Girls kidnapped in pakistan who are forced to marry and convert to islam. Hello the u. S. Is being pummeled by Natural Disaster as the seer as record fires continue to burn along the west coast parts of alabama and florida is slowly being overwhelmed by the ocean the danger has already been described as life threatening and now u. S. Officials are warning Hurricane Sally could be record breaking the category 2 storm is moving so slowly that its likely to bring days and days of what are being called unprecedented rain and with it record floods there also be severe winds up to as 170 kilometers an hour a storm surge and isolated tornadoes power has already been cut to 150000. 00 homes and people in some areas have been told to stay indoors aljazeera as Jenny Harrison is following the hurricane as it tracks closer towards the coast. Well this of course is the actual gulf of mexico and this mass you can see here this is a consolidated cause its been moving very very slowly but towards the coast in the last year as now it is about 4 or 5 hours away from actually making landfall but of course is in the eye comes on shore but remember those outer feeder bands this is what is continuing to batter the coast produce these torrential amounts of rain weve got winds right now at about 165 kilometers an hour it could even strengthen a little bit more become before she comes on shore maybe 175 kilometers an hour it is barely moving but it is moving to the north northeast but its about the flash flooding because some areas along the coast could pick up as much as 700. 00 millimeters of rain over half a meter of rain and of course storm surge as well as a system comes on shore those winds literally push the the sea water inland they could be up to 2 meters now as we go through wednesday it will continue to work its way on shore and working its way across into southern central areas of alabama all the while the rains extending right their way across the Florida Panhandle down across into florida and there will be some torrential rains with this storm it will weaken very quickly but it will continue to move across the southeast over the next couple of days as you can see and of course it will take that rain with it and just look at this because over the next 2 or 3 days this whole area could see as much as 375 millimeters of rain so a very powerful hurricane one well watch closely in the hours ahead. And record fires continue to burn along the west coast of the u. S. Several states are still battling flames which have consumed entire communities oregon as a latest hot spot for President Donald Trump has now approved its disaster declaration making it possible for the state to access federal funds right reynolds reports as to cato in oregon. Theres not much left of talent in phoenix in Southern Oregon the ferocious wildfires of recent days have reduced most of the 2 small towns to ashes the worst thing ive ever seen in my life its the same up and down the west coast near Boulder Creek california dozens of homes were incinerated heaps of rubble and covered chimneys and burned out vehicles all that remain near los angeles the socalled bobcat fire is only minimally contained it is burning close to the famed mt wilson astronomical observatory and outlying suburbs 23000 firefighters are battling dozens of major fires in california and oregon more than 4000 houses have burned in california alone and tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and drifting over it all a choking shroud of smoke and ash its making skies hazy as far away as new york Portland Seattle and San Francisco now have some of the worst air quality on the planet we started to read that and 95 rather than just that quatermass because of the ash in s. T. K. To oregon 50 kilometers from Portland Police are allowing residents to return to their homes and assess the damage fires on this scale are unheard of in this part of oregon those have never happened i mean weve had fires you know open up in the national forth before theyve never been this close to us to canada and ive lived here 33 years theyve never been that close to me can. They evacuated days ago but her home is a total loss has some stranger call you on the phone and tell you that your house is burning its a total loss is not something you want to wake up to. Amid the destruction signs of strength and resilience this is another aspect of this terrible disaster people coming together to support one another with donations of free food water and other necessities organizers say so many donations are poor and in here they can barely give it all away. People here say they all have to look out for one another over this donating all of the fresh. Breads that anything we can do to help out families that are in need or no thank you you know with the fires and everything weve kind of need to make sure that were helping out as much as we can some of the organs fires are now partly contained helped by favorable weather but the trees will likely continue to burn until the autumn rains begin in earnest weeks from now robert oulds aljazeera has to cater oregon. And the number of people affected by floods in sudan has risen to more than 650000 tens of thousands of homes have been damaged by the unprecedented rise of the nile river and as its waters recede residents are now struggling to clean up and make repairs have a morgue and reports from khartoum. This is what the inside of his house looks like now weeks of flooding has damaged or destroyed much of what he has. He says hes got no way of training the water out hiring a water pump is costly and hes lost too much already but he says moving elsewhere after the floods is not an option. Then my house is about 3 kilometers away from the dial and ive lived here for a number of years. Getting a plot to move elsewhere is costly with todays economy and me and my family cant afford it so all drain the water and hope this doesnt happen again next year at the lost his home is one of dozens that have been damaged in his village of kalac in the southern part of sudans capital hard to. Torrential rains caused the nile to rise to levels not seen in more than a century the resulting flood damage to well over 100000 homes around sudan most were just kilometers away as the river burst its banks wiping out villages and towns and displacing more than 600000 people and it forced the government to declare a 3 month state of emergency some chose to stay in their homes despite them being filled with water the land waters have begun receding after nearly 3 weeks and people in the area are hoping to start the recovery but there have been problems with the drainage system and its weakness can be seen on the streets of out of tune after rainfall since the start of the rainy season 2 months ago some of the major highways have been cut off schools and Health Facilities have either been damaged or destroyed its a site that repeats itself every year but meteorologists say this years rains are unprecedented so dans government says its focus is on helping those whove been displaced and preventing water borne diseases but more rains and floods are expected in the coming days and those displaced say the government needs to do more to help them and all their model for how. We want the government to give us new plots so that this doesnt happen again really who live in the banks of the nile we dont have the ability to buy new plots it should be the government giving us a plot so that the problem is addressed by the root and normal houses collapse from rained off until he gets a new plot this house is all that up the lot he has he says hell do what he can to get the water out so that he and his family can return to their home and start rebuilding people morgan are just their own hearts and. Senior palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize relations with israel there been protests against the dealing gaza in the occupied west bank President Donald Trump says the deal is represent what he called the dawn of a new middle east heres our White House Correspondent kimberly how. Its not the promised peace deal of the century between israelis and palestinians still u. S. President donald trump hailed the signing of the Abraham Accords at the white house as an historic day after decades of division and conflict we marked the dawn of a new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already of place but now includes the opening of embassies its a pivot point they hope will end old conflicts and lead to new Cooperation Among israel and eventually even more arab nations to all of israels friends in the middle east those who are with us today. And those who will join us tomorrow i say. Earlier in the day trump hinted that other countries will also be signing diplomatic pacts with israel but well have at least 5 or 6 countries coming along very quickly and were already talking to him but noticeably absent from tuesday steel signing the palestinian leadership the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates acknowledge their participation in the agreement require the preservation of current palestinian land. I thank you for choosing peace and for halting. Palestinian territories at position that reinforces our shared will to achieve a Better Future for generations to come. In the palestinian territories there were protests over the deal that also failed to ease the 13 year blockade of people in gaza the human rights activists have like into an open air prison this trump official blames palestinian leadership for refusing to negotiate separately you have the leadership from all of the time and time again refused to engage refuse to engage directly with israel their message is to go to the United Nations the European Union the road to peace is not through the United Nations through through was thrown. Through through the divisions over this deal also on full display outside the white house. His approval is that they desire to have it be still. In a prominent. That is going to be in there with believes. There are also questions in the United States about why the aber have accords are called a peace deal given none of the nations are war theres also concern the socalled peace deal is really a new military alliance of nations with a common interest to confront iran the u. S. Congress already promising to scrutinize the d. Particularly over the possible sale of f. 35. 00 fighter jets to the u. A. E. But more importantly for President Trump with less than 2 months until the us election the accords offered the optics of a Foreign Policy win for a president behind in the polls and eager for reelection camberley help at aljazeera the white house. Just 2 weeks after a qatari brokered deal ended an escalation of violence in gaza the israeli army has resumed launching airstrikes into the strip hitting several hamas targets theres no immediate word on casualties it happened just hours after a rocket was fired in the territory and injured 2 people in the city of ashdod that rocket was fired at the same time as the ceremony was taking place at the white house. Still ahead on aljazeera japan gets a new Prime Minister as it faces its biggest economic downturn because of the corona virus and. Hello theres been some rather heavy rain across areas of borneo and also said over the last few days but the philippines has also seen some very torrential downpours because of this this is our latest Tropical Storm but before i come on to that this is what those heavy rains have done into Central Sulawesi there was a flash flood with swept through this one particular village and all the same many people have been made homeless because of that conditions that actually drop over the next couple days and its because of the Tropical Storm or the weigh ins with the rain is actually in fed up towards the north but still some very heavy rains across the central and northern philippines and then this is will work its way across the sea of china and that will eventually push towards vietnam as we head off into friday but all the while to the south weve really just got scattered showers and thunderstorms i mean one across into australia had some pretty nice warm weather but that again is such a change the cloud has been streaming in the rain showers coming with it so this is what its doing fairly heavy rain across much of South Australia across into victoria and of course that system also working its way across news 8 in the south fallen seeing rain but also some snow working its way across the way from Western Australia quite a cloudy couple of days in perth but a warm one on friday more sunshine appearing later in the day and also warm in adelaide with a high of 26. From. Aljazeera who is beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the day old friends we all share the same responsibility they need to do is i think looting a project an amazing outing by using a variety of scientific techniques to train to study their behavior we can monitor them for their vocal kowtows and behavior were able to how theyre adapting to their new environment women make science dolphin sanctuary on aljazeera. The. Other big on the top stories on our people on the u. S. Gulf coast are bracing for Hurricane Sally which is expected to make landfall in the coming hours its been upgraded to a category 2 storm that could cause life threatening floods and winds. The white house has approved oregons disaster declaration making it possible to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western states under ads of homes have been destroyed. Senior palestinian figures say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates brain signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize ties with israel there been protesting gaza on the occupied west bank. The u. N. Secretary general will appoint a special envoy to broker peace between the warring sides in libya china and russia broke with Security Council tradition by abstaining from the votes libya has been split between the u. N. Recognize government and forces loyal to warlords 24 have to since war broke out in 2014 krista salumi reports from the United Nations. Its been more than 6 months since the u. N. Special representative for libya stepped down and the council has yet to agree on a replacement but it got one step closer on tuesday deciding to extend the Un Peacekeeping mission known as un smil for one year in the region and reconfiguring the Leadership Structure adding a special envoy to handle diplomacy and another position to run the day to day operations the United States insisted on that. The vote was an unanimous 13 more in favor to abstain to russia and china saying the text did not stress the need to maintain libyas autonomy and their concerns about some of the wording around human rights the vote comes on the heels of libyan people taking to the streets in Eastern Libya to vent frustration over government corruption and a lack of Government Services which is led to the resignation of the eastern based house of representatives aligned with the warlord Khalifa Haftar are and unconfirmed reports that the Prime Minister of the internationally recognized government of National Accord is also planning to step down members of the council speaking as one say its time for the rival governments to return to negotiations with the agreement today on a renewed structure for the un mediation in the reinforced. In conditions summit to proceed as soon as possible with the appointment of a special envoy we encourage the secretary general to appoint a special envoy as soon as possible and i would miss within the Security Council to express the full support to the secretary general in this regard so what could the council agree upon to fill the special envoy position we have confirmed that the u. N. Special coordinator for middle east peace nicol im a lot of from bulgaria is being considered for the position but all it takes is one permanent member of the Security Council to put a stop to that. More than a 1000 girls in pakistan are kidnapped every year forced to marry and convert to islam Prime Minister imran khan says the practice must stop Charles Stratford has this report. The only bar he and her family a pakistani they lose they like generations of hindus along with the partition of india 947 have lived in the Southern Province of sindh all their lives the ali says on september the 10th 3 armed men forced their way into her home and kidnapped her 15 year old daughter. There i dont know what theyve done to her if she is alive or not and what about her life the. 2 Police Suspect pasha who is 3 years under the legal age of marriage in pakistan has been forced to convert to islam and marry a muslim man. For our Human Rights Commission of pakistan says more than a 1000 normal muslim girls were forced to convert to islam every year theres been widespread outrage at the practice among muslims and norm muslims in pakistan members of the religious minority communities have protested demanding better protection their rights. Hindus and christians make up around 5 percent of pakistans 220000000. 00 muslim majority population the government is helping to renovate around 400. 00 Hindu Temples places of worship often neglected since the partition of india more than 70 years ago by the Prime Minister imran khan has been praised for recent program that gives indian sikhs visa free access to visit a shrine close to the border evidence he says of pakistans commitment to ensuring freedom of worship he says the kidnapping and forced conversions to islam have to stop. You can see. It really hard when it how can you forcefully convert someone to islam or force them into marriage either by threatening them or at gunpoint as we have heard incidents like these and sent all these practices are totally on the sly mick. Terms of changing the law remain a challenge in 2016 the regional cinda simply trying to pass a bill banning under eighteens from converting to another religion some muslim religious parties to the age limit. They threaten to besiege the assembly if the governor approved the bill which he then refused to sign into law a revised version of the bill was signed into law in 2019 the religious parties protested again a Parliamentary Committee on minorities and forced conversions wants to eventually make the law a political a cross of pakistan. Religious minorities struggled through the independence of pakistan with our muslim brothers and sisters but certain loopholes were left in the constitution which are used by certain groups against them we are fully aware and all the parliamentarians from all parties are on one page and will soon constitute a lorry gainst the brutal crimes of forced conversions in marriage. Police believe the statement posted online of cautious saying she was not kidnapped but converted to islam and married a muslim man was forced they say kidnappers often threaten victims into making similar claims or if you. Could pass his home her family is destroyed the ali says she cant live without her daughter and she just wants her back strength of aljazeera. Indias official tally of coronavirus cases has gone past 5000000 2nd only to the us more than 1000 new cases have been recorded on wednesday the true number if in fact of people is thought to be much higher though because of inadequate testing more than 82000 people have died of covert 19 in india. Japan has a new Prime Minister designate a parliamentary vote has confirmed yes if he does suck up hes a longtime ally of the former Prime Minister shinzo ave who resigned for Health Reasons before he takes office so go will have to be officially appointed by the japanese emperor mcbride is following developments from sort of. A change in leader but were not really expecting a change in substance or indeed in policy. As the right hand man the trusted left tenant of shinzo served him for nearly 8 years as the chief cabinet secretary as soon as they announced his resignation he became the heir apparent and now indeed succeeds him hes being called a continuity Prime Minister almost an interim basically his job for the next year is pretty much to mind the shop for the ruling l. D. P. Before new elections are called and Carry Forward are those policies we know hes very closely aligned politically ideologically with are they hold to the same conservative views especially when it comes to trying to revive the economy so we can expect that sudar will basically Carry Forward those same cause they socalled are the nomics policies that were already in place and we already know in fact from the lineup of his new cabinet that it is basically our base cabinet so that is confirmation if we needed it that suger is basically going to Carry Forward the work of his predecessor. Lets return to the us for the latest on Hurricane Sally lets bring in jay gray hes joining us now from obama thats a neck state of alabama where the winds and the rain appear to have picked out jay whats in store for alabama. Right now things intensifying weve seen a wind pick up dramatically here sheets of rain continue to fall and more of that is whats in store for this area were going to continue to see. This assault from sally for 56. 00 maybe 7 hours because the structure a slow moving storm is moving slower than most of us walk at this point and so its going to do a member driving rain over an extended period of time so much so that the National Weather service says that they get story flooding as a result of this storm its going to make landfall within the next few hours and a bit to the south and east of where were at right now were still going to get quite a shock there are again a category 2 if i talked about earlier and it really gained a lot of momentum before it its closer to the shore line no or not its something that is fed by the warm gulf waters and so just churning there and moving so slowly it was able to grab more energy before making landfall once it does it will accelerate a bit move through and eventually off and to the east but again were a long way from that right now were going to continue to see this rain were going to continue to see the wind for an extended period of time and this storm is massive its going to affect areas from the with the end up through the Florida Panhandle with the panhandle likely seeing the worst of things in the next few hours thats the situation right now. Back to you and jail keep it for one more question how are people coping and how have they prepared for this hurricane. Look i think because the thing changed so all before it approached the shoreline that it got peoples attention i think most people were prepared to moving to Higher Ground or grabbing the supplies that they would need to ride this out now oh theyve got enough to last a few days weve already got tens of thousands without power and i think that number will go dramatically as this storm makes landfall. And with the power out and with water gathered and flash flooding certainty and some of the low lying areas it may be a few days before that hour is restored so thats something that will likely be lingering issue as well but for the vote i think dance your question people listen to it go already and make sure they were ready for. All right jay thank you keep safe thank you for that update from o. B. L. In alabama. Now 2 of antarctica is most important glaciers are breaking free pine island and thwaites glacier is already contributes to around 5 percent of global Sea Level Rise the survival of the thwaites has been so critical that the u. S. And britain launched a multimillion Dollar Research mission had a saffron is an environmental policy specialist at the university of california davis she explains the changes needed to slow the melting process. We actually have known for some time that these glaciers were melting and they were on the track that they were on track to perhaps one day disappear completely but we didnt necessarily know was how quickly that was likely to happen and the mechanisms underlying the new studies that are coming out are showing are shedding light on that mechanism and indicating that melting is happy much more quickly than we had expected until recently there is a difference between these glaciers melting and the whole glacial system melting and we also have control over some of these things the fact that the glaciers are melting and that may be may eventually disappear or nearly completely that seems to be something that might be inevitable but the rate at which that happens that i think about it as a runner as you might know theres finish line some distance away but you have control over how quickly your slowly you get there and you also have control over how painful it is along the way those translate into we can have control over how quickly we act and how strongly we act to mitigate Climate Change which will slow the pace at which the glaciers melt we also have control over the adaptation measures that we can take so that the melting isnt as costly to humans a backup driver behind the wheel of an driving car has been charged with negligent homicide Rafael Vasquez was supervising the robot car when it knocked over and killed a woman crossing the road in arizona 2 years ago its the 1st recorded death involving a self driving vehicle which has raised safety concerns and the developing industry has pleaded not guilty. The headlines on aljazeera people on the u. S. Gulf coast are bracing for Hurricane Sally which is expected to make landfall in the coming hours its been upgraded to a category 2 storm that could cause life threatening floods and wins the white house has approved oregons disaster declaration making it possible to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western states hundreds of homes have been destroyed in other news Senior Palestinian a figure say theyve been betrayed after the United Arab Emirates signed u. S. Brokered agreements to normalize ties with israel there have been protests in gaza and the occupied west bank and u. S. President donald trump says the pacts marked the dawn of the new middle east together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region something which nobody thought was possible certainly not in this day and age maybe in many decades from now but one founded on shared interest your respect and friendship too are honored guest from israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain congratulations on this Outstanding Achievement congratulations. And just 2 weeks after a qatari brokered deal and didnt escalation of violence in gaza the israeli army has now resumed airstrikes into the strip hitting several have asked targets that happened just hours after a rocket fired from the territory injured 2 people in the city if that rocket was fired at the same time as the ceremony took place at the white house. Indias official tally of corona virus cases has gone past 5000000 2nd only to the us more than 100000 new cases have been recorded on wednesday and more than 82000 people have died of covert 19 in india japan has a new Prime Minister designate. Is a long time ally of the former Prime Minister shinzo are both resigned for Health Reasons before sukkot takes office will have to be officially appointed by the japanese emperor those are the headlines women make science is up next. Is the government take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. Is going to be choppy but its ok so there i was going to leave the names and then always want experience and they were then just swap and when we observe we have to have a kind of as well but we really because were an adult in an area