at least fanta forest my research has shown that forest trying to size reduces stress hormones can relax us in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe a forest in the state of medicine thing as i want to finally we're going ask about that but that's the ball is a bond that i see more listeners that are not the set says their last bond or the other model of a cousin to bunch is a bit on the bottom in the first episode of a two part series al-jazeera investigates the world of performance enhancing drugs . sports doping the industry us at this time. at least two hundred people killed in the southern philippines after a tropical storm unleashes deadly flash floods and mudslides.

on the intent of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. ukraine's president welcomes a u.s. decision to supply it would leave for weapons but russia warns it will only fuel hostilities in the war torn east. i think. the supporters of liberian presidential hopeful george webb gather in the capital monrovia ahead of tuesday's presidential runoff. and palestinian protesters clashed with israeli security forces in bethlehem as the fallout over the u.s. jewish new move continues. and it will begin in the philippines where at least two hundred people have died

from flash floods and mudslides caused by tropical storm and most of the casualties are on the southern island of mindanao which is the philippines second largest dozens of people are also missing with a search and rescue operation underway into as tayyab reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm in the towns of two baad n.p.r. 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 from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected millions in two thousand and thirteen about the worst of storm tendon has passed it will take a long time before this area recovers indios time zero. russia has warned the u.s. is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u.s. says it will give you a crane in hans defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the competition eastern ukraine has claimed more than ten thousand lives since twenty fourteen tameka reports. of missile strikes hit

a small town in eastern ukraine damaging homes a school and medical clinic in ukraine blamed the attack this week on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of a three year long conflict. the us has strongly opposed what he calls russian aggression in eastern ukraine blaming the moscow government for violence that has claimed more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven million people. now it probably will. vide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the u.s. has decided to provide ukraine and hants defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven million dollar weapon fact edge which congress is expected to approve includes more than two hundred antitank missiles and thirty five launchers as well

as light arms. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said russia's occupation of crimea which the u.s. wants to return to your grain is a major stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a different set it's hard to look past. or to reconcile and we've made this clear to russia for the very beginning that we must address ukraine it saying it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blames russia for continuing violence in the done yet region the drop administration decision marking a reversal from barack obama's resistance to supplying lethal equipment deal prange i think it's not logical and size zero. zero.

zero zero zero zero russia. or rival. segments of the public. was. anybody russia's response a warning that the u.s. decision will embolden key have in the conflict and only increased the use of force tom ackerman al jazeera washington. russian president vladimir putin says moscow is not seeking conflict with anyone but will stand up for its interests who spoke at a conference of the ruling united russia party which has pledged support to next year's presidential election britain is registered as an independent candidate is expected to win a fourth term as president. drawn herbst is a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine he says the u.s. move to provide arms to kiev will not encourage fresh bloodshed in the region dizzy

crane fighting against the war that is led by russia financed by russia commanded by russia there are thousands of russian troops in eastern ukraine these weapons will know are far the great russian advantage and tanks which they've used to seize additional ukrainian territory since the mint's to cease fire what we heard from the kremlin is not so much a warning as an hour says and it's a fake analysis they're saying that these weapons will lead to ukraine tried to take offensive action know these weapons will increase the penalty on the kremlin for further offensive action russia is responsible for over two thirds of the daily cease fire violations since men's two was put into effect their big advantage is an artillery and an turnings this weapon system is a tank killer it means it'll be less likely that russia will pursue offensive operations which will mean fewer casualties but again keep in mind all these casualties could be laid at the door of the kremlin for launching

a war against ukraine in donbass or just as a fort with israeli security forces in the town of bethlehem just two days before christmas that angry at u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital israeli forces fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowd some of whom were dressed as santa claus human rights groups have called for the israeli authorities to stop using what they're calling excessive force. three palestinians have now died in the past two days after being shot by israeli forces a total of fourteen palestinians have been killed since the protests began on december sixth welcome web has more from gaza. this. was a mass in was old was the latest people to die. for declaration on the sixth of the same by the jerusalem would be reckoned by the west was because of the days that. he was among the

protesters who for three fridays in the way was going through the day we saw the friends in the woods around. to demonstrate trying to pounce palestinian flags christ. and the price asked is each friday i've been met with some gunfire. back by the israelis. the stuff in the jerusalem deserves secretaries from our people and we confirm that it's our eternal capital and that neither traveller or anyone else can change that our people will continue fighting for our rights until we stablish our independent state of palestine with jerusalem as the capital of photos and there are some accounts to show that. it's normal for the political factions and owen wings to sponsor the funerals of the people that are being killed in the protests this one sponsored by the armed wing of. the no opportunities lost to make a political statement and

a show of strength. to me she says mood in ten people are being killed since the onrush began oh and no need is the repository in factions of course for the price s. to continue speaking just a short while ago here in gaza the leader of hamas. was of the palestinian resistance in the right. side so there's no sign of any political factions getting up anytime soon. liberia's presidential candidate george wear is holding a rally for supporters ahead of tuesday's runoff vote is supporters marched through the capital monrovia ahead of the rally where a former world footballer of the year and the first round of polling in october with thirty eight percent of the vote is main challenger is the current vice president joseph book i the runoff vote was delayed because in court challenge by a third placed candidate one hundred joins us now from the liberian capital

monrovia so there was some one certainty at one point the court cases and so on that the runoff may not happen how does that affect the mood of voters there. and there was so much on something to many people here in liberia. even hump. charles brehm the country they took him in the foster round took them out and took hold alleging fraud. books on use of illegal identity cards in various polling stations across the country allegations that have also been backed up by the current vice president. george where the international footballer former international footballer in the second round now. settled by the supreme court which made a decisive ruling that's been hailed by. liberia's

institutions are finally coming off. the many people eager to. foster being organized by liberians since the civil war ended in two thousand and three and the fuss that they're going to see a civilian leader over to another civilian leader in full to involve them for two years two point one million people expected to vote but it's the timing that haas many there could be up with it because it falls on boxing day and candidates have been trying to encourage their supporters to postpone christmas celebrations this year and come out in large numbers and vote and as you mentioned so now two horse race with georgia where and vice president joseph facing off all kind of issues are they talking about and how they selling themselves it.

seems to have a leader as he did in the foster round and he is a man who grew up in a slum in mumbai. a possum who has a humble. greene it comes from a very poor family but against all. in the field of international football this is something many people here can identify with this is a country that has more than fifty percent of its four point five million people living in abject poverty and with. the mom. problems is what he's trying to portray himself. has been a government bureaucrat most of his life in the last twelve years. the. elected president in africa. has been trying to get some of the achievements of. the president. not only.

something that is definitely going to cost. some bucks. thank you very much. agonizing wait for reunions we meet a year. apart from their loved ones in germany. and the diplomatic relations with a u.s. . company is taking the problem and it's tried. hello and welcome back across more northern parts of europe are seeing a return to mild the weather conditions temperatures double figures are getting

close to as far as the mites from temperatures are concerned but still some snow across more eastern areas now much of central and southern europe is sitting under a big area of high pressure so weather conditions are likely to remain quite fine for the most part and to that relatively mild weather continues to be looser snow as well across more eastern areas during the course of monday as we come south as well looking fine across italy down into greece with highs of fifteen expected in athens on the other side of the mediterranean we've got the winds coming in from the north so temperatures nothing special really for tripoli through towards cairo just nineteen degrees expected here and then heading on into monday again chance i want to showers along the coast here and temperatures on the low side and then as we head into central parts of africa we've got a few showers for the barn and for parts of congo otherwise it's looking fine across much of west africa in lagos nigeria sunshine same for akra in ghana mali thirty two and sunny across more southern areas some heavy rain affecting parts

fine go through zambia and into zimbabwe a wet one in for the south it should be fine in capetown high sierra of twenty. forced to flee from syria to lebanon many refugee mothers risked childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here in the bin and it's costly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends with nephew woman. she's important to me this is there are a few g.'s midwife at this time on al-jazeera world. and

one of the top stories here now to syria more than two hundred people have been killed in the philippines in flooding and landslides caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties on the island of mindanao. russia says the u.s. is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kim. and supporters of liberian presidential candidate told where a rally in monrovia ahead of tuesday's election runoff. is president all trump is praising the united nations security council for voting tough new sanctions on north korea in the latest attempt to force north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs the resolution includes measures to cut most to pyongyang's petro imports in a tweet trump said the vote proved the world wants peace not death north korea is already on the u.s. u.n. and e.u. sanctions after several nuclear and missile tests this year. new sanctions aimed at

cutting deliveries of refined petrol products by nearly ninety percent all north koreans working abroad will have to return home within two years they won't be able to send foreign currency back home they'll be a ban on exports of north korean goods such as machinery and electrical equipment quit mint and also be a crackdown on ships smuggling banned goods aimed at preventing the transport of coal and oil well south korea says it supports the sanctions but insists dialogue with north remains essential george noory reports from seoul. south korea says it welcomes this latest round of sanctions calling it an indication the world will not tolerate north korea's nuclear development program relations between the two koreas are at their lowest point in decades previous south korean administrations have taken a more hardline approach when it came to dealing with north korea but president mungy in who came into office in may leans more towards the liberal side so he's

stressing dialogue as the way forward now south korea is also due to host the winter of the pits in february and it's keen to not do anything to heighten tensions on the korean peninsula ticket sales for the event have so far been slow with concerns that the the security situation is keeping spectators away so while south korea supports international pressure on north korea in the form of sanctions it says dialogue has to be the way forward now how it's north korea likely to respond to this latest round of sanctions while in the past north korea's previously third that sanctions will only have the effect of hardening its resolve and accelerating its nuclear program in august when the un s.c. when the u.n. security council voted to ban north korean exports of coal i n n seafood among other things it responded with testing a hydrogen bomb in september when the u.n. security council passed another round of sanctions in september north korea

launched a missile test in november and we haven't yet had any official reaction from north korea but we can expect a statement perhaps in a day or two put out through official state media we can also expect to hear from north korean leader kim jong un himself who's made it a tradition to deliver a new year's day speech. u.n. has begun flying african refugees stranded in libya to italy one hundred sixty arrived on friday night at an airbase close to rome human rights groups have condemned the conditions in libyan detention centers describing them as inhumane more flights are expected to follow. our plan for the next year is to resettle to third country or two of our great from libya between five thousand and ten thousand refugees well it depends on the countries which will be generous enough like italy now to offer places where we can still direct. as twenty seventeen approaches and we're looking back at some of the biggest stories through the eyes of five families

caught up in them and the first episode we talked to a family of refugees waiting to reunite with their relatives in germany largely reports from the now apollonia camp in northern greece. compared to the squalor of the camps on the greek islands refugee life on the edge of this lake in north increase 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 is see their faces on her phone my son every time he get are you with there or with fun or when he took with me he got a mom when did you come to germany. but it's very difficult. because all fled single iraq four years ago but it was overrun by ice and her family has been on the move for the since two years of camps in turkey before she

got to the greek islands then it was athens it to many on the macedonian border the notorious picture camp on mount olympus and now here mahmoud had left them and has begun to build his own life in germany both he and his brother are in school but as he says he's having to be a parent as well as a brother. because it has all the papers she needs to be in germany as well but she isn't and it's tormenting her not to write for the government government germany it's not a lie there where to where there were bad. humans where we don't see the tilted in every every detail didn't get i didn't feel but i don't know why. so this is where the new german politics is collided with the legal rights of refugees under pressure from the far right germany clamp down hard on his

previously liberal policy of reunifying families during coalition negotiations right wing parties were demanding big caps on refugee numbers refugee aid groups say people had been promised they could leave greece and now not sure if they ever will i have the cases also fathers with children and the mother is in germany and the girls sorry teenagers and they really need their mothers and they cannot go and the father really puts great they're forced to support the children but still it's not enough because it isn't alone in her camp there are more than a hundred years e.g. women and children all with families already in germany if palin wanted to be efficient it could stick them on a plane tomorrow but politics she has got in the way lawrence and others in their pull in the refugee camp not increase and on sunday in our one year five family series will look at how the economic crisis in venezuela has hit families.

catalonia is deposed leader has called on the spanish government to allow him to return home. to manas currently in a self-imposed exile in belgium and faces arrest in spain he says he's ready to listen to any offer from prime minister mariano hoyer to resolve the current tensions. one of these pushed us into the last group with us can we are willing to listen to every proposal we receive you know there are models that work the swiss model works very well even belgium is motor works very well as does the german model but all those models have something in a spanish modern lacks and that is recognition without recognition it is not possible to establish an efficient relationship of trust if you think the high cost of fresh food is one of the many challenges for those living in canada's remote far north cold temperatures the lack of sunlight and poor soil mean that vegetables and fruit have to be important for thousands of kilometers away that you lack reports

from churchill manitoba on a scheme to make it cheaper and even profitable for communities to grow food. on the rocky shores of canada's hudson bay what is essentially an indoor farm with one crucial difference in turtle we don't have soil into greenhouses bill erickson and his wife diane have been growing vegetables for forty years some inexpensive imported soil others in water pipes full of fertilizer down a hill in a passive greenhouse we do peace being carrots broccoli cauliflower we don't market a lot of them and between october and may it's simply too cold for fresh produce to survive down at the tamarac grocery store government subsidies are the only way that local people can afford fresh fruit and vegetables it's more expensive than down south because you know simply because of the freight costs just about everything is subsidised i guess other than the dry goods which is still something

that people are paying quite a bit more. than they do don't so one hundred seedlings and eight hundred mature plant nearby in a heated shipping container known as a c. can a start up called the grocer is working on a project using hydroponics chemical nutrient solutions pumped over the plant's roots the drive-by ship in late october and will be up and growing before the end of the year to have it in the see can means that it can easily be taken to places that are maybe only accessed by ship what's or is the case for many northern communities. our can be put on a train or could be you know put on the back of a truck and taken by a winter road not just portable but productive twenty four hours a day twelve months a year the container could potentially grow as much as two heck terror plot of land it's estimated that could earn up to forty thousand dollars a year in profit in a part of canada where mountain tradition is more prevalent than anywhere else year

round access to fresh green vegetables could literally change lives daniel lak al-jazeera churchill manitoba business is in cuba feeling the effects of that country's faltering relationship with the us a dance company and have anna has had to cancel tours after washington stopped issuing travel rees's from its embassy in cuba that is on america and its interest in human reports that determined the show will go on. it's difficult to put a label on. it's a dance company with very obvious spanish influence. but it's not flamenco. it's much more the in the provocative movements the facial expressions something that is in fact very caribbean. this is the least of cuba dance company a work of art and love that began as an experiment in the opinion that miley i learned to dance ballet spanish dance in flamenco and popular cuban dances cha cha

cha folklore kong and so on which i adore and the african union dances they have their own specific music and style song and we going down the rivers i wanted to fuse all that into one result a fusion of all those types of dances into one that's what we are a mixture of all this. this fusion style has been receiving brave reviews at home and of performances in more than twenty countries it's the first cuban company in fact to appear in the latin grammys but it's been a struggle bearing the name and then your own when i feel that because of the way we started as an independent company many people who control the cuban state institutions don't like it because it's a message that you can flourish in your own. eventually cuba's culture ministry agreed to provide the company a large building. it's allowed to expand her other key project a dance school for nearly fifteen hundred children and adolescents the next

generation of police cell phones and dancers the waiting list is long these eight year olds practice outside before going into their class knowing they're among the lucky ones. since i was small i wanted to be a dancer i would say mom mom i want to dance let's hope so dance cuba school has two years ago. the school receives the international spotlight award from former u.s. first lady michelle obama. but as always there are challenges the least of which are the handmade costumes in a way these costumes tell the twenty six year old history of this company and that includes political obstacles for example the trumpet ministrations recent decision to stop issuing visas from its embassy here in havana has forced the company to cancel planned tours to the united states. alphonso and her husband one catalyst

the company's manager take it in stride as they go through their paces prepared to take the rest of the world by storm. to sea and human are just sita how than. a space x. rocket has lifted off on a mission to upgrade the world's largest satellite network a full cannot craft was launched from california's vandenberg air base on friday carrying ten new satellites a space x. says it's one of the biggest tech upgrades in history but it was this side to the skies over california and arizona that really got people talking rock it created a light show as it sped through the earth's atmosphere many star gazers took to social media speculating that it was an alien spaceship or even a missile fired from north korea much more for you any time on our website the address for that is zero dot com.

right now top stories are now to zero on two hundred people have died in the philippines in flooding and landslides caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties are on the southern island of mindanao at the heart of the storm winds reach up to eighty kilometers an hour many more people are still missing and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really honored the straight man every day to figure out. what the hell you know he said many people that i reveal. every day said play the rough not to rush at the areas be why it's not just in one province but in several. russia has warned the u.s. is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev and the u.s. says it will give kiev quote enhanced defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the conflict in eastern ukraine has claimed more than ten thousand lives says twenty fourteen i bear is presidential candidate told where is

holding a rally for supporters ahead of tuesday's runoff vote is supporters marched through the capital monrovia ahead of the rally where a former world footballer of the year led the first round of polling in october it with thirty eight percent of the vote the runoff was delayed because of a court challenge by the third place candidate. but this was a fought with israeli security forces in the west bank town of bethlehem the angry at the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital three palestinians have now been killed in the past two days of violence. the u.n. has begun flying african refugees stranded in libya to italy or the one hundred sixty arrived on friday night at an ad base close to rome human rights groups have condemned the conditions in libyan detention centers describing them as inhumane the u.n. says it plans to move between five and ten thousand refugees out of libya and a space x. rocket lifted off on a mission to upgrade world's largest satellite network

a full k'naan craft was launched from california's vandenberg air base on friday carrying ten new satellites assigned to the rocket over california and arizona nets some people to speculate on social media that they'd seen an alien spaceship or even a missile from north korea this thing posted up next i'll have more news for you after that thanks very much for watching by fire. again i felt like a mass of it fell out of my life thanks to jim i thought i am going to come back i'll have to.