we go to kuala lumpur and have this update. >> reporter: these demonstrators are firmly pro-government supporters. math from the -- most from the ethnic mallet community. it's a traditional support base. now, organizers set up the protest in response to a massive demonstration that occurred in kuala lumpur about a fortnight ago when more than 200,000 came out, calling for the prime minister to resign amid the allegations that he syphoned off 7 million from a state investment fund. it's not been charged with a crime. protesters say they have come out to show that he is still their democratically elected leader and enjoyed the strong and popular mandate. there has been a strong security turn out to make sure there's no passion. critics say that there are racial overtones, many people here told us that they are here to protect maladignity. they fear they've been overshadowed, raising concerns that this may be clashes between ethnic malays, and minority communities. there are tensions, but it has been peaceful so far. >> the republican frond runner in the race for the u.s. presidency, dona

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long live ma lays, they chanted as they matched through kuala lumpur. they rallied in support of the prime minister, who is facing calls to step down after he was accused of corruption. >> this demonstration as organized in response to last month's rally when more than 200,000 people took to the streets to demand the prime minister's resignation. accused of embezzling $700 million from a state investment fund, allegations he denies. but the so-called red shirt protest is about more than just supporting the government. many of these people have traveled from states across malaysia. they say that they're here to stand up for the rights of ethnic ma lays who they say are overshadowed by point of th minorities of chinese. >> oucriminalsics of the rally say that it is deliberately stoking ethnic divisions while malaysia is multi cultural, there are tensions between the ma lay majority and minorities. chinese businesses in particular are concerned about attacks. >> they are talking about being anti-chinese. that's why i'm very worried. >> police used water ca

internationally projects included airports in kuala lumpur, cairo, damascus, hotels and universities. the openers of the company built a network of connections and enjoyed influence and became close to the government. saudi arabia got a new kink last year, and -- king last year and a new administration took power. this is a big blow. it could be worse. the finance ministry is reviewing all contracts, and that means the company could lose big money and reputation >>> coming up in the newshour. thousands of malays are demonstrating in support of their prime minister. >> i'm worried about what would happen to me. hundreds say they have no choice. and in sport. find out if they overcame a bat start to the season as they kick off their champion's league campaign >>> the families of eight mexican tourists killed in egypt on sunday arrived in cairo, accompanied by the mexican foreign minister. she is demanding to know why egyptian security forces shot at the mexican tourists. egypt says it was an accident. >> reporter: television crews have been waiting at the local authority building in the

we have more from kuala lumpur >>> police here in malaysia recovered another body from this boat disasterthat brings the number of dead to 15. 25 people have survived. they are - most of them are held at the police headquarters in town, about 150km north of capital kuala lumpur. now, authorities say they have launched an investigation into this. they are particularly interested in finding out who was operating the ferry service between malaysia and indonesia. whether it was operated legally. whether there was enough precautions on the vessel e they are looking into the -- vessel. they are looking into the nationality. authorities are confident that all the passengers were indonesians. and that is after having talked with the survivors. people interviewed were not carrying documents or passports. they were all speaking the indonesian language. if the passengers are found to be illegal migrants, workers coming to malaysia from indonesia to work temporarily, they may face charges. however, authorities say the focus still is very much on search and rescue. vessels are out to see looking for s

. >>> karishma vias, al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> taxi service uber from operate cg the phone app completes passengers track the progress of their ride. dozens have bee been confiscate. step vaessen has the story. >> one important mission today is to go after drivers of the uber company. >> every motorized cycle which is used to transport people for money is considered public transport. so they have to have all the licenses. glsh police are stopping private cars like this one. around half of the price of a floral taxi. the next step now is the police officer will check the documen documents. and if they're not in order and if this car is driving for uber then the car will be confiscated. up until 30 cars already have been confiscated in jakarta, but if everything is over. despite the ban and the police raids, uber drivers are still active at several places in indonesia. i just ordered one. within no time the car comes. >> translator: we are getting twice as much money as before and we are a lot more flexible working for uber. whenever and wherever we can pick up customers. >> the uber compa

people were killed when it went through in the shrine in central bangkok and wayne hey is from kuala lumpury seem to be acting quickly. >> yes, they certainly are now. there was a lot of criticism of the thai police and the thai government, therefore the thai military in immediate days following the blast on the 17th of august and moved in the area and cleaned it up very quickly when human remains and shrapnal were found after they opened the shine up and criticism there and criticism about the mixed messages coming out about who the suspect might be, how many people were involved in the attack, what the motive might be, mixed messages coming from various government agencies and are very keen in the wake of that criticism to get moving and get results and appears they are making good progress now. >> live in kuala lumpur. thanks. the u.n. has confirmed i.s.i.l.'s destruction of the temple in palmyra and here is a picture of the ancient structure in syria before the destruction and here you see satellite images taken on monday of what is left, i.s.i.l. bombed the temple on sunday with over 3

akiko, nhk world, kuala lumpur. >> and that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> an entrepreneur in seoul working hard to build business opportunities between south and north korea. he's seen recent tension between the two nations affect his operations but he's finding creative ways to keep his products and profits on track. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: a unique shop has opened in seoul specializing in products made in north korea. it sells clothes and related goods. it's the first of its kind in the south. the shop is more than a store, a cooperative run by south korea small and medium-sized companies and sells the products they make at the complex. the shop's slogan is made in gaeseong. played a major roll in setting up the shop. he started producing eight yrs ago at the complex. he said he closely monitored the latest rise intentions between the two koreas. >> translator: i was so shocked by recent event. i was afraid i would suffer a loss like 2013 when tensions aked. fortunately the situation was brought under con

reporting for nhk world from kuala lumpur. >>> that's it for business news for this hour. i'll leave you with another check on the markets. >>> september 1st is disaster prevention day in japan. it commemorates the worst natural disasters the country has experienced. and people across the country took part in emergency drills. >> reporter: about 7,500 people including police officers, firefighters and local residents took part in emergency training at five venues in tokyo. they practiced handling patients at a makeshift clinic. the government's experts say there's a 70% chance that an earthquake will hit the kanto area in the next 30 years. in the worst-case scenario, 23,000 people are expected to perish due to fire and collapsed buildings. private firms are also taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a natural disaster. practice makes perfect. these company workers are learning how to respond when any disaster strikes. about 500 employees working for real estate firms that manages roppongi hills took part in a first response drill. they practiced administering fir

anti-government rallies were held late last month in kuala lumpur. came amid allegations that the prime minister illegally received about $700 million from a government affiliated fund. he is still a popular figure in malaysia, the former prime minister said lawmakers from the ruling party received illegal funds as bribes during one of the rallies. police announced they would question mahathir allegations at the rally saying they might constitute criminal defamation. mahatea spoke to reporters on wednesday on his return from an overseas trip. he said he will cooperate with the police if asked. -- his photography is showing his past hardship says to a new generation. nhk has the story. >> a group of japanese is holding a study seminar in bangkok to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. the organizer wanted people to know how things were in thailand during the war. one of the participants is this 80-year-old, a professional photographer based in the thai capital. he was born in 1931, on the southern island of phuket. his father was japanese. his

chinese foreign minister spoke about the deliberations on the bills when he met with reporters in kuala lumpur. he indicated he'd acknowledged that japan's security policy was about to change dramatically. >> translator: we're seeing a big change in japan's military and defense policies. it is causing a lot of concern, especially in neighboring countries. >> reporter: the chinese government is sure to carefully monitor the abe administration's moves after the bills become law. >>> the u.s. government is welcoming the national security bills as it hopes to strengthen the japan/u.s. alliance. the u.s. assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs spoke about the bills in washington on tuesday. >> the expected passage of security legislation in the japanese diet this month will open the door to even greater japanese contributions to peace and security. >> he also said the u.s. government expects japan as an ally to expand the role of the self-defense forces so the two countries can work as equal partners on a global basis. >>> a south korean expert says the country would have to

the plane was headed from beijing to kuala lumpur. investigators examining wing parts since it was discovered july on the french island of reunion. no more plane debris found around the island in searches conducted for 10 days last month. french investigators continuing their analysis of the fragments to find clues of the plane's fate. >>> japan's foreign minister rejected recent marks by a russian official. they concern four islands controlled by russia but claimed by japan. russian deputy foreign minister murg loaf said his country had has not been on the issue. he said the matter was settled seven years ago. he insisted the islands became territory since world war ii. he made the comments following visits by dmitry medvedev to the islands last month. on friday foreign minister said the remarks were counter-productive and not true. >> translator: the remarks also go against an agreement with shinzo abe and vladimir putin. we cannot accept the remarks. >> japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of the territory

airlines and follows a devastating 2014 with a downing of a plane over ukraine and disappearance from kuala lumpurjing. >> the launch of malaysia new airlines was a very low-key affair and a corporate change, a change of name to malaysia airlines private, the old company malaysia airlines system was technically bankrupt. so a brand-new company under a new chief executive but to the consumer at the moment the carrier is malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is underway and the reality is malaysia airlines were in trouble before the tragedies of mh-370 and 17 and they continued to lose money year after year despite going through several restructures and it was mainly owned by the government. now it is wholly owned by the government, it has restructured yet again and trimmed its fleet and slashed staff members by 6,000 and now the hard work really begins, trying to win customers back. >>> the guatemala president molina facing calls to resign over his alleged involvement in a multi million corruption scandal and david mercer reports. >> reporter: guatemala president is refusing to budge.

most are held at the police hours in this town. 150km north of kuala lumpur. now, authorities say they have launched investigations into this and are interested in finding out who was operating the service between malaysia and indonesia, whether they were operated illegally or whether there were enough precautions on the vessel. they are looking into the nationalities of passengers. authorities say they are confident all the passengers were indonesian after having spoken to survivors, saying the people rescued were not carrying documents or passports. they were all speaking the indonesian language. if the passengers found to be illegal migrants, illegal workers who had come to malaysia from indonesia to work temporarily, they may face charges. however, authorities say the focus is very much on search and rescue. vessels are still out at sea. officials told me that in the morning, the air surveillance of the affected area will resume. how far, the more that it goes on, the less chance there is of finding survivors. >>> guatemala's congress accepted the resignat

those fires cause a thick smog that spread over neighboring countries and florence reports from kuala-lumpurorter: quality in malaysia and a cloud seeding operation, rain and change in wind direction helped dispurse some pollutants in the air and improved enough of schools shut in several states have been allowed to reopen and thick cloud of smoke or haze is caused by open burning in indonesia where they used it to clear it for farming or plantation use and it's illegal but enforcement is weak and this is a problem that not only effects indonesia but neighbors and thousands of people complain of respiratory difficulties, visibility reduced to the extent flights are sometimes delayed or cancels and even talks that this week's formula one race could be affected and indonesia had talks with the countries before but yet been able to come up with an effective solution that can tackle this problem which has become something of an annual occurrence but indonesia promised to step up enforcement and it says the police have already detained several executives whose alleged to start some fires and inve

the reformation of a new company will help turn the airline around and wayne hay reports from kuala lumpurter: this was a very low key affair and a corporate change of name to malaysia airlines private, the old company, malaysia airline system was technically bankrupt. so a brand-new company under a new chief executive but to the consumer at the moment the carrier remains malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is underway. the reality is malaysia airlines was in trouble long before the tragedies of mh-370 and mh-17, it was a bloated organization that continued to lose money year after year despite going through several restructures. it was mainly owned by the government. now it is wholly owned by the government. it is restructured yet again, it has trimmed its fleet and slashed members to 6,000 and now the hard work begins, trying to win customers back. >>> amnesty international says the human rights situation this gambia is deteriorating and says there has been a clamp down on freedom of expression but that has not stopped some from speaking out and as a consequence they are

back to the capital markets in kuala lumpur, angie, it is all yours.indeed, thank you so much, we are joined by the deputy leader of the democratic party in thailand. he was the former finance minister of thailand. prime time for thailand right now. toically, we have the june in power, we have all of these talks of reforms. in the light of this global route we are seeing how are these reforms going? separate big questions in terms of reform, nothing concrete on the surface as to how they will reform thailand. we are all looking forward to seeing significant changes. thailand is at a crossroads, really. we have had 30 years of above average growth rate. we need to find a new formula. we are working on that front. with regards to economic prospects we are a very open economy. that means we are very much tied to global events. basically, global demand is slowing that is affecting overall sentiment in the country. again, we need to find a solution to that. that they critics say are there to enforce political power, not grow the economy. is that criticism v

stay away from the marketplace in kuala lumpur. malaysia has arrested more than 100 supporters of the islamic states in the past two years. that's the latest. now back to you. >>> pope francis is waking up to you in new york city. he's got a very busy schedule planned each though whoemt be in the city for very long. nbc gray tells us what he's got planned. >> hey, there. good morning. pope francis will only spend just over 30 hours here in new york, but a lot of that time he'll spend doing what he seems to enjoy doing the most. meeting the people faith to faith. he'll start at the u.n. speaking with the general assembly where he's expected to skuft the environmental including global warming. he's also expected to talk about the sanctity of life and encourage leaders to work together, especially countries that haven't seemed to been able to do that in the past. it's something that's been part of the agenda during the world u.s. tour. following that he will spend the time at the memorial. a an interdenominational service there. and t

is causing the wind to blow northwards to singapore, to malaysia, and the cities here, takeding kuala lumpurd a look. it has been shredded in haze. this morning in particular, because of this, it is not so bad. the pollution index is 80 compared to 249 a couple days ago. that was the peak this year. versus the peak of all-time, which is exceeding 400. in comparison to earlier dates and years, it is not so bad. that is pretty much good news for singapore, which will be ushering in the weekend. hamilton, the f1 driver, is in town. singapore has made contingency plans to ensure that the race goes on. it says, not to worry. should the haze situation worsen, there are plans in place. it has been difficult fighting the haze problem. the question, like you pointed out, is, who are the culprits? until now, indonesia has been reluctant to share the list of companies responsible for the slash and burn. it really is about cooperation, and we need indonesia to share that information before this problem can be resolved. rishaad: thank you for that. fromnda amin joining us singapore, shrouded in haze. wha

. >> florence looi reporting from kuala lumpur. >>> palestinians and israeli police skirmish at the al-aqsa mosque, the mosque is part of a compound revered by muslims and jews. this is the second day muc of te most recent conflict there. today jordan's king abdalla warned israel that further provocation would damage ties between two countries. >>> also issues between venezuela and colombia are growing, after accusations by the venezuelan military. two military planes crossed into colombian air space on saturday around another on sunday. venezuelan pilot says he was crossing the border because of bad weather but failed to ask permission as required. president maduro of venezuela accused colombian paramilitary of. >> andrew thomas reports on the shift in power down under in australia. >> the result was close but in the end votes went in favor of the challenger. >> in the leadership, was contested by malcolm turnbull and tony ab bo. turnbull 54, abbott, 44. >> the australia of the future. has to be a nation that is agile. that is innovative that is creaivet. wcreative. we ask not future proof

al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> campaigning is underway in singapore ahead of friday's general election. >> many of the candidates are newcomers into politics. the party has become the major opposition voice in a system where once there was little dissent. still the best they can hope for is unsettling rather than unseating the ruling party. in the years to come the workers party is able to provide an alternative. >> the party is trying to build on its west showing yesterday back in 2011. then they managed to unseat two cabinet ministers. the ruling people's action party got 60% of the vote in that poll, the lowest ever. foever. >> they should inspire to be in the government of singapore. why should they not. we're enticed to ask them what are you capable of doing? show that you're fit to be government of singapore. >> the fact that this has been a momentous year for lee and singapore. >> in the year of his father's death could bring an important part to the election. combined with the nostalgia of the city state's founding a timely reminder to the voters how fast singapore has come unde

our correspondent reports from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: it has taken this woman's days of hospital from dengue fever. the mother of two was suddenly struck by severe joint pain last week, her head was pounding, and she could barely move, all because she was bitten which a mo moss coy toe carrying the virus. >> what worries me is if i can get, any of my family members can get it. i can imagine how my little children are going to feel. >> reporter: doctors say they are alarmed by the largest and deadliest outbreak of dengue ever seen in malaysia. almost 88,000 cases have been reported so far this year. m medical staff fear a [ inaudible ] strain of the virus is spreading nationwide. >> complications will be inflammation of the liver, in the brain, and heart as well, and this year we have definitely seen an increase in patients with complications. >> reporter: the virus is spread by the female mosquito. there is no cure or vaccine, so all doctors can do is try to manage the symptoms. the government says it is trying to prevent infections by fogging, but it's not hard to find neighborh

we have more from kuala lumpur. >> this is shaping up to be the worst boat accident in malaysia, a maritime official i spoke to said the vessel was flimsy, carrying between 70 and 80 people when it capsized in rough seas in the malacca straits, which is off the western coast of malaysia. fishermen were able to rescue a number of people. they also recovered a number of bodies, many of them said to be that of women. now, a spokes - the authorities were able to speak to survivors, all of them were indonesian, and they were not carrying any passports. this leads them to believe that the passengers on the vessels were illegal migrants who came to malaysia to work. millions of people particularly from indonesia come to malaysia every year in search of work, because the country is the third-largest economy in the region, authorities believe that the passengers on the vessel were illegal migrants from indonesia and they were returning back to indonesia when the accident occurred. search and rescue operations are under way. the maritime enforcement agency has deployed a number of ships and boats, as

neighboring malaysia and singapore and forced them to shut schools in four states including the capitol kuala-lumpurorter: it is so bad schools ordered to close and they will start an exercise on tuesday in hopes that rain can bring some form of relief. >> it's one way to disburse or minimize the case in terms of bringing down all the particle what is suspended in the air to the ground but for temporary measures. >> reporter: the haze is a yearly phenomenon people in this part of the world put up with for nearly 20 years is to stop the source and that is the fires in indonesia and it's so bad that it strained relations between indonesia and neighbors singapore and malaysia and malaysia will meet later this week to discuss the issue and weather bureau forecast a change in wind direction and says it may help blow the smog away at least for a few days. let's get the weather with everton and how is the picture looking across the u.s.? >> the u.s. we have wildfires there as well and we are cooler, wetter weather coming in and large massive cloud making its way in the pacific northwest and sinking its way

formula one race and malaysia the haze has forced schools to be shut and lawrence has more from kuala-lumpureporter: a cloud seeding operation and change of win direction help disburse some pollutants in the air and improved that schools that were shut in several states this week are allowed to reopen. the thick cloud of smoke or haze is caused by open burning in indonesia where fire is used to clear land for farming or plantation use. it is illegal but enforcement is weak. now this is a problem that not only affects indonesia but also neighbors where thousands of people complain of respiratory difficulties, visibility is reduced to the extent that flights are sometimes delayed or cancels and even talks this weekend's formula one race in singapore could be affected. indonesia held talks with countries before but yet have not been able to come up with an effective solution to tackle this problem which has been somewhat of an annual occurrence but they will step up enforcement and detained several executives whose companies are alleged to have started some fires while it is investigating more

kuala lumpur and singapore just online. happeningook at what with your money so far today. shares are rising marginally this morning after's heaven weeks of declines. japanese stocks were gaining earlier in the day. the economy shrank less than thought. but that is falling and changed at the moment. betweeneen swinging loss and gains all morning. new zealand stocks rising .7%. we had second quarter manufacturing activity falling by less than expected. strongly. up we had business -- have business confidence figures out later today. the oil sector is rallying today, up more than 2.6%. the second largest producer made an $8 billion takeover bid. the largest export destination is china, of course, and we are waiting for the opening there in about half an hour. we have seen volatility and seen the market plunge in the last few minutes of trading, but at seeing gains, up slightly overnight. i will give you the latest opening members when china starts trading in about half an hour. again's seeing thanks to the economy shrinking japanhan thought -- seeing a gain thanks to the econ

closures are hitting institutions around kuala lumpur.et us know what you think of today's top stories by following me on twitter. i am @yvonnemantv. hong kong, south korea, and taiwan markets, closed today, but trading in china will get underway in 30 minutes time. singapore and malaysia have come online. here is juliet. to be far fromd quiet when you are doing markets. how are they looking so far? sometimes, i can be bad news, but it's expected to be pretty quiet today. there are quite a few holidays. it got korea, hong kong, and taiwan closed. volumes on the asx down 40% this morning compared to what we normally say. areave to remember there about 100 stocks on the main topics index. that's waiting on the overall picture in japan. 0.5nikkei 225, down by percent. things are coming through in australia. besides the fact that the biotech space is what was hit hard in the u.s. on friday, what halted that rally on the s&p 500, very flat in new zealand. downwing the u.s. futures .y .201% of course, we do have a very quiet week coming through

a choking haze across parts of southeast asia has now forced malaysia to close schools around kuala lumpursia fires in have blighted the region for weeks, prompting singapore to take legal action. let's get the very latest from our southeast asia correspondent. how bad are things today? >> we are breathing slightly easier. , an improvement in air quality after hitting unhealthy levels yesterday. that led to the call to shut schools in five areas around the capital. here in singapore, the air is also better today but it still remains in the unhealthy range. you are seeing live pictures right behind me. singapore has taken action. five companies have been named that are seen as contributing to the fires. asia pulp and paper is based here in singapore. the government is looking for information on what has done by suppliers. as you can imagine, the hayes is putting a strain on bilateral particular over a comment made by indonesia's vice president. he has said that indonesia's neighbors should be grateful about good air quality most of the year and that your car not apologize for the crisis. an

we will coming online and be trying to markets in hong kong cominghave kuala lumpur online and the chinaket in hong kong. as they interpret the latest economic numbers, they are questionsing, raising about whether policymakers are using the right tools or have the right tools to deal with the slowdown.which a look at the mortgage early going -- let's take a look at the early going. with theaustralia index rising despite the concern in china. ie's study and currency is in focus with high-yielding currency in focus because investors are betting that china will deliver renewed stimulus to counter the situation with economic data that does not seem to be turning around. as the markets to underway in southeast asia and taiwan, in malaysia, modestly advancing and in singapore, as they digest the results, pretty much unchanged. we are watching the nikkei 225. it has been down pretty much all morning. you're watching the japanese yen. -- we are watching the japanese yen. keep your heart on the oil majors. your eye on the oil majors, down 6%. big movers in japan driving the index lower after lawm

singapore, taipei, and kuala lumpur. stocks trackeeing those losses from wall street on friday as investors continue to see the federal reserve decision , and perhaps the indication from the decision that things are worse in the global economy than many think. all the markets trading in the region right now are trading lower. singapore, malaysia, and taiwan. you're seeing about 1% on the taiex index. the kospi trading lower today. closedwe should note, is , on holiday until wednesday. no trade there until thursday. as a matter of fact. asx 200 down by 2.5%. we're watching commodities today. even though gold futures are rising, the iron ore benchmark of for a second day, it is not helping stocks in that market. we got is appointing consumer confidence figures today in new zealand. the index of wellington is trending lower. the kiwi is down on the session. china coming online in 30 minutes. rishaad: absolutely. one survey that's not jumping on the china bashing bandwagon is the latest china beijing findings. stephen engle

down in excess of 1%. 1% for kuala lumpur there as well.d of the g-20 meeting in turkey says women are the tee. let's find out why. mumbai and join our correspondent. reporter: that's right. the biggest headlines are coming out from the imf for the weekend. risk to the global chiefy still lie, but imf christine lagarde saying india leads the way with bright spots for the global economy. her remarks coming from that g-20 meeting of central bank governors, discussing the chinese economic slowdown and monetary policy and giving a really big boost to the comments from the finance minister who was also at the g-20 summit, and said that he remains confident growth,re will be 8% despite global volatility. ,s for what is really happening those comments coming in from christine lagarde, as far as women's in the world economy -- i just want to recap. she is saying the indian gdp could expand a whopping 22% if the number of female workers increases to the same number of men and the economy. w20 is a group that aims to women andd empowering ensuring th

number let's start with 3,000 of protesters gathering for two days income while of ,mport -- of kuala lumpur the resignation of the prime minister. received 700 million u.s. dollars in a private bank account from u.s. funds. tom: my take on this is that it really bears watching. singapore is a nation with its own calculus, and the idea here is real political instability between warring major parties. vonnie: and the equivalent of 700 million u.s. dollars is nothing to sniff at. can reallyshirts you see from far away, and it really makes an impression. tom: next photo. vonnie: the pacific ocean has three major hurricanes at the same time at the moment, for the first time in recorded history for the area. hurricane g is then, then ignacio, kilo. this is a photo from space. tom: i have never seen that, a hat trick of hurricanes in the pacific versus the atlantic. you really wonder what is going to happen in september in the united states. a decade after katrina, you just wonder if we are due this year. frome: it is amazing how space they look so different and so beautiful, and how they turn int

washed ashore reunion island in july and it disappeared in march of last year during a flight from kuala lumpurmes: there in valuing the safety of the crash resistant cars for removing them from the front of trains and the with a debt with the romance truck collided with the trend all started back in february killing the trained engineer and injuring 27 other passengers that trend to the crash resistant wall like the car in the sun and the supposed to reduce deaths and injuries they're trying to figure of the car failed to and along the brick to get under the will to alter the the real trend that looking into that now. >>darya: there was an outbreak in as of yesterday there were seven confirmed cases among the inmates no staff has the disease yes the regular visiting howe was restored and how even the males have resumed for the inmates have not found the source of the outbreak of the symptoms include high fever and chills and a cough. >>james: asking president obama in the u.s. department and health services to appeal the current fda policy that bans the man from donating blood that debated the

embassy in malaysia is w ring of a potential rrngist acalk at a popular tourist spot in kuala lumpur. the embassy say' it hss credible reat information and is urging u.s. citizens to avoid the area hereted in the city center. the past two years p ice have reportedly arrested dondreds of malaysians for their alleged ties to isis. >>> muslim pilgrims carried out the ridual stoning of the devil as part of the annual hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of mecca a day after that stampede there illed more than 700 thursday's disaster was the adliest such incidenn to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more than two decades. saudi arabia's king solman has ordered a safety review of the event. >>if> today president obama and chinese president economy jinping will wade into sticky issues such as cyber spying in the u.s. and the territorial disputes in the pacific and they will also release a joint atement on climate change, fleshing out how they will achieve targets for cutting carbon emissions and tonight the president will host xi for a black tie state dinner. >>> the pope sightings here in