also coming up tonight a referendum that can finally bring peace to the region of mindanao on the philippines and muslim fighter tells us that it's time for the years of fighting against the military to end. you know i don't want my children to experience what i've been through all i want for them is to get a good education and to learn to read and write for fighters like me there is only violence and war i want my children to have a peaceful future. so to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a plan to take the u.k. out of the european union that looks and sounds awfully familiar today the british prime minister to resign may return to parliament with one task that she had been ordered to carry out present lawmakers with a new brakes a plan that a majority would be able to support a last week in an unprecedented defeat for a british prime minister to resign may watched as impedes rejected her breaks it plan a in mass on saturday plan b. was supposed to fix that instead little was said to change what remains britain's broken breck's.

to change the political system of the philippines towards a more federal a federal state and that of course is one of the key political projects that president to tend to has put forward and one of the strategies that he's following and one of the main election promises on which on the grounds of which he was elected back in two thousand and sixteen. well it is a country in central asia which does not generate headlines often but that doesn't mean it was back in stock is not worthy of the world's attention and that is the message of the president whose book is john who is in berlin at the moment for talks with chancellor ongo americal a president chavez can't use your yes wants to deepen ties with germany his visit comes at a time of change for his country the president assumed power two years ago after the death of frankenstein's long term autocratic leader chancellor merkel commended the president on seeing through recent political reform. on the big table by steve wardlow he is with human rights watch he's there of central asia researcher he investigates and advocates on a wide ra

its to the philippines now and muslims in the southern philippines have voted in a referendum that could grant them more autonomy this is the culmination of a peace process and ending decades of separatist conflict about three million people in the volatile mindanao region are being asked as a backup plan by separatists and the government to create a new self administered area in the region our correspondent. travel to the region and brings us this report. has been a muslim rebel for half his life for him like for so many other men in this part of the country not becoming a fighter was never an option. joined the rebels because of my religion but it's more than that i also saw the injustice and pressure against my community that's why i decided to join. he and his comrades are part of an armed struggle between muslim insurgents and the philippine army that has marred this part of the country for fifty years. as in many areas of southern mindanao here in the village of two cannot leave how the majority of the population is muslim. in a country that otherwise is almost completely catholic.

to the philippines now where the military says it believes the only so linked to own group we saw yes could be behind an attack on a cathedral twenty seven people were killed dozens injured in two bomb blasts targeted worshipers it amounts on the predominately muslim on and on a german island in. a city close to home. there are reports that iso has claimed responsibility for the attack that's something that the philippine military has this missed its recent statements it's pointing to the notorious group and the government spokesperson says basically that there are already pursuit operations against several members of the abu sayyaf group now no locoed armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack but it remains to be seen how this could impact the already very precarious security situation not just across mindanao but in particular these outlying islands in the southern philippines as you know where no is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front members of the private on groups of local polit

thank you for joining us who bomb explosions in a catholic cathedral in the southern philippines have killed at least twenty five people and many more the attacks happened as worship a celebrated sunday mass on the predominantly muslim island of harlow the first explosion was inside the cathedral the second blast happened in a car park as security forces arrived there's been no claim of responsibility so far let's speak to our correspondent in manila jamie to ireland again to me to just bring us up to speed with the latest first. well what we know fawley is that death toll continues to rise majority of those who have died are from our state forces member of the philippine military as you said the first bomb exploded inside but the stronger bomb was placed inside a container box of them in a motorcycle outside the church and waited for a truck of reinforcements before detonating it it is important to remember for leave that the situation in mindanao the the rebellion in the fighting in me than i was specifically into law was never a religious war so but this this attack is seem to be a

the philippine military established a permanent presence here decades ago but armed groups continue to have bases here including i will say yes known for its widespread criminal activities. factions pledged allegiance to eisele a few years ago but the government claimed it was winning the fight against the group sundays attack suggests that may not be the case at least twenty people were killed in twin bombings inside the cathedral and in the car park outside in the center of the law i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack. the. problem with is that they have always been protected by local communities where they get support living local politicians we made our way to the cathedral where the devastation is beyond human comprehension body parts remains scattered on the ground a place of worship now a scene of death and destruction. now we're right inside the church where the first bomb exploded it happened as mass was ongoing. the country's top security officials are here inspecting it for the first time and where they were standing as you can see is where the bomb was placed

dog and al jazeera salusa the philippines. still ahead of al jazeera gets ready for the biggest match in its history off to. the asian cup semi final hole will be. welcome back it's time to catch up with all the sports and polls here something thank you very much cattle will play the biggest match in their football history when they take on continental giants japan in friday's asian cup final they got there thanks to a foreigner when over the tournament hosts united arab emirates was a game which regional politics also played a major part so helmet reports that it was dubbed the blockade dobby qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. which one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off. good at thirty oh i did once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up. that will do it a little so we were good to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support it would be the

parts of the philippines are gone the state is in no it was at primly. the conditions are extremely be what talking about the competent g.d.p. of some of our and us dollars these people are suffering and a good idea yarning for better tomorrow and hopefully pockets of more societies will work together i mean there's sheer distrust to be honest and you ignore that but i think this is a decisive step now what needs to happen is that the key player right now that's in the driver's seat the moral islamic liberation front will have to you know reconfigure itself and you don't wear the political hat won't put down its arms and it has and the other rebel fighters will have to be mobilized and come to the table and start to work with the central government and so this is going to be you have to go into political mode you're going to have to establish a viable administration and you're ocracy and demonstrate that you can't legislate if you didn't politic do that and to really take into you know into the hands that destiny of the people in mindanao it was still ve

successive governments here in the philippines failed to do that. thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced, but president rodrigo duterte made it one of his campaign promises, and he brought about the referendum injuly last year. now, what we see today are people coming out to vote for what is ultimately an autonomous region, with greater self—determination, the right to set its own fiscal rules, to govern itself through a parliamentary system, and also a budget to spend on tourism and cultural activities. the moro people would like to have their own self—determination, and self—expression about their unique culture in this part of the philippines. it is one of the poorest parts of the country, and there are many illiterate people there. millions of people are expected to turn up today to come to this vote. and what are they saying ahead of the vote, howard? well, the milf, the moro islamic liberation front chairman, has said that he expects a landslide victory to support this new, greater autonomous region being set up.

and the boat that means these students in the philippines no longer have to swim to school. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8 am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 pm in washington where the us secretary of state mike pompeo has described the government of venezuela's president nicolas maduro as "illegitimate" and "undemocratic to the core." he's urged latin american governments to recognize the head of venezuela's opposition as interim president instead. juan guaido declared himself acting leader on wednesday during widespread anti—government protests in caracas. russia's president vladimir putin expressed his support — calling for peaceful dialogue in the country. our north america editor jon sopel has this report. last night in caracas, and, much like a lot of recent nights in the venezuelan capital, gunfire, violence, protests against the government. oil—rich country collapses. but there was one crucial difference. it came after mass rallies as the leader of the national assembly, 35—year

the most militarized place in the philippines it's a case of a short period of relative calm. a respite from the violence. until the next conflicts. until the next attack. dog and. the philippines. the palestinian prime minister romeo and his unity government have resigned. to a growing. social security checks. west bank based the fatah group's reconciliation efforts with the mass rivals based in gaza. international observers in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank are going home israel's prime minister refused to extend the mandates of the monitoring mission calling it an international force acting against israel as harry force reports yahoo's critics say he's just trying to win votes. to enter the israeli military controlled zone of hebron is to enter into a parallel world of division and displacement this is you had a street home to palestinian activist. he says he was expecting the end of the international observer mission here but it's no less worrying for being predictable they were doing and i mean the communication here which can be used by the palestinians to

moral islamic liberation front the chief player in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government with a ruler dented by the banks more people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government which will be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament. has been following events from mindanao. when polls opened early in the morning there was a sense of calm all across about the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman rad cast that vote for the first time together with his supporters have nothing themselves to the country in the democratic process something great they think that they have never thought possible after decades of fighting the philippine government i thought were closing at around three pm local time the situation became and rationally when the military trying to get through a growing crowd in one of the three things here many of them were me to leave the prison before they were able to vote and they were upset and they are so outside the gate being

hello there were things of very intense rain over parts of the philippines at the moment the satellite picture is showing this huge blob of cloud that's giving us all out what whether it's actually the remains of an old tropical depression certainly it's giving us some very wet weather at the moment the winds aren't too much of a feature but it does do a lot we're going to see some flooding because on tuesday the rain stays heavy and it only gradually begins to ease on wednesday with still some heavy falls a possible further south whether here as well particularly over parts of job and into bali and that's all part of the monsoon that's really intensifying at the moment it's also going to be pushing its way a bit further towards the south so for some of us in australia we're going to see more in the way of wet weather and that's good news because the monsoon is really late this year that will be pushing its way southwards then few more showers are expected here on tuesday and wednesday and on wednesday we're also going to see some wet weather work its way into the southwestern part so

the bomb was placed inside a huge box of a motorcycle there's still no claim of responsibility the philippine military has condemned the attacks but as we know her law is one of the most dangerous places in the philippines and it has remained heavily militarized since the rebellion began in the seventy's and the eighty's there are several on groups based out of there there is the more islam front the more a national liberation front and the notorious abu sayyaf group at this point we were told that the philippine military is preparing to evacuate those who have become who have been injured heavily to be extracted and flown to someone the city the biggest city after hollow that is because of the limitations of medical capabilities inside the town in other news venezuela has rejected an ultimatum by spain germany france and britain that president nicolas maduro call elections within eight days or they're recognizing opposition leader one guy do as president the u.s. has been urging world leaders to isolate them a dual government a special session of the u.n. security council meanwhile millions

philippines military says it suspects an armed group led by rebel leader could be behind sunday's attack on a cathedral in the country south of these twenty people were killed and dozens injured in the two blasts the attack targeted worshipers that have mass on the predominantly muslim island of horrible. has more from zamboanga city close to whole. there are reports that i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack that's something that the philippine military has this missed its recent statements it's pointing to the notorious abu sayyaf group and the government spokesperson says basically that there are already pursuit operations against several members of the abu sayyaf group now no locoed armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack but it remains to be seen how this could impact the already very precarious security situation not just across mindanao but in particular these outlying islands in the southern philippines as you know where nor is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front memb

and we do see outbreaks of violence so i think it's very very important that the philippine government now take seriously this vote and continue that partnership for peace because it's only when those that have some sense of stake in this territory feel that they have some control over their own security will we see a change in that dynamic so i think that the military the police and so on mar islamic down forces but also the international monitoring tames decommissioning bodies all of the international partners will need to put together and that's the only way forward and of course to be clear we're talking about the banks to morrow and not the entire mindanao island and of course that also creates a challenge in terms of the other armed groups that operate on the rest of that territory seeing how much challenge is there in this area i mean we've got a three a transition period now and then the election to choose an executive's for example these m.i.l.f. need to how talented is that going to be for them to govern when they used to fighting. well the government of the m.i.l.f. some yea

in terms of you know the security that is because almost every single armed group in the philippines a has a base there and the most notorious the abu sayyaf group is known to have set up bombings in different parts of the philippines but they also control a large part of why law venezuela has rejected an ultimatum by spain germany france and britain that president nicolas maduro correlation with an eight days well recognize opposition leader as president of the united states has been urging world leaders to isolate the military government at a special session of the u.n. security council well millions of venezuelans have fled to neighboring countries to escape the economic hardship on latin america editor lucy newman has been speaking to people living in calcutta on the venezuelan colombian border. many of them say they are hopeful that some kind of change is going to take place in their country that there will be regime change they don't really care very much what kind of change of regime change they just say that their country need to change that they want to be able to go home th

iwo jima in february, and then okinawa, then the philippines, landing 10 was resulting in the capture of -- or the liberation of manila in march 3 of that year. one of the controversies that operations these , in thek place philippines at the time, this is the sixth army area and below .he line is the eighth army there has been ever since questions about why mcarthur was allowed to conduct operations -- torate basically all liberate basically all of the philippines. these operations were costly and debilitating to the troops. they depleted the manpower that would be needed for the invasion. mcarthur said all the philippines had to be liberated in part for political reasons, but he also could a sized admiral nimitz in the pacific for trying to take okinawa when mcarthur said he should have just taken the top third, which they could have used for the airfields and let the japanese come to them. this seemed to be contradicting argued --at we have when i say we, i'm not saying the royal we -- i refer to aldo -- waldo heinrichs and and myself. general marshall let macarthur becausethese op

and hopes for an end to any fifty years of unrest muslims in mindanao in southern philippines voted in a referendum on autonomy we talked to separatists who've been fighting all their lives. plus it's being called the soup of blood boil smoldering overnight the moon turned blood red we have more on the spectacular and not all that theodore shows lunar eclipse. played. on a very warm welcome to you i'm on the thought she might it's a little the big day for bags at british prime this it is a may is set to announce a plan b. for leaving the european union after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected to deal with the e.u. last. week the promises proposals are expected to focus on a winning no concessions from the e.u. in particular on the sort or irish back stop an insurance policy to avoid a hog between northern ireland and the irish republic but the e.u. says this point is not an option for negotiation. i'm john joined on the studio by peter tory he's the former british ambassador to germany welcome sir peter a very messy situation rich briggs it has been mentioned tourism me is expected to a

the philippines military says it suspects the. group is behind the bombing of a church which killed dozens of people. clean up it's a fishing act on a large scale we look at what it's done to protect a valuable industry. as well as self-proclaimed president is leading a call for more protests against the leadership of nicolas maduro drawing has declared two days of anti-government demonstrations starting on wednesday he seeking support for an eight day deadline set by european nations for madeira to agree to free and fair elections. and. we are calling for a mass mobilization at national and international level we will be taking to the streets of venezuela and around the world to follow and show our support for the european union's ultimatum to the madrid government head of to send a deadline it's an unprecedented ultimatum in support of our people's demand to bring down the user of purse. well the trainer is the latest nation to get behind it's joined the majority of countries across the americas plus the influential european nat

and it has been that way since the philippine military established a permanent presence here decades ago but soldiers are still here because it is still home to several armed groups yesterday the secretary of national defense told us that it is able to operate because of its continued support from communities the secretary of national defense admits that is an even harder battle by winning hearts and minds. i feel really sorry. if. we can do anything except listen to these stories. we are all friends we are humans they are human christians and muslims we are all deceived it happened early sunday morning the first bomb exploded while mass was ongoing then panicked churchgoers and survivors rushed out where they were met just outside by soldiers responding to the scene and that's when the second bomb was detonated there have been efforts across mindanao to resolve the leg decades long conflict in the region a referendum last year was met by jubilation but not here in the law what happened here is proof that a lot remains to be the region's powder keg. that was just six days left until

macarthur said that all the philippines had to be liberated in part for political reasons. but he had also criticized admiral nimitz in the pacific for trying to take all of okinawa instead of the top third for use for air fields and let the japanese come to them. so this seemed to be contradicting himself. what we have argued, and when i say we, i am not using the royal we. i am referring to waldo heinrichs and myself. what we have argued is that general marshall let macarthur conduct these operations because he realized that the harbor at manila could not handle all of the troops and equipment necessary to stage for the invasion of japan and that if by conducting these other operations macarthur would be taking control of the smaller port cities in the central philippines that might allow for the staging of individual divisions for the invasion. so there seemed to be some military purpose for that as well. but as i said, these were all debilitating and weakening, sapping the strength of those divisions. all of these operations of course were a prelude to of the invasion o

it's been a day to remember for millions of votes in the southern philippines referendums been held on a new law aimed at granting greater autonomy to the island of mindanao the vote follows decades of war by muslim rebels against government rule from manila the result is expected in a week's time if the vote passes the b.-o. l. or bangsamoro organic law will create a new autonomous region the lore is the result of a comprehensive agreement when decades of fighting between muslim separatists and the philippine army the war identifies the bangsamoro people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government led by a chief minister and the regional parliament general allen dougherty is following developments from in the now where tensions are high. when polls opened early this morning there was a sense of calm all across about the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman rod chance to vote for the first time together with his supporters submitting themselves to the country's democratic

to bomb explosions in a catholic cathedral in the southern philippines and killed at least twenty five people and injured many more. well answer government protests are taking place in sudan people are marching in the capital hard to against rising prices and demanding an end to the thirstier rule of president bush ear at a press conference in cairo where he's been holding talks with his egyptian come to art or share acknowledge the ongoing on rest and sudan but accuse the media of sensationalizing the protests will be daily. there is a problem in sudan we cannot claim that we don't have a problem but some media take it out of size and dimension what it is an attempt to close is being called the arab spring in sudan it has the same slogans programmes and requests but it also has the same use of social media however the sudanese people have learnt the lesson they have seen what happened in some of the states that went through the so-called arab spring and its negative implications of god willing the sudanese people are very alert and will not fall into any one's trying to destabilize su

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just zero salusa in the philippines. five people have been arrested in connection with friday's dam collapse in southeast brazil eighty four people are confirmed dead nearly three hundred people are still missing three of those detained worked for the mining companies owners the other two engineers who worked on the safety. a man from honduras has become the first asylum seeker to be sent back to mexico and a new measures enforced by the u.s. government the so-called remain in mexico policy requires some asylum seekers to return to mexico instead of waiting in the united states while they cases play out in court. it's and he says five european nations are offering to take in some of the rescued migrants on board a humanitarian ship off the coast of sicily the sea watch three has been stranded since friday with forty seven migrants on board if these populous government has been stopping humanitarian ships from docking at its ports to force other e.u. countries to share the burden. on mediterranean leaders have been made i

the story starts here in the streets of manila it's one that could only take place in the philippines gruesome yet beautiful at the same time full of courage and passion. it's a story that will take egan and charley to the most remote region of the island group . the trip of a lifetime starts here. in a dimly lit tattoo studio in manila. good. luck. grace uses a bamboo stick and a thorn from a lemon tree to create tattoos the technique is hundreds of years old grace learned from her great aunt a dignified old lady. so many of us i. was choosing old but she's one of the most beautiful women i know and she's an outstanding to two artist by you what why. i hope i can still learn a lot from her her name's one mod she's my great aunt. even. ever thought of eagle and charlie really want to meet wang odd they've already heard so much about her. yet. wang aunt is the last of her kind the last tattoo artist of the killing a tribe i graces how people. get everyone in london has to to it's women for beauty while the men have to earn their status. in the past only the brave warriors got a tatoo.

anyone wishing to meet wang auld has to travel to the far north of the philippines to the province of culling. just getting it takes two days it's not a trip for the faint hearted. to this day killing the province's more remote and less explored than any other region in the philippines. even in charley our best friends only together they have the courage to come here. the roads will end soon there. and they'll have to continue on foot for a long time people didn't have the courage to come here the land of the killing the head hunters that's how terrifying the thought of the wild warriors lurking in the bushes was even and charlie are expected visitors. we're not going to. employ. there's just a narrow path that leads to the village through the jungle first they have to climb down into a canyon then they have to walk half a kilometer up into the mountains they can put a man on the moon the people here say but nobody's managed to build a road to the line yet. where we're. going talent there. but the way that they really have workers but by the can either. by the talent or. he going in h

explosions outside a church in the southern philippines at least fifteen people. this is. also coming up in the program food for thought. getting help. distraught relatives of hundreds of people missing after a. break in. trying to make a difference in what's traditionally been. so we start with the brakes. news out of the southern philippines at least fifteen people have been killed in two explosions the blast happened in front of a catholic church just off the mass in jolo that's about a thousand kilometers south of manila all reports of a number of injuries let's go straightaway to jim ireland going to joins us on the phone from manila what more do we know at this point. well nick what we know basically is the death toll is going up and in those there will. be some of those. two bombs exploded one inside the church at the mass one was ongoing in sight where security is usually rotated there's no claim of responsibility at this point but you have to understand that the island of willow is one of the most militarized and basically a difficult area in the southern philippi

voters in muslim dominated southern philippines a proven deal raising hopes for an end to one of ages longest running conflict. alarm clock this is also coming up in the program at least nine people killed and hundreds more missing after a dam burst in brazil some of the torrents of sludge through a mine farms and. donald trump temporarily ends the longest u.s. government shutdown but there's still no money for its border wall. and how can your is trying to repair its reputation and once again from its beaches the tours. muslim dominated parts of the southern mindanao island in the philippines overwhelmingly approved self rule at a five percent of voters back the formation of a new autonomous region called bang as a model monday's referendum was held after an agreement signed five years ago between rebel leaders and the government deals designed to end decades of fighting at least the poorest area in the philippines. well the rebellion in mindanao started in the nine hundred sixty s. with the killing of at least twenty three filipino muslims by the military since then more than one hu

mindanao is one of the poorest areas of the philippines and people there are predominantly muslim. the rest of the country is mostly catholic. the plan they're voting on has been agreed jointly between the government and the separatists. and a strong ‘yes' vote is predicted. howard johnson is in manila. this all goes back to the late 19605 when this armed conflict began between the national liberation front which later became the islamic liberation front and the philippine army. this area of the philippines in the south is one of the poorest areas and they have always wanted their own autonomy, they have wanted more of a share of the pie from imperial manila as they put it. for years they have been demanding more political self—determination and that has caused a lot of armed conflict, a lot of fighting has been going on. in fact colonel gaddafi of libya once intervened to try to bring about a peace deal and successive philippine governments tried to bring about a peace deal as well but it was only when president rodrigo duterte took on the reins of this peace process and said

dog and just zero salusa the philippines. apple has disabled the group function on its face time application because of a bug that allowed eavesdropping a problem allowed callers to activate another user's microphone remotely and they could also see video of the person they were calling before that person picked up company says the fix will come in a software update later this week. ths now against all odds cuts are reached the final of the asian cup for the first time they beat the host the united arab emirates four nil and the ten semifinal in abu dhabi qatar will now face four time champions japan on friday sale malik has the story for. it was dubbed the blockade darby in qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. which one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off to the top the euro much and once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up that the regime of the will d

the attack comes a week after the most minority in the philippines voted a referendum that would create an autonomous muslim region in a years long conflict between the government and a separatist population. no group claimed responsibility for the attack sunday come up with the philippines have fought extensively against islamic state be militants over the past few years. the attack today comes as the u.s. state department did issue a travel warning to the philippines just last year warning of potential terrorism and bombings in the country. eric: just horrible. arthel. >> saudi arabia has begun building its own ballistic missiles, raising concerns of a possible arms race in the middle east. israeli ambassador to the u.n. what he said next. a deep freeze hitting the midwest is the reason braces for dangerous and records leading windchills. ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪ reach her health goals! i'm in! but first... shelfie! the great-tastin

dog and i'll just zero salusa the philippines lawyers in zimbabwe are demanding free and fair trials for hundreds of anti-government protests but they fear the ruling party and security forces could interfere in the court process. lawyers in. zimbabwe say they know they're taking a risk protesting two weeks ago security forces fighting dispersed demonstrators inferiority by rising fuel prices some lawyers representing zimbabweans arrested cheering and after the protests are demanding security forces and politicians don't interfere with the judiciary believe that the question is supreme like the military therefore we will fight for the rights of accused persons no matter what the cost is toss else. the lawyers also want the government to respect the rights of the more than one thousand people arrested in the past two weeks the events that if taken place in our country in the past two weeks have been quite disturbing in terms of the risk that been done must arias the must the fast tracking of trials and how the trials have generally been been handled. the main opposition leader nelson

continues its canvassing of both the process will be credible and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled specially for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front british prime minister three they may ascend to address parliament and lay her plan before the break that withdrawal agreement original deal for leaving the bloc was heavily defeated in parliament last week she's already met rival party leaders in the hope of reaching a breakthrough the u.k. scheduled to leave the e.u. on march the twenty ninth paul brennan from london. it seems that she's not willing or prepared to offer hardly anything at all frankly the informed speculation here at westminster is that plan b. will be almost identical to what plan a was which was so emphatically rejected last tuesday by a majority of two hundred thirty votes in the building behind me the prime minister theresa may reached out to other parties held talks with them but it appears that she's preferred t

and hopes for an end to nearly fifty years of congress to muslims in mindanao in southern philippines vote in a referendum on autonomy we talked with girls who've been fighting for their lives . hello and welcome i've never thought she it's yet another big day for briggs said today british prime minister is a may set to announce a plan before leaving the e.u. after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected a deal with the e.u. last week and the prime minister's proposals today are expected to focus on winning more concessions from the e.u. in particular on the so-called irish backstop an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic but the e.u. says this point is not up for negotiation. germany's fun mr moss also stressed the importance of the irish border issue. which a vicious it's important that the decision doesn't lead to a hard border between northern ireland and ireland because as we saw on the weekend that could put people on edge now. europe is a piece project that it can't take steps that would reignite previously resolve conflicts. it's a

and hopes for an engineer to fifty years off on best muslims in mindanao in southern philippines voted in a referendum on autonomy we talk to soldiers who've been fighting for their lives for separation. how the woman came to you i'm on the thought she it's yet another big day for bricks it british prime minister terrorism is set to announce a plan before leaving the e.u. that softer lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected her deal with the e.u. last week the prime minister's proposals today are expected to focus on winning more concessions from the e.u. in particular on the so-called irish backstop an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic but the e.u. says this point is not up for negotiation. for more on the story i'm joined now by our respondents bigot moss in london and terry shoot in brussels let me start with you bigot do you know anything more about tourism means plan b. which is due to be announced later today. the expectation here in london is that maybe it's more variation on plan a so that she's going to try and speak to brussels a

the white in the philippines show it is still negative by -0.3%. and in malaysia, 3% or thereabouts. it is instructive. it is a bit of a conundrum, isn't it? in the case of the philippines, that is the only country running negative real rate so far. inflation pressures are diminishing rapidly. we are likely to see real rates turning positive. we expect inflation will drop closer to 4% probably by and of the first quarter of 2019. that will probably provide relief to the central bank to think about supporting growth at the margin. it could potentially take the form of rrr cuts before you think of rate cuts. we agree that the current juncture, real rates look higher across the region. at a time when inflation is dropping and growth is rising, more central banks should start to signal a change through the first quarter of this year. last question -- how concerned should we be about chinese growth? forecasting for the weakest number we have seen since 2009. into how you weigh look at the regional side of andgs in aussie on -- asean southeast asia? rahu

the predominantly catholic philippines has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict in mindanao more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more displaced in the decades long conflict in mindanao and despite the reconsideration process attacks like this show that armed groups still pose a threat to peace in the region dogon al jazeera manila. now the unrest in the mindanao region began in the by nine hundred sixty s. when the killing of at least twenty three muslims by the army triggered a separatist uprising there since then more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions displaced the more islamic liberation front or m.i.l.f. as a key player in the separatist movement a peace agreement was reached in twenty fourteen after two decades of negotiations with the philippine government and that's led to a new law which paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government in return the m.i.l.f. will give up its weapons and demobilize its thirty thousand fighters so ahead on the news hour we'll have the latest on sudan's bread protest

the philippines president has ordered security forces to crush fire has linked to eisele who bombed a roman catholic cathedral claimed responsibility for the twin explosions which killed at least twenty seven worshipers and injured dozens during sunday mass the attacks were in all of the capital sort of province in the far south of the philippines jim of the island is there for us. when the tragedy strikes there's always that period where people expect that life will go back to normal well here in the law that sense of normalcy is a relative it is the most militarized area in the southern philippines and it has been that way since the philippine military established a permanent presence here decades ago but full of soldiers are still here because it is still home to several armed groups yesterday the secretary of national defense told us that the i was able to operate because of its continued support from communities the secretary of national defense admits that is an even harder battle by winning hearts and minds. oh yeah i feel really sorry for the it wasn't there. we couldn't do an

muslim communities in southern philippines of voted on a long awaited referendum on the autonomy people of mindanao island were asked if they back a plan by separatists on the government to create a new self administered area is the culmination of a peace process to end decades of conflict in the region results are expected to be released later this week. as more fun. to go from bullets to ballots after decades of armed conflict millions of filipinos voted whether to accept or reject on the tunnel was government designed to provide greater powers for muslims in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the largest armed group in southeast asia negotiated for almost twenty years with several administrations in manila and what's called the b o l the bangsamoro organic law may finally be ratified by president clinton he go to terror to. leaders cast their votes early in. the find some. will be right to fight and to find someone who. will be stuffy in the am i is committing itself to the democratic process after decades of war against the philippine government's armed force

in the philippines just one of that seems to benefit from this tournament being expanded from sixteen competing nations to include twenty four countries fans in the capital manila getting the chance to see that same compete at this level for the first time. korea's really you know technically they're so good tactically they're so good they're always going to have more possession than us. but we were defended we defended so well we had two really good chances from avi but the and just so close to almost getting a point there also in group c. china came from a goal down city kurdistan the third team and actually this monday night and the agent thought that we. have a match here had a date if we get in now i scored an own goal if it shone as equaliser and another misjudgement chance a private see when john asked for improve on my runs in the quarterfinals four years ago and. premier league leaders liverpool have been knocked out of the f.a. cup by walls liverpool made nine changes to their starting line up and walls took full advantage in this third round game winning c one thanks to goa

the president of the philippines added today, "we will pursue to the ends of the earth, the ruthless perpetrators behind this crime until every killer is brought to justice and put behind bars." the attack comes nearly a week after the muslim minority in the philippines voted to support a referendum that would create a new autonomous muslim region and in a years-long conflict between government and a accept racial bias test population. no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks sunday, but the philippines thought extensively against islamic state-linked militants. the attack today comes after the u.s. state department issued a travel warning for the philippines last year warning of potential terrorism and bombings in the country. mike? >> mike: thank you. tensions escalate in venezuela over who the country's legal president is this as protests turn deadly in the capitol of ca racas. they called for nicholas maduro to step aside and after the country's legislature vacated recent election results. emergency workers in brazil resume the search for survivors after a dead

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