i don't think. because of. the famous potato. this is from a tropical storm brings death and devastation to the south and philippines storm tembin and flash floods and washes away homes more than one hundred people are dead and dozens more are missing will bring you the latest on the rescue operations also

on the program. the united nations gets even tougher on north korea imposing fresh sanctions on the country the security council agrees to measures proposed by the united states to limit oil supplies beyond young needs for its nuclear program we'll speak to a reporter in the south korean capital seoul. and the palestinian christian minority gears up to celebrate christmas in bethlehem but the mood is far from festive. welcome to the program we start in the philippines where a tropical storm has killed more than one hundred people in the south of the country rescue operations are underway to try and find dozens more who are still missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept

over the salt an island of mindanao leaving devastation in its weak. this man and child are lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding has been devastating. entire villages under meters of water others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. rescue efforts have been hampered by power cuts and the loss of communication lines storm tamba known as vinton the philippines struck the southern island of mindanao on friday it's an area not often hit by tropical storms. winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour along with heavy rain battered the area. with local officials saying more than

seventy thousand people affected. this nasa satellite map shows the extent of the powerful storm which is now headed towards the philippine island of part of one and on towards vietnam for those affected by tambon a long path lies ahead to recovering from its devastation. the united nations has slapped tough new sanctions on north korea in response to its latest missile tests the new sanctions dramatically restrict the import of oil diesel and petrol and banned the import of industrial machinery north korea will also be prevented from exporting agricultural products but she marry for extracting minerals and electrical equipment and the resolution calls on countries hosting north korean workers to expel them by the end of twenty nineteen some one hundred thousand north korean ex-pats are working mainly in china and russia the remittance money they send back home helps boost reserves of hard currency. now it's the third

package of sanctions against the north this year as tensions continue to rise over the communist states nuclear and ballistic missile program. the draft resolution contained in document slash twenty seven slash one zero nine two please raise their hand a striking display of unity all fifteen members of the u.n. security council backing another round of sanctions against north korea. the us ambassador thank members for backing the measures against what she called the most tragic example of evil in the modern world should the north korean regime conduct another nuclear or ballistic missile test this resolution commits the security council to take even further action it sends the on ambiguous message to pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation the u.s.

drafted resolution even won the support of north korea's main trading partners russia and china. china urges north korea to take the demand seriously abide by the council resolutions and refrain from any further nuclear missile tests. the new sanctions are in response to pyongyang's latest launch of a ballistic missile in november the country said its most powerful missile yet is capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland but russia and china who both hold a veto on the council only backed the sanctions off to the trumpet ministration agreed to water them down. russia also called for compromise from all sides. what's needed is a comprehensive approach one that stipulates both as a sation of nuclear missile tests and the abandonment of the scaling up of military infrastructure by north korea as well as the reduction in the scale of maneuvers

being conducted his comments point to the u.s. and south korea's military drills on the korean peninsula which have been condemned as a provocation by the north so far the north korean regime of kim jong un has insisted that fresh sanctions will only make it speed up its nuclear program the security council hopes the latest measures will finally produce results. so yet another round of sanctions from the international community we asked correspondent stephen baro bank of who is in the south korean capital seoul if putting the screws to north korea will truly make a difference well north korea has already absorbed other rounds of sanctions and they've proven to be pretty resilient when it comes to enduring economic hardship and to finding alternative forms of income other ways to fund their nuclear missile programs one thing that's interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north korea's imports of petroleum products which are very

important for these weapons programs north korea has none of its own oil and needs to import a lot of its energy also a lot of the better off people in north korean cities rely on petroleum imports to run the generators that they use for their own private security supply so the screws are tightening as you said and we perhaps can expect a major change right away but this is an important step towards further cutting north korea off from its source of income. correspondent stephen barr week in the south korean capital seoul time now for some of the other stories making news around the world a former u.s. soldier has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in san francisco over christmas the man allegedly told an undercover agent he planned to target the city's busiest here if it's in one area in the name of the so-called islamic state authorities say a search of his home turned up firearms and a letter claiming responsibility. thousands of well wishers have gathered

a behavioral pattern is in tokyo to mark the eighty fourth birthday of japan's emperor a hit of the emperor has pledged to carry on with his duties until he became twenty nineteen his eldest son prescribe ruto will then take over the chrysanthemum throne . the number of cholera cases in yemen has reached one million that's according to the world health organization thousands of people have already died from the disease and according to the international red cross most of the population lacks food fuel clean water and even access to medical care the united nations says the country is suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis neuron is thirteen years old shrapnel damaged her spine so severely that she's confined to a wheelchair. when before i used to walk to school she says now i can't even hold a pencil the war must come to an end. this says it on matters of yemen was already

one of the poorest countries in the world civil war drought and hunger have made it situation even more dire the country is now on the verge of collapse epidemics of cholera and diptheria have broken out those who receive no medical care have no chance of survival. the air attacks continue as does a widespread blockade some aid has finally arrived but it's rare and doesn't reach many locations villages in rebel held areas have been isolated for months that means people are forced to eat leaves because no food is available aid organizations have sounded the alarm. for a living million people who are what we declared an acute need and that's one million more than last year and the some four hundred thousand children under the age of five who are in a very severe acute moment knowledge situation the war has raged for more than a thousand days leaving ten thousand dead most of them civilians.

in the west bank town of bethlehem palestinian demonstrators have clashed with israeli troops the demonstrators were protesting the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and if you look closely some of them what dressed as santa claus less erupted when israeli police used tear gas to disperse the crowd the latest protest come just two days after the united nations general assembly denounced the u.s. decision. well the rising tensions in the middle east looks set to disrupt traditional christmas celebrations in a part of the world central to the christian tradition in bethlehem and surrounding areas one of these traditions is the game of bingo israel correspondent tanya kramer was there and joined in for around. christmas time is bingo invade at the auditorium of the orthodox christian community they're keeping track of every number on people here play bingo all year round but during the

festive season the athens here is extra special. palestinian christians see themselves as a custodian to christmas and it's often colorful traditions and bingo is one of them that as they call it in baitullah friends and family gather to play every sunday after going to. be dry. it gives us a break from everything going on with all the checkpoints the situation is difficult and people can't go anywhere they want that's why we open the community so we can play bingo over the holidays and have a good time. being good brings everyone together. on a very rigid looked and we really have a good time. would be christmas here without being go maybe christmas day welfare joey it we we have a nice holiday atmosphere that's why we meet here that has business. instead of

sweets the winners get practical hosts want items like rice detergent or toilet paper it's been like this since intifada times this spirit of helping families is strong but this year the next in warsaw if you let me say anything at all when a crisis situation this is about the future of to a city that's holy to us to it's about our homeland that we are losing. a massive force around. bethlehem cutting off the roads to jerusalem images of trump familiar sight palestinians from the west bank need a special permission from israel to visit jerusalem. bethlehem the birthplace of jesus is decked out for the christmas holiday here too the mood is far from festive but locals and this try to make the best out of the situation. looks like this christmas will be back after what happened in the west bank

following trump's decision so everyone here is against terrorism is down to what they're. like to come to bethlehem today to show the baby the atmosphere the city i love the circumstances we are in this disastrous because of the occupation. back in bed it's the third round of the big everyone's enjoying the evening and trying to forget the uncertainty casting a shadow over this christmas. they call it the biggest club game in football el classico and spanish giants boss alona have taken a big step towards winning the spanish league title by beating ten men real madrid three nil away wire is grabbed the opener against the run of play and lionel messi out of the penalty before. scored late on this week's catalan election added to the

fierce rivalry now have a fourteen point lead of a fourth placed rail kick off was moved to lunchtime in order to attract more of us . the winter olympics are just a little over a month away and all kinds skiers are busy honing their skills for the flagship discipline in south korea the latest world cup event took place and they tell us the result of madonna did come paleo but it was a different kind of men's event the night race took place on the floodlights i calculate night race and madonna is one of the most eagerly anticipated of the ski season and it didn't disappoint switzerland's luka and he was well placed in third after the first run of the men slalom his second run was even better. thanks any power down the course with perfect technique to grab the lead. i wasn't the happy i thought austrian great

mausoleum i shall be the man to beat at the winter olympics however a mistake halfway down the second run meant this was by no means a flawless race for the six time world cup winner a compost tertium managed to bounce back though he triumphed by just point zero four seconds to win his forty ninth world cup race and reclaim the lead in the overall standings. you're watching the news live from berlin wall coming of the top of the hour thank you for watching. take. us. with the wonderful people and still make the game so special. the only true fans bad.