the philippines the secretary said that he has directed the army to rate the alert level. the filipina president said he will pursue today and zeroth the ruthless perpetrators behind the crime until every killer is brought to justice and put behind bars. the attack comes one week after the muslim minority in the philippines voted to support a referendum that would create a new autonomous muslim region. the philippines has fought extensively against islamic militants over the past few years. the attack comes after the u.s. state department issued a travel warning, warning of terrorism and bombings in the country. >>> in the netherlands 9 people were pulled from a collapsed home. a gas explosion caused the home to collapse, it's unclear how may people were inside at the time. fire crews are sifting through the rubble looking for signs of life. a number of nearby homes word deemed unstable and evacuated. >>> there was a solemn ceremony in poland to mark international holocaust a. former prisoners joined officials at the auschwitz concentration camp. some carried flowers and r

in the traffic clogged streets of the philippines there was a splash of character and color. these are more than just a mode of transport these rolling works of sparkle with chrome and covered with paint jobs many filipinos consider them a national treasure. looking at a jeepney design. watching a canvas at an art studio designer. jeepneys might be a breath of fresh air to the monday mini bus but the reality is this. big polluters now a new clean air laws are set to force most older vehicles off the road. that's bad news for g.p. workshops like this and the artists who work here. all the producers here in san pablo are gone where the only ones left. this has been. forty five years they used to be hundreds of painters like him now he's a dying breed. in a month he and his colleagues used to paint dozens of jeepneys today it's just. been doing this for a long time and now it may just disappear something i do every day could suddenly be gone it will be a huge change. for passengers the jeepney success is being billed as a big improvement. the modern minibuses will be safe. with

when they came into philippines we've had so much. that we love from chelsea that we want to share that's precisely why team manager down palami has focused on foreign born players he's had to kickstart youth football program since taking charge in twenty ten. the grassroots program the philippines use is still on its infancy so whilst we were waiting for the fruits to bear. there are foods ready for the picking but developed outside the countries this strategy has worked in twenty eighteen the philippines reached the highest ever ranking and qualified for the asian cup for the first time but a sustainable solution is needed. it is important that we get the results first so the kids hearing the food beings will learn to love the sport because they see a team that's reeling another way to do that is by helping charities younghusband club side of all how us regularly invites football for humanity to its matches they support children rescued from the streets and walk toward regions in this area to let me know football superstar so it's a

is not going to recognize philippine sovereignty over the nine features that the philippines currently occupied. we will see where that goes, but i do think it is likely that we do reaffirm the position that it -- been secretary of defense william:enforced in 1990, which is an attack on philippine armed forces, public vessels are planed anywhere in the pacific includes the south china sea. if that doesn't happen, there are only two possibilities. one, the philippines new wall. they decide the tree does them no good. i think they are dead serious about that, with good reason. it will not consummate much of the u.s. thinks it will. philippines gets thing that is special is a guarantee against external attack. we do all of that with indonesia, malaysia ifand vietn. the only thing the philippines gets that special is a guarantee against external attack and if we don't offer that what's the point? that will prompt them to seek a better deal. he can sell the alliance and convince the chinese he's serious. turnaround the americans are there and that's extremely negative for the security . >>

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

of course, with many countries in asia, women have always been well represented, the philippines being one of them. japan has not moved in our ranking over the past year because there have been sort of concerted efforts to increase participation. how about country indonesia, india and australia ? how about country indonesia, india and australia? they have major elections in 2019. , india has not performed badly as far as participation is concerned in politics. indonesia has some way to go. indonesia remain underrepresented as far as women are concerned. australia is... australia and new zealand are the two fully democratic countries categorised as full democracies within our index. a meme from china is warming hearts all over the world. it's called ‘four generations under one roof‘ — and the concept is simple, with each video beginning with a young child calling out to their mother or father, and so on, right up until the great—grandpa rents. chinese families have been sharing the videos on douyin, or tik tok — an app for creating and sharing short videos. take a look at this

the bbc‘s philippines correspondent howard johnson reports. this is manila's unofficial rail service. it's run by a small homeless community that live by the tracks. each trolley carries around eight passengers. joel has been pushing trolleys for more than a decade. she earns around $10 a day. translation: at the start, it's push and run, push and run. if it's uphill and the trolley is full and you're the only one pushing, it's difficult. 0ur life here is, if you don't push, you don't eat. it costs around 2 cents to travel around a kilometre on these tracks and commuters like it because it's cheaper and more efficient than other forms of transport, but using it does come with risks. and that's because the line is still active. around four trains pass along these tracks every hour. the pandacan bridge is the most dangerous part of the route. if a trolley is on the bridge as a train approaches, pushers must move to the other side as quickly as possible. the alternative is a 30—metre drop to the river below. horn blares translation: it feels di

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

of course, with many countries in asia, women have always been well represented, the philippines being one of them. japan has not moved in our ranking over the past year because there have been sort of concerted efforts to increase participation. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up... the us and china extend their trade talks for another day. we'll see if it's a sign discussions are moving in a positive direction. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with the news of another award for one of the world's most popular footballers. liverpool's mo salah has been voted the 2018 confederation of african football player of the year — the second consecutive year he has won the award. salah said he'd dreamt of winning the award since he was a child and now he's done so twice in a row. congratulations to him. stay with us, headlines next. see you soon. hello there. high tides combined with brisk winds to give a little bit of coastal flooding across some parts of eastern england on tuesday, but with some showe

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 brazilian fans monitors a warning that a second mining dams at risk of rupturing close to a dam collapsed on friday in both with geno thirty four bodies have been found but hundreds are still missing so prosecutors have frozen assets belonging to the mining company vireo to pay for damages. but as well as new president nicolas maduro is denouncing an ultimatum by some e.u. countries to hold new elections within the next week he says it's part of a plot to topple him the u.s. is backing opposition leader on the go i don't know who's declared himself a dream president in a heated emergency debate at the united nations security council russia china and turkey rejected what they call the legal moves to remove madeira from power. but i don't know what

welterweight title after a victory over american adrian bronner in las vegas and boxing fans in the philippines have been going crazy for their national hero thousands of filipinos crowded into public parks in gyms like this one in manila our local officials organize free screenings of the fight the forty year old prevailed with a unanimous points decision today president for a rude to tear to his office thank you for uniting all for the pianos. you're watching news coming up next a bonus think a show from doodling sports by munich's big win on friday night put the pressure on league leaders dortmund to perform last night find out what happened in that and all of saturday's match ups on the street. here up to date now on d w news on their e-mail and instant thanks for the company. bursts. home. of species. words if you can. get those are big changes and most start with small steps to prevent global warming two years tell stories of could you just people and innovative projects around the world. to use them. to scream and insurance and forced. to interact as cars.

so this is a top stories and voters in muslim dominated parts of southern and in ireland in the philippines of overwhelmingly approved self rule eighty five percent of voters backed the formation of a new autonomous region called bangsamoro and monday's referendum was held after agreement signed five years ago between rebel leaders and the government at least nine people have been killed and many more are feared dead after a near a mine in brazil but in water cascaded through nearby houses and farms. donald trump has backed down and has agreed to temporarily the government shutdown without getting the money he wants for mexico border war united states president signed a bill that will fund the government for three weeks the u.n. security council is set to meet later on saturday to discuss the political crisis in venezuela the us facts opposition leader. who's declared himself interim president that russia and china they supported it was with her. but as news agency is reporting the e.u. has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the blog the list includes coun

and a crush of humanity in the philippine capital manila as millions of catholic worshippers reach for a centuries old statue of christ many believe touching or being near the figure and cheer illness police estimate five million people will take part in the procession the black now sorry. australian police are investigating suspicious packages sent to a number of foreign diplomatic missions in the capital camera and other cities consulates and embassies affected include those of the u.s. and germany on monday as suspicious substance was intercepted at the argentinian consulate in sydney tests showed it was not dangerous. heavy snow and avalanches in austria austria and germany have claimed at least five lives some one point five metres of snow has fallen in the northern else in less than a week thousands of tourists are now stranded in villages and more snow is expected this week train services and roads have been disrupted authorities warn the risk of avalanches remains high. these forest rangers on patrol in southern bavaria this road has been closed since sunday the reason trees bu

a referendum in the southern philippines has passed overwhelmingly to form a new muslim autonomous region it's hoped the move will bring peace to the area and much needed investment creating the bung some morrow autonomy's region was part of a deal reached between the government and the largest muslim brotherhood group which is spent decades fighting over dependence. a longtime ally of u.s. president donald trump has been provisionally released from custody after being arrested early this morning roger stone will face travel restrictions and a possible two hundred fifty thousand dollars fine if he fails to attend court proceedings. he's been charged with obstruction of justice witness tampering and making false statements stone was an advisor to donald trump during the twenty sixteen election campaign the charges stem from u.s. special counsel robert robert miller and his investigation into whether the truck campaign colluded with russia in the election. stone denies those charges here's what he said. i would really not guilty to these charges i will defeat them in court i believe this is

a referendum in the southern philippines has passed overwhelmingly to form a new muslim autonomous region it's hoped the move will bring peace to the area and much needed investment as well creating the bongs of moral autonomy this region was part of a deal reached between the government and the largest muslim brotherhood which is spent decades biting or independence. now here in berlin a government commission has been meeting to find ways to phase out coal from germany's energy mix the government has already committed itself to a phase out program but it's failing because it's failing and it's behind schedule because it's a controversial issue some regions have relied on coal mining for decades to provide jobs prosperity campaigners for clean energy turned up outside today's talks to pile on the pressure. school can wait for new cars like now today he and his classmates have driven three hours from lubec to join a student demonstration in berlin they're here to protest about climate change. what do we want. the general problem is that there is not a lack of knowledge but of action that's

philippines army commandos think that abu sayyaf fighters wanting to eisele down the two explosions which killed twenty seven people. now searches in southeast brazil say there's little hope of finding survivors from friday's down collapse a torrent of sludge from an iron ore mine killed fifty eight people around three hundred still missing adonal sharma reports now from the disaster zone the search was called off briefly because of fears a second down was about to burst and. this is the result of the dam burst which spewed out millions of liters of waste from an iron ore mine in minutes it destroyed everything in its path education and infrastructure roads and lives. don't move this so three. but if you venture i'm just looking for a survivor or any sign of life in the wreckage of this house maybe a leg or a hand of the person i don't know the way the house was built and fell it's hard to see anything there. you'll thorough to say there's little chance of finding survivors but families of the estimated two hundred fifty people unaccounted for continue to. move. we found for the nun

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

and rain has hampered efforts to rescue people stranded by floods and landslides in the philippines at least eighty five people have been killed since storm wreaked havoc in the center of the country. chinese president xi jinping says he won't rule out using military force against supporters of independence in taiwan in his first major speech addressing the self she said taiwan's reunification with china is inevitable taiwan's leader has rejected she statement and said beijing must face reality under schapelle as the latest. a new year's speech with a familiar message. chinese president xi jinping has urged the people of taiwan to accept that it must and will be reunited with china in a speech on the fortieth anniversary of a key policy statement he reiterated beijing's call for peaceful unification. well . we are firmly against any plots to create two china or one china one taiwan or taiwan independence we've achieved a major victory in the fight against taiwan independence or separatist activities nobody and no party can change the historical and legal fact tabone is part of china an

the grassroots program to philippines use this . on its infancy so we were waiting for the strategy has worked in twenty eight in the philippines reached the highest ranking and qualified for the asian cup for the first time at a sustainable solution is needed if the two it's matches they support children rescued from the streets and war torn regions in the syrian city of need help while suppressing barks so it's a dream come true for a damn. good life as well as helping children in need commitments like this spread a love of football and just maybe one of them can come from one where i live but for now it's up to the young husbands and nets he makes to bring sporting glory to a country thousands of miles away from where they were born. twenty nineteen marks one hundred years since the founding of the renowned german art school but. though its life was brief the school's emphasis on functional design and modern architecture has been hugely influential back in one thousand nine hundred artists and craftsman in eastern germany merged

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

and in sports a winning start for one of the favorites to lift the asian cup south korea beating the philippines. in their opening three. security forces in doubt on have a rest of the leader of the attempted coup is lieutenant kelly who's been on the run since seizing control of national radio and broadcasting anti-government messages two of the coup plotters have been killed as well in a military offensive the president of. was not in the country at the time the full story now with nicholas hawke. lieutenant calley from the presidential guards burst into the national radio and television center calling for a popular uprising against givens president bungles jinnah's about secret the eight days a ride from the army has decided to put itself on the side of the paper in order to say. if you are eighteen stop if you have a get to. if you are sleeping wake up wake up your neighbors as want to take control of the street. outside gunshots electricity in the internet are shut down as get any special forces stormed the building in a statement the government spokesman says calm has returned the situatio

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

rescue workers in the philippines are struggling are struggling to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides which have now killed at least eighty five people storm was when hit shortly after christmas devastating central provinces the victims include children and they were mostly killed when their homes collapsed a state of calamity has been declared in three provinces to give them access to emergency funds jimmy has more now from manila on the rescue operation. the main focus remains to be rescue and retrieval operations but local government officials also see the critical part here is infrastructure that is because roads and bridges leading to several areas in the beagle region have been destroyed these are critical because much needed aid needs to be brought as you know beagle province this might be always at the forefront of natural disasters here is seem to be the best when it comes to emergency response in the past it has always achieved its zero casualty goal but not this time there was not even a declared typhoon but due to incessant and heavy rains several areas suffered

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

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

philippines, turkey coming at arab emirate. we don't know how much and we don't know whether it's a flat fee or whether he's getting percentages. we have no idea. we do know it seems to be affecting american foreign policy because the countries in which he draws these incomes in the philippines and turkey seem to get much easier treatment than the countries of which he does not. the persian gulf for bahrain and saudi arabia that have been good business partners get one treatment and qatar, which not only didn't have its national day on the trump hotel but canceled the trump tower 2014. it's obviously affect in american foreign policy. you can imagine in a healthy society that congress to do something about this. bill clinton in his first two years they sell democratic congress. they held those presidents accountable. the complicity between trump and the republican congress is the first building block of "trumpocracy." >> there are different schools of thought among trump critics about the threats that this presidency is posing.

in the philippines just one of the seams 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 team compete at this level for the first time. koreas 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 harvey 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 same action as monday night and the agent of the coca stand of almighty ahead a day to forget an ally in the scored an own goal there for china's equalizer and another misjudgement private suit will bring china out for improve on their run to the quarterfinals four years ago. premier league leaders liverpool have been knocked out of the f.a. cup by walls liverpool made nine changes to the starting line up and walls took full advantage in this third round game winning c one thanks to goals from

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

eighteen shanghai and ten will happen but a little wet snow or the same and actually weather in the philippines to be marching the clouds gather them moving west with the not going to fall into a tropical low or tropical cyclone but the effect will be in hearts in the amount of rain and the wind to some degree so a wet spell to start your week i suspect in most of the filipino and certainly central some philippines the other dark green area with the breeze is here west of borneo catching singapore moving down towards western java expect some potential for flooding from this but really probably the place to watch is the philippines having seen a dry couple of weeks really this will be rather more than just a shock to the system. the weather sponsored by cattle and always. rewind returns i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry we've run you updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries in liberal i was the job of the class and now i'm like any other student rewind continues with children of conflict. we'd love some peace in this war especially. children do not have any rights here rewind

now polls have closed in the southern philippines for an historic vote on autonomy more than two million people in the mindanao region were asked if they back a plan by separatists in the government to create a self administered area known as bangsamoro the new proposal would mean greater control in this dependence on the national government when it says it passes the bangsamoro organic nor will come into effect for the new autonomous region the law is the result of a comprehensive agreement to end a decades long conflict between the moro islamic liberation front that's the chief play in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government rule identify the banks more people as native or their original inhabitants of mindanao . it also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro a government which will be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament let's go live now to jim ellis island in court about to city in mindanao jim ellis the polls are now closed how's the voting gone so far today. while the situation with pretty calm in the morning we were with the le

that is the view that seems to be strongest in countries like malaysia, the philippines and thailand, and it is something western governments have accused china of doing, of pulling countries into a debt trap with its belt and road projects. this is an accusation, of course, china has denied. nonetheless, china's might in this region goes without saying. some 73% of respondents say it is china with the greatest influence in this region, much more influence politically and strategically than the united states. thank you, very interesting. now let's brief you on some other business stories: the son of carlos ghosn has told a french newspaper that the former nissan boss will vigorously defend himself in a japanese court this week. anthony ghosn says his father has refused to sign a confession in return for his release from custody. mr ghosn has been detained since his arrest in november on allegations of financial misconduct. he is due to appear before a tokyo court on tuesday to hear the reasons for his ongoing detention. the most senior bankers to face criminal charges in britain over

seeking peace voters in the southern philippines cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at ending a decades long conflict. lore is sounding the death knell for taiwan's ailing traditional medicine in the street. for syrian soldiers have been killed after israel launched an strikes on iranian targets in syria a video posted to social media purports to show missiles intercepted near damascus russia says during those airstrikes early on monday morning syrian military air defenses destroyed more than thirty cruise missiles and guided bombs on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria army forces report some in southern israel. well in a highly unusual move the israeli military is confirming that strikes have been taking place against targets inside syria as the operation has been going on the movie is saying that it's striking iranian could forces targets inside syrian territory and it is warning the syrian armed forces against striking against israeli military targets or against israeli territory the syrian state media is saying that its forces ha

welterweight title after a victory over american adrian brawner in las vegas and boxing fans in the philippines have been going crazy for their national hero. thousands of filipinos crowded into public parks in gym like this one in manila where local officials organized free screenings of the fight the forty year old prevailed with a unanimous points decision today president bridge office thanks for uniting all filipinos. you're watching the news coming up next the bundesliga show from sports. byron munich's big win on friday night the pressure on the league leaders to perform last night on what happened in that and all of saturday's match ups on the been asleep. i. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use to send us photos and videos from your part of the world. and that's your join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our website or follow us on twitter or facebook thanks

and scores of others injured after two bombs exploded at a catholic cathedral in jolo island in the philippines the first bomb went off inside the cathedral the other at the entrance to the compound of daraa he said the casualties include both troops and civilians so far no group has claimed the attack muslim militants are active in the area and the cathedral has been targeted before . well it's certain there are at least two sides to every story and that's certainly true when it comes to a viral video of a standoff between a student wearing a make america great again and a native american veteran. takes up the story this is a hat word says make america great again they now call it the maggot this is a kook looks quite a hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes. purposes however this make america great again is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump a filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of hat hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k.

in the philippines, an unofficial rail car service is filling in the many gaps in manila's struggling transport network. and let's be clear exactly what "unofficial" means. it means homeless people pushing commuters along rails, rails that are still used by the philippine national railway. at least 9 people died last year in accidents involving trains, but officials say they are powerless to stop the trolley pushers. this from the bbc‘s correspondent howard johnson. this is manila's unofficial rail service. it's run by a small homeless community that live by the tracks. each trolley carries around eight passengers. jo has been pushing trolleys for more than a decade. she earns around $10 a day. translation: at the start, it's push and run, push and run. if it's uphill and the trolley is full and you're the only one pushing, it's difficult. our life here is, if you don't push, you don't eat. it costs around 2 cents to travel around a kilometre on these tracks and commuters like it because it's cheaper and more efficient than other forms of transport, but using it does come with risks