Fights to win support for his brags that plan threatens to call a snap election. 5 people are killed in an attack on the Afghan Capital as the u. S. Envoy visits to discuss a potential deal with the taliban plus. Were in sudan where heavy flooding us forced thousands of people from their homes. Or can dorian is ravaging the bahamas after it made landfall as a category 5 storm at least 5 people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed but it may be hours before the full extent of the damage is known the storm has weakened slightly but its still considered life threatening and its expected to make its way to the southeast coast of the u. S. At a gallica reports now from florida. Complete devastation to get discouraged Hurricane Dorian hit the northwestern part of the bahamas as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Wind gusts reach 350 Kilometers Per Hour roos ripped off and storm surges flooded streets and homes this is the direct canal. Thats right behind us and you can see the waves are just raging as if we were at sea before the storm hit many residents decided to ignore warnings according to the red cross more than 13000 homes have since been destroyed communications are down on some of the islands even as dorian lingers as a still deadly storm. In the midst of a historic tragedy intolerance of northern bahamas. Mission and focus now is search and rescue and recovery. For the press for those in affected derrius and for the 1st responders its expected dorian will remain over the bahamas until at least Tuesday Morning before heading towards the u. S. Is east coast. In florida mandatory evacuation orders are in place as much of the state remains under threat forecasters say the eye of dorian should run powell to the florida coast but authorities here are taking no chances but we are in a situation where the storm is stalling very close to our coast it is going to make a movement and the movement that it makes is going to have a lot of impact on floridians and so please listen to the instructions heed the instructions do what you need to do to keep you and your family safe other states too are preparing for the worst as dorians path is projected to bring it close to georgia and the carolinas from its formation dorian has been unpredictable it may have slowed slightly but the threat of landfall storm surges and strong winds remains this storm is still moving its matches i would not take any chances with this one you know continue to move in reverse and so were not thinking dorian is still a powerful storm in the u. S. Is east coast is bracing itself for a days long event that predicted north and is the best Case Scenario for the entire eastern seaboard authorities here in florida a warning residents to watch forecasts closely even the slightest deviation could be deadly. The main focus for now is on the bahamas any rescue efforts of being hampered by conditions on the ground but it seems that widespread destruction and loss of life is likely if dorian sticks to his predicted path millions may be spared but no one here is taking any chances and he gallacher aljazeera puts an lucie florida joining us by phone from New Providence in the bahamas is john hes the owner of breezes resort and spa on cable beach john breeze is one of the Biggest Hotels in the bahamas what sort of preparations did you have to make for the hurricane and how your guests coping with it when we were all the. Normal preparation putting up our shuttles. Trun truly making sure that security clearance we had the search. You know alerted to go again to whats coming in the. Door furniture we had to secure your wrong god. There were very heavy waves. And there was a good story with some great relief because if thats all airports never closed down none of the hotels in nassau which is basically how most people you know know New Providence. Will have. To do is operate so we escaped. Very lucky which i cant say the same for our friends to go off. Paul it is actually 150 miles north of us more or less. And so are the apple corps. Which took a battering john as you say it appears that some of the other islands have been much harder hit the New Providence are you able to tell us quickly about whats happening on the other islands well we did follow all the government announced months. Theres supposed to be substantial damages to homes friend of ours is a will have their home in africa and its been destroyed theyve spent the. Neighbors house and it was a substantial house and the government plan to fly over tomorrow or soon as its safe this is one of the strangest hurricane. The only time ive heard a hurricane stand still effectively which is most unfortunate and john as well as were talking to you were seeing pictures on our screens of some of the damage in abaco people in the bahamas are used to hurricanes but perhaps nothing as big as this how prepared were people for the hurricane and how are they all for it is coping with this disaster do you think. Well they. They have had the number of people evacuated from africa with the help of the United States to nassau to the hospital here. But. It this is you cant prepare for this one because the 2nd most powerful hurricane it recorded history. The guy with around a long time and ive never heard of 185 mile an hour when. Its. Normal preparations probably cant handle all right so we have to leave it there john isner the owner of breezes resort and spa in New Providence the bombers john thank you very much for talking to about 0 and could i just end by saying that so its still a big deal and the people are going to need the support to help carry the rest of the behind us john thank you very much indeed thank you was Steven McandrewsDeputy Director of Disaster Management at the American Red Cross he says relief efforts in the next 48 hours will be crucial. We know from Prior Experience and prior hurricanes and prior operations in the bahamas what will be needed and we note somewhat the populations we noted theres about 75000. 00 people that are reside that do reside in the affected area and many of them did evacuate but we estimate at least 20000 people are in are going to be severely affected right now as respect in here and we know to basics will be needed we have concerns around the water supply which looks like its only good for about 2 days more 2. 00 to 3. 00 more days so were concerned about water sanitation and shelter so people are going to need blankets theyre going to need somewhere to sleep roofing materials just all the basics to get through the coming days and weeks as re sit here now and really and and i talk to you we have assessment teams out there but the communications are very difficult and this is a big bed tragic event that continues but we are confident in our response we have put in place trained volunteers before the hurricane we have deployed teams from the International Movement including we have support from Many National societies including British Red Cross were in touch with the American Red Cross and here at the Regional Operations Center we are we have a plane thats being loaded up on ready to send in more supplies as needed so were just waiting for this storm to move out and the next 24 hours will continue to be difficult for the people of the northern bahamas the british Prime Minister is raising the stakes of a briggss or is johnsons threatening to call a snap election on october 14th if rebel end pains from within his own party vote with the opposition to stop a no deal briggs it insists the u. K. Will leave the e. U. By october 31st with a without a deal once the reports. Parliaments has been on holiday for 6 weeks but Boris Johnson and his aides have been working flat out to make good on their vows that brets it will happen by november with or without any agreed plan with the European Union to show our friends in brussels that we are united in our purpose n. P. s should vote with the government against cool beans pointless delay. I would everybody to know there are no circumstances in which i would ask brussels to delay. But since he has a majority of just warn in parliament it doesnt take many rebels from his own conservative party to cause him problems and they are so concerned about a no deal bricks its that theyre ignoring threats to kick them out of the Parliamentary Party and it seems at least some will back a plan to order the government to delay brechts it yet again i have decided that in the interests of my constituents the best represented by outlining the perils of no deal and continuing to do what ive done since 2016 which is urge the government to make a deal so that we leave the e. U. In the best possible way both for the u. K. And the e. U. If they succeed johnson has a number of options and they are all in century he could either choose to ignore the will of parliament and push on with it anyway and face accusations of being dictatorial or more likely because called a National Election which would in effect become a 2nd referendum on brics it is the big fundamental calculation that someone Boris Johnsons Company Making is that currently he has the opportunity to unite. Supporters of brics it under one ticket and the Boris Johnson ticket while there remain parties there were democrats the labor party the green party the nationalist parties remain completely divided and thats the big fundamental calculation that someone making whether or not that will pay off remains we see all this means there is enormous pressure to on the main Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbin much less personally popular than johnson on monday the former labor Prime Minister tony blair notably failed to offer corbin his own backing in backing away from the idea of himself as a caretaker Prime Minister gerry corbin is behave responsibly and if he continues to put country 1st he will benefit the country and himself he can now play a decisive role in how briggs it develops. But he should see an election before breaks it is decided for the elephant trap the days everyone here is gearing up for what feels like one of the most important moments in modern british political history which will help determine whether brics it will happen at all and if so under what terms for some time the politicians and in particular the conservative party have been tearing themselves to pieces maybe this eventually will be the defining moment the e. U. Is sitting in waiting watching for any piece of movements to clarify what will happen they like everyone else want an end to this lawrence lee aljazeera in london are lots more still to come here in aljazeera including well tell you why people in argentina went rushing to the banks on monday. A scuba dive boat sinks in flames off the Southern California coast well have the latest on the rescue efforts and in sport the defending womens champion one day winning a 2nd u. S. Open title this year and youll be here with that story a little bit later. Now unions and protesters in hong kong are observing a 2nd day of a general strike to protest against the semi autonomous territories government there was violence between riot police and some demonstrators late on monday after a day of peaceful rallies across the city of seoul students join in many of them skipped the 1st day of their class of the new term all this came as a recording was leaked of hong kongs leader saying she was she has caused unforgivable havoc and have quit if she could. This. The. First thing is to eat. Is to. Sew. For us but carol lam has just said that shes disappointed that those comments that were meant for a private audience will eat she was speaking at her Weekly Press Conference with agent brown joins us live now from Hong Kong Adrian if these leaked audio tapes are to be believed kerry lammas said she would resign if she had a choice and was prompted to say this now what more shes been saying. Well that News Conference given by carrie lamb is continuing behind me at her office here in the center of hong kong whats interesting daryn is she didnt deny the she made those comments what she said was is that it happened at a private lunch with business figures and that shes very disappointed that the details of that conversation have been leaked she said that this lunch was a lunch where what she called Chatham House rules applied which means that it was confidential the contents were not supposed to be given to the media she also said that her department she her for her officials played up story no role in the leaking of that recording just to recap in that recording kerry lamb is heard to say that you know that what has happened in hong kong was unforgivable she said was unforgivable and she used that word unthinkable twice and she said that you know she wanted to stand down but she had no room for maneuver no scope for maneuver because in her words i serve 2 masters also been that recording she said that she didnt believe that the Central Government would send in the Peoples Liberation army because that would destroy once and for all hong kong standing as a major Financial Center she said though that. I have never attended my resignation to the Central Government and ive never even contemplated my resignation so her remarks at this Media Conference very much in stark contrast to those private remarks that were released by the Reuters News Agency for the moment she says though that the Central Government continues to have support in the Hong Kong Government and supports the actions of the Hong Kong Government in trying to bring an end to what is now almost 14 weeks of violence darron and ive been away from kerry lamb just bring us up to date now on the latest protests its now the 2nd day of this 2 day strike. Yeah behind me is whats known as the as the tame are park and yesterday this was filled according to organizers with some 40000 workers from more than 20 sectors in hong kong thats to say people from the Banking Sector the insurance sector even even chefs and what was noticeable that many of those people were wearing face masks not because of the pollution here in hong kong but because they didnt want to reveal their identity they worry about retribution from their employers because many of them had been warned that if they took part in this action they would face possible disciplinary action well they defied that threat and attended on mass now today the organizers of this 2 day strike say theyre expecting an even bigger crowd here a tame our park today all right to adrian brown there in hong kong agent thank you lets bring in victor teo hes affiliated with the China Studies Program at the university of hong kong and joins us via skype from there now victor lets talk 1st about this leak tape which purports to reveal that caroline would resign if she had a choice why do you think shes saying this now and is she likely to step down do you think. Well i think that was made in a spirit of being an on off the shelf ology and read a message to the didnt eat the whole process all the Central Government and people of hong kong she says shes frightened that shes actually serving 2 master sent at one time and shes also right to say that she actually has for you to let it feel i dont index should be any doubt that the Central Government has always been charge of your fence of hong kong human gold on on principle its one country 2 system i think most people forget that a 11. 00 country actually system so right now what shes saying is that we shes trying to send out messages through various constituencies of constituencies not on call on people should be ready to get out and try to force it and try to come up with some viable then for the future without resorting to violence so again too in the Leaders Press conference which is that was just a few minutes ago shes been calling for an end to the violence and shes been trying to get us of course naturally should you find it well she either she. Or he said that she was like that. Ok so lets just talk if we convict about whats happening on the streets i mean this is the 2nd day of a 2 day general strike and now thousands of students have joined the protests how much more pressure is this putting on the hong kong economy and the ability of the church of dysfunction. Well i think. Its certainly putting a lot of pressure on the on going sick money but they believe state of all of the transport ups and the paralyzed. And but i dont think the straight yes it is its its its the stretch the last fragment of us 5 parts is actually doing much damage to hong kongs economic because most employers. Would have asked us but if you leave your belief that the state of the government asked the. Employees to actually to eat if the. Whole you might not see anything about it all that a lot you know are no longer under the riots are. Just a final thought from you there was another stern warning from china the news agency is saying that the end is coming for those who are disrupting hong kong and antagonizing china how serious should we take chinas warnings just briefly. I think people should not misjudge but the Chinese State but equally when he comes to National Security issues from the beijings perspective is a National Security issue the sovereignty issue is not just a local not a local political issue anymore thats the 1st thing and the 2nd thing is that the police force is coming under tremendous pressure all from the public from the government and also from our Central Government to try and the belief on this riots and for that for them for that reason i think thats why the case you suzee. I think lastly i think one of the very bottom digs is for the eagle who understand that the how about police not only trying to suppress the riots it on police also to keep the Peoples Liberation army out ok all right i think to tell we have to make them afraid time is against us thank you very much and bright. Thank you now the taliban has claimed responsibility for a large explosion in afghanistans capital thats killed at least 5 civilians around 50 people were injured a guesthouse in the citys highly guarded green zone was the target al jazeera vashon worry has the latest now from kabul. But borrow to cause a massive explosion the photograph the car with the ceiling when a truck full of explosives was exploded closely at les halles cause agree village the green river is actually a very secure good spots for the car and it was a specially for the western nationals. The officers that the minister of interior told the Afghan Security forces especially when the special forces arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area of interest also confront to us that 5 civilians were killed and more than 50 injured in this explosion some other security sources also told me that around 200 students were injured in this explosion who were taken to the number of hospitals here in kabul we are witnessing. That yes and there were separate attacks not only here in kabul but as well cross the country that is taking the life of the innocent of then sue williams this is happening the taliban is claiming responsibility for this attack by the time the holidays are a great afghanistan and he handed over the graphic the event to the afghan prison here in kabul to discuss that. Now the big question for the tricky part here kabul is that this drastically back well will only help the u. S. Citizens here in afghanistan are the people to secure their lives here in the forest gump. Well as i mentioned that attack happened as the u. S. Special envoy was in kabul to meet with president ashraf ghani to discuss a draft deal with the taliban Zalmay Khalilzad completed a 9th round of talks with taliban officials in qatar over the weekend and theyre trying to reach an agreement that would see about 5000 u. S. Troops withdraw in exchange the taliban would agree not to allow groups to use afghanistan as a base for attacks yesterday and today the president met with the ambassador. And he came and he briefed the president on what he has done. And what was his mission for the past 10 months in terms of working on a Peace Process that would eventually take us to 2 and next stage our next phase that will be a direct negotiation between the government and the taliban. So he today when he came. He talked about the details of of that potential agreement or framework of the agreement that is going to be signed any time in the future or near future. Argentina has imposed currency controls in an attempt to stabilize its markets and prevent the country from sliding further into economic crisis on the 1st days trading under the new measures the peso recovered some of its value against the u. S. Dollar down a sham reports now from. The argentine government was forced to take drastic measures afternoon already weak pay so has in recent weeks taken a pounding against the u. S. Dollar Central Bank Reserves a dwindling as it consistently keeps propping the currency up. What the controls do is precisely to maintain those reserves putting limits on eventual dollars ation but with unfettered availability of the equity of each arjun time. President. Cabinet meeting on monday after publishing the new measures over the weekend in the official government bulletin for both the markets and most times crave is a stable economy what they have is uncertainty both economically and politically that they suffered and overcome some of the crises before its at the moment of little consolation. Argentines is still haunted by memories of the 20012002 crisis when savers were prevented from withdrawing their own money from banks thousands of businesses went on a 1000000 slid into poverty. The whole country is now watching and waiting nervously to see with the new measures will work but. It takes you back to earlier times in the 2001 default you start distrusting banks if you have money then perhaps you want to take it out you withdraw from the bank you take it home and you hold on to it out of concern because weve had similar situations in the past. I dont have deposits in dollars i have savings in dollars but i havent deposited them because 2 years ago i started to sense that something smelt wrong. Was supposed to be argentinas market friendly salvation to tackle rampant. Inflation what this government did was prioritize inflation above Everything Else and we have what we have today so you have the economy at a standstill you have a technical default you have a run on the pace so youre in the worst of all possible worlds. Add to that its growing unemployment and poverty and a huge debt to the International Monetary fund the electorate spoke of primary elections last month suggesting mackies economic policies have failed and that they want to return to a more socially conscious government in octobers president ial election as the president is meanwhile trying to convince both the argentine people and the markets that he can do in just a few weeks but hes not been able to do in the past 4 years that bush won there aljazeera won osiris lets talk to Mark Weisbrot hes codirector of the center for economic and policy research he joins us live now from washington d. C. Why has argentina imposed these currency controls now and whats prompted this action by the government well theyre doing its a stop for idea of capital and therefore further crashing the pace but they really messed up quite a while before this and i think the crisis never should have gotten to this if they hadnt taken policies after they signed the i. M. F. The International MonetaryFund Agreement in june of last year they adopted a whole set of policies that made the economy worse and i think thats part of why youre seeing the mess that you see today thats a big part of it and mog argentinians are no stranger to currency controls that how it affects ordinary people on the street do you think. Well theyre not so far they havent asked them to they havent said anything about taking dollars out of their accounts. So what they what theyre restricted from doing is theyre restricted in the number of pace. Dollars they can get and if they want to change their pesos for dollars so and there was again to to keep the peso from falling further but it really has been a mess going into this i think its very important because youre a presenter mentioned the crisis of 2001 and you know that was actually a terrible recession from 1998 to 2002 and again that was done under the i. M. F. Programs and policies and so and our times have a big memory of that as well ok so thats very important when were looking at the situation the big question i suppose is will these controls work and will it leave you at the shortage of Foreign Exchange which is as you say impacting the pace as badly well that depends on how well they can manage that. You really cant say at this point i dont think its wrong to limit the amount of dollars that people can get because again you dont want to you know theyre trying to keep the peso from just crashing further on the other hand sometimes its better to let it hit bottom and if you can do that. And and take it from there all right its not clear whether these policies will work ok we have to leave it there marc klaas but thanks for talking to us. Time for a short break here and ill just when we come back we speak to the u. N. Expert on extra judicial killings about her findings in nigeria. Well tell you why americans are ditching ebooks and going back to basics plus well have all the sports australias leading batsman gets ready for his return to test cricket behavior that story sticks. Hello finally the South China Sea and the western pacific are getting active from the point of view of potential target foods that im not going to say that again and i say Tropical Cyclone because thats probably as far as theyll get theres one to the east of the philippines i think will drift slowly northward and strengthen but this mass of circulation and Green Centers is at least one Tropical Cyclone of some sort which when hans the rain in Southern China and in vietnam now this is about 30 in line to your house over the last 5 or 6 days so watch for more progress the rain will never bring flooding and landslides late in the season but not that unusual that does of course keep most the right in the philippines in Southeast Asia to the south of this where were quite dry we should be indonesia almost entirely is still drying season but the cloud is increasing and for example in singapore in kuala lumpur northern sumatra the chance of rain is greater over the next couple of days and especially on wednesday the monsoon rains also have been doing its stuff having caught up with the average is now trying to exceed it weve had rain this far in is once again pakistan and i think the concentration next 2 days will be magic pradesh science was but much of india. The weather sponsored by cattle red wings. On counting the cost 15. 00 of the most polluted cities in the world are in india we look at the cost of Peoples Health also antigovernment protesters the 1. 00 hong kong could be plunged into recession and a trillion dollar fortune built on oil and gas no way faces up the climate challenge and. Counting the cost on aljazeera. We understand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it aljazeera will bring you the news and Current Events that matter to you aljazeera. To aljazeera. What guarantees will you give to the people who will be attending the minimal workshop we listen im supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the phone to 0. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera at least 5 people have died as Hurrican Dorian smashes into the bahamas its been downgraded to a category 4 hurricane but remains life threatening meaning winds up to 230 kilometers an hour at least 13000. 00 homes have been destroyed. Britains Prime Minister has threatened to call a snap election on october 14th of rebel m. P. s from within his own party vote to block a no deal braggs it was johnsons insisting that you pay will leave the European Union by october 31st with or without a deal. And hong kongs leader says she has never considered resigning that comes after a leaked recording. Is heard saying she would quit if she could territory has been in the grip of antigovernment protests for 3 months. Not medics of pull dozens of bodies in the rubble of a Detention Center in yemens dhamma city after a saudi led air strikes targeted the building on sunday the center was being run by who the rebels the red cross says about 100 people were killed its been described as one of the deadliest attacks in more than 4 years of war a saudi amorality coalition which is for the iran back to the since 2015 has faced International Criticism for air strikes that hit schools and hospitals aljazeera as a mom of a lotta is in damascus. Inside the hospital we can see the crescent has found today and dig deep inside the degrees and 37 dead bodies they have found them the fall dead bodies under the debris dead. They are now to spend them into the margot of the mars hospital we can see also the hospital now is fall this fall with with the dead bodies some of them laid on the ground as this barak has its hands over past its capacity inside the morgue also there are over 58 bodies from previous times but they have received yesterday 50 did bodies now with 37 now we have a route around 38 did bodies that have been officially confirmed but when we visit these sites of the present we found that there are more than 20 did bodies the red crescent people here or risk yours told me that the expect over 30 bodies to be decked out tomorrow. Irans foreign minister zarif says that European Countries are not fully committed to the Iran Nuclear Deal at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign minister zarif compared european nations unfavorably to russia and china he said that contributed to the survival of the agreement european leaders have struggled to calm tensions between iran and the u. S. Since President Trump pulled out of the deal last year and green post sanctions on the iranian economy. We could see that russia and china as partners that have helped us. Have held strong positions. And who contribute to the continued survival of casey purely on fortunately we have not seen the same approach from from the europeans they have not been able. To take unnecessary action in order to fulfill their. Obligations on the gate way. Pakistans Prime Minister imran khan says his country would not be the 1st to use Nuclear Weapons as tensions escalate with india it follows new delhi his decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir has more now from islamabad. Debugger tony Prime Minister what a great thing members of the Sikh Community were to get on for a. Good by the government. Job programs pakistani Prime Minister emraan khan talking to greg delegate. Never you Nuclear Weapons if despite the fact that. The Indian Defense minister i had warned that india would reconsider hopefully no for you however the pakistani Prime Minister also warned the International Community that day much something about the plight of millions of. Who are now and go fuel for almost a month and all the 3rd day ignored all of the fact that and in between these 2 Nuclear Armed country ramifications not just for the region but. A militia caught in between a facet of his found 2 generals guilty of planning an attempted coup back in 2015 general jewel bed was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of murder and harming state security general djibril but soon he will serve 10 years for treason the failed coup was carried out by troops loyal to the ousted president blaise come poor it was crushed off to a public backlash. Looting and violence has spread across neighborhoods in the South African cities of johannesburg and to turia in Johannesburg Police arrested dozens of people who broke into shops and others who blocked roads with burning tires as a 2nd outbreak of unrest in the week which appears to be targeting following shops at least 80 people have now been killed by floods in sudan 2 months of heavy rain a forced hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes in the every state in the countries affected deval reports from north of khartoum. I stand not far from the and tons of village that lies between here and the river bed of the nile the riverbed itself is 4 kilometers from here all this land is submerged and for 20 days now people have been trying to extract their belongings from the village that has melted into water because most of the buildings there are made of mud bricks people telling us that they have tremendous difficulties in this respect because they dont have help from outside they dont have help from organizations they have food and they have tents and other supplies at the camp but right here in this effort to extract their belongings they are alone. This camp is located some 40 kilometers north of the capital khartoum and it is hosting about 7000. 00 people thats supposed to be the total of people whove been living in the area between here and the river bed the wild are only here you see tents that have been provided by the sudanese military but also other tents provided by private n. G. O. S and Food Supplies and other donations have been coming to this place for the last 3 weeks today and also a few days ago some cargo came from qatar and other countries and here even also some private n. G. O. S and local religious brotherhoods are supplying food and distributing as you can see the stands behind me is owned by one of the religious sects in sudan so everyone is trying to help and the situation is not really bad according to the people here but across sudan a lot of damage has been brought about by the floods the floods that took place some weeks ago and until now people are still assessing the damage. 8 bodies have been recovered after a fire on a diving boat off the Southern Coast of california dozens of people are still missing us because god says 5 crew members sleeping on the top deck of the vessel were rescued reports from los angeles for. The 1st distress call came in the dead of night a crowded boat on fire it is very serious so by the time the 1st rescue vessels arrived the ship was fully engulfed in flames Bar Department crews were fighting the fire when the vessel sank 20 yards off sure in 64 feet of water. 5 people were evacuated aboard a Good Samaritan pleasure craft known as the great escape the rescued people were all crew members who had jumped into the water 2 were hurt but their injuries were not life threatening the boat called the conception was anchored in the Channel Islands 50 kilometers off the california coast it was specially equipped to accommodate diving in and was well known to diving enthusiastic in Southern California dozens of passengers were asleep in the lower compartment when the fire broke out people who have been aboard the ship say it was a cramped space with bunk beds stacked 3 or 4 on top of one another the close quarters may have made escape difficult if not impossible for many of them rescuers combed the area sleeping compartment is on the bottom deck of the ship so they would have been sound asleep when this fire started so you can imagine that of all scenarios to be in a remote location have a fire that occurs have a limited if any firefighting capabilities think and address that and then to have all of a sudden a fire that spread very very rapidly. You couldnt ask for a worse situation its not yet known what caused the deadly fire the f. B. I. Has been called in to assist with evidence recovery teams and divers Officials Say the conception was in compliance with Maritime Safety regulations investigators will now search the charred wreckage to find out just what went wrong robert oulds aljazeera los angeles. Greece has begun transferring hundreds of Asylum Seekers from congested refugee camps on the island of lesbos a ship carrying more than 600 people mostly afghans arrived in test. They were the 1st to be evacuated its all part of the countrys efforts to address overcrowding in refugee camps greeces new conservative government says its working to speed up asylum applications. A former 1st lady in guatemala has been arrested on corruption charges sandra thought is appeared in court after she was detained for Campaign Finance violations relating to the 2015 election she was a president ial candidate in the uk. Says shes the victim of a political vendetta shes the latest high profile politician to face corruption allegations in the country and whats being called a Pressure Cooker of violence is said to have claimed thousands of lives in nigeria the un special rapporteur on executions has just ended a 2 week visit agnes calamine best again to the beauties by Security Forces and the police in the north where boko haram fighters operate and in southern nigeria where a separatist movement is gaining Ground Report highlights excessive use of force by police leading to killings and a lack of investigations and prosecutions she also found an absence of accountability and a lack of justice for victims. Well agnes keller moscow girl or to my colleague Julie Mcdonald and she repeated calls for the Nigerian Government to act. Well i cannot really use any of the worlds Pressure Cooker i have found localized and contrary wide patterns of violence that are seen marine. And my. My main concern with those localized and country wide system so violence is that they are now taking place in new context characterized by population explosion by an increasing number of People Living in extreme poverty by the proliferation of weapons coming from 12 but the region of west africa. And by the environmentalists decry additions told those external pressure applied on top of those ecosystems political systems of violence are reduced to conflagrate to explode. In no way which i dont think we have yet completely understood so my my preliminary finding today was really to issue this warning both to the government and to the International Community there is in nigeria a Pressure Cooker that if it is unchecked could have reported affect. The regions and now is the time to prioritise the rule of law and that contributing for the people of nigeria agnes you used the word crisis and said in your press conference that you know you dont want the government to protect this is not a crisis but how did they view the situation that you bring up in your report. When you will have to ask them i think i dont think i have made in the shop all star crave relations to the government whether or not. Authorities are willing to admit the extent of the problem is a different matter but in all my meetings weve seen the majority of my meetings with office showed there is an acknowledgement of the scale and the extent of the problems that gives me some hope that the authorities with the necessary leadership and political will will be able to begin a roadmap to wildes addressing the lack of accountability towards ensuring that the killings particularly by the police but not only that all the killings are investigated that the systemic factors such as the lack of resources of the police or lack of training that all those resources all those resources issues are addressed let me remind you that nigeria easer midori income country so i have a porch the questions of arbitrary killings within that context and what i have found is not in keeping with what i would expect form a middle level country in middle income country. Type of the us will break your aljazeera when we come back but of all the sports its decision time that many european football clubs as they get one last chance to sign players for the new season more an outstanding. Thank. You. Welcome back americas love affair with electronic books seems to be over for the 4th year in a row sales of ebooks are down and print copies are selling better and its not just that independent bookstores in the country seem to be thriving aljazeera castro takes a look at why the traditional book is making a comeback. It was a shared love of books that brought derek young and ramones a large young together many years ago experiences were going to poetry readings were going to bookstores just hanging out and talking about different subjects with his business or social justice before long the 2 were married and now they fulfilled their dream of owning their own bookstore the dual carefully select each title to reflect the richness of the Africanamerican Community culture has been something thats a part of our whole life my husband and i its been in part to share our culture to share our history its and i have a space that really has the faces that reflect ours the stories of respect are our legacy a nice focus like this is unique to local independently owned bookstores like mahogany books its a reason theyre thriving even as other brick and mortar retailers have suffered in this age of Online Shopping it appears that independent bookstores are bucking the trend that American Booksellers Association reports a 50 per cent increase in such bookstores in the last decade and an increase in sales of books i mean real books the kind that you can ruffle through and so. Mel thats on the rise for 25 years people have been talking about the death of print but it it really does have an enduring quality richard ray has got a line is executive director of the d. C. Public library he says while patrons continue to check out ebooks in large numbers the high prices publishers charge libraries to license those books make their offerings limited as libraries have to pay sometimes. 5 or 6 times as much as you would pay for an ebook we would have to so if youre paying 10. 00 for an ebook we might pay 6070. 00 or 80. 00 for an ebook overall ebook sales in the u. S. Market have been on the decline since 2015 authored the need around 3 green says thats not surprising she says physical books are just as important to a community as physical bookstores people want to read books we want to be able to have relationships with authors and people who are really doing things and opening our eyes to things we want to relationship with those people and that only really comes from a printed book and maybe a discussion and a place to have all of those things house together some things just cant be replaced castro aljazeera washington or top of the sport now his honor. Thank you very much well the defending womens champion wont be winning a 2nd at u. S. Open title just yet soccer has been knocked out in the 4th round the top seed was beaten in straight sets by belinda bench each of switzerland last month the japanese also lose her world number one ranking with french open champion ashley basi of australia set to regain top spot and shes through to the quarterfinals in new york for just the 2nd time in her career. Ive learned so much during this tournament and honestly of course i wanted to defend this tournament. But i feel like. The steps that ive taken as a person have been much greater than like i would imagine at this point so i hope that i can keep growing and i know that if i keep working hard then of course are have better results. Bench each will face croatian 23rd at sea dont overcoach in the final 8 inch overcoming junior ghosts of germany in 3 sets to advance to her 1st ever grand slam quarterfinal guys have won all 3 of the players previous meetings. Also going through her 1st ever grand slam quarter final is its lisa barretts amy hes the 1st its helens reach the last 8 in new york in more than 40 years verity beating russias own very rude in straight sets. Now its early start Football League is asking each of its 20 teams to nominate a player to join a body being launched next month in an effort to fight fan racism into my instructor Romelu Lukaku was targeted with racist chancing by kerry supporters during a game on sunday. Roast black players in european leagues have also been abused on social media this season. On a card who made this statement on his Instagram Account football is a game to be enjoyed by everyone and we shouldnt accept any form of discrimination that will put our game in shame instead of going forwards were going backwards and i think as players we need to unify and make a statement on this matter. It is the last chance for teams in many top leagues in europe including italy germany and spain to sign players for the new season mexican strugar have a head numbers is joined spanish side severe from English Premier League team west ham and then has signed a 3 year deal best known of course wrist time Manchester United where he made more than 100 appearances roman driven paris under a man of agree to swap goalkeepers with 3 Time Champions League winner kayla nervous going to the french club in Exchange Madrid will take alfonse ario online from paris je to serve as a backup to start 30 bow courts what. Formulates a World ChampionWade Van Niekerk wont be defending his title in doha later on this month the South African is still not fully recovered from a knee injury which he suffered in a Charity Rugby game see years ago van niekerk also the 400 meter olympic champion but unused for american sprints a Christian Coleman the fastest 100 meter runner in the world this year has been cleared to compete coleman had been charged with missing 3 drug tests in its 4 month period and was facing an automatic one year ban the 23 year old has escaped on a technicality which says the dates of a 1st missed test should be pushed back to the 1st day of a test in quarter indias cricketers of rants about sunil test series win over the west indies chasing an unlikely victory target of 468. 00 in jamaica the windies bowled out if it suits him to win gives india top spots on the World Championships table also the 28 test victory under virat kohli thats the highest number of test wins ever recorded by an indian captain steve smith is ready to return to International Action for australia after his concussion injury it seems leading batsman missed the 3rd ashes test against england after being struck on the head by delivery from a fast ball of the series is a level at 11 after englands unlikely win last time out the 4th test gets under way in manchester on wednesday when you get here its always like a little little voice on your shoulder but i also know i stay smith in the really good players that could have strategies to score runs and to not get there as the scientists are not going to have a good strategy and a worse the guy in it better than anyone ive ever met him a lot he would have thought long and hard about it. Smith has pointed out that while launching his hits immediate to dismiss him in this series archies teammates and fellow fast bowler stuart broad says the 24 year old is looking forward to renewing his concepts with the form australian caps in there it suits us left in the series as holders australia need just one winter retain the ashes. I think theres been a little bit of. To and fro between him and job for us and so jeff will be excited to continue that battle. But yeah its great to have him back its no one wants to see anyone mess cricket through head injuries and he would have been very disappointed not headingley and very hungry to to come back into 2 crucial test matches. Andy thank you very much indeed for me down in jordan for this news hour because my colleague terry is up next with much more of the days stay with us not so much that. The ultranationalist marks connected with one of the worlds worst humanitarian crises. As. Migrant joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have to protect our nation what has happened to the engine thats one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. Religion this is a politics. An unholy alliance on aljazeera. In the slaughter the most incredible stories are often true. And cheering go on experiences. Makes the unfamiliar familiar. In this life no versity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater than all soaps and this law is what i want to use as freedom of expression. The right to mortgage. Sean and to launch into the golf course. Because you dislike. The design and to understand the world. Makes us human. And the human condition is universal. A modern and open minded woman who feels ethiopia is poised to develop rapidly aljazeera goes on a journey with the 1st woman appointed to the position of chief justice in ethiopia i knew that as this was going to be a difficult assignment to play expect that to be corrected envy when thirteens up to more of them wanted to be. My ethiopia on aljazeera. Park andorian bears down on the bahamas destroying neighborhoods and killing at least 5 people. In the midst of just started tragedy. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Under pressure hong kongs leader forced to defend a leaked recording revealing shed quit if she could. They will move circumstances in which are each week