japan's capital tokyo cleans up after rain and winds from typhoon haiyan this lashed the city and moved north more than 6000000 people have been advised to leave the area forecasters say this typhoon could be the worst for 6 decades. and it actually shows he has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours post in a time a one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds long stenness official world record because of how he ran the race. i'm max foster thanks for joining us turkish backed forces say they've taken control of. a key border town in northeastern syria it would be the biggest gain since president to enter one's offensive into the region began on wednesday the e.u. and u.s. have criticized the offensive and called for it to stop immediately washington and paris are threatening to impose sanctions on ankara in northern syria the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region and seek safety. bread at last this bakery is one of very few shops still open in commission lee for 2 days now mahmoud has been trying to buy groceries for his family but most shops are

darken skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo 1 as super typhoon haiyan and nightfall approach central japan. just across the narrow waters of tokyo bay a tornado hit the city of. one man was killed as winds overturned his car several others were injured as the twister ripped through homes leaving empty shells. on and. on top of damage from severe winds rain is pounding the region hard. japanese authorities issued a top level emergency rain warning for prefectures around tokyo. authorities say there is an extreme risk of landslides and the japan weather agency warns rainfall could reach record levels. but the agency says haggis is packing dangerous winds of 180 kilometers per hour and gusts of more than 250 kilometers per hour. millions of residents have been told to evacuate areas in the storm's path. are turning to sports now and kenyan runner chipotle gay chip show gives already has done what some previously thought was impossible becoming the 1st person to break the suit our barrier for the marathon to chill gay completed the specially designed course in

japan's capital tokyo shuts down as rain and winds from typhoon haiyan splashed the city more than 6000000 people have been advised to leave the area forecasters say this typhoon could be the worst in 6 decades. an athlete he has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours he posted a time of one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds but he had help on a specially designed. by sir thanks for joining us turkish backed forces say they've taken control of a key border town in northeastern syria that's according to turkey's defense ministry it's the most significant gain since president erda once offensive into the region began on wednesday so. has forced some 100000 people to flee the area meanwhile both france and germany say they will not export arms to turkey that could be used in the syria operation and you foreign ministers planned to meet on monday to discuss the situation. day 4 of the offensive so fierce fighting at the syrian turkish border bombardment by. growing troops continue to make their way towards syria. alarm in the turkish border town of like to cali at least 3 grena

more than a 1000000 people have been advised to evacuate super typhoon haiyan this approach is japan's capital it's expected to batter tokyo with heavy winds and rain to rugby world cup matches on japan's formula one grand prix have been suspended is going to very latest with wayne hale who joins me now from tokyo and of course where is a hurrican right now wayne because its effects are being felt and one assumes that the very well organized japanese will forward tees pen. yes that's right so the storm still have to post all the island of honshu most populated island in japan where for the capital tokyo is located but certainly the capital city and surrounding areas already as you mentioned feeling the effects of this storm that certainly expected to get a lot worse in fact the peak of the strength of this storm here in the capital is expected to come at around 9 o'clock tonight local time so that's in about 5 hours from now we're seeing a lot of heavy rain falling in the city the wind is getting stronger hour by hour again that is expected to get a lot worse as far as the rainfall goe

to the north also more than a 1000000 people in japan have been told to leave their homes as typhoon haiyan based approaches tokyo the storm is expected to batter the capital with record amounts of rain and high winds. and the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire her and that she was removed because of unsounded insults claims marie event of it she testified before members of congress leading in the inquiry into president trump. now ron has condemned what it calls a cowardly attack on one of its oil tankers a government spokesman says it's reviewing evidence after missiles apparently struck a ship off the coast of saudi arabia on friday it also promised to respond to whoever is behind the attack and that followed months of increased tensions in and around the strait of hormuz as a bag has more from tehran. at the time of the incident state media did say it could be a terrorist attack but now iran is proceeding with caution about this attack that took place 60 miles off the side of reagan city of the secretary of the national supreme secu

been found off the coast of the japanese capital after authorities lost track of it during typhoon haiyan b.s. the ship was anchored off the coast of cameras saki city just south of tokyo but contact was lost on saturday local media reports at least 5 of the 12 crew members have been killed and that while 4 people being rescued 3 other. still missing the japanese transport ministry says the crew are from china and vietnam. japan's military is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with rescue and cleanup efforts more than 30 people were killed in the storm and many are still missing when a has more from tokyo those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's famous bullet trains were surro

ramps up rescue efforts as typhoon haiyan this leaves at least 30 people dead. we begin in syria where government forces have struck a deal with the kurdish led syrian democratic forces which will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey the greenman comes in the face of a turkish offensive in northeastern syria that's led to heavy fighting in places the s.d.f. says the deployment of syrian troops will help them liberate areas under the control of turkish forces well they entered northern syria on wednesday and are vance in south turkish forces and their syrian allies have seized control of the main highway known as the m 4 key border towns of the ad and russell lane lie along this road both are now supposedly under turkish control well the m 4 runs east to west through s.t.s. held territory from the iraqi border senator reports now from a jackal a new turkey's border with syria i don't know what the map is changing in north eastern syria turkey and its syrian allies are moving into what her kurdish controlled towns. and the syrian democratic forc

more than a 1000000 people in japan have been told to leave their homes as typhoon haiyan this approach is tokyo the storm is expected to. back to the capitol with record amounts of rain and high winds concerns over safety have forced the cancellation of flights train services and to rugby world cup matches let's throw away in haiti our correspondent who's live for us in the japanese capital where that typhoon is fastly approaching what sort of stage are we at wayne. what we know now so haley's that the storm has made landfall on the eastern coast in central japan so certainly we are seeing some damaging winds along that coastline i think it's fair to say that here in the capital we probably haven't seen this strong wind so far that we were expecting of course they still could be coming we're expecting the intensity to reach its peak here within the next couple of hours so again those strong winds could still be coming i think as far as the capital goes at the moment the most concern centers around flooding we've had very steady rain falling throughout the course of saturday many rivers

at least 3 people have been killed as typhoon haiyan bass made landfall on japan's may 9th and honshu fierce rain and wind has paralyzed tokyo leaving rivers flooded a normally busy streets deserted 9 people still missing the rugby world cup tournament has been disrupted but the namibia versus canada match just cancelled when a has more from tokyo before the storm made landfall in japan people living in its path were urged to take extreme caution and to prepare for the worst because of the damaging winds that it would inevitably bring the heavy rainfall as well that could ultimately lead to widespread flooding in fact forecasters had said that this storm may bring levels of rainfall not seen in japan since a very powerful and devastating typhoon struck tokyo 1958 causing many deaths we've also had millions of people are asked to evacuate and evacuation advisories or evacuation orders many of those people living in areas deemed to be vulnerable to landslides but also in coastal communities where the people are facing multiple threats of course from the strong winds and heavy rain but a

coast more than 6000000 people were advised to evacuate parts of eastern and central japan typhoon haiyan this is one of the worst storms to hit the country in decades at least 30 people are dead and many more are still missing police in hong kong have made dozens of arrests after anti-government protests turned violent footage has emerged of a man being arrested after a police officer was stabbed in the mic near metro station a 2nd person was also taken into custody in a separate incident testers attacked a woman seen helping police clear barricades in the road business is seen as being sympathetic to beijing were vandalized those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one of statement that's what it father drinan your dog be negotiating it we would have had a deal and we would have you know when i return she put a deal and you disagree with that deal this is the terrible truth is that we're still not it was brought to us what you know what a great example maybe his stand there is head to head with the chairman of the u.k. spritzing party reaching the terms very l

and at least 2 people have been killed in japan as typhoon haiyan this makes landfall outside tokyo more than a 1000000 people have been told they should evacuate their homes with the storm forecast to be one of the worst on record for japan. now final campaign rallies are being held in mozambique in the run up to tuesday's general election it will be the 6th vote since the end of the civil war in 1902 ruling from lima party is challenged by its rival renamo and they still tension between them despite signing a final peace deal in august there are 4 people vying for the top. job however the main to our president felipe and you see who is running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with a reduced majority for for lima party he's up against a former fighter also from a mother who is the front man for a number which is a party still plagued by infighting so whoever wins will have to lead mozambique's recovery after 2 site clones and food shortages this year and have to deal with a growing rebellion in the gas rich northern province of carpet or gold at delgado has malcolm webb with more

iran after meeting with president has a little honey japan now so large relief operation is typhoon haiyan is devastates part of the country and kills 23 people. 2 days aeons of voting for the next president choosing between a retired law professor and the media tycoon just released from jail. we begin with breaking news in the u.s. announcing a troop withdrawal from northern syria the pentagon says up to $1000.00 soldiers will be pulling out turkish troops and those syrian allies continue their offensive to push into kurdish controlled towns in the latest advance those forces say they've captured so luke the town is important it will ensure supply routes from turkey as the operation progresses sunday is seen heavy bombardments on other towns near the border and caruso's forces have now entered tell our bureau and they say they've taken control of ras al-ain the fighting is forcing more civilians from their homes though the united nations says under 30000 people have been displaced in a moment we'll cross over live to zona hold on the turkey syria border 1st to rosen in jordan in washingto

capital bottled water instant noodles are the necessities they're all being stockpiled as super typhoon haiyan as closes in weather forecasters expect a deluge of rain and damaging winds in tokyo on saturday. 2 matches at the rugby world cup of been cancelled as a result flights and train services are being disrupted and evacuation warnings have been issued for flood prone low lying areas fightings again broken out in ecuador's capital quito as anti-government anger intensifies at least 5 people have been killed during a week of violent protests demonstrators are angry at new austerity measures introduced by president lenin more than or whatever to higher fuel prices what i know has temporarily moved the government operations out of the capital here's my live for us now with an update bring us up to date manuel. we've had to move just a little bit away from this plaza in downtown key so given that we were unfortunately champa tween one demonstration and a group of anti-riot police we had to sort of move out of the way it's remained very tense here in the ecuadorian capital early on friday morn

super typhoon haiyan is closing in on japan weather forecasters say it threatens to batter the capital tokyo with the heaviest wind and rain in 60 years 2 rugby world cup matches and concerts have been cancelled flights and train services are being disrupted and evacuation warnings issued for flood prone low lying areas but just as a haiti have fought with police in the capital port au prince a day after a journalist was found shot dead in his car demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the president of an illinois a charge police barricades leading to his official residence the killing of reporter mammie joseph happened during a surge in violence that has killed at least 20 people he was known for his coverage of the anti-government protests businesses and schools have been closed for weeks. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talk to others there thanks for watching. cost president threatens to destroy turkey's economy again before find out how conflicts of interest in. lebanon goes from one crisis to another and can gold hit a record high

typhoon haiyan base has made landfall outside tokyo more than $1000000.00 people have been told to evacuate their homes the storm is forecast to be one of the worst on record mari event of it the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department of fire and she was removed because of unfounded and false claims. final campaign rallies are being held in mozambique to the role in the run up to tuesday's general election it will be the 6th vote since the end of the civil war in 1902 the ruling from lima party is challenge by its rival renamo tension remains between them despite signing a final peace deal in august china's president xi jinping has arrived in the pol after a 2 day state visit to india she jingping held talks with prime minister narendra modi on a range of issues including trade but the issue of kashmir and china support of pakistan was apparently off the agenda i would like to state quite categorically that this issue was not resolved and not discussed and therefore there is no question of a my making any further comment on the matter in any case

at least 3 people are being killed and 9 more are missing as typhoon haiyan base passes over japan's may not and. namibia's rugby world cup match against canada due to take place north of tokyo on sunday has just been cancelled. as growing international criticism of turkey's offensive in syria and germany have stopped weapons exports to turkey over the assault on kurdish groups in the north east of the country. have also been protests over turkey's offensive across europe. thousands of people demonstrated in the german capital berlin accusing us president donald trump of betraying the. germany has one of the largest kurdish populations in europe one of the biggest purchase and support of the kurds was in paris where thousands of people took to the streets but brennan has more from the french capital. turkish military offensive in northern syria is of particular concern in france and the reason why is because around 150000 turkish people living here after the 2nd largest got his community in the diaspora but it's a 2nd only to germany now several 1000 of them have started out just a c

people dead the military has been deployed to help in a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon haiyan this hit tokyo on saturday before moving north and the 24 hour curfew in ecuador's capital quito has been extended indefinitely to your ongoing violent protests there and create new austerity measures that lead to higher fuel prices you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera one of one east is next. thank you philippines president roderigo deterred a self-proclaimed war on drugs has been blamed for thousands of alleged extrajudicial killing fields. now on the island of negroes he's launched another bloody war against a communist insurgency. but many say in reality it's a brutal campaign to annihilate his critics. that the death toll mounts one a one east investigates ditto days knew. this was. true he was standing right here and this store owner was sitting right there were at the scene of a targeted killing and just suddenly. this this mother's act stopped over there and faced them and called out history they knew who he was being the only laws they said then and then ben loo

and more than a 1000000 people have been advised to evacuate a super typhoon haiyan base approaches japan's capital to rugby world cup matches have been suspended. breaking news that kenya's star marathon runner kept chug a has become the 1st man to run the mouth and in under 2 hours he completed the distance in one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds he was just under 26 seconds short of the target 2 years ago in italy and of course he broke that record just a few moments ago crossing the line in a very warm vienna to those rapturous welcome and certainly rapturous celebrations that have begun there it's not an official world record as such but he has certainly got and maintains the current world record because of the way that that marathon was run with usa guard now with the brothers with him to. stop wind resistance and everything the critics of this particular race really say it wasn't run under the normal marrissa the extremes of a large crowd of runners a group of runners but of course a lot more analysis on that a major achievement for him and another milestone in athletics regardless of

begun a day after one of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in decades made landfall typhoon haiyan bits paralyze the capital on saturday before moving to the north it brought unprecedented rainfall that cause floods and landslides in some areas then a half a 1000000 homes are without power when he has the latest now from tokyo. we were told to expect a short sharp storm and that is exactly what happened as you can see it is a clear blue sky day in the capital tokyo on sunday in stark contrast to what we saw on saturday with a lot of rain falling and some very strong winds we still have some wind about but no sign of that rain certainly coastal areas on saturday saw some damaging winds but the main feature of this storm seems to have been the huge amount of rain that fell causing flooding in many areas and indeed there are still alerts in place for some of those areas because the rivers this wall and they have burst their banks in some places and also the reservoirs are very full so the authorities have given the green light for some of those dams to release water meaning that there

typhoon haiyan business made landfall outside tokyo the storm is forecast to be one of the worst on record. now the iranian government is condemning what it calls a cowardly attack on one of its oil tankers a government spokesman says it's reviewing evidence after missiles apparently struck a ship off the coast of saudi arabia on friday it also promised to respond to whoever is responsible for the attack as a bag has more from the her around. at the time of the incident state media did say could be a terrorist attack but now iran is proceeding with caution about this attack that took place 60 miles off the side of reagan city of now the secretary of the national supreme security council has issued a statement he called the incident piracy an evil an incident that would not go on said he said that the committee has been formed to investigate the incident but the available video did have some clues now we don't know what he's referring to in terms of those clues but he has said that ring in 10 cars have been targeted in the past and he said that the responsibilities of the consequences of th

to hear if very crucial rugby match will go ahead in the wake of typhoon haiyan this. well here it is this is typhoon and the just as the joint typhoon warning center has put out the latest update you can see just ahead of this storm actually making landfall look at this massive cloud of cold to conditions have been really deteriorating in the last few hours so the winds have come down as we expected right now the sustained at about 160 kilometers now gusting trying $195.00 and what it has done is actually pick up forward motion say is the moving of it quick in the last year as they've been to the north northwest same direction but a kilometers an hour now at the moment it's about 200 kilometers the southwest of yokosuka which is just to the south of take here and this is showing you where the bulk of the rains are going to be heading over the next $24.00 and they eventually 48 hours so this is it by sunday because it's moving very quickly so as it comes on shore evening hours probably around 89 o'clock local time in tokyo it will move very rapidly across the eastern p

reporting from quito thank you manuel now at least 2 people have been killed in japan as typhoon haiyan this makes landfall outside tokyo the storm is forecast to be one of the worst on record meteorologists warning of unprecedented rainfall which could lead to floods and mudslides in several prefecture and more than a 1000000 people have also been told to leave their homes reporting from tokyo here's wednesday. before the storm made landfall in japan people living in its path were urged to take extreme caution and to prepare for the worst because of the damaging winds that it would inevitably bring the heavy rainfall as well that could ultimately lead to widespread flooding in fact forecasters had said that this storm may bring levels of rainfall not seen in japan since a very powerful and devastating typhoon struck tokyo 1958 causing many deaths we've also had millions of people are asked to evacuated and evacuation advisories or evacuation orders many of those people living in areas deemed to be vulnerable to landslides but also in coastal communities where the people are facing mult

japan ramps up rescue efforts as typhoon haiyan best leaves at least 30 people dead. we begin in syria where government forces have struck a deal with the kurdish led syrian democratic forces which will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey the agreement comes in the face of a turkish offensive in northern syria that's led to heavy fighting the s.d.f. says the deployment of syrian troops will help them for a year is one of the control of turkish forces al-jazeera zenyatta reports now from the turkey's border with syria oh my god the map is changing in north eastern syria turkey and it's syrian allies are moving into what we're kurdish controlled towns. and the syrian democratic forces are pushed from a 120 kilometer stretch of territory along the turkish syria border and 30 kilometers south. that is where turkish led forces now control an important supply line the m 4 highway that connects western syria to iraq it seems phase one of turkey's air and ground operation to eliminate what it considers and national security threat on its border has been co

dead the military is deploying soldiers to help with a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon haiyan has hit tokyo on saturday before moving north. more than 7000000 voters in 2 days you are choosing their next president the election is a test of the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 arab spring about arafat's. millions of voters into his yard deciding who becomes the 2nd democratically elected president since the 2011 revolution enjoying a surge in support mainly among the young law professor an independent has promised to overhaul state institutions fight corruption and invest in marginalized. his rival media tycoon is popular in poor areas where his charity has been active over the last few years has pledged to and poverty and create jobs and it is for millions of people. the president must find solutions to the economy improve security and rein in the soaring price of food it's unbelievable you buy a commodity for a price and tomorrow it's incredibly more expensive than the health care must be address health care who you mentioned be given more opportunity the 1st round of t

in other world news the death toll in japan from typhoon haiyan base has risen to 68 as rescuers continue their search for those still missing areas of the country remain flooded with mud and debris covering the streets the typhoon hit japan on saturday dumping historic rainfall and unleashing strong winds thousands of people are still sheltering in evacuation centers with homes left without water and electricity across the country friday salami has the latest from tokyo. many people expect this but i still. feel good right now again because i know what i'm going to have a good thing to fix shuttle flights if that station that many of the small communicates small villages where many end of the are living around the 1000 homes side of oxley or totally destroyed because of the flooding. we have to understand that the main effect of this cycle in which we want is which is one of the strongest getting it done last 50 years wasn't it wasn't that usually in the past when that other use of rainfall they said around 1000000000 users and somebody else went on this some months i can relate so about

been found off the coast of the japanese capital after authorities lost track of it during typhoon haiyan base. the ship was anchored off the coast of callus aka city just south of tokyo but contact was lost on saturday local media reports at least 5 of the 12 crew members have been killed and that while for people to be rescued 3 others still missing the japanese transport ministry says the crew are from me and ma china and vietnam meanwhile tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to help with rescue and cleanup efforts after the typhoon ripped through the country's eastern coast at least 26 people were killed in the storm and many more still missing when he said this report from tokyo those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way man

continue to sweep the capital city but just as angry about austerity measures and high fuel prices typhoon haiyan bass's made landfall in japan killing 2 people with 9 others missing highest level disaster warning has been issued at around 7300000 people have been placed under non-compulsory evacuation orders public transport in tokyo has been suspended. 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in the village of sound loss in northern the king of france so 2 others were seriously wounded when a gunman entered the mosque on friday during prayers and opened fire so morsy is near the border with mali and home to armed groups linked to al qaeda and i saw. rival unionist and pro independence rallies i gathered in catalonia is regional capital barcelona spain marks its national day celebrations have been overshadowed by internal tensions of the upcoming sentencing of catalan separatist leader is a major cleanup operations continuing along the coastline of northeastern brazil following a massive oil spill at least 150 beaches have been affected so far it's not clear where the oil has come fro

more than a 1000000 japanese people have been advised to leave their homes as super typhoon haiyan this approach is tokyo one of the strongest ever storms in japan is expected to batter the capital with record amounts of rain and high winds to rugby world cup matches have been cancelled because of safety concerns and flights and train services stops the u.s. and china have struck a partial deal that could lead to the end of the 15 month long trade war between the world's 2 largest economies donald trump talks with china's vice premier and suspend the tariff increases on $250000000000.00 worth of chinese imports to you to take effect on choose day because she asians for a complete agreement are expected to take 5 weeks. washington's a former ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire her and she was removed because the unfounded and false claims marie evanovich gave testimony to members of congress leading an impeachment inquiry into the us president is investigating whether president trump pressured ukraine's president it investigating his democratic

typhoon haiyan has made landfall outside of tokyo more than a 1000000 people have been told they should evacuate their homes the storm is forecast to be one of the worst on record for japan. and there's a possible break in the u.s. china trade war that's. on the way since july of 28 the world's 2 largest economies of greed on what they call phase one of a deal as a result donald trump a suspended to $250000000000.00 terrified on chinese imports that was due to go into effect on tuesday. the iranian government has condemned what it calls a cowardly attack on one of its oil tankers a government spokesman says it's reviewing evidence the missiles apparently struck the ship off the coast of saudi arabia on friday it also promised to respond to whoever is behind the attack this is of course follows months of increased tension in and around the strait of hormuz. at the time of the incident state media did say it could be a terrorist attack but now iran is proceeding with caution about this attack that took place 60 miles off the saudi arabian city of now the secretary of the national supreme

professor or a media tycoon just released from jail and a major cleanup operation underway after typhoon haiyan us brits through japan killing at least 23 p. . with the latest from europe including a top level meeting in paris as the deadline draws ever closer for potential breaks it deal. and in sports hosts japan have pulled off a historic win at the rugby world cup victory over scotland saw them reach the quarter finals for the 1st time in tournament history. so we're starting with syria where state t.v. is reporting that the syrian army is now sending troops to confront turkish forces in the north of the country earlier we also had the u.s. announcing a major troop withdraw from the area with the pentagon saying up to $1000.00 soldiers will be pulling out as turkish troops allies continue their offensive into kurdish controlled towns in the latest advance those forces they have captured so look this town is important because it ensures supply routes from turkey as the operation goes on sunday so heavy bombardments in other towns 2. forces have now entered. and they've taken control of him b