earlier i spoke to andrew morris who is the head of unicef‘s mindanao field office. he explained more about what is happening on the ground. the typhoon vinta reached the east coast of mindanao and in the last days traversed to the west. gusts of winds more than 100 miles an hour, flash floods and landslides, and while the population in the east of mindanao seems to have been a bit better prepared, some moving into evacuation centres, the provinces north of mindanao have been particularly affected. yesterday, winds of 70—80 miles an hour and lanao del sur is the poorest in the philippines. and then the past seven months thousands of people have been displaced in that province because of conflict and some 20,000 of them have been living in tents for the past seven months. so the priority yesterday and this morning has been to check their situation and thankfully less than 100 people have had to move from their tents towards accommodation. there has been interruption of electricity supplies, water for those displaced families is often from pumped water and the electr

earlier we spoke to andrew morris, the head of unicef‘s mindanao field office. he explained what is happening on the ground. typhoon vinta reached the east coast of mindanao, and in the last two days traversed across to the west. gusts of winds more than 100 miles an hour, flash floods and landslides, and while the population in the east of mindanao seem to have been a little bit better prepared, some moving into evacuation centres, the provinces of north mindanao, particularly lanao del sur, have been particularly affected. yesterday, winds of 70—80 mph. lanao del sur province is the poorest in the philippines. in the past seven months, there have been around 350,000 people displaced in that province because of conflict, and 20,000 of those living in tents for the past seven months. the priority yesterday and this morning has been to check their situation, and thankfully less than 100 people had to move from their tents to alternative accommodation. there‘s been interruption of electricity supplies, water for those displaced families is often from pumped wa

here in the city of iligan as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in l.a. can it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places river banks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll and mounts here in this part of

earlier we spoke to andrew morris, the head of unicef‘s mindanao field office. he explained what is happening on the ground. typhoon vinta reached the east coast of mindanao and gust of wind is more than 100 miles an hour, flash floods and landslides, and. bobby population in the east of mindanao seem to have been a bit better prepared, some moving into the evacuation centres, the province is north mindanao, and areas particularly affected. yesterday winds of 70—80 mph and a province is the poorest in the philippines. in the poorest in the philippines. in the past seven months there have been around 350,000 people displaced because of conflict, and 20,000 of those living in tents for the last seven months. the priority yesterday and this morning has been to check their situation and thankfully less than 100 people had to move from their tents to alternative accommodation. there has been interruption of electricity supplies, waterfor interruption of electricity supplies, water for those displaced families is often from pumped water, and the electricity stops th

decades now but some lawmakers are questioning the necessity of a one year martial law rule in mindanao there are only two reasons that this may be considered that there is an actual invasion or rebellion happening in the country they have cited many incidents there are also questions as to how come there is no oversight committee that looks into how martial law will be implemented you can also make sure that abuses are not going to go under martial rule in mindanao to serve a real life issues in the field we should give them. some allowance to make a mistake in their project sean it's like a knife. a knife wedged through our heart there was no evacuee invited there was no modern organisation morale the group invited on the implementation of martial law and you had all these things of gratitude from religious leaders expectedly of course filipino muslim leaders human rights workers activists are rallying right outside congress today saying that their voices were not even heard that business trends over their future have been decided by lawmakers who all claim that they represented them

but mindanao in the south is rarely hit. this disaster comes just a week after another tropical storm hit the central philippines. the resources of this disaster—prone nation are under strain. the un says it is ready to step in and help. sarah corker, bbc news. that storm isn't the only disaster that the philippines has to contend with at the moment. at least 37 people have been killed in a fire that swept through the top floor of a shopping mall in the southern city of davao. it started on saturday morning, trapping people inside the four—storey building. president duterte visited the building and met the families of the missing. it's reported that the british—iranian woman held in prison for spying in tehran is to face new charges. following a visit by the foreign secretary borisjohnson to iran earlier this month, there were hopes improvements would be made in her case. earlier this week, her family said that her case had been marked as "eligible for early release". nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is currently serving a

mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're going to figure out what you have so many people that are really there right there at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts and the three they said they're out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces. we're having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from

here in the city of il again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places riverbanks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll and mounts here in this part of mindanao

storm tembin tore through mindanao, the second largest island of the philippines at home to 20 million people. entire communities have been cut off. with more than 100 people missing, that death toll may rise. this remote village has been buried. 0fficial help has been slow to arrive and volunteers use their bare hands to search for bodies. there we re hands to search for bodies. there were 103... hands to search for bodies. there were 103. .. are used hands to search for bodies. there were 103... are used to be hands to search for bodies. there were 103. .. are used to be 103 houses but when the flashlight haven't everything was washed out. everything is gone. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. blocked roads and power cuts are hampering the rescue efforts. authorities are too many people ignored warnings to leave. the call for people to evacuate in good time before the storm actually did not have an effect. the storm passed over some of the absolute porous areas in the philippines and people live in hard to reach areas, areas which are not really suitable f

here in the city of iligan as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places riverbanks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll amounts here in this part of mindanao the

reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm the tons of to go on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now every day to figure it out we can get we have so many people that are really there a day at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts and the three they said hey they're out there not iraq and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces show we're having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao isl

tell us a little bit about mindanao, who lives there, what other conditions like normally. this is a very populated island in the south of the philippines. it is historically, it has had the tempestuous relationship with manila, being in the south, it feels like it does not get as much support from the north as it would like as far as infrastructure and the rights of the people here. in the last year, we have seen an islamic inspired insurgency in the city and we have seen a lot of logging and mining going on here and that has caused potentially some of these hillsides where we have seen landslides in the last 48 hours, coming crashing down on villagers. there has been talk maybe they have been exploited without due care for the villagers who live underneath the villagers who live underneath the mines and forests. and the tropicals to, it is still alive and the wind speeds are starting to quicken. yeah, it has passed out of the philippines, it passed by the island of palawan last night, a popular tourist island in the philippines, and now it is moving towards vietnam where

mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're going to figure out what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts there even though they're out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces so we're having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed mo

this is cell phone video shot in the northern sections of mindanao. look at the consistency of that floodwater, there's a lot of debris here. this is known as a debris field. it's obviously a mudslide, right. just background and history on mudslides they average at 10 miles per hour but they could travel at speeds over 30 miles per hour or 50 kilometers for international viewers when you have debris within this mud field, rocks, trees, branches, you can imagine how devastating that can be as it basically comes down the mountain sides and valleys and communities blow. that's why we continue to see the death toll unfortunately rise because these landslides and mudslides can be so fatal because they will basically obliterate anything in its path because it's picked up so much of that debris. all right. now, i want to get to the anatomy of this storm. because it really isn't a super impressive tropical storm. i mean, it's not even a cyclone. it's current sustained winds at 100 kilometers per hour. stronger wind gusts near the center of the circulation. bu

tembin is a second deadly storm to hit the country this week it's swept over the solomon islands of mindanao leaving destruction in its wake. this man and child are lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding has been devastating. entire villages under meters of water others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. rescue efforts have been hampered by power cuts and the loss of communication lines storm tamba known as vinton the philippines struck the southern island of mindanao on friday it's an area not often hit by tropical storms. winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour along with heavy rain battered the area with local officials saying more than seventy thousand people affected. this nasa satellite map shows the extent of the powerful storm which is now headed towards the philippine island of part of one and on towards vietnam for those affected by tambon a long path lies ahead to recovering from its devastation. the united nations has slapped tough new sanctions on north korea in response with latest missile tests the new sanctions d

on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise we really want to go straight and we're trying to figure out. what. so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts . there out there not to rush and the area is pretty wide yes in one province but in several provinces. we are having a hard time. there are areas that may have been. last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected millions in two thousand and t

landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao dozens of people still missing in just reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm tendin the towns of two bawden on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're going to figure out what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts . there out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces show we're having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm

here in the city of iligan as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places river banks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll amounts here in this part of mindanao th

on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise we really want to go straight and we're going to figure out. what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts . there i've not iraq and the areas pretty well i guess in one province but in several provinces. we are having a hard time getting communicate why there are areas that may have been. last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected millio

tell us a little bit about mindanao, who lives there, what are the conditions like normally? this is a very populated ireland in the south of the philippines —— a very populated island. it has had a tempestuous relationship with manila, it feels like it does not get as much support from the north as it would like as far as infrastructure and the rights of the people here, in the last year, we have seen an of the people here, in the last year, we have seen an islamic inspired insurgency in the city and we have seen a lot of logging and mining going on and that has caused potentially some of these hillsides where we have seen landslides in the last 48 hours, coming crashing down on villages. maybe days have been built without due care of villagers who live underneath the mines. and the tropical storm washi it is still alive and the wind speeds are starting to quicken up —— and this tropical storm. it passed up of the philippines now, it passed palawan last night, popular tourist island, and now it is moving towards vietnam where evacuation measures are taking place at t

mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight no and we're going to figure out. what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts . there out there not iraq and the areas pretty wide yes in one province but in several provinces so we're having a hard time getting communicate why there are areas that may have been. last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected mill

here in the city of hillah again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in l.a. gand it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places river banks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll amounts here in this

gabo mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're going to figure out what you have so many people that are really a great day at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts and the three they said hey they're out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces so we're having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering

now reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm time the towns of to go on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now every day to figure out we can give help to so many people that are really there a day at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts and that there is a they said ok they're out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces show we are having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly bu

now the philippines congress could vote to extend martial law on the island of mindanao in the south on wednesday present or drink go to touch a submitted his request on monday saying it is necessary for the total eradication of ice or and common is fine to say he declared the city of mirali liberated from my soul affiliated fighters in october military rule was imposed across mindanao six months ago after hundreds of gunmen seize control of the city that speak to linda gun was in quezon city jimmy the widest president do tend to want to extend martial law in mindanao for a year what is going to change. well the reason being according to his representatives in congress today is that the war in my or our we is not yet over and the violence there has spilled over all across mindanao he was represented by top military officials together with his executive secretary where they are at the moment defending their positions before a joint committee of the upper house and lower house of congress but there are criticisms the words this number one is because it is clear in the constitution that

on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise we really want to go straight no and we're trying to figure out. what you have so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts there even though they're out there not in iraq and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces. we're having a hard time communicating why there are areas that may have been. last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousa

plus the philippine congress votes to extend martial law on the southern island of mindanao. so that leaders from the muslim world a gathering in istanbul for talks on u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital extraordinary meeting by the organization of islamic cooperation was called by techies president bush at top but about to send. what he calls a strong message follows talks on the issue between leaders of saudi arabia and jordan in riyadh on tuesday trump's decision last week was met with condemnation and protests the latest demonstrations were held outside the u.s. embassy in tel aviv and there's been violence during protests in the occupied palestinian territory all week at least four palestinians have been killed and dozens injured in confrontations with israeli security forces well we have standing by and occupied east jerusalem but first let's go to the how to tell you who's in istanbul where the meeting has just started and my what we expect from this meeting . well nic the meeting of foreign ministers has just totted on a l

gabo on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want to go straight now and we're trying to figure out. what have given up the so many people that are really. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts . there out there not in iraq and the areas pretty wide it's not just in one province but in several provinces show we're having a hard time getting around to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed m

many of the casualties were on the main southern island of mindanao. this man said houses were getting flooded, but people couldn't escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. many places were hit by landslides. flimsy houses were buried beneath tons of debris. the red cross is helping co—ordinate the relief effort. we've already provided water and hot food, and we're going to be distributing non—food items — blankets, mosquito nets, and certainly hygiene kits — for those who are in the evacuation centres, so we can alleviate the suffering of many of the folks there. the philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons every year. this particular storm is not over yet. and, as it passes over warm, tropical waters, its winds are set to grow again in strength. andy moore, bbc news. storm tembin is now heading towards vietnam — helen willets from the bbc weather centre has the latest. storm tembin is on the cusp of becoming a typhoon. now, it has intensified as it has moved away from the philippines over open waters, and it is

many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. this man said houses were getting flooded but people couldn't escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. many places were hit by landslides. flimsy houses were buried beneath tonnes of debris. the red cross is helping coordinate the relief effort. we have already provided water and food, and we have been distributing non—food items, blankets, mosquito nets and hygiene kits for those who are in the evacuation centres to alleviate the suffering of many of the folks there. the philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons every year. this particular storm is not over yet. it's now heading towards the popular tourist island of palawan. as it passes over warm, tropical waters, its winds are set to grow again in strength. andy moore, bbc news. we will find out how this story and many in tomorrow's front pages. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the evening standard columnist rosamund urwin and the women's editor of the telegraph claire cohen. a man has appeared in cour

troops helping deliver supplies here in the southern region of mindanao, which lay right in the path of the storm. reaching these impoverished areas has not been easy. they were hit by a landslide, mudslides, caused by an inordinate amount of rainfall that caused the ground to move and killed people innocently. as well as surging currents from swollen rivers that overcame their banks, it swept people out of their homes and killed many others as well. the speed with which the rivers were turned into lethal torrents over the weekend caught people here by surprise. many drowning in their own homes, others buried under mudslides, including children. the call for people to evacuate in good time before the storm didn't have an effect. the storm passed over some of the poorest areas in the whole philippines. at least 200 people are known to have died. large numbers are still missing, and tens of thousands have been forced to move away in search of emergency shelter. in rome today, pope francis offered prayers for the people of mindanao in his weekly blessing to the crowd on st peter's squar

storm killed at least two hundred people in the philippines bright has more now from the island of mindanao in the philippines where relief and aid efforts and i want to weigh. this is the township of too bad it's probably one of the worst affected areas of one of the worst affected provinces in mindanao we are down river that was the site of a surge of water that came through here if i can stand back and just give you a quick look at the kind of damage and trail of destruction that it left a torrent of water came down here leaving all of these boulders some of them the size of cars these weren't here a couple of days ago taking with it this surge of water more than one hundred houses sadly twenty nine people are confirmed to have died here a number of the bodies are being kept at a makeshift mortuary just a short distance away while the search continues in this area for a further sixteen people who are missing and the search is being conducted some six kilometers downstream it gives you an idea of the strength of the power of the water that came through here all of mindanao like this area

most of the casualties on the southern island of mindanao and dozens of people remain missing. the palestinian president says he'll no longer accept the united states as a mediator in the middle east peace process spoke while meeting the french president. he said the u.s. is no longer an honest broker in the peace process and called for europe to play a bigger role two former south american football officials have been found guilty in the u.s. of charges related to corruption football's global governing body. jose morales brazil and. i were charged with racketeering and conspiracy deliberations about the guilt or innocence of a third will continue next week those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next stay with us. on counting the cost of a robin hood in reverse. taxes for the rich little for the poor the link between electric cars cobalts. result. the cost of this time. for washington from both. with the u.n. vote on. the u.s. president. as well the vast majority so what impact will this have on.

people are already poor areas especially in mindanao especially in the muslim areas. now they're poor yeah. some of them are also here partly there's work there. and so. yeah. yeah there is no longer being updated by earthquakes and. certainly in the eastern portion richard gordon we'll leave it there we thank you very much for giving us updates on al-jazeera thank you as twenty seventeen is approaching its end we'll be looking back at some of the biggest stories through the eyes of five families caught up in the in the first episode we talk to a family of refugees waiting to reunite with their relatives in germany florence li reports from northern greece compared to the squalor of the camps on the greek islands refugee life on the edge of this lake in northern greece looks bearable because all is desperate with worry she lives here with her youngest son and her husband her oldest boy mahmoud is in germany with his nine year old brother. hasn't seen them for two years and the best she can do you see their faces on her phone my son every time he get out he would with o

earlier i spoke to andrew morris who is the head of unicef‘s mindanao field office. he explained more about what is happening on the ground. the typhoon reached the east coast of the island and in the last days traversed to the west. gusts of wind is more than 100 miles an hour, flash floods and landslides, and while the population in the east of the island seems to have been a bit better prepared, some moving into evacuation centres, the provinces in the north of mindanao have been particularly affected. yesterday, winds of 70—80 miles an hour and one province here is the poorest in the philippines. and then the past seven months thousands of people have been displaced in that province because of conflict and some 20,000 of them have been living in tents for the past seven months. so the priority yesterday and this morning has been to check their situation and tha nkfully less tha n to check their situation and thankfully less than 100 people have had to move from their tents towards accommodation. there has been interruption of electricity supplies, waterfor inte

the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected millions in two thousand and thirteen and all the worst of storm tendon has passed it will take a long time before this area recovers in theo's time zero. the locals have described how the victims of the flooding had. my. houses were getting flooded but people could no longer exit the homes so they got trapped by the strong water is they were being swept away. and house they used to be a hundred and three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out so that's what happened here only hollings and livelihoods gone and we have nine thousand families as of today that are affected and listed to be in our evacuation center. let's move on to other news now russia says the u.s. is encouraging new plots had an eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u.s. says it will give kiev and hans defense capabilities

of too bad it's probably one of the worst affected areas of one of the worst affected provinces in mindanao we are down river that was the site of a surge of water that came through here if i can stand back and just give you a quick look at the kind of damage and trail of destruction that it left a torrent of water came down here leaving all of these boulders some of them the size of cars these weren't here a couple of days ago taking with it the surge of water more than one hundred houses sadly twenty nine people are confirmed to have died here a number of the bodies are being kept at a makeshift mortuary just a short distance away while the search continues in this area for a further sixteen people who are missing and the search is being conducted some six kilometers downstream it gives you an idea of the strength of the power of the water that came through here all of mindanao like this area are assessing the damage from this storm and looking at ways of being more prepared the next time and the philippines as it is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world does take disaster

hour triggered landslides and flash flooding devastating to higher towns and villages on the island of mindanao the country's second largest tens of thousands of people have been displaced and are spending christmas in emergency shelters i think the poorest pharmacist and i are going to say you know. how. you know i did so and it wasn't. you know but i was at. the moment and i showed that basically. the philippines is battered by around twenty major storms a year and tendin is one of the worst of two thousand and seventeen disaster officials say people ignored warnings to get out of coastal regions and move away from riverbanks among the areas battered by the storm was met our week at lakeside city that was provided months earlier this year under siege by groups sympathetic to i sold more than a thousand people died and around three hundred thousand were displaced. the philippines is still recovering from typhoon haiyan that killed nearly eight thousand people and left two hundred thousand families homeless and central philippines in two thousand and thirteen tropical storm tembin is now making

on mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. and their rescuers. very little communication. and i mean what i'm trying to get. at the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts the philippines is hit by around two dozen major storms each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty million people is rarely hit by the cyclades the region is still covering from typing i am which killed more than seven thousand people. two thousand and thirteen and while storm tembin has passed over the philippines and is heading in the direction the vietnam it will take a long time before this area recovers india's type al-jazeera. richard gordon's voice in that report is the chairman of the philippines red cross he joins me

the filtering congress has approved a one year extension of martial law on the southern island of mindanao president regatta territory says it's necessary for the total eradication of ice a linked groups and communist fighters despite declaring the city a liberated in october military rule was imposed across the region six months ago after hundreds of gunmen seize control of the city more than a thousand people most of them fighters were killed and three hundred fifty thousand people were displaced by that unrest tamil alderman has the latest from manila. the hierarchy of the philippine military and the president legal council's appeal before the joint committee of congress and senate today asking for a full extension of martial law in the region of mindanao and both congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of this extension they cited many reasons they say one despite the liberation of morality over a month now fighting still continues in different areas and violence a spilled over different parts of men the now and for the first time also today the military mentioned the new people's army

sixty thousand fishing boats were ordered not to go to sea all my pride has more from the island of mindanao in the philippines the area worst hit by the storm. this is the township of too bad it's probably one of the worst affected areas of one of the worst affected provinces in mindanao we are down river that was the site of a surge of water that came through here if i can stand back and just give you a quick look at the kind of damage and trail of destruction that it left a torrent of water came down here leaving all of these boulders some of them the size of cars these weren't here a couple of days ago taking with it the surge of water more than one hundred houses sadly twenty nine people are confirmed to have died here a number of the bodies are being kept at a makeshift mortuary just a short distance away while the search continues in this area for a further sixteen people who are missing and the search is being conducted some six kilometers downstream it gives you an idea of the strength of the power of the water that came through here all of mindanao like this area are assessing the

well still ahead here on the philippine president calls for an extension of all the island of mindanao national vote could come wednesday plus. i'm going to have a warning when i'm going to tell you the story of this a laboratory that is working to find the babies that were born to women held in detention centers during the dictatorship in argentina and the nineteen seventies and eighties. hello again the weather has all turned quite quiet across the middle east at the moment we do have this little area of tallis just drifting its way southwards but all it's really doing is bringing some slightly fresh as so back who will see the temperatures no hot of an eleven on wednesday and on thursday no high than around ten towards the west will have a little bit more cloud that we working its way across parts of turkey so i'm korea will see eleven degrees as a maximum and it will be quite a grey and damp day even further towards the south of the winds finally left us here in doha so twenty four degrees will be the maximum we're going to see it will cloud their way over the next few days that co

here in the city of iligan as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy water that overflowed the banks of rivers the river here in l.a. gand it overflowed its banks people have been told to evacuate and it washed away their homes they were living alongside a river that six years ago had a similar flood that washed away this bridge still people return to live here the fact is that with a growing population in mindanao people do tend to occupy vulnerable places river banks hillsides and so on the problem now for rescuers in mindanao is trying to reach more isolated communities especially with the destruction of infrastructure washing away of bridges roads that are closed or simply have been washed away the problem is trying to reach more remote communities with heavy equipment to continue the search for survivors and sadly as time continues it is now less a search for people alive it is more a search for bodies as the death toll and mounts here in this part o

marc lives in mindanao. >> anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> marc: for me, yes. >> anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. >> ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. >> anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. >> marc: yes. >> anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. >> ben: yeah. >> anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. >> ben: yes. dating back to the marcos years even. >> marc: since 1992, 77 journalists were killed. >> anthony: politics here can be deadly. just before christmas in 2009, the maguindanao massacre claimed the lives of 58 people. dozens of whom were journalists. it w

tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception oh yes the heavy rains caused massive flooding and numerous landslides. entire villages were swept away. washed up the like they used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all the homes and livelihoods gone ninety families have been affected in the least that. towns were deep under water with people trapped in their homes. across the affected region at least forty thousand people have been displaced scores a still missing. emergency workers and volunteers have been searching for survivors and victims of. the devastation is widespread and less mud. flattened crops. and entire communities where people have to rebuild their homes and their lives. kremlin critic alexina lani has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election he is hoping to show this he's hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate avan

tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception. the heavy rains caused massive flooding and numerous landslides. entire villages were swept away. there used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all their homes and livelihoods gone ninety families have been affected in the least that. towns were deep under water with people trapped in their homes. across the affected region at least forty thousand people have been displaced scores are still missing. emergency workers and volunteers have been searching for survivors and victims. of the devastation is widespread endless mud. flattened crops. and entire communities where people have to rebuild their homes and their lives. staying in the philippines where people are mourning another tragedy this christmas eve at least thirty seven people are feared dead after a fire broke out at a four story shopping mall firefighters have begun recovering bodies and of thora to say there is no chance of survival for anyone trapped in

wet but nothing significant now unfortunately what mindanao that like before it did so we need to be a bit cautious here current into the winds really ninety five kilometers per hour the way you fight which might be more critical here about five meters i say that because it's heading in and throwing the sea the ocean at the mekong delta or in the science here or in lola's evacuations obviously has taken place now moving still fairly quick it's twenty kilometers per hour moving west which means the thing will stay south of south vietnam but the clouds you see it's a long way north anyway and it's been going to be a rain and a wave risk the storm itself will have it across the gulf of thailand and probably make landfall just sciences southern thailand in the next two days. the weather sponsored by cats on these. a conflict is like god because you create things shining in korea and building full glory yes mean larry shifts her attention to the disaster stricken regions of pakistan building upon traditional techniques and people with the knowledge needed to sustain their societies redbon

tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception. the heavy rains caused massive flooding and numerous landslides. entire villages were swept away. washed they used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all the homes and livelihoods gone ninety families have been affected in the least that. towns were underwater with people trapped in their homes. across the affected region at least forty thousand people have been displaced scores are still missing. emergency workers and volunteers have been searching for survivors and victims. the devastation is widespread endless mud. flattened crops. and entire communities where people have to rebuild their homes and their lives. staying in the philippines where people are mourning another tragedy this christmas eve at least thirty seven people are feared dead after a fire broke out at a four story shopping mall firefighters have begun recovering bodies and authorities say there's no chance of survival for anyone trapped inside c

tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception. the heavy rains caused massive flooding and numerous landslides. entire villages were swept away. washed up they used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all their homes and livelihoods gone ninety families have been affected in the least that. towns were deep under water with people trapped in their homes. across the affected region at least forty thousand people have been displaced scores are still missing. emergency workers and volunteers have been searching for survivors and victims. the devastation is widespread endless mud. flattened crops. and entire communities where people have to rebuild their homes and their lives. kremlin critic alexei ny only has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next year's presidential election of ali is hoping the show of support will persuade officials to overturn a court conviction that bars him from standing as a candidate his considered the strongest potential