is exactly the problem obviously what they're trying to show is that you know they're so powerful while they're arguing while they're debating with the u.s. they can show that look they can still stage attacks where their demands have to be met you know it's seeing i would imagine it's seen as leverage or that what they're taught it's the only not admitting to them what they're not saying is that these areas are not being submissive they unfortunately in afghanistan none of these areas aren't specifically corgan doc places where civilians were in the rear there wouldn't be stores where they were going to school where there were a v.a. hospital and i was in the call of long would know this because they target these attacks deliberately and so on the one hand the trends on the message that they are more strong you know we can take on your security forces we can attack the heart of the capital anytime you want but on the other hand really what they're all going is the fa

hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha would be elizabeth pronto also ahead of the. protests after prayers and indeed in the midst of kashmir against you dummies decision to revoke the disputed regions autonomy. the argentine lead a vast balance back after a shocking defeat in presidential primaries leads to a market meltdown. and it's been credited with saving the bald eagle and grizzly bear but won't tell you why the u.s. is stripping back its and dangerous species at. hong kong's lead a carry lamb says weeks of antigovernment protests are damaging the rule of law speaking to the media on tuesday morning the chief executive said hong kong is seriously wounded and warned the territory will take a long time to recover from the violent demonstrations over like violence no matter if it's using violence or condoning violence to push hong kong down a path of no return will plunge hong kong society into a very worrying and dangerous situation i believe that those who heard my words previously might have only half believed me but the situation in hong kong in the p

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together hard in al-jazeera doha. at the winston salem tennis tournament andy murray wasn't the only no to the athlete south korea's leader he became the 1st deaf player to win a main draw match on the a.t.p. tour he has been deaf since he was 2 and relies on signals and gestures instead of verbal calls from the umpire and line judges. that's where we'll leave it for now more sport on the way again later see you there thank you very much peter and that does it for this al-jazeera news hour but there stay with us i'll have another full news bulletin and just a couple of minutes thank you very much for watching. i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents and this is mean. by them both isis and us on. this 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. the father the son and the jihad. on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera.

taliban peace talks is taking place here in doha city officials said that a peace agreement could be expected between the warring sides and would enable foreign forces to be withdrawn taliban said that it would not talk to the afghan government about the future of the country until the u.s. agrees to withdraw its troops out of serious ha ha made is just down the street in doha could give us the latest on the talks. well the talks have started a few hours ago but we're not getting any information on what is happening inside that meeting room what we do know as you said is that both sides the americans and the taliban have been indicating that a breakthrough could be very imminent now one of the sticking points as you said was the withdrawal of all foreign troops from afghanistan some 20000 of them of which 14000 are american now. the u.s. envoy said very clearly in a tweet last night when he landed in doha that this was about reaching a peace agreement and any withdrawal will come after reaching a peace agreement the american seeking assurances from the taliban that afghanistan will n

inside story from a hotshot about of the whole team here in doha by phone up. america is divided like never before each side is so convinced that they are absolutely correct that the other side is dangerous heaven has a wall of strict immigration policy elders not people in power investigates the partisan politics and writing civil norms vital to american democracy are you concerned that the political divisions today could lead to violence or it will this strange death of american civility patu on al-jazeera. captaining a leading youth team at 16 years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. my tunisia home game on a. knowledge of 0. where ever you. go. pakistan expels the indian ambassador as india arrests hundreds of people and it's climbed on the disputed territory of kashmir. peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up latest figures from china showed beiji

them there's a problem in doha with the top stories this hour conservative candidate. will be guatemalans next president election officials declared him the went out with a commanding lead of the center left contender and former 1st ladies. president when he's here marquise hopes of reelection in a presidential election have been dealt a severe blow official results in the primary election show opposition candidate alberto fernandez and his running mate former president cristina fernandez de kirchner have a strong lead and pakistan's foreign minister has condemned india's decision to revoke the autonomy of ended administered kashmir shah mahmood qureshi has told al-jazeera and that the indian government has a fascist mentality 2 words made. now southern separatists in yemen say they're committed to a cease fire in the city of agent with the saudi led coalition at least 40 people have been killed in 4 days of fighting as the u.a.e. backed forces overran government bases and the presidential palace now the group is pitching itself as a natural partner just saw the arabia

hello and welcome to al jazeera live from doha i'm martin dennis also coming up a state of alert in gaza after police when they killed him i saw many suicide attacks in the palestinian territory malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is back in court to face trial for corruption in a satan vast investment fund us revealing the truth in india that minister of kashmir journalist demand that says to report on the crisis. brazil says it will now accept international aid to help fight fires ravaging the amazon as long as it can control how the money is used president diable sonando earlier rejected an offer of 20000000 dollars from the g 7 nations accusing them of treating brazil like a colony but despite the environmental concerns the brazilian president is pushing ahead with plans to develop and farm protected indigenous reserves which is illegal under a law that has more now from port of value in brazil's amazon region so the president job will sort out who says the situation is under control he said to the army in the rainy season has arrived brazil he says will solve its own proble

life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. to guns followed a protest as a whole called those terms of thousands continue to demand more democracy.

s and piece by piece along doha's waterfront it's starting to come together hard in al-jazeera doha. at the winston salem tennis tournaments most fans might have been made to catch a glimpse of andy murray on the comeback trail but there was something else taking place of an extraordinary nature south korea's leader he became the 1st day if player to win a main draw match on the a.t.p. tour he was diagnosed as deaf to 2 years old and relies on signals and gestures because he can hear calls from the line judges. lovely to see we'll leave it there for now most hold for me again later great stuff thanks peter bad sit for this news hour we'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news coming from london so do stay with us. 67 words that spelled promise for one people. but disaster another. the glad to be establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord on al-jazeera. the energy crisis is now in its 2nd year more than $700000.00 at this place and stateless after fleeing milita

into a very decisive face there looks like things are being wrecked up in doha in fact the u.s. chief negotiator has already left it's just technicalities left so you know it's like small teams discussed in tiny bit of detail and from what we hear is the next step will be a meeting in berlin scheduled for friday so us and that will come to the german capital and then things might move on to austria when what we would see there is really really crucial that might mean a more meaningful start of you know intra negotiations meeting also government representatives and but something on a bit about if this is sort of pre-negotiation this is just the taliban of the united states the afghan government has had no part in these negotiations or we had 8 rounds of negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban and the afghan government really quite angry about this because they feel neglected but then one has to keep in mind that the government we're talking about is also a blogger heads there's a lot of infighting and the taliban are we. if using to talk to the government they say 1st we mu

hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i last seen dennis also coming up. form of african treasure a cardinal george pell returns to prison after an australian court upholds his sex abuse conviction. refugees and migrants embraces a rescue ship finally docks initially after being stranded at sea for 3 weeks. and where in argentina for a look at a stage show that's in lightning audience is in total top this.

a welcome to our there i'm so whole raman in our headquarters in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. on congress' fault more demonstrations are turning a tense standoff between police and pro-democracy protesters. also crackdown in russia as hundreds of detained during demonstrations against the removal of opposition candidates in moscow's local elections and. we're on the road with argentina's delivery workers who've got plenty of jobs but no security. welcome to the program police in the u.s. state of texas have arrested a 21 year old white man suspected of killing at least 20 people the gunman opened fire at a shopping complex in the city of el paso on the border with mexico president donald trump as call the shooting an act of cowardice it's the deadliest mass shooting in the u.s. this year and is the 13th this week as alan fischer reports. heavily armed police moving through a shopping center in texas after reports of an active shooter in other parts of the mall in el paso. shoppers were held in place while people tried to walk out what was going on. you know for your holiday i

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april last year washington's near east institute gave evidence to house subcommittee on terrorism said doha had been less than forthcoming on the issue of prosecuting terrorism finances in qatar reports over the issue is you're courting a think tank in the us but you're not courting the state department which said that the memorandum of understanding signed between utter and the u.s. puts it ahead of its neighbors including saudi and united arab emirates well for a long period of time the state department has had quite a few reservations but let's go through the history in 2009 a classified cable from the us state department to its missions in the gulf pointed to your disinterest in the subject matter has adopted a largely passive approach to cooperating with the us against terrorist financing it said in february 2007 to 2 years earlier former u.s. treasury official daniel glaser so the katta have not yet made the kind of fundamental decisions on combating terrorist financing these are hardly glowing endorsement as one of your positioning i'm going to revisit the only sure the question. thi

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envoy zalmay khalilzad arrived friday evening in doha and he tweeted that he was hopeful for a peace agreement not the withdrawal agreement he said that the peace agreement would lead to a withdrawal a gradual withdrawal of foreign troops depending on what happens on the ground and if indeed the u.s. gets all of these counter-terrorism guarantees that it wants from the taliban namely that afghanistan will not be used as a base by armed groups to then carry out a plan planned attacks on foreign soil that al about on their side have also indicated that they were ready to reach this peace agreement they did say that they were waiting to hear from the americans they were hopeful to get the assurances they need on their side now we don't know how long these talks will last but certainly you do have kind of a positive message coming out from both sides of this thing if indeed a peace agreement is is reach then there will be talk about foreign troop withdrawal about 20000 of them hurriedly in afghanistan 14000 being american soldiers the americans have said very clearly that that would be a

as their arms the whole raman from our headquarters here in doha this is what's coming up in the next 30 minutes parts of indian administered kashmir and the lockdown as the government sends thousands of troops over security fears in the disputed region also. hate has no place in our country u.s. president donald trump denounces chuma shootings in texas and ohio in which 29 people were killed. and turkey's president says his country's military will move into northern syria setting up a potential fight with america's kurdish allies. welcome to the program it's of $400.00 g.m.t. that's 12 noon in hong kong where a rare citywide general strike is underway mondays are usually busy in hong kong as you can see the streets almost empty design go over the government's handling of protests against a now shelled extradition bill and concerns about china's interests in the territory but he want the territories e to carry law to resign and she's accusing the protesters of trying to destroy home call. such extensive disruptions in the name of certainty months or are uncooperative enough men have s

saying the whole doha's more of the talks from ghazi on tip on the turkish syrian border. for months the united states and turkey have been engaged in discussions over what turkey calls a safe zone along syria's north eastern border as i was negotiations have been difficult differences but it has been difficult really for the united states to try to balance the interests and demands by 2 allies turkey being a nato ally the syrian armed kurdish group the why p.g. is an ally of the united states in its fight against the i saw. the differences really have been over the length and the depths of the zone as well as who will control the zone and most importantly the fate of the wife p.g. turkey considers the y.p. geo terrorist organization and if it wants the group to be in its words neutralized but do knighted states want to continue to cooperate with this actor in syria it's what he calls a partner in syria in the in the ongoing fight against isis so it is not clear if the these 2 countries will be able to reach a deal it has tested their relationship a lot with the us is at s

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it's a story for me ash and i have are the whole team here in doha by phone and. from mother to daughter an ancient craft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into an easy as a rich tapestry. to throw on a 0. just off one of caracas main highways the median the family collects as much water as possible from the mountain above. a nationwide blackout left millions without power a regular water supplies. but this water is not portable the health ministry is recommending people treat it with chlorine but with none available other. hopes that boiling it 1st will make it safe for her family to drink dr. says the increased consumption of untreated water in the last 3 weeks is making an already catastrophic situation worse of any minority all right i think we don't have the precise numbers yet but we know that in the public and private hospitals there's been an acute increase of cases of severe diarrhea that require hospitalization including children under 2 years of age whi

across much of the gulf winds are going to start to ramp up as we go towards saturday but here in doha expect to see a high of 39 degrees of abu dhabi at 40 degrees but by saturday those winds really kick in across much of the southern gulf doha at 38 degrees but over here towards misc up we could be seeing some morning fog for you with a temperature of about 32 degrees there. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that could set them free. through legal education classes and mock tribunals their dedication has led to staggering results you've been in prison for 15 yards recently and that was the teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel it occasional series on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera remind our top stories this hour their arms foreign minister says it's willing to work with france to salvage the nuclear deal french president manuel my palm has offered to you to soften the sanctions or provide a form of compensation to ease their worth its french president manuel marc hong has told boris johnson of the u.k. boss respect the deal already m

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construction is also taking place underground the capital doha now has a metro system that will have 4 lines once complete. the 10s of thousands of people who work on these mega projects mainly come from abroad working conditions have improved following international criticism most of the migrants arrive with no training and learn on the job. these kinds of contracts and not attractive to skilled workers. tyreese are more likely to do administrative jobs and i still prefer to work for state owned companies. rethinking old ways will take time in cata says a spokesman for the metro association. and will see that up under the dome of the well it's a very new kind of transport system for qatar. so it'll take a while for people to realize that it's safe and environmentally friendly. to afford it and we worked with her for a metro will save time money and of course energy. saving energy and reducing the country's dependence on natural gas is at the forefront of the new sustainable city center of doha. this is the district of michiru named after the springs and wells that sustained the anci

is to that force day and the 2 sides are meeting in doha to try to finalize details for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan victoria gating the reports. i thought close to the talk has described the mood as opposed to have been said that now really focused on the mechanics of the implementation process by that they mean they're trying to establish a framework for the withdrawal of close 214000 american troops who are currently stationed in afghanistan and they're also seeking assurances from the taliban as the how they would guarantee that if that withdrawal did take place that that territory would not be used by armed groups such as i saw in the al qaida from which to launch a global attack it has been significant that during this round the 9th round all told here in the qatari capital doha that the u.s. top command in afghanistan general scott miller has been in attendance and taking part in those discussions he has attended before. but it's rare that he attends it that significant if a bilateral security agreement is to be finalized between the americans and the taliban t

qatar it goes between the 2 sides have been ongoing for months regular meetings have been held in doha since october as they tried to end the 18 year conflict over to a gates me joins us for more on this why victoria so what can we expect this. well there is a sense of optimism surrounding this 9th round of tools the u.s. envoys though my colleague arrived here in very well yesterday afternoon he went straight from the united states where he had been briefing u.s. president donald trump and u.s. secretary of state might pay 0 on the outcome of the 8th round of talks that happened in the qatari capital here in doha and. boasted a sense of optimism when he said in a tweet recently that he hopes this year will be the last year that afghanistan will be at war and certainly those optimistic sentiments were reinstated by mike pompei a few days ago when he said on american television that he had been briefed that the talks have been going well and that he will than an agreement could be signed if the level of violence in afghanistan in afghanistan significantly reduced now the 2 things that t

and the taliban representatives continue here in doha. and counting the population in kenya intersex people are being recognized the 1st time a national census in africa. alor in the late summer has plenty of heat and moisture to produce some pretty big thunderstorms not necessarily with tornadoes with huge amounts of rain and hail and given this arc of clouds coming out of the high ground down towards the central plains states that could be a lot of significant sandstorms as more flash flooding in the next day or so but off the atlantic seaboard this massive though it looks nothing may well turn into something more come monday distinct depression seems likely to form and it might develop more than that the would hurricane comes to mind but just keep it in the back of your mind for now we will watch it west of all this is all quiet in fact is so dry the fire seasons picking up once again time of the year i'm afraid now in the caribbean given what's happened or what is happening now in the bahamas a potential development much of the in she