the final summit of the year of meetings that always focus on what's going to happen is me and my the leader on song suchi is she going to have to address questions about the situation in her country with the writing and the treatment of them and the mass exodus that that her army caused but usually it is sidestepped and that's something that has that has really. elevated the criticism against ossie and calling it a toothless organization that comes to dealing with human rights issues that again has been brought up this year but i think it's kind of put down a little bit more than has been previous years mainly because there's so many other issues that are going on here in the region and globally focusing on trade focusing on the trade war between the united states and china which is very important both nations are very important to trade here with this 10 block of nations so i guess you know it is still there it is still going to be you know viewed as something that that's not discussed as much as it should be but right now a lot of the focus is on commerce and trade so him indeed it will follow events with you in the coming hours as well thanks scott still ahead here on al-jazeera

i'm still claims responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks to talk at mollie's military. also picking up the pieces people in the southern philippines struggled to cope after a series of devastating quake says stories after the break. hello again welcome back we're here cross parts of california we do have some better weather conditions in terms of wind and relative humidity and the firefighters will probably get to contain more of those fires across the area over the next few days centralise though for los angeles expect to see about $27.00 degrees here on sunday up towards him cisco we do expect to see $1000.00 degrees there now here towards the east the big weather system has pushed through we are seeing some better weather in terms of the clouds and the rain but it's still quite cool new york at 12 here on sunday by the time we go towards monday we do expect to see

a lot of clouds as well as some rain turning to snow in the overnight hours pushing through the great lakes and up towards canada so for ontario do expect to see temperatures in toronto at about 9 degrees in ottawa at about 5 degrees to you there well here across much of the caribbean it is going to be partially rain showers and scattered rain showers as well down towards the south we do expect to see panama at 30 here on sunday as we go towards monday more rain in the forecast but really not looking too bad for have any with sun in the forecast at 30 degrees there and then very quickly towards us on c.n.n. temperatures coming down for you but just one day we do expect to see 36 degrees forecasted high here on sunday but by the time we get towards monday it is warming back up to 39 in rio a nice day if you had some rain at 29. this december make the heroes of europe asia africa the middle east oceania.

to a stage made fun of the germans taken entrance makes a mistake pizza deep on becoming it's best to see the excite be sure to say i want to be. told this before. i make cuts on your goal. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me say hello rob a reminder of our top stories turkey's defense ministry has accused kurdish armed forces of a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 civilians including children in northern syria about 30 others were injured in the attack near

a market in tel aviv. also please have fun tear gas and use water cannons on protesters in chinese capital santiago people angry about low income public health care of the growing gap between rich and paul and trade negotiations of fears of escalating u.s. china trade war likely to dominate 2 days of the ask him something to bangkok members of the southeastern asian block are hoping to finalize a major free trade deal. tens of thousands of iraqis have joined other mass protests in what's now the largest uprising since the fall of the former leader saddam hussein in 2003 this was the scene in central baghdad where anti-government demonstrators rallied in the crease square that angry about economic hardship corruption or what. call interference from iran of the us bold a $250.00 people have been killed since the protests began last month. in which those people who are protesting there only demand is the fall of the government and

the parliament now look at the they're not going to destroy its already took is not enough for them and they also want to take more from us we want to block this ports in order to get. now the people want the fall of the government for the government to resign and they're asking for a change we want to new government to give us our rights and beefier with us we don't trust them now because there are no reforms for iraq he says sorry. as iraq is divided security crackdown a small vehicle has been making a major impact to drivers have been transporting injured activists and medical supplies to hospitals latasha couldn't spoke to bank young men behind the huddle balls. some iraqis may view talk talks as a nuisance on 3 wheels recklessly weaving in and out of traffic belching out black smoke and talking all the while now during unprecedented protests the tough talks of top gear have become a welcome sight for the man you know we want to country the important thing is our

country behind me is one of the drivers offering what for many has become an indispensable service there transporting people wounded during anti-government protests to these medical tents and nearby hospitals they're also ferrying volunteer medics and delivering supplies to talk we are square before tech drivers are mostly cremated boy they've dropped out of school to help their money to support their families on the culture of there's no place he'd rather be but he's losing money driving here in tahrir square the tax says people are giving him donations and helping pay for gas but drivers are working for free to help protesters. well why. one of the tuc took drivers was shot in the head and died in made me more committed to my job i want to be a martyr i am not afraid of dying on friday a medical student was killed while attempting to treat injured protesters the

people working in these medical tents spread across the square and the surrounding area are also volunteering mohammed says each day he hopes will be the last here i am motivated by my picture to some for my country when i see someone in severe pain it's impossible for me not to help them i studied and graduated to save lives meanwhile a kind of civic spirit is spreading garbage bags have been put out courage and people not to litter protesters are sweeping the streets and artists are transforming the walls of this tunnel into a colorful canvas to express their heartache and their hope for their country natasha going to. baghdad. staying in the region children walking to school or being killed in a roadside bombing in northeastern afghanistan the victims were between 10 and 15 years old no one has claimed responsibility the taliban is active in the province

where the explosion occurred police say afghan security forces were likely to be the intended targets and iceland's claim to speak in friday's attack in bali that killed at least $53.00 soldiers and one civilian an army base was attacked in the minako region it's the deadliest strike against mali's military in recent history when folson sabine said to the area with the french military helping to evacuate the wounded it follows a series of raids by groups across the region including. the key to faster. 5 candidates have been approved to stand in algeria as presidential election in december despite ongoing protests against the vote among the contenders announced are 2 former prime ministers and 2 former government ministers longtime president of the lizzie's beautifully co was forced to resign in april after months of protests against his plan to run for a 5th term tens of thousands continue to stage weekly demonstrations opposing the election very it could be been liquidated by the military. tens of thousands

of anti-government protests desire rallies for yet another day in pakistan's capital islamabad they're demanding the resignation of prime minister in rome car the so-called freedom march led by a conservative opposition party arrived in islamabad on thursday. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at bus protesters some of them were vandalizing shops and setting fire to mattress stations china's brain state news agency was also attacked saturday's violence is the worst in the territory since for recent weeks and there's anger over beijing's influence in hong kong's politics and the police crackdown is difficult. the question in hong kong nowadays isn't whether protesters will be on the streets but rather which ones spell take over coming up to the 5th month the weekend demonstrations these latest protests brought several districts to a standstill. on polling morning thank you nobody wants to see violence but who is

forcing us to come out to march it's also called chief executive and so i came out today as i help the people of hong kong will not forget that course things have changed the demonstrations used to be so peaceful but the days protest started as an approved rally at victoria park attended by thousands of people the gathering was led by democratic candidates standing in local elections later this month the protests gained traction after democracy icon joshua wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstration soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to prevent others from entering the park. less than an hour after the rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main roads and took over hong kong central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isn't putting up any

of these helicopters hundreds of them are gathered here in one khan's main a financial center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the weekends and tourists instead the protesters have taken over this street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray dispersing the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the water to recruit and disrupt other parts of the city protesters vandalized the offices of the state run shin won using agency widely seen as the mouthpiece of the chinese communist government. in an unusual move earlier this week chinese political leaders indicated that beijing is likely to intervene more in hong kong's affairs in the name of safeguarding national security some protesters believe this could mean their days on the streets

are numbered ball how. we all know about that movement will not be able to count us what with the mounted yet we insist on you not here we fear that this could be our last chance. but for now the standoff looks like it will continue despite months of street protests beijing looks set to harden its towns all the activists are showing bell take to the streets for as long as they can divvy gopalan hong kong. people in the southern philippines are struggling to recover from 4 earthquakes in the past few weeks the devastation is the thousands displaced rylander reports of the growing humanitarian crisis on the island of mindanao. meet the some below one is desperate she has lost her home her farm and was forced to move to this evacuation center with her family where the earthquake struck northcott about a province where i mean. my children's future is destroyed

we've lost our home look at the ridge situation here now this is all what we managed to save my daughter and granddaughter are sick. almost $20000.00 people have been displaced since a series of earthquakes struck many areas of the southern mindanao region last month there are over a 1000 families in this evacuation and the situation is similar. for days there and the situation is dire a short supply of water and food is running out. why now. these people are keen to hear about their village and whether they can return and retrieve any belongings but they're told not yet so for now this evacuation center will have to do in the town of the situation is

worse aid is harder to come by and many people are hungry homeless and traumatized. like. a single mother of 6 she tells us they are lucky to be able to eat twice a day now i said. i don't know where to begin we don't have anything to eat no place to sleep it is harder for my children parents like hagin are keeping their children close these see the aftershocks are strong and they have to stay vigilant today is all souls' day and people usually come to cemeteries to remember the dead but not this year for many there is no time to grieve because they're too concerned about how to survive jim duggan al jazeera northcott about a province. u.k.'s opposition leader has labeled

a temporary ban on the fracking in england as an election stunt the decision follows report would raise concerns about the link between the gas extraction process and earthquakes investigation was prompted by a 2.9 magnitude earthquake near a fracking site in august. i think it sounds like fracking would come back on the 13th of december if they were elected back into office we're quite clear we will end fracking we think it's unnecessary we think it is polluted of groundwater systems and also all the evidence from preston erode in lancashire is that it's actually dangerous and has caused serious earth tremors it seems to me like an election stunt i think it's what's called euphemistically a bit of green wash now take a note of the name see it khaleesi see the south african from humble beginnings who's put his nation on top of the rugby world now the team known as the springboks broke english hearts in the final of the sport's showpiece torment winning $3212.00

in japan is the 3rd time south africa have won the rugby world cup matching the record of new zealand police she is the 1st black player to captain his country to victory he shared the moment with presidents around the poser as well as his father says the kelly who's on his 1st overseas trip. he was just happy he didn't have much choice he just how green in the in the kissed me and he was with the kids it's really amazing and he was with the rest of the team you know but no he's much older than the players but a lot of this because a 0 is you know and he knows me and even i've been best friends since we were 18 years old you know so you know this kind of friendship you know how much this means to us and i'm so grateful that i could bring him to bring him here cleese is also the hero of his hometown was these were the scenes of the way to port elizabeth those fans the news that south africa's victory

pictures of placing lifting the trophy will be remembered alongside images of another captain who was just you know 6 people are celebrating with also mandela in 1995 correspondent i mean develop watched the match unfold in johannesburg. was it was i guess i just watched on the big screen the web it was not being handed over to say nothing when you see this great love that said he was here was the roads 7 to the springboks when the that was the rugby world cup tight so this is one man and how excited are you we asked other words get out of there said it's amazing that so much as you can see this many hours created so much unity within the country it's amazing amazing that so that every kid contextless so happy day out about this when it's been it's up to the country economically it's

not doing well. being a lot of the big. cities. have been looking. to bring light at the end of the time was. c right. every kid deserves the sweet bowl. that's good i gold sun the money. manager said to that job years ago seriously she did know that c b. s there are a reminder of our top news stories turkey's defense ministry has accused kurdish armed forces of a car bomb attack that killed at least 13 civilians including children in northern syria about 30 others were injured in the attack there a market in a bit police of gas and use water cannon the protesters in chile's capital santiago

people are angry about low income poll public health care the growing gap between the rich and the poor trade negotiations and fears of an escalating u.s. china trade war are likely to dominate day 2 of the asean summit in bangkok members of the southeast asian block hoping to finalize a major free trade agreement which crucially doesn't include the u.s. scored highly as a bank or what's very interesting is you know the united states representation at summits this year has been downgraded at the highest level person here to represent the united states is the secretary of commerce in previous years has been the vice president even during donald trump's administration previous administrations president obama came almost every year i say almost because one year he had to go home early back to the united states early because of a crisis in the senate so it's very interesting to see even though the rhetoric coming out from the u.s. state department is that the indo-pacific region is very important to them. tens of

thousands of iraqis have joined other mass protests so what's the biggest uprising since the fall of former leader saddam hussein in 2003 this was the scene in central baghdad where anti-government demonstrators rallied in tahrir square they're angry about economic hardship corruption and what they called interference from iran and the us 5 candidates have been approved to stand in algeria as presidential election in december despite ongoing protests against the vote among the contenders announced on 2 former prime ministers and 2 former government ministers longtime president of the disease beautiful eco was forced to resign in april after months of protests. and tens of thousands antigovernment protesters are rallying for yet another day in pakistan's capital islamabad they're demanding the resignation of the prime minister ibrahim carr the so-called freedom march is led by a conservative opposition party and they arrived in islamabad on thursday of course

you follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com more news in half an hour with me but other al-jazeera now it's counting the cost. as it breaks down. the young people coming. together. with details coverage is meant to be a chance for people from different walks of life different little affiliations to work together to shake their futures together from around the world not many people buy the new place anymore for what the front page you represent these. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost analysis serial weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the way we pay for health care millions of people in the us go without medical insurance many file for bankruptcy

because they can't afford to pay their medical bills. or the chances of rolling out universal health care in an unequal world will take a look at zimbabwe's health care system which is on the brink of collapse. plus the tech companies have a solution to the way that everyone accesses health care we'll talk to an investor and c.e.o. of a diagnostic camp. now just because you are the richest nation in the world and spend more than any other nation on health care doesn't mean the outcomes are better or that more people will access health services more than half a 1000000 people turn to bankruptcy in the us because they can't pay their medical bills and more than 27000000 people are without medical insurance in the poorest nations the weakest don't have access to even rudimentary treatments yet it's a goal of the united nations to achieve universal health coverage for all by 2030 how we'll take

a look at this the world health organization estimates that it would cost around $58.00 per person per year to achieve universal health care in all low and middle income countries that comes to about $371000000000.00 per year by 2030 where does that money come from well the world health organization believes some 85 percent of the total cost can be met by domestic resources in the $32.00 poorest nations a funding gap of around $54000000000.00 would need to be filled through international aid and what will that mean in terms of outcome well some 97000000 premature deaths would be a versus it would also avert 20000000 deaths from non-communicable diseases like heart disease diabetes. and cancer life expectancy would jump anywhere between 3 point one and 8.4 years well as the world inches towards spending 10 trillion dollars a year on health care by 2022 we have 2 reports for you in

a moment from zimbabwe how to takes a look at a public health care service that's on the brink of collapse but 1st from the united states al jazeera. reports on how the health insurance industry is failing patients when virgil clark was diagnosed with cancer she felt confident that their health insurance would cover her medical expenses how many years there had been paying in the to their insurance peramivir oh my god every flight. and he is i guess maybe she wasn't fully covered by health insurance paid for most of her treatments but there remained a few $1000.00 that she was expected to cover and that she just didn't have the hospital withheld her counsel treatment of the hippocratic oath 1st do no harm. but i don't think that applied. and then she wound up detained at a courthouse of the hospital sued and walking up there when seconds in handcuffs i

didn't bring in my pain medicine because i didn't think i would be there all day this sort of trauma for medical bills isn't uncommon experience for americans in fact 2 thirds of bankruptcies a ju-ju medical issues in the us to find out why we travel to philadelphia to speak to wendell potter he was once an executive at the health insurance company cigna most people in the u.s. pay monthly premiums to health insurance companies like cigna as a safety net in case they need medical treatment of some kind just look at these companies then determine whether they will receive and can afford that treatment in 2009 blew the whistle on the health insurance industry to the u.s. congress my name is one potter and for 20 years i worked as a senior executive health and health insurance companies and i saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick so all the so also they can satisfy their wall street investors that if the affordable health care act obamacare was passed it did

wipe and coverage and close loopholes insurance companies were using to refuse that plans health cat. yes. i'm 20000000 more americans were able to get health insurance as a result still some 28000000 americans would remain uninsured here but health insurance is still a for profit enterprise yes you can now get insured but if you actually need treatment it will cost you just as bad if not worse is the rising number of people who are under insured these are people who are paying good money every month for their health insurance premiums but finding that they now have very high deductibles for their words they have to pay a lot of money out of their own pockets before their coverage kicks in for part of the fundamental principles that guide insurance companies haven't changed to make as much money as they can to bring as much revenue and but to pay out as little as possible in claims because when that happens they've got more money to reward

shareholders and to enrich their executives i know that because i was one of them that made quite a lot of money this is just disputes the us has the most expensive health care system in the world however when health system performance is compared such as quality efficiency access to care equity and the ability to lead a long life the u.s. is lost against other developed countries the u.s. does rank top for one indicator that the amount it spends on administrative costs per capita and part of that money is dedicated to insurance companies hiring doctors and nurses as what are called medical directives but they don't treat patients they try to find ways to treat patients everyone is employed by the insurance company knows that they have their part to play and they can sure that that company needs wall street financial expectations so it doesn't have to be direct. that you will deny x.

number of things or create months but you know that if you're going to keep your job and hopefully get a raise and a bonus you've got it. do what the company expects you to do health insurance is expected to be a major issue in the 2020 election proposal recognizes the framing of the debate as one he and other executives would show in the boardroom before funneling money to politicians the terms that are being used today are the same terms that i used to use and in fact in some cases helped create it is to get people to be afraid of change there's a term that's an acronym that's used for this kind of propaganda campaign it's fun and it's fear uncertainty and doubt and these campaigns are designed to get people to fear change to make them feel uncertain about what's being proposed and that they would benefit from it and to doubt those who are advocating i store someone there because i know there's someone out there who went through the sinking or even

worse than i and so that i feel like my story may make a difference or it may embolden someone with a makes but for now it's unsettling how familiar story is in the u.s. armed how powerful the forces are but want to keep. finding drugs for chronic illnesses it's going to get a lot harder for poor and struggling zimbabweans some public health centers have no drugs for the patients the cost of $1.00 month's supply at a private pharmacy is roughly 60 u.s. dallas a civil servant and about saving $2.00 a month if you're into the. kitchen if you look at that place because you really need it for you to maintain your life but then if you baby yet at least that means you don't get to look after your children because all the people that is with. those who can afford it go abroad for the treatment this used to while expensive

private facilities allegedly millions of by this don't have. a has more than 20 registered health insurer. we have about 800000 members the government has its own health insurance for civil servants which caters roughly to 340000 workers that means most people here don't have medical coverage while children under the age of 5 basic feature a public hospitals everyone else without health insurance pays cash for such pain management the patient must have regular i mean true up to access to medication. the medication is becoming extremely expensive. traditionally and historically that medication has been funded largely by donors but we're finding that donors themselves not through lack of world but because of pressures on on their mostly local donors they are unable to support that doctors have been striking for nearly

2 months over poor pay and work conditions it's another sign the public health sector is in trouble after numerous negotiations broke down the government issued this ultimatum doctors coming to work will be disciplined. so the 1st thing we're both most coming to work there will not be paid and some here blame the collapse of the bobbies public health care system on corruption and the state's failure to prioritize government officials they wish to impose sanctions are the reason for the crisis not them but it's patients who end up suffering and as a bubble economy worsens there is no sign that issue ation will improve soon how tasa had forgotten the cost joining us now from oxford is andrew farlow he's a senior research fellow at oxford martin school andrew good to have you with us on cutting the costs as we were hearing there there are many many issues with the u.s. health industry pharmaceuticals for profit hospitals insurance vast

administration insurance not even covering the cost is this a free market failure or a failure of capitalism well i'm not sure how did morning it and i'm not sure it goes far as that but the u.s. does. rate in terms of its performance on hospital performance and help performance and that spending on how much lower than it would be justified by imagined up suspend south spends about 70 percent of its g.d.p. on out just about one in $6.00 and yet it racks up 42nd among $224.00 nations if you look at the most developed industrialised countries the top $3522.00 in the table which tells you something about the way in which that system works and it's a it's a very high cost system but it's also a system that misses a lot you probably know well about the language the insurance industry works in the

way in which you know 20 or 30000000 people quite regularly are not troubled by that system and that's a big source of its actual relative thing to manage it to other countries and then when the expenditure takes place when hospitalization here is quite bureaucratic it's vital to pay. and there are things in the system that don't necessarily push the direction of efficiency is there anything. to recommend about the us system of healthcare is the hit anything that anyone else should be looking to replicate that's a really interesting point i mean that at the very start work the best in the u.s. it's actually the best of the maps the globe if you need the top quality treatment of some sort or other you know it can often be found in the u.s. but you can one of the things to take out of his story is actually that for our relatively lower levels of money you can actually achieve pretty high success so one of the projects sort of highlighting the huge amount of expenditure in the u.s. is it coming out.