thousands of miles away in the philippines i couldn't believe it. because nothing like that even a smaller thing like that never happened so i was i was dumb and i actually quote for a while actually was the governor of the bank when its systems were compromised and the money was stolen you know i'm not blaming swift i'm not blaming fed i'm not blaming bangladesh bank but and this was not strong enough to really we stand by. and of at. all institutions touched by the heist have denied they were to fold for the losses they have however taken steps to improve security. police headquarters in downtown dhaka detectives here are working with all sorts ease in other countries in what has become an international investigation they've yet to confirm how the hackers got into the system or we both as all the data and helping us. is helping us and we are trying to find out. about cancun theme. maybe some investigators are sifting through ten terabytes of data in the hunt for a smoking gun that might identify the culprits though no bank insiders have been charg

the philippines military says it believes the ice and. us was behind the twin bombings president rodriguez attends as visiting some of the wounded in the muslim majority in the hole where the attack took place twenty seven people were killed. in the city which is close to a whole. 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 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 groups of local politician

thousands of miles away in the philippines i couldn't believe it. because nothing like that even a smaller thing like that never happened so i was dumb and act for a while. man was the governor of the bank when its systems were compromised and the money was stolen you know i'm not blaming swift i'm not. fip i'm not blaming bangladesh but and this was not strong enough to really we stand but end of it. all institutions touched by the highest have denied they were to fault for the losses they have however taken steps to improve security. in the. police headquarters in downtown dhaka detectives here are working with all sorts he's in other countries in what has become an international investigation they've yet to confirm how the hackers got into the system or we will fit all the data and helping us into helping us and we are trying to find out. about cancun theme. maybe some investigators are sifting through ten terabytes of data in the hunt for a smoking gun that might identify the culprits though no bank insiders have been charged over the heist poli

can there be peace in the southern philippines bomb blasts killed worshippers of a catholic cathedral after a landslide vote for wider self rule in the mostly the same region will be attacked him the efforts to end sixty years of rule with rebels this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura caro it was hoped hall for a century of conflict in the southern philippines was coming to an end last boss on sunday to bomb blasts in the muslim majority south. of the security situation the first explosion was during sunday mass inside the catholic cathedral in hollow the capital of sulu province the second blast happened as soldiers arrived at the scene dozens were killed and injured the attacks followed last monday's referendum in the region of mindanao which overwhelmingly voted for more self rule in an expanded autonomous region. in the deal. in just a moment but first a. discussion from manila. the first bomb exploded inside the cathedral while man was on going then panicked survivors and show which church goers rushed out when they were met by a group of soldiers on a

military to arrive before detonating the bomb now according to the philippine military it condemned the attacks and said that it will respond strongly against those perpetrators and as they described terrorists who are against the ongoing peace process and peace efforts by the philippine government there is no claim of responsibility at this point but the message that's being sent here is very strong that despite efforts of negotiations despite the martial rule that's been imposed here for over a year and across them in the now region whole law will never be under full control of the philippine government it's important to note also that the whole law has already been a powder keg basically a place that is difficult to access not just for journalists but even for the philippine military despite adding another division there it remains to be one of the most dangerous places in the philippines there are so many armed groups that keep bases there the more islamic liberation front the more a national liberation front there are private armed groups by local politicians and of course the

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 and return to. give up its weapons and. thirty thousand fighters so head on the news hour we'll have the latest on saddam's and bread protests which are threatening the twenty nine year for the president on the share class. it does not i would say justify violence was motivating the red scarf movement to stand up two weeks of yellow left demonstrations in front. from sunset so it's proving. to summarize atop a nation metropolis hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well across china we're not looking too bad over the next few days we're actually seeing those winds parallel to the coast here across the southeast but where those winds start to make it in a section of long the coastline or that is well researched see some clouds as well as down here towards vietnam the possibility of some showers so for shanghai a partly cloudy a few at eleven down towards hong ko

to bomb explosions in a catholic cathedral in the southern philippines have killed at least twenty five people and injured many more there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the sunday mass attacks on the predominantly muslim island of polo. the u.s. envoy to afghanistan is in kabul to brief government leaders on the latest round of negotiations to end the seventeen year war cats are has hosted six days of talks between u.s. and afghan taliban representatives and the secretary of state my point peo says the u.s. got. ments is serious about pursuing peace and bringing america's armed forces home has some how about i reports. afghans eager to learn more about the peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban. government leaders in kabul are not commenting they have complained about not being involved in the latest round of talks in qatar's capital . afghans we spoke to hope the talks in doha will help and the war while others are skeptical. in that we are very hopeful all the afghans are tired of for explosion in suicide attack in this country they are hoping for a brighter fu

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 the law venezuela has rejected an ultimatum by spain germany france and britain that president nicolas maduro call elections within eight days or they'll recognize opposition leader one guy do as the interim leader the u.s. has been urging world leaders to isolate the maduro government at a special session of the u.n. security council the death toll from a dam bursts in south eastern brazil has risen to thirty four hundreds more still missing or feared dead under a sea of mine waste state prosecutors unfrozen one point three billion dollars worth of assets belonging to the mining company valley to pay for damages the country's environmental agency has also fine the company sixty six million dollars six days of talks between the afghan taliban and the u.s. have ended in qatar with a promise of further discussions tal

dog and i'll just zero salusa the philippines. four people have been arrested in connection with friday's dime collapse in softies brazil eighty four people.

went to create division in southern philippines could be having the opposite effect on that stay with us. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast we're here across parts of western europe we have been watching one weather system coming in from the atlantic bring some very windy conditions across the region i want to show you what it did look like here in paris where they did see some snow with this what winter system we had some rain along the coast we had some gusty winds as well but here in paris it was the snow from tuesday to tuesday night blanketing the city of course was quite nice but it did cause some problems along the streets and on the roads there we are going to seeing that snow continue to make its way over here towards the east of the next few days here's their low pressure it's going to hit of course the alps so we are going to see some extended areas of snow anywhere across the north and then down here across the south and parts of italy though it is going to be rain and also across parts of greece and into turkey we are still looking it's a ver

killed while celebrating sunday mass in the southern philippines at least twenty five people dead in two bomb explosions at a catholic cathedral. watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead divisions over the power struggle in venezuela are exposed in a heated debate at the u.n. security council. process waiting for word on their loved ones distraught relatives of hundreds of people missing after brazil's down disaster lose hope also we meet the woman blazing a trail in transforming village life in the pacific island nation of want to. thank you for joining us to bomb explosions in a cafe cathedral in the southern philippines have killed at least twenty five people and injured many more there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the sunday mass attacks on the predominantly muslim island of holo a tory gate and b. has an eight. the first blast was inside the cathedral as worship is celebrated sunday mass that was followed by a second explosion in the car park a security forces were arriving there's been no immediate claim of responsibility they are trying to disrupt the p

the philippines military says it suspects. behind the bombing of a church which killed dozens of people and thailand cleans up its fishing out on a large scale what it's done to protect a valuable the. president is in leading a call for more protests against the leadership of. though has declared two days of anti-government demonstrations starting on wednesday he's looking for support for an eight day deadline set by european nations to agree to free and fair elections. 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 ahead of the send a deadline it's an unprecedented ultimatum in support of our people's demand to bring down the user purse. well australia is the latest country to get behind where though it's joined the majority of nations across the americas and influential european countries in saying it recognizes why though as the interim pres

salusa the philippines. palestinian prime minister rami al hamdu lillah and his unity government have resigned he stepped down after growing anger over a proposed social security tax and the west bank based offensive groups reconciliation efforts with the hamas rivals based in gaza international observers in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank and going home israel's prime minister refused to extend the mandate of the monitoring mission to an international force acting against israel but as harry force a report spends with netanyahu 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 sure how to 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. the communication here which can be used by the palestinians to make israel accountable in the international crimina

well to the credit of the philippine government and the philippine military this passage of the bunch more organic law has been a joint collaborative sustained effort or over the years that started way back two decades ago and began in the administration of president mean a keno that respect up my present a tear to it and we've reached this stage now of the law finally seeing foolish and let us hope that the philippine government and the philippine military continue this core laboratory joint efforts together with the communities i must see in mindanao who overwhelmingly ratified this law and let's hope that this concerted efforts are going to lead to a lasting enjoy peace which the citizens of mindanao and also the entire philippines that been waiting for for a long time so let's hope that that these efforts will continue to bear fruit and these very last stages when the plebiscites are going to be concluded will result in more positive more enduring results indeed watch very closely what happens in the philippines miss dora zora thanks for joining us from berlin thank you. hope is t

the predominantly catholic philippines has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict in mindanao more than one hundred thousand filipinos have been killed and millions displaced by the fighting despite the reconciliation process attacks like this show armed groups still pose a threat to peace in the region victoria gate and be al jazeera. is the company of sulu province walid south of the mindanao island it's considered part of the predominantly muslim mindanao region i think looted in the new bangsamoro autonomous region agreement. that is covering this for us from the capital manila let's just start with an update of what we know. or what we know is at least twenty five people were killed many of them state forces the first bomb exploded inside the church where mass was ongoing early sunday morning and as survivors and panicked worshipers rushed out they were met by a a military army military truck that was responding to the first that the nation that's when the second bomb was detonated and it was placed inside the container box inside a mortar cycle right outside the church y

the number of dead is rising from explosions at a church in the southern philippines. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up food for thought we react to political upheaval from holds of venezuelans getting help from neighboring colombia . the taliban and the u.s. move closer towards an afghan peace agreements but major differences remain. and waiting for word on their loved ones the distraught relatives of hundreds of people missing after a bust in brazil. explosions at a church in the southern philippines have killed at least seventeen people the blast targeted a catholic congregation just off the mass in joe which is about a thousand kilometers from manila and dozens of people have been injured let's get to this immediate update from jamil and he joins us live now from manila what more do you know. well what we know nic is that death toll continues to rise it happened early this morning at about eight am local time in whole or two bombs exploded one inside the church as a mass was ongoing and outside we were told that one of the bombs a bomb that was place

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

minority muslims in the philippines voted in a long awaited referendum on autonomy the people of min in the now island where asked if they back a plan by separatists in the government to create a new self administered area so culmination of a peace process and decades of conflict in the region results of the votes will be known later this week to maryland says from. there 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 rep a leader is guest there votes early and we very. often we find someone. will be right to fight and we find someone. will be stuffy in the am i is committing itself to the democratic process after decades of war against the philippine go

red cross he's also in the philippines capital manila thank you very much indeed for joining us tell us about your response to what is a disaster in at least three provinces. well we were the first responder and the last laid area in people who were there about twenty one dead so far and. we were able to provoke the rescue of one theory and also we're now in the process of a program to be more water there's so much so many basis where what there has been diminished or destroyed of filtration plant so we would be in order for that they shouldn't or when what or who they should as well as what it's about or want or are going to start a story that really do work or back but they're there so that it could be here with water the river by the also non-food items said just so you know i need to it's and that we shouldn't be needy and sooner who even crash land so that they can buy their excessive piece with dignity and i'm not sort of transport a you use them what sort of forms of charles will they be using given that so many bridges and roads seem to either be said messy move on bridges ha

the president of the philippines is valens one hundred the bombers of a roman catholic cathedral two explosions killed at least twenty five worshippers at sunday mass on the predominantly muslim island of holo no groups claimed responsibility jimmy or alan duncan reports. the first blast was inside the cathedral as worshipers celebrated sunday mass that was followed by a second explosion in the car park a security forces were arriving there has been no immediate claim of responsibility they are trying to disrupt the peace process they're trying to destabilize it it's like like for men things of this job is a shawl and to show that the government will not be able to control the area. the places that. there is conflict the attack in the capital of sulu province comes six days after a referendum on them in the now region voters in the muslim dominated region overwhelmingly approved a deal for more self rule eighty five percent of voters backed an agreement between muslim fighters and government leaders in manila for a self administered area in mindanao which will be named bounce a model

two thousand and fifteen runners up south korea's struggle to overcome the philippines another team that's making the tournament davy managed by former england ivory coast and mexico bust spend you're in erickson the philippines had less than twenty percent possession they still had chances to pull off an upset south korea eventually getting a breakthrough in the second half when new job with the gold. tom star from one member joined the sport for the final three games. the philippines is just one of the teams to benefit from the tournament being expanded from sixteen nations to twenty four and fans in the capital manila got the chance to see their team compete at this level for the very first time. korea is really you know technically this is so good that they believe they're so good they're always going to have more possession than us. but i 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 were group favorites saudi arabia take on north korea in the opening match of the asian cup on cheese days saudi a

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 reconciliation process attacks like this show that armed groups still pose a threat to peace in their region in dargon al jazeera manila. hope is turning to anguish in brazil over the increasing likelihood that hundreds of people are missing after a dam clubs will be found alive so far thirty four bodies have been pulled from the muddy disaster zone and foreign fighters are warning that another day may also be on the brink of failing. reports from the town of blue bunting york the heavy rain only makes moretti fraught rescue operation much worse many have been saved being cared for at the center relieved distraught concerned about their missing loved ones. the feelings that you're going to die are the end of everything you don't know which way to run. president visited the disaster area but didn't stay long his ministers are overseeing the rescue

gordon is the chairman of the philippines red calls he says the world to the preparations. what went wrong to say. they were over confident they form is not even a payphone tropical depression and it was miss appreciate that and sad that they thought it was going to be a slow not to or strung up a flu but it right a lot of rains and rains are bad for my fish tanks where there are a lot of mt then it's very diluted and it will cost landslides and soul the trick now is to tear down people no matter how are strong are a leap that when s. he should immediately evacuate those who are on the land allow slaves brought on here and that's where most of the for action of the came about and say that the crash of this came about because of our overflow from rivers. for example and now you are. under there in need will be it went over to the most lightest.