right now for on a go thank you so much for talking with us journalist veronica calderón there talkingwith us from mexico city well the dominican republic is keeping a wary eye on hurricane maria which is regaining strength over the atlantic as it moves north of the island of hispaniola maria had lost some of its power as it crossed quite a rico on wednesday it was the strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. territory in ninety years. demonstrators clashed in kenya as capital nairobi is the country's supreme court explained its decision to nullify last month's presidential election police used tear gas to break up scuffles between supporters and opponents of the decision the court criticized kenya's election board for failing to verify results or allowing judges to audit them. the president of iraq's kurdish region has vowed to press ahead with a referendum on independence this as leaders of the autonomous region come under growing international pressure to scrap the vote scheduled for september twenty fifth turkey iraq and the us all oppose kurdish desires to form an independent country.

of the very latest let's cross to mexico city where journalists veronica calderon is standing by for us it's late at night where you are how are rescue efforts continuing. well there are actually working right now. a school board they are looking for to give us a few yeah which is a name of the girl who. communicated with rescue workers earlier this day and we do know. true some of their equipment that there are some placed two other children still alive on there the rubble they were seen. for fifteen hours to this point and well we're expecting the very best because this is became as this has been a game of scene will for many mexicans. to be rescued. alive and well so everyone is hoping that the girl can be rescued and perhaps others too who may still be under the rubble there how are people in mexico coping with the situation there what's the atmosphere in the city well i can tell. just overwhelming. at the same time because. many of the by you know of friends relatives are just. bringing out to help and to to do to go to the shelters to leave earth to lend it. out if there is a n

the latest on the aftermath of the earthquake let's cross straight over to mexico city where veronica calderon is standing by for us veronica tell us how you experienced the quake where you were when it struck well. i was standing us about. i was walking on the street. going back for launch many. mexico city how we tend to every single day when the earth as many witnesses say started to actually shake almost well. for me. it was in a matter of seconds that. later hundred people were in this trait so it was a murder. and toll shock. this is by far the worst earthquake i can remember what is happening in mexico city right now because we've heard from the mayor that dozens of buildings have collapsed we saw in our report that the airport is closed. tell us what sort of dangers people in mexico city are facing. well we have been told by their authority is to stay away from them most of them it's. only. if you point here as a citizen that's a very welcome. invitation for example there was a huge cast like that like literally you know and being that on my watch which was in mexico city's downtown. t

aleem maqool, bbc news we can now speak to veronica calderon, a journalist in mexico city.have you seen of the rescue efforts 7 what have you seen of the rescue efforts? it has not stopped yet. the president said 52 people have been rescued. there are rescue efforts all over the city, with volunteers helping in any way they can stop it is starting to rain in mexico city so is starting to rain in mexico city so it becomes very much more difficult for the rescue efforts right now. i think it will be a couple of days more. we have been hearing there is a huge all and tear effort. have officials been able to cope with the scale of the task? this is an issue that is interesting in mexico because since the trauma of 1985's earthquake, the society, the civilians... made a lot of operations that usually are done by the government. in a matter of second, the earthquake just happened and you could see all the traffic signs, right here in mexico city, went down and regular civilians were directing the traffic. so to see this kind of effort is just overwhelming. not only bring in third

and let's cross to live to mexico city where journalist veronica calderón is standing by for a serverrunning to tell us what it was like when the quake struck. it was. pm i was walking on the straight. a night on the neighborhood which was one of the neighborhoods which were with which were more struck by the earthquake and the well i almost fell in the straits as many people started running from other buildings were restaurants and there was a lot of panic in this traits and. it was pretty. recent picture especially if you if you know that today well yesterday i was thirty two on the grocery shelves in one thousand nine hundred five earthquake that struck also in mexico city in fact same date ok now mexico city wasn't that close to the epicenter but obviously as you say it was felt i understand there is damage there also to buildings and fires have reported what are you seeing in the streets there. well you can still hear a lot of sirens and heard copters there's a lot of volunteers going to refugee centers and to get food. for or for those who need it at this moment. and will the sc