this is d.w. news live from berlin a deadly typhoon to batter is the central philippines typhoon found phone tore across a number of popular holiday islands destroying property and killing at least 16 people we'll bring you the latest on the devastation and also coming up remembering the 2004 indian ocean tsunami which killed more than 200000 people 15 years on the

need of one woman who lost almost her entire family. syrian forces pound is with province of forcing residents to flee for their lives government troops backed by tanks are mounting a ground assault on the last pockets of resistance hundreds of thousands of people in rebel held areas have taken to the road with nowhere to go but makeshift camps where conditions are squalid. and germany's citizens should overcome their differences and show more mutual respect that's the christmas message from the german president. omarion evanston thanks for joining us. a deadly a typhoon has struck the central philip. it's at least 16 people have been killed

and the fear is that the death toll could rise many buildings and other properties have been flattened large areas are without internet or electricity typhoon found phone brought severe rain and wind speeds up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge the. sun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air bus or she's evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. sun phones powerful winds ric's have a conservative provinces in central philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan 6 years ago. damage from fun phone blocked roads and cut communication lines there are reports

of people taking shelter in the region's airports. know that the storm has passed for those who are returning home the job of cleaning up and rebuilding their lives has begun although the philippines is hit by storms several times a year typhoon fun phone has made this christmas one that will be remembered. communities across asia are marking the 15th anniversary of another natural disaster the indian ocean tsunami on the morning of december 26th 2004 a 9 point one magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit coastlines across the region the disaster killed more than 200000 people in thailand people plays flowers at a memorial to the tsunami in the village of ban on cam that village was the worst hit plays in thailand with at least 1400 people who were killed there.

in sri lanka the eastern coast was hit especially hard more than 10000 people died in the southern part a region. can die a gee it looks out over the indian ocean nearly every day get up and deterred by 15 years ago when she lost almost her entire family to the massive tsunami. only a little bit did not good all 9 of us lived near the beach so many tonight when i think about the children i get very sad i only managed to save one little go that i never saw the of us again when i got back at my house was destroyed. but i. can die and now shares her home with the one granddaughter she rescued and her small child the waters forced their way some one and a half kilometers inland the town of power in sri lanka south was worst affected thousands of children were among the victims. on his help many survivors back then

he was the only psychiatrist in the worst affected area of southern sri lanka he treated adults and children alike. children as you know will have a huge amount of france indians and they have got the thing that's trained to come out of these things and that be. on the adults at them. sure dones and control and competence to be in with the problems the children's anxiety and stress that's much much less. after the tsunami sri lankan psychiatrists formed a network with the help of the world health organization today elementary school teachers are being taught how to recognize signs of trauma in children but talking about the effects of trauma is still to do. the country has installed an early warning system for tsunamis the fear of another giant wave has never gone away nor has the memory of the victims of 2004. and we'd like to take you back

now to our top story in the philippines where at least 16 people have been killed in a powerful typhoon many buildings have been flattened we're joined now on the line by richard gordon he's from the philippine red cross and he joins us from meant a long city thank you very much richard can you tell us what the situation is right now. well the situation is that people are beginning to go back to their own. and to the onslaught of the phase one last night. but really there are lot of people that walk there all. the people in the coastal areas the really got wild look there the houses there ramshackle of all sorts though to be destroyed there hoosier brought away there was there blown away so a lot of people would have to do without and that's why we're actually that they

providing. shelter to the folks out there also they would need food because everything that their clothes. need them are still. there without that sort of person make an impact with their record right. truck that provides ready made meals so again this is going to be a recurring problem but we don't have enough right. the way we're trying to bring in all the foodstuffs that we can bring including i'm sure it's creeping kinch imagine your home being blown away you need your blankets you need a mosquito nets and that's what they need right now. apart from the fact that they would need is to prevent diseases so this is one of the thousands of people have lost their homes and a lot of the world would have to require as quickly as we can and that's a measure of the my view damage view to be flooded in the lelo and at the same time you need to really look out that there might be. another situation because we've

been having a series of day was in the last 3 weeks. are well typhoons are unfortunately quite common in the philippines do you feel that the saudis were prepared this time around. i do the honor of these are appropriate but they are still good chris christie joke everybody everybody knew that they would be only $4.00. to do the protesters. the great it would be a very strong one for myself what field is not going to be strong for the fall but it is going to be the area of responsibility. for me you're. going to be good for. it seems that we've lost the connection to that was richard gordon from the red cross in the philippines. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world israel says

its fighter jets have struck a number of hamas terror targets in gaza the announcement comes hours after rockets were fired from palestinian militants towards israel an election rally by prime minister benjamin netanyahu was allegedly interrupted by an incoming rocket. at least 11 soldiers have been killed in another terrorist attack in berkin a faso earlier the country's president rushed to war it called for 2 days of mourning after $35.00 civilians almost all of them women were killed by jihad is near the town of our been. more than $200.00 homes have been destroyed after forest fires web through the port city of so in chile several districts have been evacuated and more than $3000.00 people are without electricity authorities believe the fires were started intentionally. russian opposition politicians are like saying of all these says one of his key staff has been forcibly conscripted into

the military the military said the response of heading off scene here with no ball in the earlier this year is being made to perform his obligatory service at an arctic base in involving said. amounted to quote kidnapping. in syria relief groups says more than 200000 people have fled a government assault on live province most of them have been heading towards the turkish border syrian regime forces backed by tanks are continuing their ground advance against rebel held areas in southern and eastern about $250.00 people have been killed in the latest flare up of violence. syrian tanks fire on targets as the ground assault to date province advances. government forces captured village after village their immediate opening a major highway there's been close to 7 years the army ultimately wants to

recapture the province from the al qaida the militias which control it. so troops push forward civilians try to flee the line of fire tens of thousands are on the run. we are leaving because of the shelling and we're worried about our children and the situation. why else would we leave why would anyone leave his house. a regiment table. with the turkish border closed the only option for shelter is makeshift camps like these it's cold and the conditions are desperate. because of the shelling. survive here. people are suffering because of the work record. as. the situation in the camps is likely to deteriorate tens of thousands of

syrians are already stuck in places like these. and every day thousands more take to the roads to get out of the war zone. earl. here we spoke to a human rights activist riad al knowledge of what i asked which is a leading n.g.o.s syria focused on child protection it described the situation facing people on the ground the situation is that it gets catastrophic brutal continue to live in targeting civilian infrastructure and homes over 200000 civilians have been forcibly displaced since the start of the assault and according to unicef 60000 children have been displaced since december the 11th meriton moment now is goes down 103135 schools in the city have been closed completely. 48500 children have

denied their right to education as 348 schools in the region have been suspended. the host communities for the displaced who are struggling to keep up with the hard lights as many of them are already have been displaced before. nowhere is safe. even camps are being targeted. even though there are no armed groups or military installations in the area. that was all knowledge of the syrian ngo speaking to us earlier. the problem of poor quality housing in india is well known it's estimated that as many as 2000 people here are killed in building collapses often blamed on shoddy construction standards spite of the repeat tragedies many people continue to live

in old lava dated buildings and landlords have no incentive to make repairs our india correspondence on a phone a car sent us this report. young has lived here for much of her life this building a century old was built just as world war one ended in the one room that young pieces with the family cracks run through the wall the plaster. and bamboo sticks prop up the ceiling the monsoon rains make the structure riskier each year young pieces she's repeatedly complained to the landlord with little success. you know there was no way that i live in fear that the building will collapse my children are away at work all day so at least they're safe my husband a nice stay at home we could be killed but the way i see it we're old we've lived our lives. leaving the police isn't an option for young whose family owns a modest living tenants like b.

just $10.00 a month a year ingrained some even less that's due to a colonial era law that limits were installed buildings like this one but that also means owners get little money to invest in group is leaving the structures to rot many parts of mumbai like your income on a home to old rickety properties ditto shoes that are more than 14000 buildings in the city that are groups of collapse due to a lack of maintenance and government apathy. only the c.e.o. of 4 story building collapsed at the spot killing more than a dozen people and injuring many more disasters of this kind aren't uncommon in the city. one buys chronic housing was also linked to its dense population and scarcity of land the city is surrounded by water on 3 sites and has no space to grow. more than 40 percent of its 18000000 residents live in slums and shantytowns

experts say at the heart of the problem of the city's sky high real estate values and a powerful builders lobby. has sort of in the last 20 years for the situation collapse of building it will mean that there will be an option off redevelopment funds for the private developer and also because then they have much on most of these buildings out in the island city and. the prices of. cities for young key home is a much loved but dangerous place option would be to get out and lead a much broader life in a far flung suburb either way it's not much of a choice. people in the middle east and asia have been witnessing a rare solar eclipse that visible today what's known as an annular eclipse or ring

of fire has already darkened skies over the united arab emirates and other parts of the arabian peninsula its path of visibility is now moving slowly eastwards across the indian ocean before it's set to end over the pacific in just a few minutes. to tell us a bit more about this natural phenomenon we're joined by anonymous from the astronomical society of singapore because i can hear it's a bit noisy where you are we're hearing the eclipse in fact has already reached its maximum phase in singapore where you are. didn't generate a lot of interest it seems like quite a lot of people came out to see it. absolutely so we have set up a few spots here about 10 to 12 stops. fashion wave and singapore and we've had a few 1000 people come to witness the solar eclipse there's been

a lot of interest as you can see the whole place. during the case you had a lot more. around me you had a few 100 people actually know how to fix reduced. so you can actually. so we've said that it's called an annular eclipse now what exactly does that mean like how is that different from your ordinary solar eclipse 6. ok so. you are 3 different types of solar eclipses one of the partial ones that don't jump out of this one want to be taken seriously and you learn so then you learn so much that's very similar. except for the fact that the size of the moons appears to be slightly smaller than the sun because they want to psyche. this covering the sun during the total solar eclipse the size of the moon and the sun are almost the same

. as the sun surface dorothy. because of this guy miller clips that we experience today. the moon being slightly smaller than the sun probably is about 8885 to 90 percent of the sun's surface and the rest appears like the ring around the more so than appears like the ring and that's where the ring of fire ok so doesn't look like a ring in the sky now tell us i remember being i should never look directly at a solar eclipse is this the case also by the annular eclipse even though most of the sun is covered is a dangerous time after time zillionaire. absolutely just making. when we look at the sun on any given day during its absence it's well we should not look at the sun directly even more so during an eclipse because we tend to think ok it's going to be duller because part of the middle of the sun is covered by the moon and

unknowingly looking at it longer thereby damaging and damaging the ice and exposing ourselves more to some light. i caution and for the astronomical society of singapore we thank you very much indeed. now a quick reminder of our top story. a powerful storm has killed at least 16 people in the philippines typhoon fan phone hit the central part of the country late on tuesday with winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour as well as heavy rain and flooding. you're watching news coming to you from berlin i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another update up next german president from walter steinmeier as christmas addressed a call for tolerance and mutual respect i'm married to abstain from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching.

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