this is news live from berlin a deadly typhoon batters the central philippines typhoon fan phone tore across a number of popular holiday islands destroying property killing at least 16 people we'll bring you the latest on the devastation also coming up. remembering the 2004 indian ocean tsunami which killed more than 200000 people 15 years although we need one woman who lost almost her entire family. a ring of fire blazes across middle eastern and asian skies will have everything you need to know about the last

solar eclipse of the decade and whether you can see it where you are. and germany citizens should overcome their differences and show more mutual respect that's the christmas message from a german president frank. who looks back on the year with a call for on germans to talk to one another time his speech in full. welcome to the program. a deadly typhoon has stricken the central philippines at least 16 people have been killed and the fear is that more people may have died many buildings were destroyed and large areas are still without internet or electricity a tropical storm at 1st found phone was upgraded to a typhoon when it made landfall on christmas eve it brought pounding rains and

winds speeds up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day and as you can see it's moving towards vietnam now. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge. fun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air both or she's evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. severe rain caused major flooding forcing people to wade through the deluge seeking need to deal with the typhoons aftermath. toiletries whatever items that can be useful and helpful to us that's what we're appealing for i hope we receive help. from sun phones powerful winds rex have a conceptual 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 fon fon blocked roads and cut communication lines there are reports of people taking shelter in the region's airports. now 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 fan phone has made this christmas one that will be remembered. and earlier we spoke to richard gordon of the red cross in the philippines he told us about the aftermath of the storm so far and how those affect. by the typhoon are dealing with it people are beginning to go back to their role. and after the onslaught of the typhoon last night and the other night but really a lot of people have lost their homes. the people in the coastal areas they really got to all of their houses their ramshackle homes with those of the destroyed

hoosier blown away their walls are blown away and so a lot of the one would have to do without and that's why we're addressing that by providing carpooling children kids to the folks out there also they would need food because everything that they have their coach. signs the identify cooking utensils . they're without that so that person makes an impact with their questions because right. trucks that provide the ready made meals so again this is going to be a recurring problem of we don't have enough right the way we're trying to bring in all the food stuff that we can bring including i'm sleeping give imagine your home being blown away you need your blankets you need a mosquito match and that's what they need right now. apart from the fact that they would need. if anyone was advertised as not an american don't want i myself was told is not going to be strong adult for the moment and there is

a bit of an area of responsibility is there a storm in major typhoon commended for it all should be and that was richard gordon of the red cross in the philippines. communities across asia are marking the 15th anniversary of the indian ocean tsunami on the morning of december 26th 2004 a 9 point one magnitude earthquake triggered a powerful ocean wave that hit coastlines across a vast area the disaster killed more than 200000 people. in thailand people that candles on a beach to remember the victims around 8000 are estimated to have lost their lives in the country although many bodies were never recovered. some 2000 kilometers away sri lanka's eastern coast was hit especially hard more than 10000 people died in the southern part region. can diet. looks out over the indian ocean nearly every day get up and deter life 15 years ago when

she lost almost her entire family to the massive tsunami. only a little bit if 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 co that i never saw the of us again when i got back at my house was destroyed. 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. has helped 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 insidious and they have

a lot of the next train to come out of these things and that depends on the adults at them. 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 psychiatrist 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. what 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. it's time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. turkish president to one says he intends to send troops to libya chris as the internationally recognized government in tripoli has requested the measure to help stabilize the

country libya has been torn by a civil war since 2014 and has no effective central government. a boat carrying migrants as capsized in eastern turkey killing at least 7 people on board officials say more than 60 margarines were rescued from the waters of lake van near the border with iran the boat was carrying moderates from afghanistan pakistan and bangladesh. more than $200.00 homes have been destroyed after forest fire swept through the port city of el paraiso in chile several districts have been evacuated and more than $3000.00 people are without electricity or it is believed the fires were started intentionally. burkina faso is reeling after a pair of jihadist attacks killed dozens of people the deadliest violence there in years both attacks took place in the northern sumatra region militants 1st launched

an assault on a military base earlier this week killing 35 civilians the army later said 80 assailants were killed in that operation then last night a dozen soldiers were killed in a nighttime ambush countries observing a 2 day mourning period. and for more on the situation in burkina faso on the water see how region i'm joined in the studio now by. thanks for joining us 2 attacks in 2 days how significant is this well it's very significant and not because of the number of attacks but the quality of the attacks especially that region in the region in the sunni area and these types of attacks actually build been building up since june and each time it's being it's increasing and since august we're talking about large scale attacks all 405-0600 fighters attacking specific areas bases and so. following the attack 2 weeks ago and found it to be the region where over nearly 100 people were killed. you have this attack now large scale attack and now

been done and so we're seeing pretty much the culmination of a process that's been going on for a year a bit longer and so it's very significant and why isn't the government of burkean if us are equipped for this kind of incident well it's not being equipped it's more being able to react to i think there are so many factors that it's 1st all we're doing with a great deal so in terms of smuggling crime terrorism i think everything's mixed so you'll have people wearing different hats and this including with the security services which affects how the intelligence how the information is gathered how it's protected to come to the end shall you have it that creates a lot of problems but also we are talking about if we can state especially since the few years ago a state that us failed to or is failing to restore and strengthen security structure that creates off problems and that's not just booking a fossil that's molly that's the that's chad and we're seeing a lot of spillover and yet the conflicts and everywhere else is acting as

a catalyst for bilking a fossil which in turn affects its security structure. as you know is of course part of an organization called the g 5 the hell which includes some of the countries you mentioned. mauritania they're also getting help from the united states military help you drone observation and from some european union countries why can't they get on top of this jihadist insurgency well to help that's provided is actually more on paper than on the ground so the money that's been pledged by france by the u.s. in different g 5 conferences over the last 2 years has not really been given that includes germany the military help is essentially confined to back and that's the french operation there that's a french operation it's not a multinational operation that affects the role the u.s. the support has been slightly financial that. more technology but that's for me so everyone right now is trying to get everybody's help coordinated to be able to affect the situation in the tri border area so soon to be in the. region in mali so

that area that's been most affected to make sure that works properly but too many interests involved especially national interest create a disturbance in the coming dynamic to protect the area ok security expert and some p.r. thanks for that insight thank you. over the past year our correspondents have filed reports from around the world on political crises wars and disasters but they have also sent in stories that highlight the strength of the human spirit this one comes to us from mexico the war between drug cartels there has killed scores of people tens of thousands more are missing almost a 3rd of them children story here is about their mothers who have taken the search for answers into their own hands. why that man amedee now finally found her missing son after he disappeared without a trace 5 years ago i get my lamp on me and you only have to go with me and on one

day he was selling cell phone accessories as usual and he was just kidnapped at a gas station because my son was disappeared in the off forties didn't look for him i started my own search local police were no help she says but there was no surprise ordinary police officers are suspected of frequent collaboration with the drug cartels. minima dina started to search with this simple tool that helps detect the scent of decaying corpses beneath the soil. over time other mothers looking for them missing children and jointer they call themselves that often adult us the trackers they relentlessly entirely as the search for traces of their missing children their treasures as i lovingly refer to them they can't believe they are dead until they have proof and that's exactly what their motto says they will scott i think on that out of their search for you until i find you. for many women here this has become their sole mission the search often turns up

the bones and skeletons in. the women's findings on this day become the top story for mexican journalists now the stench of rotting corpses is overwhelming me time and again the mothers of the disappeared are confronted with a tormenting question could this body be my child let me go out of the mythology to look at me got a hold it feels like my heart wants to jump right out of my body. i'm shaking my ears are blocked oh yeah i think i'm glad and sad at the same time because i don't know if it's my son or her son not that they're not all in the end it doesn't matter we're looking for them because we love them. man i mean dina and her group have already found nearly 500 bodies according to local media many of the disappeared a believed to have had ties to the drug trade victims are often young men who had no prospects for legal employment minima deen and the other mothers found the

remains of 15 people on a single day neighbors who had observed suspicious activity gave them crucial tips on where to dick the search missions are a provocation to the drug cartels releasing the him who was caught they tell us we should stop looking if it is proper otherwise the same thing will happen to us that we're going to then one day someone else will find us buried but i think we're scared but love in the uncertainty are stronger i mean i said. it took 3 years for man to find her son at last she says he can rest in peace. people across the middle east in asia have been witnessing a rare solar eclipse it's what know what's known as an annular eclipse and it provided spectacular views to people from saudi arabia to india and singapore and many as you can see had a special goggles so they could look straight at the sun without endangering their our site. a ring of fire in the sky seen by lucky viewers along

a narrow path of visibility in saudi arabia sun chasers from around the world started preparing in darkness i'm a glimpse chooses my 11 clips and that specifically came to so to see is a tenuous will eclipse didn't songlines for me and my family we live in one then i would come to sounds right especially to see this event because this race it's very rare in remission and we have to wait for another 30 years more sun watchers travelled to a remote desert area of abu dhabi for the best view. iting i wanted to come here only to victim is a once in a lifetime moment and it looks so amazing why you see it it's like it's gone completely. as the path of visibility moved eastward people in western indonesia set up here to watch. and to record.

singaporeans who are amongst the last to be able to see it. in the next one is going to be when i'm in the last 60 years so i might as well take my youth and look at this lovely ring of fire that's only 2 minutes but it's so intense that you talk about it with your friends and family for the next months . the eclipse then moved out over the ocean and disappeared. in the united kingdom queen elizabeth delivered her traditional christmas address with a focus on peace and reconciliation she reflected on this past summer 75th d.-day anniversary commemorations as an example of people's capacity to overcome deep seated divisions she also praised young environmental campaigners but after a year of turbulent british politics and challenges facing the royal family the queen acknowledged that 2019 had also been difficult. it's

a christmas tradition for the royal family and often in trip to the church near the queen's sandringham estate but this year the party was smaller than usual no prince philip he's just out of hospital prince harry and his wife megan are taking time out in canada rumors of a family rift abound. and then there's prince andrew he's keeping a low profile after giving a t.v. interview to deny he was involved in a sex scandal involving the convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein he was at church but in the morning well away from the cameras it's been anything but clear sailing for the royals this year all for their country i mean the drama of greg's it's so a brave face for the christmas message jesus christ would show the world how small steps taken in faith. can overcome differences and deep seated

divisions to bring home a new and understanding. many of us already try to follow in his footsteps the path of course is not always slow and may at times. among the photos clearly visible on her desk during that speech the 3 men next in line to the throne they also feature in this royal video making christmas pudding for charity it's worth remembering that it is often the small steps not the job. that bring about the measure change and so i wish you all a very happy christmas. and especially happy christmas if only because this difficult year will soon be over. and you are of course watching the news live from berlin we'll have more news at

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