the u.s., the death toll in haiti raising to 800. we begin with lauren lyster now live in new smyrna beach, florida. [ no audio ] reporter: the deadly hurricane wreaking havoc as it moves up the coast. overnight matthew bringing deafening rain, storm surge and destruction to south carolina, flooding roads, downing trees and driving cars off the roads. an eerie light show on this highway as multiple power lines explode. the powerful category 2 hurricane has weakened but continues to show its force. states of emergency declared in georgia, south carolina and north carolina. really the best thing now is to just hunker down, stay in a safe place, don t move, don t try and move around. pummeling florida. sounded like a train hitting the house, that s all i can say. the wind was just so strong. reporter: as matthew barreled through palm coast, a home security camera captures the moment rushing water crashes into a home. full roads getting washed away. st. augustine one of the
least 96,000 children are starving in the conflict torn country. this news hour, we will tell you about the toxic gold mine that is choking a community. and in sports serena williams is closing in on claiming all four titles this year, we will hear in serena, she gets ready to take on her sister venus at the u.s. open. the united nations says europe should have ruled forcing all countries on the continent to take their share of refugees. germany has taken to majority, but the world body says it should be an e.u. wide operation. and that more should be allowed to arrive legally. the white house has said it is considering steps to help europe deal with the crisis. meanwhile, there s little sign, if any, that the exodus is slowing down. the united nations high commissioner for refugees say there are now 30,000 refugees on greek islands alone. a record 7,000 syrian refugees arrived in neighboring macedonia on monday. and germany says it expects more than 800,000 people to a
britain acknowledges it s roam in a massacre. you have heard of the jamaican bobsled team, now meet these guys with their own olympic dream. one of the most important criminal trials in years is underway. former ruin dan intelligence chief is in court, charged with crimes against humanity. 800,000 people were killed in a again side in france itself has been accused of accomplicety, over support for the regime. let s get the very latest from aljazeera who joins us from paris. you are outside the courthouse, tell us about what has been happening today? well, the first day of this trial is drawing 20 an end here, after around nine hours of court proceedings. appearing in his wheelchair this morning. they argued that the case should be dropped but that was rejected and for many people this trial has been a long time coming. before many this has been a long time coming. where once the cameras had stop rolling suspect pass call sat behind a glass screen. some had given up hope