way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's famous bullet trains was surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow all the time who the major typhoon has caused extensive damage far and wide in eastern japan and one point the special warning for heavy rain was issued for as many as 13 prefixes it has also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding in various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain coastal areas were battered by huge waves and winds exceeding 200 kilometers an hour before i took them off the building shook in the elec tricity went off for a moment that was really scary as the typhoon approached a tornado made landfall in chiba prefecture destroying houses many communities here was still recovering from a typhoon that struck last month. for most in the path of the storm it came at night. the streets of tokyo were eerily quiet as businesses closed and people were urged to stay home by day it became easier to assess the damage and carry out

search and rescue operations millions were ordered or advised to evacuate but some chose not to leave their homes or couldn't get out in time. the storm was compared in size and strength to a typhoon that struck tokyo in 1958 leaving more than 1200 people dead modern japan has become well drilled in dealing with the threat of natural disasters and it seems this time it was as well prepared as it could be. was japan's 19th typhoon this year but those who experienced it say this was one of the most intense in decades many are relieved it was relatively brief allowing the recovery to begin quickly wane hey al jazeera tokyo in the news ahead find out what's become a major issue for voters in mozambique as they head for tuesday's presidential election. and tapping out farmers in sudan are worried about the arabic trade.

how the weather's slushy set there across eastern parts of china at the moment down towards the southwest a little bit of cloud coming through here not just a little bit of cloud there just towards hong kong lets just pushing through as we go on through monday will increase increasingly dry up brighten up more the way of sunshine far south over towards high and then you could see some showers so wet weather coming in here along with the western side of china where the weather will slide through on that northeasterly wind picking up that moisture over the south china seas and good parts of vietnam certainly along the coastal fringes. we'll see some rather heavy rain from time to tide so a chance to sing some rather heavy rain into western parts of india a lot of shower clouds showing up around carol into kind of dark

a little bit wet weather too just coming up the eastern gets out of possessing some showers along the spells of using all the way up towards addition as we go on through the next day or so but to the north of that it is generally try and sunny and sunny across pakistan is fine and dry karate 34 degrees celsius not a 5 and dry weather to across iraq even potentially 34 celsius 2 for abu dhabi here in doha we're getting up to every pleasant 35 celsius but just notice the chance of water to show us to the south of oman. philippines president roderigo deter he says he's cracking down on the communist insurgency but some fear it's a deadly campaign to silence his critics as the death toll rises one to one east investigate these new war on al-jazeera. 3 prime ministers and still close ranks with the oct 31st departure deadline looming and the e.u. and u.k.

prepared to square off in brussels was will boris johnson to do next followed the e.u. summit on al-jazeera. top stories for you this hour right here on al-jazeera the u.s. is an answer to a 1000 troops to withdraw from northern syria as turkish forces and their allies continue their offensive says its forces have now and to. have also taken control of a man and sub. prime minister is pakistan's trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he met iran's president hassan rouhani in teheran is off to riyadh as well on tuesday and is hopeful of a breakthrough soon. and

a powerful typhoon in japan's left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help the massive relief from cleanup operation. that hit tokyo on saturday before moving north. now more than 7000000 voters into an easier choosing their next president an election that is a test of the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 arab spring the support from the. millions of voters into his yard deciding who becomes the 2nd democratically elected president since the 2011 revolution enjoying a surge in support mainly among the young law professor an independent has promised to overhaul state institutions fight corruption and invest in marginalized. his rival media tycoon is popular in poor areas where his charity has been active

over the last few years has pledged to and poverty and create jobs and it is for millions of people. the president must find solutions to the economy improve security and rein in the soaring price of food it's unbelievable you buy a commodity for a price and tomorrow it's incredibly more expensive than the health care must be address health care who you mentioned be given more opportunity the 1st round of the election was tight sayed came in 1st followed by a car we the latter was released from jail a few days ago after being detained on charges of corruption and tax evasion the leader of the secular party heart of tunisia dismissed the accusations as politically motivated the winner will be the one who manages to convince to his yes he has answers to their growing economic problems. i don't see a consensus on the governing coalition and that means the political parties may not

agree on a plan of action with them and. we have a poor infrastructure education was one of the best in the region now it has declined. politically it's been a busy week in tunisia last sunday a parliament was elected and talks are underway to form a coalition government the conservative party another came in 1st followed by an appeal car was heart of tunisia both have ruled out forming a coalition leaving another with a delicate task of convincing the rivals and independent members of parliament to join the government whoever gets elected will have to ensure the governing coalition is formed quickly and measures are taken to tackle poverty and economic problems if people don't feel progress soon that's why deepen the growing disillusionment they feel towards their leaders. millions of

people in poland voting in parliamentary elections the governing law and justice party is trying to tighten its grip on power and he is widely expected to win the mandate would help push through many of its conservative policies which include a strong anti immigration agenda. we are casting a ballot to make life better for all the people living here the country is heading in the right direction i hope it will not turn back some of the aspects of our life is a very limited so. i think there are. there are some there are some limitations in our freedom and more elections people in mozambique this time voting in a general election just 6 months after the devastating cyclons killed at least $1300.00 people so the task won't be easy because thousands are still homeless and living in camps malcolm webb reports now from tika one of the hardest hit areas and so far the province no. flood water started gushing into to reason make it tires

home it was when cycling it died struck central mozambique in march. one wall collapsed then another. she ran and climbed this tree to escape the rising torrent her sister and her 2 small children climbed this one she saw them washed away when it collapsed. because it was a new yet. i was very sad because my sister was gone that night i stayed in the tree crying the next day people came into kenya to rescue us eventually found their bodies. this tends now to resist home hundreds of people were killed by 2 cyclamens that struck me as i hear this yeah thousands are still in camps where they're meant to vote in choose days presidential election. the people here have gathered to register for food handouts the cyclons affected areas where many people have historically voted for the political opposition rights groups say many

won't be able to vote because voting cards were washed away i haven't been replaced by the political opposition say the ruling freely my party has used humanitarian assistance to campaign for votes it was the port city of beirut where the 1st cyclon made landfall the city's mayor. is now running for president leads a growing opposition party called m d m we met him campaigning in a remote village 7 months ago was on the water he's not happy with the government's response even saying that you know if we don't vote if you don't spend your vote you want to get before so that's what we're doing and that's a very bad but the national can do is watching it and not doing anything the cyclamens ripped through rose and washed away bridges. many of which have now been repaired. the ruling for lima party says its recovery program has been

a success so. it promises to continue if he stays in power and it denies foul play you don't want one i've got about that not true take the humanitarian aid and give it to the population is that the case that's not true humanitarian aid was distributed in front of the international community that election season might bring handout and promises from politicians that most cycling victims like to resign lived in grinding poverty before the storms and since an election won't change that malcolm where al jazeera mozambique 9 people have been taken to hospital after a mortar attack on mortgage issues international airport at least 7 mortars were fired at the airport around 1 pm local time the airport houses embassies and the united nations and african union missions china's president xi jinping is calling

for stronger ties with nepal including further investments in education and tourism she arrived in katmandu on saturday on a state visit making him the 1st chinese president to visit the country in over 20 years she's visit follows a meeting with the indian prime minister narendra modi both india and china trying to extend their influence in the pile while they have traditionally been at odds with each other now anti-government demonstrators in hong kong of staged a sit in at a shopping mall they once again defied the ban on wearing masks when they gathered in the shanty and district rallies have also taken place in several other areas the 5th month now of protests that began in response to that controversial extradition bill but have since turned into a demand for political reforms. the 24 hour curfew in ecuador's capital has been extended indefinitely due to ongoing violent protests troops are patrolling quito after demonstrators set fire to

a government building their anger at the new austerity measures that led to a spike in fuel prices talks between protest leaders and the government set to start in around 4 hours time. now there is a mysterious oil spill but as contaminated at least $150.00 beaches along brazil's northeastern coastline dozens of teams are trying to clean it up but they say the thick crude is just washing ashore too fast for them to keep up carol is under has more now from the coastal community of coding pay in northeastern brazil. one of brazil's most beautiful beaches now covered with oil it washed up on the sand here on what was otherwise a pristine beach. and it has the locals like joe's a mighty is extremely worried going to fish i feel very sad this is an environmental disaster even if people are cleaning it up the damage is done i've been working here for over 30 years and i've never seen anything like it but it's

not just here or oil has washed up on beaches all up and down the coastline of the northeast of brazil recent days it's been seen in 9 coastal states in more than 150 locations. it's unclear where the oil is coming from but it's already killing sea life but it's so widespread showing up on a coastline more than 2000 kilometers long there aren't enough crews to reach it all. but they're trying the best they can they're finding so much oil that they're sending teams of men out to collect it all and they're loading it on the back of these flatbed trucks such as this and then putting it in these huge white containers to be taken away just today on this beach they say they've collected at least 2 tons of oil. local residents are witnessing an environmental disaster up close as. i went swimming today and when i got out

of the water i had oil all over my hands and i'm worried because i don't know how my body will react to this when the short to walk i've seen the 5 big dead feasts it's to say because it has also reached the eaves and you hear the oil stains really you ought people here now looking out over an oil polluted ocean left wondering how much worse it can get. rando. along the northeast coast of brazil. when they sedan which is the world's main producer and exporter of gum arabic which is also known as acacia gum it's a hard surface used in a lot of things soft drinks cosmetics it accounts for nearly 15 percent of sudan's income the pharmacy plant and harvest the product so they worry that's all about change here morgan reports now from ever buried in north korea. these fields of acacia trees have been tended by any means to

a man's family for generations for 30 years he's been planting harvesting and tapping them for their sap the liquid flows slowly for days before drying into gum arabic it's been the main source of income for his family for decades but he's concerned that's may not continue much longer. with the elusive the one still involved in the gum arabic business most of those harvest another bum 13 while the youth no longer have any interest they prefer quickening means like mining gold or construction but those holding on to the trade. and kneels farm into north korea to find is one of hundreds in the state involved income arabic production which accounts for nearly 15 percent of sudan's income the product has many uses from food emulsifiers to cosmetic products to herbal medical treatments but due to a lack of processing facilities in sudan the material is exported wrong and at a lower price. because of its importance internationally gum arabic was the only

product exempted from the u.s. trade sanctions list imposed on sudan in 1907 so dam produces more than 70 percent of the world's gum arabic and more than half of the 3000000 population here in north korea from parents from it but the business is changing and besides people moving away from farming there are other challenges. authorities say because gum arabic can't be processed in sudan up to 30 percent of what is produced is smuggled out of the country and education experts say those involved in the business of gum arabic aren't necessarily following the best farming practices climate change has a direct effect on the production. or set of the farmers may be the. most droughts in the last year affects the proportion of the 3 most loving forces for the full force that benefits for all of that there is. also to increase their incomes so-called sending this to show they are using to tap the 3 during the off

season for the. authorities also say that out of the 11000 square kilometers available to plant and harvest acacia in the state less than have is being used and . as a government we are planning in the next 3 years to increase the trees in the gum arabic belt we're working to distribute young acacia trees to farmers here so that they can farm in areas that haven't been tapped yet and we've proposed building factories so that harvest is in trade as can profit from the added value to process gum arabic. says he's going to wait to see the changes that he's told will improve his earnings he hopes that will also attract younger people into the business otherwise he fears there will soon be only elderly farmers who may not be around to see how farms have improved he will morgan on to 08 north korea fan.

but 2nd to the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. has announced up to a 1000 troops will withdraw from northern syria as turkish forces and their allies continue their offensive now in korea says its forces have now entered. and have taken control of ain and suck you more turkish president says his forces will take full responsibility for thousands of eisel detainees in northern syria it follows reports that an unconfirmed number of people escaped from a detention center in. after it was shelled by turkish forces the figure ranges from dozens of to several 100 information that cannot be independently verified pakistan's prime minister trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he's met iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran and will travel to riyadh on tuesday he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon. iran is a neighbor. dies with iran go a long way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends

saudi arabia has helped us when we have needed when we have been in need. and so. the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue saudi arabia's denied any involvement in friday's attack on an iranian oil tanker iran's foreign minister says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia but the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs out loud you bear says they didn't carry out the attack the powerful typhoon in japan's left at least 23 people dead the military has been deployed to help in a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon haiyan this hit tokyo on saturday before moving north and the 24 hour curfew in ecuador's capital quito has been

extended indefinitely to your ongoing violent protests there and create new austerity measures that lead to higher fuel prices you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera one of one east is next. thank you philippines president roderigo deterred a self-proclaimed war on drugs has been blamed for thousands of alleged extrajudicial killing fields. now on the island of negroes he's launched another

bloody war against a communist insurgency. but many say in reality it's a brutal campaign to annihilate his critics. that the death toll mounts one a one east investigates ditto days knew. this was. true he was standing right here and this store owner was sitting right there were at the scene of a targeted killing and just suddenly. this this mother's act stopped over there and faced them and called out history they knew who he was being the only laws they said then and then ben looked at them. so we usually ramos's husband was gunned down outside the shop late one night in november last

year this is the 1st time she's returned. i could not really find the strength to come back and see where he laid down for us life. is so mad i don't know i feel so sad i feel so. just really and we've. been ramos was a human rights lawyer his wife blames president ditto days government for his death . plus the state for since. taking the life of a person was very innocent. who has been very supportive of farmers this is us it's not an answer. 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 zomi or n.p.a. is based in the remote mountain areas and is recognized globally as a terrorist organization. in november last year president a 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.i. one of the young human rights are you and we see very little. well spirit. if they are of the up being just them. since he came to power in 2016 there have been at least 87 alleged extrajudicial killings of peasants human rights advocates and lawyers only grow silent. it's really this that there discover in the systematic attack and political persecution of activists clarice acing soon zahra over rez and belle ramos as we know you are all human rights workers take on cases of extrajudicial killings for b.p. to charges arrests. in april this year photographs of the 3 women appeared on

a poster of more than 60 people branded as fronts for the new people's army. the phone number to report sightings of them is for the local police in me and they are saying that people are and be should be killed and should be killed and it's it's really serious just 2 people on the poster are already. at only bad he she is husband was the 1st to be killed and. then in april this human rights advocate and city councilor who was shot in the head while driving his motorbike. after each killing clarice are in zara received death threats saying they to be next. we know that it's part of the state to harass and to saul fear so that we will be silent and stop their work. this movie shows the 1st village that we organized way back in 1904 people say year ban

passed the bar exam and so this was a community that he 1st hand lives in the late eighty's government reforms was supposed to redistribute land to peasants the congresswoman who owned the plantation here refused to comply. been a new shoes in geo led a full year legal battle for these families connected. at the event bang was that for a number to get this i'm one someone can make a bundle settlement in a much better man without him with an add on this and that and since his death the foma say the government's trying to force them to disband the collective that's become a setback and demand one be done one woman in the case i'm enough of an only guess i'm one of the most inept as i've been then family there may come from mississippi

in the middle of that and it is that this incessant c.p.p. to face them with. their new been how most but i say yeah the whole be on the dole that some of those ability to do not money would say. god. in the months leading up to ben's death he shifts it is a local military radio program intensified its campaign against him claiming he was recruiting for the n.p.i. . band of the one. then you know toba 20. 9 farmers were shot dead with high powered weapons as they slept in a field. then gave legal advice to their families and

also members of the sugar workers federation who were charged with the murder is. said that a massacre happened in the north of the us and of course a lot of people there knew. the killings for state sponsored so we were discussing what kind of case because the fire and so and i are of the military. less than 3 weeks after the massacre was dead. so i have here the autopsy report that was done by the commission on human rights one bullet hit his heart and came out and. and they said and of the gunman it's really a very very professional. it's really a hit. c.c.t.v. cameras captured the good man after the shooting wearing a hooded sweater on the back of a motorbike one makeshift so. it was an extrajudicial killing

you know because these before he was killed he was already being servility monitored by the intelligence officers of the military so he told you that he told me that and i was with here and i saw how he was being surveilled. he she says the intimidation hasn't stopped with the husband's mood of playing ploy of military told his funeral convoy and allegedly threatened the mourners with a pistol who were later charged with posing a grave threat. since then there have been more death threats some of our staffs have received. the coffee and she says the military continues to stalk them as they try to do their work you can see in this speech that while we were conducting the mission tree men who are all covered this jeannine took pictures.

and they were just standing right next to the military. these people are intelligence officers coming from there come in scared me a lot because the way the they dressed up with this child and i would 1st seemed loathing that the gunman newest when he killed us. major general polonia is a spokesman for the president's new national tosk force to end communist conflict despite widespread media coverage of bin ramos's moodle he says he's not familiar with the 11 month old case we have to investigate we have to help the police investigate this. and we have to make sure that the the guilty amongst the armed forces among members of the armed forces would be cross with the dogs and so you're not disputing that perhaps attorney benjamin ramos was targeted by state forces.

i don't know but i like i said we're going to help in this investigation to make sure that the these are there's a law there's a fair amount of judgment that's using this investment was. about calling on the west coast of the island protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against the mounting deaths of civilians in counterinsurgency operation 500000000000000000000000 over as from the recently formed in geo defame a gross defies the deference against her to document eyewitness accounts of the killing even in some major us we still have interest the gate the case says human rights violations because we believe that the person is an

authority the one know it and the rest and killings if it's very clear that it's the police who killed those victims was it over. 7 17 year old sheila may assume and her family fled their village soon after her older brother was shot dead by state forces it's. she says she no longer goes to school because she's being watched. in the evening at a safe house. next to me horribly again when police arrived at a home early one morning in december last year olds. as they are. young. a lack. of those. who suppose.

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