and that is a good city after city and philippines. the entire is overtaken and overall the death for filipinos is 1.1 million. they died in world war ii according to government counties yeah japanese, much smaller, 1.6 million. which is more than two civil wars. world war ii and the philippines is the bloodiest if it that ever happened on u.s. soil. by a lot. and it is often not in u.s. history textbooks. often not in service of the united states. because generally when the u.s. history we are reading history of the mainland. were not reading the history of the entire thing. so the u.s. history that happened off of the mainland, don't always factor in. two stories we tell. the dean of the work, and the wreckage of manila, i have this account from a boy who was there. illiterate. he was just a young boy at the time and he met a g.i. whose handing out and gave ospreys and chocolate. and oscar looked at him and said, thank you very much. in the g.i. lifted oscar and we have this on from oscar's account was very confused. look to him and

no one wanted for you has reemerged in the philippines nearly 2 decades after being eradicated in the country. to find out why and look at what's being done to halt the outbreak also coming up. another weekend of hong kong protests follows a similar pattern but a warning from china does not president xi jinping indicate how much he's willing to tolerate. laskin flooding across japan as one of the last 60 years it's the island nation. i'm british welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us it's a threat the philippines thought it had ended when it did but it's back after 19 years for you'll at least 2 children have been found to have contracted the virus it has also been detected in sewerage in manila and a waterway in the south of the country the government has declared an outbreak and efforts are being made to immunize billions of children by some estimates 3 out of 5 children in the philippines and not immunized against a 4 year old boy is a highly contagious disease that spreads through person to person contact and immunization is the only way to prevent it. one of us has be

health emergency to hit the philippines. after the measles and brick and build these together the lives of more than $1500.00 people what does that say about the philippines is. the philippine health care infrastructure is insufficient and it's got more bad news because for 2020 the health care budget has been slashed by about 10000000000 paso's or the women of about 175000000 euro this is going to affect the manpower that's needed by the health department for monitoring and surveillance programs of for it's like this one with polio and i think we also have a think about how the vaccine scare is continuing to impact the public's perception of vaccines there's been a massive loss of trust in vaccines and in the public health care system now the budget that would have been used to fund education programs and information campaigns to bring back that trust has now been slashed the health care department definitely had its job cut out for it and speaking to us from manila thank you very much for that. thank you. in just a few wor

encouraging violence in the philippines the philippines president has asked for catholic bishops to be killed and for female rebels to be violently punished now is vice president. violent rhetoric like that is the wrong message from the president. it would have been that there if he had not. said. there's a sense of encouragement that. this would be binary. and in hong kong a mosque but pushes protesters out onto the streets we look at how full months of these protests are already impacting local businesses. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us it's been described as nothing but a large scale murdering enterprise and by official estimates it's claimed more than 6000 lives other testaments that are out of policed double that and yet it continues its philippines president drug addicted to so-called war on drugs a war now being investigated by the u.n. human rights council it's a campaign that's a broad term at loggerheads with his own vice president lenny robredo philippians law she was elected separately from deter and this from another party in an exclusive interview with

develop a news story this morning the president of the philippines is in russia right now for a 5 day visit here in the studio we're joined by his communications secretary to discuss the ties between. the top story this hour. the ones with calls for you today north korea and the u.s. is set to resume stalled nuclear talks in sweden with both sides testing ballistic weapons in the days leading up to that big meeting. a story for you pay a christian doctor there fails to get his sacking overturned an employment tribunal coming after his refusal to use female pronouns for a transgender woman while the hearing ruled that was incompatible with human dignity we hear from the doctor involved. with the group i desire not to be forced to do something that i cannot do. by the very good morning just 10 10 am here in moscow this friday the 4th of october live reality will these entries kevin on the 30 minute will run and as you just heard the president of the philippines is in russia right now on his 2nd visit since he's been in office roderigo to arrive 2 days ago and has met with the russian pr

central philippines. now the 1st person ever to perform a space walk has died at the age of 85 the russian cosmonauts alexina not made history in 1965 when he floated outside of the spacecraft for just over 12 minutes the mission almost derailed though when the end of a spacesuit filled with air which left him struggling to get back into his capsule he went on to lead the soviet part of the 1st joint u.s.s.r. u.s. space flight 10 years later. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. officials say some american troops were withdrawn from a military position in northern syria but came out of turkish artillery fire it appears the outpost did not take a direct hit turkish forces have now pushed 8 kilometers deeper into territory held by many kurdish fighters in syria and u.n. says more than 100000 people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive. the u.s. is sending $800.00 additional troops to saudi arabia the pentagon confirm that military hardware will also be sent to bolster the kin

to gain a foothold in the philippines. and. we meet someone who witnessed the battle for murali the people they thought it's a joke how can you attack a cd. and they cost tens of thousands of people. it's unthinkable but it happened and the terrorism plays its part because it can explode with a breakout any time you are run out of notre dame look maan is a historian and a member of a powerful muslim family nonetheless he has to ask the army for permission to accompany us into the center of morality it's now an exclusion zone the city has a population of 200000. is not allowed to enter his house not all the booby traps and explosive devices in the area have been cleared away. soldiers tell us where we may go and how long we may stay people here called the exclusion zone ground 0 tens of thousands have lost their homes. this used to be the central mosque. he used to come here and scream here and pray for the dead. artillery mortar our helicopter gunships jet fighters. everything west's. bombs placed. i was watching it the whole t

her apartment was 7642nd apartment in the philippines. she had a skype connection you could sit there and hear the roosters crow. the first place she felt comfortable was in the hospital. not because the work was easy thatat the difficulties that was a vehicle of assimilation. in the point here comparatively one reason why the gender - - united states is better to immigrate immigrants than europete because they have higher unemployment rates it's easier to get the entry level job. so with her work she didn't take an american job. hospitals for years would offer a 5000-dollar bonus they came from florida and oklahoma but they would not stay. she didn't take the job from america but filled it that they had not been able to fill and in doingee so helped the community's health care. also with her life as a nurse she is really good atd it. it was wonderful to see it they gave me scrubs and permission to follow herde around on the ward. i'm sure that's walking hip a violation. [laughter] but but it was in the produce aisle of a walmart one woma

we're on mindanao the 2nd biggest island of the philippines. it's in the south of the country a little smaller than south korea and famous for its natural beauty. this is also the site of one of the longest running conflicts in asia it's mainly a conflict between the christian majority and the muslim minority more than 100000 have been killed over the past decades. may 2017 saw a catastrophic development the self-proclaimed islamic state also known as i got involved in the conflict. with just a few 100 fighters that seized the mainly muslim town of mirali and held it for 5 months. the consequences were devastating. the philippine president rodrigo to tear known for his brutal 0 tolerance approach proceeded to bomb the city. we want to find out how it was possible for us to gain a foothold in the philippines. we meet someone who witnessed the battle for murali. the people thought it's a joke proceeding. and they cost tens of thousands of people. it's unthinkable but it happened and this is how terrorism place it's like because it can explode bre

we start with the philippine star, which leads with president duterte's visit to russia. it carries a picture of the two leaders, who agreed during talks in sochi to pursue stronger defence cooperation and closer economic ties. the south china morning post reports on the fatal bus crash in the north district of hong kong. the paper says a woman has died and 1a people were injured in a accident involving two vehicles. finally, the straits time features a story about the new mega tuas port in singapore. it quotes the port operator saying that the port is set to be the world's largest fully automated terminal when completed in 2040. now, lewis, a daring escape in colombia is getting lots of attention online. yes, rico. it was a trip to the dentist with an unexpected ending. keep your eye on the left of the screen. you'll see a woman jump down into view from the building above. she is aida merlano, a congresswoman who has beenjailed for corruption, and she gave her guards the slip after persuading them to let her go for a tooth whitening session. an accomplice on a motorbike

in secure central philippines. still ahead on al-jazeera frustration and anger. says the number of people living in overcrowded conditions skyrockets more follow up on the blockade of qatar al-jazeera has become a target every year a campaign of u.s. targeting assad to our marathon and he has more on saturday's world record attempt . hello not everywhere in southern china had its fair share is seasonal rains for example so to see anything developing now have is a bit of a bonus it should be a dry season but as you can see there's rain developing in the west some rain developing from hong kong moving north as to where it's wanted so that's in the forecast for saturday and probably sunday we haven't really talked in the dry and northeast monsoon despite the northeast winds however where the rain should be and they are through malaysia and drifting down towards into the not a huge number of big showers here not judging this satellite picture but the main belt is fairly obvious and it's roughly speaking here and going south if it develops showers lucky you it won't a

at least if germany had hitler, the philippines would have had, you know, me. li >> vigilante-style ks. many spect policinvolvement. >> preside duterte is delivering with a vengeance on his promises: mass extra-judicial kilngs. >> my campaign against drugsp will not stil the last pusher and the last drug lord are... (mimics throat slicing) (cheers and plause) (crowd chanting "duterte!") (yelling in filipino language) >> the public has been largely supportive of duterte's ruthless methods, but that may finally be changing. octavio deimos (speaking filipino languaggu: il (sirens g) (man calling to attention) (applauding) >> please take a seat. >> we really want change. we want to make a difference, my dear friends.th we want to makfuture of caloocan the home of the discipline. (man calling to atteion) >> it's very important to win the hearts and minds of the pele. we do not want to kill. no. if we can resolve things thout having death penalty, then why n? okay, showtime. are you ready? >> ready, sir. >> fire one round and holster. and remember, gentlemen-- (speaking filipino language) re

. >> another night, another killing in the philippine government's war on drugs. >> all of this openly encouraged by president duterte in what has become open season for anyone f suspected of being tied to drugs. >> his orders to his people and his police: ill them." at least if germany had hitler, the philippines would have had, you know, me. >> vigilante-style killings.-s many spect police involvement. >> preside duterte is delivering with a vengeance on his promises: mass extra-judicial kilngs. >> my campaign against drugs will not stop until the last pusher and the last drug lord are... (mimics throat slicing) (cheers and plause) (crowd chanting "duterte!") (yelling in filipino language) >> the public has been largely supportive of duterte's ruthless metho, but that may finally be changing. octavio deimos (speaking filipino languaggu: (sirens wailing) (man calling to attention) (applauding) >> please take a seat. >> we really want change. we want to make a difference, my dear friends. we want to make the future of caloocan the home discipline. (man calling to attention) >> is very

the peace program it's possible to do in the philippines and was for a time the only pressure. training center outside of germany after training graduates can be deployed to porsche dealerships abroad. here at the government's leading technical education and vocational school. teaches automotive servicing the institution trains more than $2000000.00 people a year in a variety of trade skills automotive servicing is one of the most popular courses it's 6 months now so what about those not of the 6 months training you can already find a job there is a high demand for technical skills not just in the philippines but also abroad the one back at the porsche's training facility ronald tees on says he's planning his next steps after graduation. i plan is to continue my career with these i get to know whether abroad. many young filipinos could yet follow a drawn out tees on sport steps in obtaining a vocational education but with government help earlier this year a law was passed in the philippines granting free access to technical vocational training to qualified recipients in hope of

dog an al-jazeera marry in secure central philippines. kenya's marathon runner has become the 1st athlete to run a marathon in under 2 hours it was a specially arranged event in the austrian capital they completed the distance of one hour 50 on minutes and 40 seconds 2 years ago initially he was just 26 seconds short of the target he succeeded this time helped by excellent air quality in vienna and almost completely flat running which. i doubt he is the man to run under 2 hours you know that inspire him at many people to tell people to turn or your mind is limited to it i'm expecting more of that the missing piece of the oil to run under 2 hours after the break. an irish running writer explains now why the treatment is not being recognized as an official record . there are 3 different reasons this one count with the world governing body i have left is no fish a world record the 1st of those is that good job he was the only competitor it has to be an actual defacto competitive race to come to the world record also he was handed his drinks

the president of the philippines is there in russia right now on his 2nd official visit since he took office seize met with a russian president in the southern city assault she was no bucket of moscow for business for him promoting trade and investment ties between both countries earlier i was joined here in the studio by his communication secretary martin. the relationship of russia and the philippine government has improved a lot the relationship is better than ever as you can see since that the became president of the for the peace 2016 and we started. towards a path of independent foreign policy investments coming from russia has increased 100 percent it is now to about $1300000000.00 because china a bit of a hot topic in some of the dispute of the south china sea is that being resolved to you making them some some headway that the philippines is. the side that have committed to resolve this issue in a peaceful and diplomatic manner the entire relationship of the philippines and china is not dependent on the issue of the west philippine sea we also have other relationships we have

dog and al-jazeera maria in secure central philippines. all the news of course on our website they were it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot. com for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. officials say some american troops have withdrawn from a military position in northern syria that came out of turkish artillery fire though it appears the outpost did not take a direct hit turkish forces are not pushed 8 kilometers deeper into territory held by many kurdish fighters in syria the u.n. says more than 100000 people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive. zana has the latest near turkey's border with syria. this incident according to the u.s. defense department turkish fire landed close to a u.s. base in the words in their statement our base was close to being hit by turkish fire and the turks are aware we are present now the turkish defense ministry is denying that they targeted this outpost and that this outpost was even hit according to the turkish defense ministry we took p

dug an al-jazeera maria in secure central philippines. well still ahead of al jazeera in sport candy a star marathon runner smashes another record details with sun are off to break. my fast symons we're all. taken by the chinese government all the work to stay with most stay with my wife and so on this is a really human rights abuses of our time we decided to talk about it. just. tell the world. the truth about china systematic repression of the week is. tell the world coming soon on al-jazeera the next episode of techno the team looks into the environmental impact of waste management trash as a big bill goes forth with a smelly bill thanks to the complexities of recycling when these different plastics are landed together recycling becomes difficult to impossible and the science that offer a solution is very easy for us to have 100 percent recycled material techno on al-jazeera . welcome back sports fans time to catch up on the games with santa i think they're like to thank you all kenya has a new day keeps on going has made the aesthetic

dug and al jazeera america in secure central philippines. well let's get some record breaking sports news right some. figure 78 years elude capture gay has made history has become the 1st person to run a marathon in on the 2 hours that by thousands of fans in vienna and the impact champion posted a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds the feat of the won't be recognized by the world's governing body this was that could kill the 2nd attempt to break the record having missed it by just 26 seconds 2 years ago. it took another $66.00 i tightened. after i've had just the man to run under 2 hours not inspire many many people to tell you mine is limited. i'm expecting more. for the world record holder run up and down a 4.8 kilometer stretch of straight road if yanna was selected because of the favorable climate good air quality and flat terrain he was assisted by 41 rotating pacemakers who helped. maintain the required speed they were grouped in an ira dynamic formation to shield the canyon from the wind was handed his drinks and energy gels

philippines ise not a big trading country. however, we've seen export sales drop. a lot of our exports go to china and are put in packages or computers that go to the u.s. with the trade war, their sales are down, so our sales are down as well. the other thing we have experienced is that interest rates for us are a little bit higher than what we expected. i think it is the uncertainty factor in the market that is driving this. there are headwinds. although the philippines is well-positioned, we are still feeling the ill effects of this trade war. kathleen: how ill are the effects? when you look at the third quarter, when you look at me be missing your growth target for this year, how much of it has to do with the slowdown in spending at the beginning of the year and how much progress have you made on catching up on the spending plan? >> on catching up, we have started to make very good progress. we are hitting our spending targets now, and we definitely will make a very good effort in catching up and will probably end up with a growth figure ,round 6% for this year

the week long pen international congress was held as the philippines slips further towards the bottom of the press freedom list jamila reports from manila. feeling they are poets novelists journalists writers from all over the world have been in manila for a major literary gathering over the past. but one chair remains empty. and. his loss is felt deeply here is a. mexican pool with a bit of both the star reads verses about the killings often connected to the drugs war in her country at least 11 mexican journalists have been murdered this year. the tyranny has taken root she says and the world must not forget. the whole writes about how political turmoil in hong kong has turned streets into a battleground. it's a message often repeated here writers from uganda ukraine and indonesia also read their prose almost all with the same underlying theme they say repressive regimes are tightening their grip over freedom of expression it's no coincidence that the penn literary congress one of the largest and will gatherings of writers from all over the world is be hosted for the 1st time in the

migration is to that philippines what cars were to detroit. going all the way to the philippines. i was a little worried that the story might be to settle as an outsider to grasp. they have the remittance tally strung up ten stories high. a quarter billion migrants had spread out. is not just about the size. it is that ubiquity. ireland has its first african born mayor. every country in that story differs. the underlying dynamics are the same. instant communication spreads word that opportunity awaits. captured by the global sweep of the story i decided to turn the magazine article into a book built around rosalie in the family. from a book writer's perspective there's one problem. it would seem esoteric. i went back and forth on this for a while. i want to do this anyway. as can be in obscure project. i'm excited about it. i side of the contract. i met her in manila. and things got off to a rocky start. she spent her whole life trying to get to the united states. it was amazing how little she knew about it. i took her to the lincoln memorial. martin luther king was she expected d

the town in the essential philippines is replaced an almost all male police force with female offices it's part of a wider government effort to promote women in the workplace to meet and in to guide has more. they are on a mission not just to apprehend criminals but to break stereotypes. these police officers are the 1st all female police force in the country sorry matters marry young police or pulleys mary's as they are called are from the town of maria in c.q. who are in the central philippines male police officers who were previously assigned here have all been moved elsewhere this is seen as a trail blazing move by colonel angela handel who is also the 1st female police director of the city hall or she said she knows how tough it is for females to rise through the police ranks we have women legislators we have women in in the congress we also have women presidents and why not 4 day philippine national police around 20 female police officers now staff this station assigned to protect around 12000 residents and although their arrival is celebrated here the pressure to deliver is fel

dug an al-jazeera maria in secure central philippines. thank. him back it's time to catch up on all the headlines now turkish forces and their allies say they've seized control of the center of ras al-ain a key syrian border town after 4 days of heavy fighting kurdish forces are disputing that claim though. 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 h

it is also fairly something that has happened to a lot of people who live in the philippines who have been targeted for assassinations.>> in august, lee was shot for times outside of his home in a mountainous region in the northern philippines. the human rights activists believe he was targeted because he was fighting for the rights of indigenous people. >>> leth talk more about whether. they went, kyla grogan is in for steve paulson. what is the latest? >>> we have some good news. we were expecting the wind to re-up down and it has done that earlier than was expected. the unfortunate news is that we have another wind event coming our way tuesday into wednesday. let's talk about where we are right now. you're under 10 mph all across the bay area, that is what you hope for. a little closer to the kincade fire, you can see that the humidity levels here looking at healdsburg, about 33% heading up to coverage up a little higher in elevation the wind picks up and receive the humidity levels drop. an indication of what firefighters are dealing with. we are under the red flag warning until 1

the week long pen international congress was held as the philippines slips further towards the bottom of the press freedom list. dogon reports. they are poets novelists journalists writers from all over the world have been in manila for a major literary gathering over the past. but one chair remains empty. and. his loss is felt deeply here is a. mexican pool with a star reads verses about the killings often connected to the jugs war in her country at least 11 mexican journalists have been murdered this year. the tyranny has taken root she says and the world must not forget. the whole writes about how political turmoil in hong kong has turned streets into a battleground. it's a message often repeated here writers from uganda ukraine and indonesia also read their prose almost all with the same underlying theme they say repressive regimes are tightening their grip over freedom of expression it's no coincidence that the pen literary congress one of the largest and will gatherings of writers from all over the world is be. for the 1st time in the philippines which has slipped further down t

government that number is expected to rise in many areas of the southern philippines dabbles city of adults or province in north about the province a lot of the areas remain cut off the power lines are down it is believed also that communication lines are inconsistent but the philippine government assures that all resources are being put together to ensure that the basic needs are given immediately nearly 5 months of protests have pushed hong kong's economy into recession the city has now recorded negative growth in 2 consecutive quarters it's the 1st time hong kong has slid into recession since the 2008 global financial crisis u.s. china trade war has also slow the economy. well china will roll out the world's largest 5 g. mobile phone network on friday the launch is a key step in beijing's ambitions to become a global technology superpower at a time when it remains locked in a trade war with the us florence louis has more from beijing. china is not the 1st country to roll out 5 g. network to the public the u.s. and south korea have already done so for the launch on friday means chi

. >>> a human rights advocate from san francisco is shot while working in the philippines. later tonight we were there when he returned home for the first time in 10 years. >> today the 49ers did something they haven't done in 26 years. >> also an update on the kincade fire still burning out of control in sonoma county. after the break we speak to a former fema investigator. >> crews are working 24 hour shifts to try to put the fire out. we talked with some firefighters about the toll that takes on them. >> closed captioning for the 10:00 news brought to you by mancini sleep world. rest easy with huge savings during our tax free mattress sale. visit sleepworld.com. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ >>> today's powerful winds fanned the flames in sonoma county. the kincade fire jumped in size to m

repente more ahead on the news hour including an earthquake kills that several people in the philippines bringing down buildings damaged by quakes earlier in the week with strong winds and wildfires outside los angeles threatening hundreds of homes and. a bad night steph curry is the warriors' injury voice continued joe would have the details in. local media and syria reporting at least 9 people have died in a car bomb in the country's west of happen in a fleeing in the aleppo countryside they have been several bombings in the region since turkey began its offensive in northern syria earlier this month. now the iraqi military says one person has been killed after 2 rockets were fired into baghdad's heavily fortified green zone it happened shortly after another incident at a nearby bridge during a weeklong protest what nessus a security forces shot at least one protester dead and injured many more norbert unmanly reports. defying clouds of tear gas and reports of live ammunition these protesters a tearing down concrete barriers their aim to reach the highly secured green zone government o

your essential philippines. in ecuador there has been more fighting between police and indigenous communities in fact the live pictures coming out from the capital quito with thousands of people turned out for a 10th day of protests against austerity. has our report now from time to. time clashes between police and protesters in ecuador's capital city show no sign of relenting police used flash bang grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds. demonstrators say authorities have also used live ammunition against peaceful protesters. 6 the ongoing protests have paralyzed much of downtown. amidst the chaos and clouds of tear gas medical patients could be seen fleeing nearby hospitals you know no see much the numbers just over the face of us we couldn't have imagined a situation it's horrifying to see people fighting one another for a few words. after more than a week of unrest indigenous demonstrators continue to run from across the country to participate in the ongoing anti-government demonstrations some travelin

and people like him who came illegal from the philippines. >> i'm glad that you mention what had you are talking about with respect to houston and some of the sanctuary problems that we have, i mentioned earlier, jared vargas is unfortunately in san antonio, gotten to know wonderful mom, lori, christian, wonderful family. they're just blown away by the state and they're really hurt, right, they lost a loved one and what i will hear from some critics, there are crimes committed by american citizens and try to play percentages about who does more. this is somebody who is here who wasn't supposed to be here. by the way, the 900,000 people that came across the border, 600,000, we are not performing adequate screening and even if 1% of coming are bad people and associated with ms13 or gangs, that's a lot of people, that's 9,000 people. >> yeah. >> i wonder, can you talk about the angel families, the direct impact on american citizens and one last point, a lot of people don't know the stash houses an abuses that continue. we found a stash house, we meaning the united states government, peo

the british ambassador to the philippines is daniel pruce. in may, he and other concerned eu and foreign ambassadors approach the philippine authorities to express concern over standards in the facility. clearly i could see from my time there that the overcrowding is an issue. access to basic facilities is an issue. my sense is that there is a genuine determination to address these issues. i think there were plans to expand the facilities as well. you raised concerns. i just wondered if you spoke also about the solitary confinement of some of the brits, they have been stuck in this room for days without decent food, bad water. have you raised this allegation with the authorities? where in that case, or other cases, any of our detainees have concerns about their treatment, obviously we raise them. obviously we escalate them. there are limitations in terms of what we can do. we can't get people out of detention, but we absolutely do everything we can to represent their interests with the authorities who are detaining them, to ensure their right

was held as the philippines slips further towards the bottom of the press freedom list. dogon reports. they are poets novelists journalists writers from all over the world have been in manila for a major literary gathering over the past. but one chair remains empty. and. his loss is felt deeply here is a. mexican pull with the star reads verses about the killings often connected to the drugs war in her country at least 11 mexican journalists have been murdered this year. the tyranny has taken root she says and the world must not forget. whole writes about how political turmoil in hong kong has turned streets into a battleground. it's a message often repeated here writers from uganda ukraine and indonesia also read their prose almost all with the same underlying theme they say repressive regimes are tightening their grip over freedom of expression it's no coincidence that the penn literary congress one of the largest and will gatherings of writers from all over the world is being hosted for the 1st time in the philippines which has slipped further down the world press fre

government that number is expected to rise in many areas of the southern philippines city. or province and north of about the province a lot of the areas remain cut off the power lines are down and it is believed also that communication lines are inconsistent but the philippine government assures that all resources are being put together to ensure that that basic needs are given immediately the israeli army has arrested a prominent palestinian politician during a raid on her home in the occupied west bank city of ramallah hama does not as a former member of the palestinian legislative council she's also a leading figure in the popular front for the liberation of palestine that's a party that has been banned by israel is daughter posted on social media saying more than 70 soldiers and at least 12 military vehicles were involved in the raid. just as her previous detentions by the israeli forces the 1st one being on april 25th teen where she was held for 15 months and the 2nd one odd july 2 in july 2nd 2017 where she was held for 18 months and this time as well my mom was deta

that's what we saw in the philippines. these groups won't isis groups before. it was around a dozen groups that came under the brand of isis suitable be really interesting to see as isis continues to fracture, whether power will go and of course, is sitting on the side, very effectively regaining territory throughout africa and in afghanistan. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your insight, jacinta carroll from the australian national university. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: southeast asian countries —— we'll examine what's next for brexit, now that the uk prime minister borisjohnson has his december general election. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what

the philippines is struggling to cope with the worst outbreak of dengue fever for seven years. around 1,000 people have died in what's being treated as a national epidemic, with young children particularly vulnerable to the mosquito—borne disease. philippines correspondent howard johnson has visited the worst—affected part of the country, western visayas, and sent this report. the lush, green paddy fields of pototan, in iloilo. harvests are so good here, they call the town the rice granary of the island. but in the stagnant pools of surface water, a deadly virus is lurking — dengue. numbers affected by the mosquito—borne tropical disease have spiked here in recent months. during the peak lastjuly, we had an overflowing number of patients. the patients are in the alley, in the corridor, in the folding beds. it's the worst dengue outbreak i've ever seen. in 2018, there were 1,100 dengue cases and four deaths recorded in iloilo. but this year, up to september, there have been more than 16,000 cases and more than 70 deaths. emergency tents were set up to cope with the overf

the island of negras is known as the sugar bowl of the philippines. the hundreds of thousands of hectares of kind fields concentrated in the hands of just a few politically powerful plantation over the. decades of exploitation of farm workers have fueled support for a communist insurgency. it's karela group the new people's army or n.p.a. is based in the remote mountain areas and is recognized globally as a terrorist organization. in november last year president to target declared a state of emergency on a grass ordering military and police when force wants to the island to launch operations against the new people's army but human rights organizations accuse state forces of not only targeting insurgents but carrying out extradition killings of those pesetas to pose a political threat to the government what do you when you when the. president to turtoni has openly called for the killing of human rights activists as well as lawyers who represent those accused of being n.p.a. one of the human rights. little. when spirit if. it be out of up being just. si

philippines in the sights of my guests starts october 24th on t.w. . around. more. this is news and these are our top stories u.s. president trump is warning that sanctions against turkey will be devastating as i'm kirk continues to reject calls for a cease fire in northern syria fighting erupted off the trump announced the withdrawal of u.s. troops meanwhile reports suggest syrian and russian forces have entered kabbani but could if and u.s. troops 1st defeated the so-called islamic state militants 4 years ago.

philippines in the session starts october 24th w. w is live from the u.s. tells turkey its incursion into syria could jeopardize the fight against so-called islamic states the turkish forces advance for a 3rd day the pentagon strongly encouraged to end its military operations against syrian kurds in the region we'll hear from our correspondent on the turkey syria border also on the program.

dug an al-jazeera maria in secure central philippines. your job as a road needs a hole robert a reminder of our top stories the pentagon has warned turkey of serious consequences if it continues its military offensive against kurdish forces in syria on friday u.s. forces came under turkish artillery fire the incident took place shortly after defense secretary mark esper calls for restraint from the president on down we have communicated with the turks on this issue i spoke with turkish defense minister a car yesterday to express our strong opposition to turkey's actions and reiterated the damage this is doing to our bilateral relationship more than a 1000000 japanese people have been advised to leave their homes as typhoon approaches tokyo is expected to be one of the strongest ever storms to affect japan safety concerns are for the consolation of 2 rugby world cup matches and flights and train services have been halted. kenya's start marathon run there. has become the 1st person to run a marathon in under 2 hours during a specially a ran