The worst affected areas are in the caribbean where 17,000 people desperately need shelter, with some still short of food and drinking water. Its believed that 37 people were killed on the islands. Nick bryant reports from one of those territories, the turks and caicos. This church was supposed to protect people from irma, a sanctuary from the storm. Butjust hours before the hurricane hit, the plan changed. People went elsewhere, and just as well. Like many buildings here, it was destroyed. In the turks and caicos islands, low lying coastal communities were worst hit, beach side homes now unlivable. Basically, my family, we lost everything, everything. Its going to take some time to get back on our feet again, but, through the strength from god, we will. Long bay beach is routinelyjudged to be one of the most beautiful in the world, a bucket list location, but this is what a category five hurricane can do to a five star hotel. Whats striking here is the determination to rebuild notjust
The emmys. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brangham for President Trump today, it was the kickoff of his first United Nations General Assembly. As a candidate, he had roundly criticized the world body. Today, he spoke at a meeting on u. N. Reform, and said the us will work with secretary general Antonio Guterres to make changes. The United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not
All that and more on tonights pbs newshour major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brangham for President Trump today, it was the kickoff of his first United Nations General Assembly. As a candidate, he had roundly criticized the world body. Today, he spoke at a meeting on u. N. Reform, and said the us will work with secretary general Antonio Guterres to make changes. The United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the
Allegiance once again to alqaeda rejoining the groups north African Branch. The German Parliament is set to approve the governments plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i. S. I. L. In a noncombat role and politicians have been debating the bill over the past couple hours and a war ship and six aircraft are also part of chancellor Angela Merkels proposal and appealed for help after last months paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against this plan. Now if the plan is approved germany will be the latest addition to the international antii. S. I. L. Coalition which includes dozens of countries however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down. These are the countries that have been involved in fighting i. S. I. L. , there is 18 of them in all. These are the ones that are carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq, now ther
Se sending more force to fight isil in syria. Im Barnaby Phillips in vienna at the opec summit. Oil prices are down, oilexporting countries are divided on what to do about it. Our top story this hour, four palestinians have been killed by Israeli Security forces in separate incidents across the occupied west bank. [ gunfire ] in bethlehem palestinians protesters threw stones at the israeli army. Earlier north of Ramallah A Palestinian man was shot dead after ramming his car into Israeli Soldiers. Two were likely injured. Stephanie decker joins us live now from ramallah. This is apparently getting worse by the day, steph. Get us up to date with the death toll so far. Reporter the death toll since the first of october when we really saw this wave of one on one violence start, these are huge numbers, but i think now were two months on. This is becoming a daily occurrence. It does go in waves. In a day like today, three separate incidents in separate parts of the occupied west bank. Last n