the news and current from. al-jazeera. at least two hundred people are dead in the philippines and tens of thousands forced from their homes as a tropical storm hits the island of mindanao. this is al jazeera la you from doha also coming up. on the ground with continued demonstrations against donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. a clarion call from candidates in liberia's presidential runoff as campaigning intensifies ahead of this week's vote. and in the second part of a special series we report from venezuela where community activists are working together to provide what the government called. at least two hundred people a feared dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties are on the island of mindanao dozens of people are still missing reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tendin the towns of. mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will

minutes all the houses were wiped out. a trail of death and destruction the philippine island where entire communities were devastated by storm tembin. mail so slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from iso and sports a near disaster as one of the world's most grueling out races kicks off sounds i will have much more on that story later did i tell you to. peruse former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his hearts thousands of people have protested in lima off to president petro pavlo kaczynski announced he was pardoning fujimori for previous crimes on humanitarian grounds salad ballasts as more. chaos in lima these peruvians a furious the former president alberto fujimori was pardoned by the current president picture a public option ski a man they believe was trying to save his political career peaceful i've gotten to the summit of seeing all the people mobilizing the police were following us and circling us they got close to us and threw bombs at us. fujimori was serving a twenty fi

people homeless as tropical storm tembin sweeps across the southern philippines. russia's opposition leader says he's got the backing he needs to take on lead to move to sit in next year's presidential election. and i mournfully thank you yes with the latest series on also official intelligence in the years to come will be doing your job. and i welcome to the program all top story palestinian christian leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital calling it dangerous and an insult to christians and muslims alike a declaration follows weeks of palestinian protests across the occupied territories since president trump's announcement at least fifteen protesters have been killed the abdel-hamid has more now from bethlehem. the festive mood has been somehow dampened ever since the jerusalem declaration by chubb some three weeks ago now no archbishop good but this the future bala who is the highest roman catholic authority not only in the holy land but also in the middle east has said that after the declaration that has been many cancellation food grou

escapes only seconds before tropical storm tembin destroys entire communities in the philippines. and arrest has been made after a crime reporter is gunned down in front of one of her children in mexico also. everyday. it's called the strong. campaign it's a push to keep plastic waste out of the world's oceans. and we start in liberia where votes are being counted in this presidential runoff election workers say the turnout wasn't as high as it was in the first round in october but polling was peaceful in a race that will see the west african nation's first democratic transition of power in over seventy years the contenders a former international football star and the vice president fifty one year old george weah spent his childhood in the slums of monrovia rising to become the first african to be named as world football player of the year in one thousand nine hundred ninety five his bid to be present in president in two thousand and five was unsuccessful he was also the running mate for the main opposition candidate in two thousand and eleven his rival joseph book i as held post

. earth wiped out a trail of destruction the philippine island where entire communities devastated by storm. stroll in seattle the u.s. city. recycling and sports a new football record. that will be here with that story a little later in the program. hello and welcome back now across western parts of europe the weather is turning colder with the risk of snow across the alps but also further north across the u.k. will see some snow sort across the middle east ten centimeters of snow in places further south certainly temperatures struck in there madrid just making double figures but the winds come from the south further east so as to the temperatures a pair of good fries in quite nicely as they were looking at twelve in bucharest on thursday there's a snow pushing down into the balkans region unsettled weather generally then across more eastern parts of the mediterranean but the cold air sitting across the you came fronts temperatures of just five in both london and paris on the other side of the mediterranean sea we've got showers for coastal parts fall jira and tunisia certainly tu

philippines after a tropical storm causes flooding and mudslides on the southern island of mindanao. palestinian stand with continued demonstrations against donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. a clarion call from canada and liberia's presidential runoff as campaigning intensifies ahead of this week's vote. and in the second part of our one year five family series we report from venezuela where community activists are working together to provide what the government com. at least two hundred people are feared dead in the southern philippines following a massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm most of the casualties on the island of mindanao dozens of people still missing and reports. flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tandon the towns of two baad n.p.r. on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise we really want to go straight no and we're trying to figure out. what you have so many people that are really.

remains of car attack tropical storm winds across the middle of the philippines it's now in this mass of white here now it's currently over the water and again it's not a particularly big storm but it's got the potential to bring more rain on its course now eventually in its course the next three or four days it gets towards plenty of malaysia if it doesn't fall apart and that's where of course there could be the problem with the rain but in the immediate future it's it's just throwing showers off to the north and the south so for sarawak and sabah quite likely there will be rain here for southern vietnam and maybe cambodia there be rain as well generated by this otherwise the charleville a science called lot of them to yours is jakarta all of java's virtually invisible underneath the green so the potential for flooding returns to java and might include bonnie. the weather sponsored by cattle and he's. abandoned by the state social collectors are occupying space is among the people a military architects working on the edge of the mold. in the first episode of rebel architecture some o

rebel held area of the capital damascus. the government of the philippines reaches out to help people displaced by storms and political violence. vote counting underway in liberia's runoff presidential election. and the legacy of pakistan's first female prime minister benazir bhutto ten years after the nation. aid workers have begun to evacuate critical patients from eastern guta in syria's capital damascus sixteen people have died while waiting he sent goods is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight government siege since twenty thirteen of the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks that's caused severe food and medical shortages for around four hundred thousand syrians trapped last month the u.n. calls for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but it was only after long negotiations that twenty nine of the most critical cases were approved for medical evacuation the syrian medical syrian american medical association says that four of those patients have now been taken to hospitals in damascus and those

that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has now been downgraded typhoon tembin also defied weather forecasts and did not make landfall in vietnam's becoming delta where hundreds of thousands of people were told to leave their homes but experts say that heavy rain and strong winds from the weather system could still cause damage in the region well the storm left at least two hundred people dead in the philippines the island of mindanao was the worst hit the local administration there has been criticized for not doing enough to help quickly enough bride travel to work toward town where entire neighborhood has been destroyed. when the flood came this river was turned into a torrent throwing boulders and trees against the houses in its path it took more than one hundred homes and killed nearly fifty people those in the area had been told to leave but many had heeded the warning too late imo there are trying to evacuate. in three to five minutes all the houses were wiped out. what's left of mary louis tim's possessions are below the ruins of what used to be he

. and. as you do not want is the. we can know if you. love someone lose a lot. in the philippines millions live in overcrowded sloan's but some of another place to call home public cemeteries one of those living among the dead at this time on al-jazeera business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places to get. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. to. cobble together. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. how does this radical transformation occur. i mean if i mean if you want to shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people this time on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. and you watching the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes south africa's top called rules parliament sail to hold president jacob.

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. was a mistake in the philippines take a stand against what they call the looming dictatorship. the head of lebanon's housefull laws calling for a mass demonstrations on monday against u.s. president donald trump's recognition of israel's capital protests will be held in beirut's southern suburbs on sunday protests were held outside the u.s. embassy in beirut meanwhile protests continued in the occupied palestinian territories more than one hundred fifty people were injured in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank troops live and gaza separately the white house says it's unfortunate that palestinian president mahmoud abbas's are using to meet with vice president mike pence during his visit to the region later this month and israel's prime minister has met with french president mandela back on in paris who called on israel to end construction of settlements which are illegal under international law so her has more on the protests outside the u.s. embassy in beirut. lebanese security forces are using water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds several hundr

care from a rebel held area of the capital damascus. the government of the philippines reaches out to help people displaced by storms and political violence in morocco we . may have my extends its detention of two loiters journalists by another two weeks and i'm far as well have all the sport including iraq or it has been smashed in one of the most grueling races and that's where. we begin in syria where aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta in the capital damascus eighteen people have died while waiting east and goes as one of syria's last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a government siege since twenty thirteen it has been the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks that's caused severe food medical shortages for around four hundred thousand people who are trapped that last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but. it was only after long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases were approved for medical evacuation the first four of those cases have no

crackdown which the un called ethnic cleansing in the philippines the president. has been accused of killing civilians and his campaign against in the drugs. is in manila where the protests are taking place. sixty nine years since the ration of human rights protesters here say that. he has never been under threat specifically under the government of president. more than a year and a half since they took office the very people who actually campaigned for him are all here now calling him to resign more than fourteen thousand people. since president. many. others have been killed by vigilante groups believed to be linked to this is something that the government denies press conference today. says that the government. lifting the lives of millions of filipinos something that many here do not believe there are reasons declarations of president. calling people. harris says very scary and not just to those who are fighting against the philippine military they also fear that this may be used as an excuse. and also a means. in cox's bazaar in bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of are seek

a trail of destruction across the southern philippines about one million people have been evacuated from vietnam's southern areas tembin is moving southward and will pass the province of calm hour on tuesday before entering the gulf of thailand russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been barred from running in next year's presidential election he's been told he's ineligible because of a past criminal conviction the money has responded to the central election commission by calling for a boycott of the march vote civil rights groups into his year demanding government intervention after emirates airlines stop trying to his young women into the u.a.e. and responds to nazir has banned emirates from landing in the country citing security reasons emirates has stopped its flights between dubai and genius peru's jailed former president alberto fujimori has received a pardon on health grounds for humor he was serving a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights crimes committed during his ten year presidency his supporters celebration the news outside the clinic where he'

. my god. the seventy thousand people homeless in the philippines and at least two hundred dead in the wake of tropical storm ten but. north korea calls the latest round of u.n. sanctions aimed at its nuclear program an act of war. and we'll have more on one of the most amazing sports stories of the year as new n.h.l. team the biggest golden knights beat the washington capitals to win their teeth home game at the city. ellison in christian leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital calling it dangerous and an insult it follows weeks of demonstrations across the occupied palestinian territories since that decision was made at least fifteen protesters have now been killed donald trump's move was also made with outrage across the world hundreds of thousands of people rallied in countries throughout the middle east as well as muslim majority nations like indonesia malaysia and pakistan on thursday the un general assembly voted overwhelmingly for a non-binding resolution declaring trumps decision no and void but trump isn't backing down he insists the

least four people die after a ferry with hundreds of people aboard capsizes in the philippines and the former korean advice president is not to rage tantrum delayed a flight avoid more jail time. hello foggo byron's at the moment in the northwest of europe as this digital area of cloud represents woman being pushed over colder usually produces a little fog this is our captured cold as even food in the satellite that gracious low temperatures by day minus three plus one in warsaw and this then tucking in is what twelve degrees or so in london oversea prince tired and rain eventually once the fog has gone so his vision incursion in the north if you have not to keep bringing a little bit of snow not much of a thing but a little bit of germany and poland probably better was and of course the alps and those slopes the alps once more to sayas we've got rain still hanging around the g. in turkey and disappearing into north africa and the live in degrees it remains pretty mild the british isles doesn't change over time you get to saturday always a bit of a contrast for the warmest you might th

after becoming trapped in a burning shopping mall in the city of deval in the southern philippines one body has been recovered but firefighters say there's no chance of anyone else having survived the president roderigo to thirty who was the mayor of divide has been to the site to comfort victims' relatives. venezuela has taken the first step towards expelling top diplomats from brazil and canada accusing them of meddling in domestic politics the head of the pro-government constituent assembly has declared them persona non grata not wanted not welcome the diplomats say nicolas maduro his government is consolidating power by isolating the opposition ahead of next year's presidential vote the assembly has barred three opposition parties from running in the election. a ceasefire by south sudan's warring sides has come into force to allow humanitarian access to civilians caught up in the fighting the deal agreed after talks in the ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long civil war that aims to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year

storm tembin approaches it's already caused death and destruction in the philippines where at least two hundred people have been killed heavy rain and strong winds are expected to cause serious damage in vietnam around sixty thousand fishing boats had been ordered not to go to see. if it weren't for the type we would have continued our fishing trip for another two or three months but because of the typhoon we had to head back early and. it's been a while since the typhoon hit the region but we have to take serious precautions to protect our lives and properties it's not safe out on the open sea at the moment that's why we have to come back to take shelter still as i mentioned storm tambourines left a trail of destruction in the southern philippines thousands of spent christmas in emergency shelters are open bryant has this update from mindanao the worst affected island. here in the city of hillah again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that

shelters set up in the philippines for the thousands displaced by fighting and flooding. and we visit the christmas sounds of parade in colombia that's taking place in the wild self the capital. with all the sporting clothing for time african football of the year the ivory coast as yards away says he's planning to make a return to international football. aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from eastern goods here in syria's capital damascus at least eighteen people have died though while waiting easton is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight government siege since two thousand and thirteen and the targets of hundreds of as strikes and artillery attacks that's course of a a food and medical shortages for about four hundred thousand syrians trapped there last month the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of medical care to be allowed to leave but it was only after long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases were approved for medical evacuation zone to hold the reports from neighboring lebanon and a warning that s

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in eastern ukraine hundreds of new shelters are set up in the philippines for finals and displaced by fighting and flooding. our you are in very interesting and new and could this be just what the doctor ordered explore the increasing use of artificial intelligence in front line health care. downtown the most with all the sporting cubing. liverpool have agreed to sign dutch international version of that and from southampton setting a new record transfer fee for a descendant of one hundred million dollars. to syria where a workers have evacuated eighteen critically ill patients from eastern guta in the capital damascus is to say he's one of the last remaining rebel strongholds it's been under a tight government siege since twenty thirteen and the targets of hundreds of astronauts and artillery attacks that's caused severe food and medical shortages for about four hundred thousand syrians trapped there last month of the u.n. called for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care to be allowed to leave but it was only after a long negotiations that twenty nine critical cases we

the philippines even if you have a break recently admittedly but look at the curve of cloud something going on in there and some to guess so far dropped three hundred seventy eight millimeters of rain in about thirty hours that's clearly a significant something but it's actually a tropical storm just about reached that category now it's been named as current tack now it's not going to be getting dangerous in front of you with just winds about sixty five seventy kilometers per hour you've seen where the danger comes it's the amount of right the potential i think is anything up to six hundred millimeters because it's going to be around over land which is over the middle of the philippines for the next five days that sits track as i say it takes five days to do it hence the rain problem. the weather is sponsored by cats are and always. his acoustic society unspeakable manor compiled testimonies of victims of congolese mustnt. as this intimate evidence finds its way to international courts the central african republic is plunged into further. and intricate tanis of people and a

firsthand account of this story also in the news good picking up the pieces in the philippines people displaced by tropical storm and affected by political violence and on moving into new temporary shelters we have a video diary from our team on the ground showing us what they found in the areas devastated by floods. was one of the most traumatic events in pakistan's recent history and yet ten years on we still don't know who was behind this escalation a former prime minister been in. bhutto pakistan's first and only female leaders be remembered in a hometown of the khan to explore her legacy and ask what impact the killing has had on the country and i'm so to hide it will tell you how people in special media remembering pakistan's butts female prime minister on the anniversary of the death but we want to hate you all for it's a tweet to fly with the hash tag a.j. news great and leave us your comments on facebook. with the news good live and then streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com we start in syria where critically ill patients are being evacuate

people homeless in the philippines and at least two hundred dead in the wake of tropical storm ten bit. north korea calls the latest round of u.n. sanctions aimed at its nuclear program an act of war. more housecleaning from the turkish president. he fires another twenty seven hundred people for alleged links to terrorism. palestinian christian religious leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. dangerous and an insult it follows weeks of demonstrations across the occupy palestinian territories since that decision was made at least fifteen protesters of now being killed the move by donald trump was also met with outrage around the world hundreds of thousands of people rallied in countries throughout the middle east as well as muslim majority nations like indonesia malaysia and pakistan on thursday the un general assembly voted overwhelmingly for a non-binding resolution declaring trumps decision null and void but trump isn't backing down he insists the u.s. embassy in israel will be moved from tel aviv to jerusalem breaking with fifty years

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canterbury let's look. protesters in the philippines are taking to the streets of the capital to mark world human rights day they say their country is sliding into dictatorship on the president the territories rule thousands including children have died since the terror tape declared his so-called war on drugs alan duggan reports from manila. there is no shortage of grief and anger here and many of those protesting voted for president. but now they are singing a different tune. sixty nine years since the united nations declaration of human rights many here in the philippines feel democracy has never been under threat like it is now like young people who say they are not intimidated by the president's violent rhetoric when you bring them out of the. margin this movie and making sure. they actually after thirty. president thirty campaigned on a promise to end crime and corruption within his first three to six months in office more than a year and a half later his critics say the church's police have unleashed a series of killings unseen in recent philippine history rights groups say at

philippines. peru's president defends his controversial decision to pardon a jailed. plus. the russian opposition leader. calls for an election boycott after his bid to run in next year's presidential votes is blocked. we begin in liberia where the polls are opening this hour in the presidential runoff that's expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power there in seventy three years now the former football of george weah is taking on the current vice president joseph unemployment and corruption with a big campaign issues. is in the capital monrovia. in the contest for the liberian presidency this month all my international footballer do it with a head start he deceived thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the fuss around held in october he's opponent in the current liberian vice president just a walk i got twenty eight percent of the vote it's in the cloud. that where i grew up has been hyping his humble upbringing and style himself as the pull of pork and to date a man who knows exactly what led bill. as one from the government protection of politics we have tradit

one play calling the looming dictatorship demonstrators in the philippines protest against human rights violations. to allow the individual to. this wonderful. and boycotting of president black leaders turn their back on donald trump as he opens a civil rights museum and in sports toronto f.c. is celebrating for a third time this season santa will bring you all the major league soccer details of the. international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has received the twenty seventeen nobel peace prize in all slowing this was the official ceremony for it i can urging all nuclear powers to adopt and sign a u.n. treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons the group is also warning of an urgent threat over the tensions between the united states and north korea. many critics of this movement suggest that we are they rational ones the idealists with no grounding in reality that nuclear armed states will never give up their weapons. that we represent the only rational choice we represent those who refuse to accept nuclear weapons as a fixture in our world those who refuse to have their fate

across the southern philippines north korea calls the latest round of u.n. sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear program and the war. and colombia celebrates its version of black friday but this year it's facing a threat in the form of china. hello welcome to the program the top story palestinian christian leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. calling it dangerous and an insult to christians and muslims alike a declaration follows weeks of palestinian protests across the occupied territories since president trump's announcement at least fifteen palestinian protesters have been killed under abdulhamid has more now from bethlehem. the festive mood has been somehow dampened ever since the jerusalem declaration by chump's of three weeks ago no no archbishop yet but the step is the hardest roman catholic authority not only in the holy land but also in the middle east has said that after that declaration that has been many cancellation pilgrims that were supposed to come and spend christmas eve at the church of their divinity well have decided

philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of tropical storm tax. in peru a presidential pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. also this half hour as our special coverage of the holy land continues this hour it's jordan and its own going connection to jerusalem. the head of the roman catholic church has used his christmas eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during midnight mass at st peter's basilica in rome pope francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the bible story of how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stress that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere. to safety. so many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day we see the tracks of millions of people who did not choose to go away but driven from their land and leaving behind their dear ones who must. descend faith impels us to make space for a new social imagination and not to be afraid of e

philippines. these people to move to raise them to meet in a scenario where this from the development of driverless cars could drive thousands out of a job. voting is underway in liberia's presidential runoff that's expected to produce the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years fifty one year old george weah has crafted his image as the candidate for change he spent his childhood in monrovia rising to become the first african to be named faeces world player of the year in one thousand nine hundred five in two thousand and three we returned to liberia and became a senator the following year before unsuccessfully running for the presidency in two thousand and five his rival joseph was liberia's agriculture minister as far back as one nine hundred eighty three six years before a fourteen year long civil war began the seventy two year old has served as vice president under ellen johnson sirleaf since two thousand and six but sirleaf is not backing him she has endorsed george weah of the doe is live for us in monrovia mohammed what's the turnout looking like so far. we

mudslides hit the south of the philippines. clubs a lot of you watching all this there along the headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next thirty minutes from russia was the u.s. decision to provide arms to ukraine well worse of the cold like that. also sharp limits on oil imports and a smuggling crackdown the un approves more sanctions against north korea. and protests continuing gaza over the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. welcome to the program more than one hundred people are feared dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao dozens of people still missing in. flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tembin the towns of two baad n.p.r. mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight no and we're going to figure out. what you have so many people that are really. at the height of

. the wrath of tropical storm more than seventy thousand people are now homeless in the philippines at least two hundred people are dead. nearly thank you yes with the latest series on artificial intelligence in the years to come will this be doing your job or module. north korea has called the latest round of u.n. sanctions an act of war north korea's state news agency says the strengthening of its nuclear deterrent program is the only way to for straights the u.s. the u.n. impose extra measures on pyongyang on friday following its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test florence louis has more now from seoul. north korea called the latest round of un security council sanctions imposed on it as a threat as a violation of its sovereignty as well as an act that would violate peace and stability in the region it also seemed to direct much of its anger at the u.s. who led drafted and negotiated this latest round of sanctions now one interesting thing however is north korea seems to acknowledge that these latest sanctions are the toughest ever that it's faithing it called it tantamo

up the government in the philippines reaches out to help people displaced by storms and political violence and. extends its detention of two reuters journalists by a further two weeks. on lawrence we in london with solutions routinely use reporters to cairo the most delicate operations but could roubles be took to the force when the all. aid workers have begun evacuating critical critically ill patients from eastern guta in syria's capital damascus but they discovered that a six month. baby girl who was among twenty nine people on the most urgent list of those sick died two weeks ago as a whole are reports from lebanon. it's a start but it's not enough only a handful of east critically ill are being allowed to leave to hospitals in damascus which is less than an hour's drive away twenty nine patients the majority of them women and children the syrian government is allowing them to be treated outside the besieged opposition stronghold after the armed group. agreed to release some government prisoners it's not clear if new deals will be reached it has been four years since east hoot

it's also one of two showers just slide away towards the philippines so on the other side of the sea of the south china sea we are looking at staying fine dry and settled showers do continue though across a good part of southeast asia they are edging their way towards the malaysian peninsula and the heavy downpours should stay out in the open waters i scattering of showers across malaysia and indonesia as we go through the next couple of days might be sinking a little further south which in the process prices guys coming back into thailand bangkok getting up to around thirty three degrees celsius we should see some prizes guys grassi pushing back into the northeast of india up towards bangladesh this is our sight for raining out as it makes its way inland across the bangladesh through the course of sunday pulling away from behalf from west bengal gradually seen some dry weather coming back in behind much of india will be dry but notice some rather heavy rain up towards the news west. the weather sponsored by qatar and race. donald trump has rescinded foreign aid to charities that per

i was there i'm still rob and these are all top stories in the southern philippines the death toll is fair to be now more than one hundred following massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties on the island of mindanao dozens of people are still missing tens of thousands of been forced to flee their homes over the last week as the typhoon season reached its peak in the us they oppose more flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tembin the towns of two bad n.p.r. gabo on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're trying to figure out. what have given up the so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue

president of the philippines has declared a ten day cease fire with communist fighters to arrive filipinos to enjoy a stress free christmas or did go to turkey or that they army and police to suspend offensive operations from christmas eve until the new year rebel forces have been waging a guerrilla warfare campaign in the countryside for almost fifty years in a conflict that's killed more than forty thousand people. communities in the central philippines have begun the cleanup after a tropical storm type tack hit last week the same region was ravaged by a powerful typhoon four years ago and locals have barely recovered reports now from palo in central philippines. this is what's happened to the town of the philippines like so many communities here it was long held back by poverty and natural disasters but tropical storm has made life even more difficult now at least forty people were killed when it struck eastern philippines last thursday a majority of those who died from here buried alive in their homes after boulders and mud came rushing down from the hills that includes members of the

tropical storm ten it's already caused death and destruction in the philippines for at least two hundred people have died serious damage is feared in vietnam or many buildings are made of lightweight materials temin is moving southward and will pass the province of come out on tuesday before entering the gulf of thailand around sixty thousand fishing boats have been ordered not to go to sea. if it weren't for the typhoon we would have continued our fishing trip for another two or three months but because of the typhoon we had to head back early on it's been a while since a typhoon hit the region but we have to take serious precautions to protect our lives and properties it's not safe out on the open sea at the moment that's why we have to come back to take shelter. right has more from the island and then around the philippines where the storm has caused death and traction this is the township was to god it's probably one of the worst affected areas of one of the worst affected provinces in mindanao we are down river was the site of a surge of water that came through here i can st

demonstrators in the philippines protest against human rights violations plus. just a few of the names here of more than twenty thousand people killed in a campaign of mass murder and ordered by robert mugabe i'm andrew symonds and that's a beating that i'll be reporting on why is the new president good zimbabwe is implicated in what happened. the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital continues despite protests and anger across the world there have been violent confrontations the occupied palestinian territories in recent days and now in neighboring lebanon two security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters outside the u.s. embassy in beirut it's the second day of demonstrations there lebanon is home to almost four hundred fifty thousand palestinian refugees. al-jazeera is in a holder is apps that protest. lebanese security forces are using high water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds several hundred people gathered outside the u.s. embassy in beirut there to protest the u.s. decision as you have ignited crossrail is the capital of ze

missing after a tropical storm hits the philippines. a new leader and a new era in south african politics we get reaction to the election of cyril ramaphosa as he takes charge of the african national congress. and campaigning draws to a close as voters prepare once again to consider the secession question in catalonia . we begin in saudi arabia where authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh he finds in yemen have claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the official residence of king solomon to mark one thousand days since the beginning of the war on yemen it's the third such attack by the who says since the beginning of november in time reports. this is the moment he fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces base who say they were targeting your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some money and crown prince mohammed bin someone i think who these wanted to make a statement that they're still up and running and

head on al-jazeera hope fades for the missing after a tropical storm in the philippines kills over forty hits on a territorial conflict in southern mexico is forcing thousands of indigenous people to leave their homes. however even the satellite picture shows the coldness of the here you don't use news very much about what you're looking at to see this here that line of clouds offshore is cold air going across rigidly warm water and then building clouds they bring snow showers to hot car and western side of honshu and we don't get the clouds or the snow showers you got the cold and so the next in tokyo only seven zero in the korean peninsula it's remarkably warmer in beijing here at long last not a good thing is deteriorating but the real cold is a bit further north a lot of hostile or in batar show and it's still being pushed towards japan not was great force but a winter sunshine law make it a little less cold for type here come thursday but that cold winter is pushed on through the rest of china as well the highest temperatures shanghai still eleven and twenty one hong kong so t

philippines unites to help after a tropical storm leaves more than two hundred people dead and forces tens of thousands from their homes. russian president vladimir putin's most high profile opponent wants to run against him in next year's presidential election we're going to tell you why his name may never even get on the ballot. as billions of christians around the world celebrate christmas the impact of u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital reverberates around the world pope francis is presiding over celebrations in the vatican he's been a vocal critic of trump's move and he's calling for the status quo to be preserved palestinian leaders were among those attending services in bethlehem where there was also a message on jerusalem. well francis said repeating what many other said before him he's not you that jews i'm a city of peace. there's not peace if someone uses crude. it was an end to it includes not exclude. all the moves also being widely denounced by the international community the un general assembly has voted to declare trumps jerusale

philippines more than two hundred people were rescued. and i'm peter hall with all the day's sports news a saudi arabia and the united arab emirates walk out of a news conference on the eve of the gulf protesting the presence of qatari media. we begin at the united nations where the general assembly have just voted by a huge majority to declare u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital null and void a spokesman for the palestinian president mahmoud abbas described the vote as a victory for palestine and israel has already rejected the vote and thanked u.s. president trump for his stance on jerusalem one hundred twenty eight voted for the resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions conscious who sided with america where israel guatemala honduras marshall islands micronesia nuru allow and togo palestine's minister for foreign affairs told the general assembly that jerusalem remains the key to peace in the middle east. lisa. we meet today not because of any animosity towards the us but because of a decision which constitutes immigration on the genuine and natural rig

still missing i mean on in the on has more problem of that. according to the philippine government the next few hours is going to be critical rescuing those who remain trapped and stranded out at sea is now being conducted by the philippine military there is the air force there is a need also working with the philippine coast guard but it's not going to be easy because of the rough seas and because it's already nighttime here in the philippines what we know is that around eleven am local time around two hundred fifty passengers was on the ferry on its way to paly the island when it capsized it comes at a very difficult time here in the philippines it's christmas season the most important time of the year for filipinos as the goal at this time on their way home to their provinces to celebrate the holidays with their families surprisingly though this kind of accident is nothing new in the philippines the philippines holds one of the worst records when it comes to maritime accidents still that has not been any we helped improve maritime standards here in the philippines the worst on r

. philippines typhoon the search for bodies often landslides killed forty three people. that's a. huge republican to celebrate the passing of a controversial new tax bill in the house of representatives but the vote will be closer in the senate. as germany remembers those killed in a chuck attack in berlin last year the chancellor admits mistakes were made. you know thirty's in saudi arabia say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh is the third such attack since november yemen's who fought as a claimed responsibility saying they were taunting the mama royal palace which is the official residence of king's. it was launched a thousand days since the beginning of the war in yemen and it follows an earlier track on november the fourth and a missile was also know watched from yemen towards an area near riyadh's king international airport and another missile talk to the city of misstate before it was intercepted on december the first m.t.s. tire has more. this is the moment a who he fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces yemen base who

after tropical storm kai tak battered the philippines rescuers are recovering more bodies in areas devastated by landslides and flooding . those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after sound was i will see you very soon. we bought the house about c. years ago hoping that we would be able to retire here but from here you could see how much sand we've lost underneath the house. the world is running out of sand consumed by industry and construction stolen and transported by criminal mafias around the world at the time it has been employed we don't all get up at two great overdue i live in la i'm at seven am. washed away by rising sea levels. being in the middle of the indian ocean for the last five thousand units become just. lost to human greed and stupidity. when we loose. i mean we loose. our life. we've never needed so much sand so badly with beaches and entire islands already disappearing who will win this and worse. for most of us san makes us think of days at the beach sand castles and sunshine and once the holidays are over we slip back into our busy live

people in the philippines pull together in the aftermath of a deadly tropical storm. leading opponent of russian president vladimir putin wants to run against him in next year's presidential election we'll tell you why his name may never get on the ballot. and how holiday shopping but i'm saying colombia is leading to fierce competition between local vendors and chinese dealers. as billions of christians around the world celebrate christmas the u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital is looming large in this year's festivities pope francis is presiding over celebrations in the vatican he's been a voter called critic of trump's move and is calling for the status quo to be preserved palestinian leaders were among those attending services in bethlehem where there was also a message on jerusalem. both princes say repeating a lot many other said before is not that. peace there is not peace if someone uses clue to. and that decision is also been widely denounced by the international community the u.n. general assembly has voted to declare trumps j