there is all strength. homes ripped apart roads blocks in the northern philippines the most powerful storm of the year moves on toward southern china after a destructive twenty four hours. ago i maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming out receiving a hero's welcome leaders of an ethiopian opposition party wants branded a terrorist group by the government welcome back from exile. public gatherings are banned in zimbabwe's capital as a deadly cholera outbreak continues the government blames mismanagement and corruption. a nasa launches

a rocket to measure the world's polar ice sheets as global warming painting used to melt the black sea is. at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year typhoon mangat lost some of its power after it landed on news on the largest filipino island rues were ripped off homes power lines were down then heavy rains caused landslides jamila alan duggan reports from the northern province of. typhoon arrived just as predicted vicious with its force pounding over most of the we saw in the early hours saw power and full lines cut off in the ghetto city into the 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 beguile bore the brunt of the typhoon spirit marine commanders say many people here lost their homes significant. property and with crops. power lines so. that the high point can 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 it's back 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 typhoon 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 are will and do we but from past experience filipinos know it's never enough they barely had much before the thai food now they have even less. to look at al-jazeera book out of the profit story due to. hong kong and parts of

southern china are now bracing for severe weather is typhoon mongo travels across the south china sea on good as 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 ferry service is across china's guangdong province have been suspended the chinese government has issued its second high storm alert. members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have received a hero's welcome in at this ababa fifteen hundred fighters from the aroma liberation front had been in neighboring eritrea for the past twenty six years there were time comes after prime minister that remove the group from a terrorist mohammed vall has mol. the jubilant crowd each european capital of the sort of the supporters of the or more liberation front when completed out after

years in exile in neighboring country to around fifteen hundred or less fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party or less general secretary baker to nigga despite his condition. the fact that there doubt if. there are fighters that have been any. rival again is that we aim for the past seven years i am now well. heroes this saves a lot about how my. very sure that all. of them are just ethnic group in each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of political marginalization liberation front says it represents the aspirations of the almost people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regimes in each opiah as an

oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil f's been banned for years live on the top of it by the open government in july if you hope is newly elected prime minister ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced violence and agree to talks involving government leaders from the ethnic to the political situation remains volatile there were violent confrontations earlier this week provoked by internal rivalries some fear groups that have seen their long standing status undermined by the political changes are determined to disrupt any form process. the mob ways 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 say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to its spread from harare her metasearch reports. raw sewage from blocked and burst pipes flows

through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles of nearby another source of disease zimbabwe's 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 druids should be should be cleaned. become. should you 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 the roar 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 has been done. politicians are blaming each other for the crisis the new health minister of a dire moyal 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 do not pay their bills the city is in it is 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 in god 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 a look at the. companies companies with the relationship with guns all of the shows council managers councillors and officers in government to lay down some of the pipes in these pipes 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 families house 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. and egyptian court has ordered the arrest of the former president has enough. two sons on charges of insider trading a law and gamal mubarak are accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank father ruled egypt for nine hundred eighty one until the revolution of two thousand and eleven when he was replaced by the democratically elected mohamed morsi the two a jew back in court next month will iraqis a frustrated by months of political deadlock following the election in may could finally be getting a work in parliament now but there are concerns that control of iraq's politics

might be swinging towards iranian policies matheson reports from the capital baghdad. after months of political deadlock since the last election iraq's parliament may be growing into gear m.p.'s have finally elected a new speaker of the house he's mohamad a sunni muslim with strong support from the parliament's pro around the shia coalition and. they were aided we need to unify our efforts some members of parliament can reach political consensus and choose our government capable of facing the serious security and economic challenges ahead other posts are expected to be filled soon including the president who will be kurdish according to political tradition he will ask the leader of the biggest parliamentary bloc to be prime minister and to form a cabinet there are three main blocs to choose from the pro iran shia coalition headed by former prime minister nouri al maliki and heidi who is head of the fetter bloc the umbrella body for shia armed fighters the pro u.s.

bloc of prime minister high that and the iraqi nationalist bloc led by the influential shia cleric knocked out al assad or he won a majority in the may elections but the result wasn't accepted by the rest of the parties there are two countries who are going to be very interested in what happens in iraq's called iran and the united states it's well known that iran has a lot of influence in iraq's politics and in its daily life but in recent days there's been a backlash against the level of that influence the u.s. has supported by mr hyde at all about it because he is in his turn pro united states but also because the u.s. sees him as a moderate the can pull together a fractious iraqi government. if however high that all about it loses his power within the iraqi government it may come that the u.s. two loses its influence in iraq. and the government riots recently in basra

were directed at politicians including prime minister buddy protesters in the oil rich south blamed political corruption and negligence for failing to provide jobs as well as the collapse of the water and electricity supplies. the offices of local shia armed groups backed by iran who set on fire. but of a nuclear iran has been pushing for a consensus to choose the speaker and his two deputies that would guarantee its interests in iraq and the u.s. wants an independent iraqi government and a stable political process away from iran's influence there is an apparent conflict of interests between iran and the u.s. over iraq's political future. iraq's political problems are far from over but the appointment of a house speaker is a step towards a solution rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. phil i have for you on the program we have a special report from greece is not just refugee camps overcrowded and facing closure

because of its appalling conditions also i'm catherine saw in lamu of the canyon homes well both made of recycled plastic waste the feeling i'll be telling you like such a milestone for the people yeah. probably it's looking lousy find a dry across a good part of australia because this little speck cling a shallow cloud rolling through the bites it will be a little blustery down towards victoria that wetter weather will make its way away from tasmania into the tasman sea and pushing on towards new zealand they recover the dry weather coming in behind but by no means warm thirteen fourteen fifteen degrees there in the southeast sixteen celsius for perth some of ads as we go on into monday perhaps a little warmer over towards victoria towards new south wales could touch eighty in

sydney by monday twenty two celsius the top temperatures for brisbane now are into the teens this as well into the good parts of new zealand it out west the weather will make its way across the tasman sea heading towards south island as we go to the early part of next week i have had still see bad actually nineteen celsius there for christ on a sunday fifteen in all clear here comes the cloud and the rain it will sweep through it'll be cold enough over the high ground for the dusting of snow here what the weather even pushing into that western side of the north and not so much wet weather in the forecast the least for sunday across japan lots of fodder dry but the right isn't too far away it will make its way further eastwards as we go through monday. the past past. travels the roads of mexico raising.

creates the solution of the country's most remote. demonstrated courts. and the struggle for a better speech. passed passed by. cops of the viewpoint in america seen. on al-jazeera. welcome back 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 were ripped off homes power lines downed and heavy rain caused landslides on the main island of luzon. members

of the once bad to a roma liberation front of received a hero's welcome in the ethiopian capital addis ababa they return from exile after twenty six years in neighboring eritrea. and iraq's parliament is named sunni politician home of the blue sea as its new speak move paves the way for a government to be formed four months off the national elections. in the united states tropical storm florence is slowly weakening but it's still causing catastrophic flooding in north and south carolina at least seven people have died in the storm and with more rain and storm surges expected government officials are warning people of the dangers christensen only reports now from fayetteville north carolina. florence arrived in the carolinas and like an unwanted gast refused to leave the storm continues to pound both states with a brain swelling rivers you know somebody said the other day it's like being still turtle this thing will not move up the coast tonight you know the way we continue to just get copious amounts right the rescue of trapped residents continued in new

bern north carolina a city that sits on a peninsula between two rivers residents elsewhere are being warned not to get complacent the risk of catastrophic flooding and mudslides remains remember most storm deaths occur from drowning in freshwater often in cars don't drive across the indian or moving water emergency management the sharing flood projections for the local officials. if they tell you to evacuated please do so immediately you can save your life the national weather service says more than fifty centimeters of rain have fallen in some areas with more to come this is one major source of concern the cape fear river meteorologists predict that it could reach flood levels as soon as sunday morning cresting two days later and the flood waters they could linger for weeks with businesses closed and close to a million people already without power some restless residents ventured outside to

get a look i am a little bit surprised at how high it is because it's different like i always wondered like how high can they get in there pretty high for now there's not much they can do but watch and wait kristen salumi al-jazeera fayetteville north carolina. 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 there is led to uncontrollable amounts of waste and sewage police reports from mari can analyze 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 most of them. netiquette that that's part of the problems. that have been problems. about the use 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 elektra city 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 afternoon 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 defense 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 food we just want to let us leave this camp to be ok most if i could find a job i could or rent a house ok no problem. living on. the scorpions yet this is the foreseeable future for our lee and eleven thousand refugees on the island jump. lesbos. now refugees and migrants stranded in western bosnia say they've been beaten strip searched and robbed by croatian police seventeen refugees told out of the abuse took place while they were attempting to travel through croatia to germany they also accuse police of taking their valuables croatia's interior ministry denied the allegations has emerged as a new route to western europe with thirteen thousand refugees arriving there this year. announcer wonder where president paul kagame has ordered the release of an opposition leader in jail since two thousand and thirteen accused of terrorism they

are a is one of more than two thousand prisoners who sentences have been commuted prominent musician. 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 four abandoned genocide the leader of the regional bloc in south america says he's not ruling out military intervention to overthrow venezuela's president at least one and a half million people have fled the political and economic crisis there and inflation could soon reach a million percent. venezuelans coming up with venezuela's coming up with novel ways to make their money go even further. he explains from kuta on the colombia venezuela border. so often it's very difficult to explain just how far and how deep does the venezuelan economy fall and the international monetary fund saying that by the end of the year inflation there could reach

a million percent but what does it all mean one example is right here on the border with colombia this is the quest for family and what they have here is real business will earn money but this is so worthless that they're literally sowing it. with it they're making bags and wallets that they sell for pieces on the streets of colombia but how much was one of these bills words just five years ago when i think one you're going to be hit with one of these bills five years ago we could've groceries for a week feed a family with your poor people then nobody because they have no value they're actually quite impressively made they sell from three to seven dollars and the crisper family says the program has come to this to make ends meet. a funeral has been held in indian administered kashmir for a top separatist commander killed in a gun battle in the indian military. and four other fighters were killed off the

offices surrounded and attacked the village of child searching for members of his his bull mujahideen the group he led another man was killed in protest over the fight his deaths. on now to yemen who see rebels say they signed a memorandum of understanding with the un to get critically injured fighters out of the country for treatment a deal was agreed by who's the officials in the un's top humanitarian official in yemen lisa crown day al-jazeera simmons has more now from djibouti. this announcement comes from the who theory rebels and it could amount to a potential breakthrough following on from the failure to get the delegation from the who it is to geneva more than a week ago they've been in the money capital muscat meeting un officials including martin griffiths the un special envoy now what they're saying and they've published a picture of lease ground a signing a document which they who things say amounts to a memorandum of understanding they say there who says that they have gotten an

agreement to transport a number of injured people to amman over a period of six months for treatment for serious injuries on the battlefield syria's military says it's down several missiles fired by israel near the airport in the capital of damascus this is according to syrian state media spokesperson for the israeli military has tonight the reports now the u.s. space agency nasa has launched and via 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's classiest have a morgan explains three to one. nasa is calling its most advanced basely their launch on saturday i said to have time faster light 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 the value a green laser light from the satellite bounces off of this thing goes right back up to the satellite again super reflective so these things is to go up in data with others like i saw two i said two 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. now saturday marks world cleanup day where volunteers pick up rubbish on beaches around the globe the biggest polluter is plastic it's estimated more than eight million tons of it ends up in the ocean each year but in kenya a unique boat has been launched to highlight the problem catherine soy explains from lamu on the kenyan coast. after two years of trials

aras and incredibly hard work flip floppy takes to the water of the indian ocean for the first time. it's built and highly of recycled plastic waste collected from the shores of the indian ocean by kenyans the project's leader says it's the world's plastic revolution but it is really simple we have to end single use plastic recycling is not enough we have to put an end to single use consumption. its first full year was around i live in now what. will. be the expected to say in the coming months making stops in villages along the indian ocean coast those aboard will be allotting communities about the dangers of plastic waste and what they can do to protect the environment but building this boat is not the end game. the team of boat builder say they used experience for the next

project we wanted was a big about the long twenty metres and to have a good voyage from longwood to cape town itself but all these talents as we decided this prototype so we have seen what we wanted where was most of the material one of the efficient. the launch of flip flop he was on the world cleanup day when millions of people globally volunteered to clean their beaches for twenty four hours the united nations says more than eight million tons of plastic finds its way into the world's oceans every yeah that's a serious dumping a garbage truck for every minute. kenya into the world. of using plastic in the right perspective you can use plastic but you can't recycle it and today we have seen from rubbish to abort. the islanders in

kenya to marvel. i do believe this. and hope that. sam is far away as asia stops washing up and down. and everyone plays down part in season the action conference on al-jazeera on the kenyan coast. just a quick look at the top stories for you 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 lost some of its power after it landed on the loose on the largest filipino island rues were ripped off homes power lines were downed in heavy rains caused landslides significant. property and drops the power lines so. that the bike would be over soon meanwhile hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather

as the typhoon travels across the south china sea is 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 and ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended but in our other headlines this hour members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the aroma liberation front daoud absent fifteen hundred fighters had been in neighboring eritrea for twenty six years earlier this year prime minister ahmed removed the o.l.f. from a terrorist 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 worst outbreak in a decade. iraq's parliament has elected a new speaker paving the way for a government to be formed sunni politician mohammed boosie was previously the

governor of iraq's anbar province is by by the pro iranian fatah bloc led by the former prime minister nuri al maliki. and egyptian court has arrested former president hosni mubarak's two sons on charges of insider trading and gamal mubarak are accused of illegally benefiting from the sale of a national bank and 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 in that there is one of more than two thousand prisoners who sentences have been commuted prominent musician kasi to me he go is also being freed. if you find a latin america is next. on counting the cost this week ten years later why young people are picking up the bill for the global financial crisis could a seismic economic event be brewing at emerging markets plus behind gated walls bubbles and crashes in the global housing market counting the cost on al-jazeera.

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