what is the listening post on al-jazeera. ian. homes ripped apart roads blocked in northern philippines the most powerful storm of the year moves on toward southern china off to a destructive twenty four hour as. a low i maryanne demasi in london you know with al jazeera also coming up public gatherings abandoned zimbabwe's capital as a deadly cholera outbreak continues the government blames mismanagement and corruption with a special report from greece's largest refugee camps overcrowded and facing closure

because of its appalling conditions. and nasa launches a rocket to measure the world's polar ice sheets as global warming continues to melt the glasses. at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year typhoon that lost some of its power after it landed on news on the largest filipino island rube's were ripped off homes power lines downed and heavy rains caused landslides jimmy fallon dogan reports now from the northern province of yun. typhoon monk arrived just as predicted vicious with its force pounding over most of northern luzon the early hours saw power and phone lines cut off in the ghetto city in

calgary and province incessant rains and strong winds crippled many of the operations planned by emergency teams. but the destruction here is nothing compared to what we saw when we ventured out of the city. through out to rural communities we saw homes and farmland destroyed access into these remote areas is difficult which means eight he slowed to a right to. like so many places here the town of bugout bore the brunt of the typhoon spirit marine commanders say many people here lost their homes. on. property and with crops the power lines so we expect that the high point could be over soon people here tell us they were aware of the forced evacuation order by the government but following it is easier said than done that

is because often their homes and their livelihoods are just in one place and this is all what they've got these are their lives possessions they went through something similar already two years ago a super typhoon hit their community and they've barely recovered. julio salah says her small cafeteria was your only means to support your family now it's gone. it really hurts us we don't know where to begin and everything happened so fast and now my business is gone the destruction is similar all across luzon the largest island in the philippines the majority of the victims are from small farming communities the impact has yet to be fully assessed and the cost counted. the philippine government says efforts to help our will and do we but from past experience filipinos know it's never enough they've barely had much before the thai

food and now they have even less. to get i'll just zero book out of the province north of the philippines will hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon monkhood travels across the south china sea magnetise expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended chinese government has issued its second highest storm alert. zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade residents in harare say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to its

spread from harare harmer tasa reports rule sewage from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles of nearby another source of disease the bodies government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital. norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal is becoming normal every year people get sick very worried. because the dreaded should be should be cleaned. should come. in. some households in harare haven't had running water for years people who live here say it's been like this for months you can smell there or silage in the houses are really close by they save us a city council to do something about it but despite the cholera outbreak nothing is being done. politicians are blaming each other for the crisis the new health

minister of a dire moyle has to have the opposition run city council is mismanaged and corrupt . the opposition says the government should provide more money for water and sanitation harari city council workers say they need nearly ten billion dollars to repair water sewers and roads the funding is would be so much for coming also partly because the customers will use the infrastructure. of the city's old images of seven hundred eighty million by its customers which money if it did come could have gone towards the end of the with the water system this latest cholera outbreak is present investment agog was first major challenge since he won the election in july residents representatives complain of corruption even the pipes that have been laid underground through corruption they look at the same companies companies with their listen ship with guns all of these just cancel managers counselors or government to lay down some of the pipes in these pipes could not sustain the huge

population that we know we have but they took away money this is a bit b.s. money if they need to be held accountable. the government has banned stores selling street food in harare some vendors are growing the order saying it's the only way they can look after the family's health workers warn if nothing is done about harare sanitation crisis the number of dead from color and other water borne diseases or continue to rise. around us president paul kagame has ordered the release of an opposition leader in jail since two thousand and thirteen accused of terrorism. there is one of more than two thousand prisoners his sentences have been commuted from the musician and he is also being freed he was jailed in two thousand and fifteen after the government banned a song he released about the one thousand nine hundred for a wanton genocide. well now to iraq where the parliament has elected a new speaker paving the way for

a government to be formed sunni politician mohammad boosie is backed by the pro iranian fattah bloc led by the former prime minister nuri al maliki the move follows months of uncertainty about the country's political direction after disputed elections in may well matheson has moved from baghdad. iraq's parliament has a new speaker is name is mohamed al ho boosie he's a former governor of. the and he is now the man in the start of the process which will see iraq's parliament begin to take formation over the next few days his appointment basically triggers a succession a cascade if you like of different job jobs that are filled over the next few days and one of those will be the job of a president that president will be somebody who will be from the kurdish community here in iraq that's part of iraqi parliament to standard procedure the president will then ask the leader of the biggest block of the biggest political bloc in the

iraqi parliament to be the prime minister and to form a government now it's still very early days to really say in what way the government is the parliament is likely to be heading whether it's going to shift further towards a more shia and iranian oriented government or whether it will remain centrist and possibly nationalist in the way that many people feel but the very fact this decision was taken a toll today saturday september the fifteenth is significant in itself simply because we've had about four months where the parliament has been deadlocked. since the elections happened in the may which the shia cleric mortada outsider won by getting fifty four seats in the parliament nobody would actually accept that result and as a result there's been a lot of talking on a lot of negotiating going on on part of that negotiating was to delay the appointment of the speaker of the parliament it was of happened back in august but

now it's happened today on the saturday whether or not this gives us any sort of indication as to what the structure of the parliament itself as a city is going to be like it's still too early to tell but people here in iraq say when it comes to iraqi politics always expect the unexpected and egyptian court has ordered the arrest of the former president hosni mubarak's two sons on charges of insider trading and camomile baraka accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank father ruled egypt from one thousand nine hundred eighty one until the revolution of twenty eleven when he was replaced by the democratically elected mohamed morsi the two g. back in court next month well now greece's largest refugee camp is being threatened with closure because of its appalling conditions the camp on the island of lesbos is home to nine thousand asylum seekers three times its capacity authorities say overcrowding that has led to uncontrollable amounts of waste and sewage. reports

from morea camp and last boss. this is a bus room in morea camp there's a laboratory for every seventy two people and the water doesn't always run the streets between the tents and housing units smell of fetid waste water this iranian woman shares a tent with an afghan family and gives the children lessons in farsi since there is no education for some three thousand children in the camp the government provides one doctor for moreas nine thousand residents but doctors without borders have set up a surgery outside the camp for women and children the government could move sick and vulnerable populations off the island but this year hasn't done so we had a must of them. netiquette that that's part of the problems. that have been problems. but they used what he had even when they have betty some months ago a medical report from there must be that because they need the remove and

in the tent city beside the official camp the aid group movement on the ground has built terracing and drainage and provided wife and other christie but new arrivals are spilling beyond this into the olive groves surgeries can provide them with only a top pole and the rope about twenty thousand asylum applicants have arrived on greek shows this year all of them forced to remain on east asian islands while their applications are processed at the moment new arrivals are looking at waiting periods of fourteen months before their first interview. because like others here this afghan family has stripped all of trees to cook forced to forage refugees create problems for local farmers one of them shows me his carpentry workshop looted and burned his house was stripped of plywood refugees used for shelter you no longer picks the olives that used to give him half his income. i come every day

and i catch them inside i call the police there is nothing they can do greece cannot protect us greece is like a vineyard without a fence but the refugees don't want this any more than he does job is here because the taliban nearly killed him he just wants to finish his degree in psychology this country don't anything. we don't want hot water we don't want anything we don't want their feet we just want to let us leave if i could leave this camp to be ok and if i could find a job could the rent a house ok no problem. living on the trunk of the scorpions yet this is the foreseeable future for ali and eleven thousand refugees on the island. lesbos still ahead for you on the program the head of south america regional bloc faces venezuelans who fled the crisis promising all options

are on the table to solve it. and where in senegal have volunteers a cleaning the coastline from plastic pollution it's part of wild cleanup day. hell a super typhoon man course is no more a super typhoon the eyes closed going across the north of luzon causing a certain amount of structural damage with the winds and a fair amount of rain but it's quickly moving therefore though no longer a super typhoon it's still a typhoon that is over warm waters now off the south china seas if anything it'll probably pick up a bit more energy become a little bit more windy which means the outer edges who are equally be battered in hong kong could be on one of these outer edges the main rain belt is broad's and it's on its way slowly west woods so it will hit land somewhere in southwest china

and then carry on to vietnam now of course the rain bands of fly off all over the place as a lot more rain still come to come for the northern philippines and to southern china probably including hong kong they're treating monsoon is still showing decent showers increasingly that's more in the northeast of china bits of nepal bangladesh but you see more cloud over the open baby angolan over the land so occasional showers in addition andhra pradesh maybe maharashtra still possibly but the west of that it seems increasingly unlikely this is what you might expect clearly dry and still humid by day around the gulf states. it was a big problem because it was different people it was the center of my bloodstream be rootin be married miss universe hugh was a boy of character on the other ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian

cause some israeli intelligence sources claim the plant operation in four years that was really trying to find him and kill him al-jazeera world examines the life of ali hassan salaam the hunt for the red prince. a comeback a quick look at the top stories now at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit philippines this year roofs were ripped off homes power lines were downed and heavy rain caused landslides on the main island of luzon. zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare

after the worst outbreak of cholera in a decade twenty five people have already died from the disease. and iraq's parliament has named sonny politician mohamed al hopelessly as its new speaker of pave the way for a government to be formed four months after national elections. well in the united states tropical storm florence is slowly weakening but authorities warn it's still causing catastrophic flooding in north and south carolina the storm is not out power to more the nine hundred thousand homes and businesses and at least seven people have been killed forecast to say the storm which is almost five hundred kilometers wide is moving very slowly gallagher joins us live now from wilmington in north carolina and what's the situation there like now. we were very much in recovery and respond mode least that's what the federal emergency management agency say the storm of course has now been downgraded to a tropical storm so now that those winds that we can slide you that means the

national guard and all the helicopters they have can get up off the ground they can go out over the affected areas and check for damage and check for the possibility of flash flooding and that's the big concern at the moment they're saying that this storm has broken all records in the amount of rain it brought in the last couple of days and then maybe more to come that's the big concern because florence is not moving inland as storms normally do it's kind of lingering over north and south carolina so there's a possibility of mudslides and rivers in land flooding that telling people that most deaths in these kinds of situations come from people driving into fresh water so there are lots of warning to people not to cross any roads that are flooded with fresh water as you said almost a million people have lost power it may be more than a week till they get that back something like seven thousand six hundred people are in shelters now they're well provided for those generator power there's plenty of food and water for those people because there are four thousand national guards on standby to help out with this essentially is

a slow motion crisis some of these rivers may not crest until well after the storm has gone in london completely dissipated so it may not be until the end of next week when these rivers start to flood but really at the moment i respond and recovery effort here in north carolina thank you for now any calico in wilmington. it's been ten years since the global financial crisis aperient which caused the well to fall into the worst recession in a generation in that time much of the banking industry which triggered the collapse has been overhauled but if another one were to take place what shape put it take what would trigger it it's got high reports now from the chinese city of one joe on why it could come from china. at thirty two focuses all her attention on building her wealth this motivation she says comes from growing up with very little. money is very very important because money

come bring me the sense of security i don't want to live poor again. but she and millions of other people in china have lost of billions of dollars after investing in what are known as peer to peer lending platforms or p. to p. amid stricter government oversight than the panic withdrawal of funds by investors more than two hundred firms have failed in the last three months p.d.p. firms gather money from investors and then lend money to small businesses and individuals with many promising high returns on those investments and that concerns economists as the p.d.p. industry in china is the world's largest with more than one hundred ninety billion dollars at play this on the tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis. for the problem i think it's a had a mom in china for a long time but now it looks especially dangerous because of lot of

a lot of those dads are tied to the property market and like the recent p two p. crisis much of the borrowing or used to finance their housing market is speculation and she says some aspects of p.d.p. lending are similar to the sub prime loans in the u.s. that led to the two thousand and eight global financial crisis the outcry over the failing p.t.p. companies was so big in july that the government here at home joe had to use athletic stadiums to how is the complaint centers for the thousands of investors looking to get their money back or simply find out where when. some of those who lost money took their anger to the offices of one p.p. firm protesting out front chanting we want our money back. as a business woman and investor has diversified her investments not just in p.v.p. firms she's lucky as many other chinese have lost their life savings in the crisis but moving forward she has learned her lesson and she won't blindly invest her

money and will be much more cautious and careful but for many it's too late it's got her out zero. the leader of the regional bloc in south america says he's not ruling out military intervention to overthrow venezuela's president the secretary general of the oas has been speaking to venezuelan migrants in colombia at least one and a half million people have fled the political and economic crisis putting additional strain on resources in nearby countries. he reports now from could could tell on the colombia venezuela border. was the secretary general of the oas. as wanted by venezuelan migrants and photographers as he tries to make his way through the simone bolivar bridge. migrants shout freedom for venezuela as others to shake hands and cry for help i think we need them to do something anything we need countries to unite to help democracy and flew to return to venezuela. the

visit to the colombian border town of kuta is the first stop of a series of meetings in countries across south america strained by the growing exodus of venezuelans a newly formed work group has been tasked to design a more coordinated regional response to this unprecedented mass migration. at a press conference only restoring democracy in venezuela can solve the crisis and that a military intervention can't be ruled out. yet we've never seen such an immoral government in the world one so on willing to allow humanitarian aid to enter their country when they are in the middle of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis this is absolutely unacceptable the colombian authorities are asking for financial aid and want the united nations to appoint a special representative to coordinate to the international response almost

a million business well answer currently living in colombia but the real number is likely higher as a story these make it more difficult for venezuelans to cross legally new unofficial and often dangerous routes open up as migrants make their way to countries as far as ecuador and through. this is the scene repeating itself they're after day here at the border we've been here just ten minutes and we've seen dozens and dozens of venezuelan migrants trying to cross illegally into colombia many of them carry bags to try to smuggle meets or scrap metal or truly anything they can sell for real money to continue their journey remember we haven't had anything to eat for four days we bring metal and plastic i don't know how much i will make with this but at least enough for a piece of bread a more structured regional response to the crisis might help struggling receiving

countries like colombia but no one believes that unless there is real change in minister that the flood can be stopped alison the m.p.'s. the u.s. space agency nasa has launched an advanced space laser into orbit it will be used to measure how much ice remains on earth as global warming continues to shrink the world class is able who can explain three to one. nasa is calling it its most advanced space laser launched on saturday i said to have turned satellites will are based on a billion dollar mission to find out how much of the earth's ice is melting as the climate of worms. i said it was all about measuring elevation and a natural question is how do you know you get the right answer or go out collect a reference data so i will be ready to compare and evaluate the green laser light from the satellite bounces off of this thing goes right back up to the satellite again super reflective so this things has to go up in data with others like i saw

two i said to is the first mission in nearly a decade that will be measuring ice levels its predecessor i sat launched in two thousand and three operated for six years the new satellites will use an advanced laser and camera system known as atlas to measure how long it takes individual particles of light to leave the satellite bounce off earth and return these tests will be repeated four times a year providing scientists with a continuous record detailing changes in the ice its will also help them better understand the relationship between the melting ice sheets and the rising sea scientists have been warning for a number of years that the global average temperature is rising the four hottest years on record have been the last four and the constant reliance on fossil fuels for energy means levels of greenhouse gases continue to mount but the u.s. administration and the president donald trump seems intent on slashing projects

that aim to study and curb climate change. the i said to mission should last three years but has enough fuel to continue for ten if the mission manages decide to extend its life but that will depend not on the scientists but some politicians morgan al-jazeera. members of the rebel group once banned in ethiopia have returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the aroma liberation front to our left i would and one thousand five hundred fighters have been a neighboring eritrea for twenty six is earlier this year prime minister ahmed removed the o.l.f. from a terror list as part of reforms to widen the political landscape the left has been pushing for self-determination for the aroma people since the one nine hundred seventy s. now volunteers are taking part in major cleanup on beaches around the world to mark world cleanup day the rubbish collected will be turned into decorations to raise awareness about the huge amount of plastic being dumped into oceans every day

nicholas reports from one such cleanup underway in senegal's capital the car. it is a big operation in this small beach and set a goal to clean up the shoreline it's not just happening here it's happening across the world it started thirty years ago across the atlantic in the united states where a few volunteers started picking up litter on the beach but the litter has multiplied since we find car batteries being washed ashore tires mattresses syringes baby diapers and a lot of plastic the sewage from this city of one point five million people is poured into the ocean it's as if a hurricane had hit the coast and destroyed hundreds of homes but make no mistake this isn't a tropical storm it's humans using the ocean as

a dump site out of sight further into the atlantic and the pacific are large garbage patch three times the size of france right now is a boat trawling and equipment that will start cleaning up those areas but it's still a long way to go now here back on the beach people are trying to recycle whatever they find but we need to be united to get rid of plastic from the ocean every day with them five million tons of plastic we need to change our habits. scientists say the oceans are the lungs of our planet's just like trees it transforms the c o two into oxygen except it's an organism that suffocating there are species that are disappearing because of the pollution here at stake it isn't just a cleaning operation it's about changing public perception of the ocean seeing it

as a living organism that deserves to be both protected and cared for. well you can find more details on everything we're covering on our website you can see the address there al-jazeera dot com is where you need to go. just a quick look at the top stories now at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year what began as a super typhoon mangat lost some of its power after it landed on luzon the largest filipino island roofs were ripped off homes power lines downed in heavy rains caused landslides significant. drops the power lines so. that the pipe will be over.

hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon monger travels across the south china sea it's expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been canceled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's going don't province have been suspended zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade residents in harare say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to it spread. rwanda's president paul kagame has ordered the release of an opposition leader who's been in jail since two thousand and thirteen accused of terrorism. is one of more than two thousand prisoners who sentences have been commuted prominent musician because the term he goes also being freed he was jailed in two thousand and fifteen after the government banned a song he released about the one thousand nine hundred four rwandan genocide.

iraq's parliament has elected a new speak up paving the way for a government to be formed seventy politician hamad. was previously the governor of iraq's anbar province he's backed by the pro iranian fight a bloc led by former prime minister nuri al maliki and an egyptian court has ordered the arrest of the former president hosni mubarak's two sons on charges of insider trading and barak are accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank that father ruled egypt from one thousand nine hundred eighty one until the revolution of two thousand and eleven we're up to date with all of our top stories coming up next on al-jazeera its people in power.

almost two decades ago were in sierra leone was in the grip of civil war troops from nigeria were deployed to protect civilians but instead some of the peacekeepers turned on those they were meant to safeguard atrocities captured on camera by journalists or some more now that her in for two years is central to an extraordinary legal company to get justice for the victims.