Disaster at sea, 25 people confirmed dead after a dive boat burns off the california coast trapping tourists below deck. We hear from a couple who rescued five survivors. And finding innocent inmates. Hear from three wrongly convicted men released in a new effort by philadelphias District Attorney to shake up the Justice System. Its tuesday, september 3rd, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Please pray for us. Please pray for us, everyone. We are in the midst of an historic tragedy. Reporter Hurricane Dorian continues to pummel the bahamas. A category 3 storm battering the islands shredding homes and leaving miles of debris. A very dangerous and deadly hurricane. Millions of americans are under mandatory Evacuation Orders. A boat carrying dozens of people bursts into flames off the california coast. At least 25 people have died. You couldnt ask for a worse situation. The Trump Administration has walked back a plan to end deportation protections for sick, undocumen
, hezbollah, the occupied golan, lebanon, with baran missiles, and Yemeni Forces attacked the port of umm rashshrash with a missile drone. Expressing the happiness of the people all over the country from the operation of the sadek rocket. As an iranian kurd, i am very happy that iran has done this to israel, it should be punished , this reaction should have been shown, and we strongly support it. We started it, but we will finish it. Inshaallah, may god bless palestine supporters in the world with irans action in response to the zionist regimes crime, from toronto in canada to lebanon, iraq, nablus and jerusalem. In the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, may god bless muhammad and the family of muhammad, and hasten their fate. In the extensive missile and Drone Operations , they successfully targeted certain positions of the zionist regime in the occupied territories. Sadiqs promise operation in the first minutes of the morning with the approval of the Supreme Securit
Now present a united and out with a new book god and government 25 years of fighting for equality secularism and freedom of conscience. Its a book that touches on your writings including this 2002 speech on page 61 lead where you say dont think the religious right understands government takes no sides and offers no help. That was a speech in 2002 ive included if anything changed medically from that time to now and it turns out these 13 years later it hasnt. I really think the religious right doesnt understand something fundamental. They understand the history in this country really demonstrates Government Works best and religion works best when you keep a decent distance between the two. The government shouldnt be hostile to religion. It should accept the claims of religion unless they come into direct conflict with the claims of someone else and their constitutional rights. I think we are better off when we keep that decent distance. I said in 2002 and i would say its still true today
On where the storm is heading, and well be talking to some of those stranded on the turks and Caicos Islands. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Mps start debating the landmark brexit bill, which transfers thousands of pieces of eu regulation into british law. This bill simply brings eu law into uk law, ensuring that wherever possible the rules and laws are the same after brexit as before. That we are leaving is settled, how we leave is not. This bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and ministers. That would betray everything that we were sent here to do. After weeks of deliberation, premier league clubs agreed to close the Summer League clubs agreed to close the summer transfer window before the start of next yea rs football season. And Prince George starts his first day at school, with a little encouragement from his father. Its five oclock. Our main story is that Hurricane Irma has caused widespread chaos across the caribbea
Us in the memory of those people, let us show the world. And in other news the Manchester Arena re opens tonight with a benefit concert, more than three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. And the american sloane stephens, ranked eighty third in the world, causes a major upset, by winning the us open. Good evening and welcome to bbc news Hurricane Irma continues to leave a trail of destruction across the caribbean, today hitting the largest island cubas northern coastline cutting power and engulfing villages in storm surges. It hit in the early morning, with winds of up to 160 miles per hour. More than a Million People have been moved to safety along with thousands of tourists, many of them british. The hurricanes expected to reach florida early tomorrow landing initially in the florida keys and then moving across the southwest of the state. Millions of people were ordered to leave their homes. Tonight, time ran out and those who stayed are told its too late to le