well, the milf, the moro islamic liberation front chairman, has said that he expects a landslide victoryus region being set up. he says that they'll win four provinces and two cities. but cotabato city, one of the most significant cities in the area, has come out — the mayor has said that she would like to reject the vote because she sees moro islamic liberation front fighters coming — what she says, harassing and attacking her residents in her city. so cotabato is undecided over whether or not they will approve the vote. today we'll see the results. it will take a week for the verdict to come out from this referendum, and if it is successful, there will be a second vote in february to determine whether surrounding local authorities and provinces would like to be part of this big region that's being set up. it will get around — more than 5% of the national budget a seatbeltjust 48 hours after he was involved in a collision near the queen's sandringham estate in norfolk. a women injured in the car accident with the duke says she is yet to receive an apology from the him. simonjones has th

and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled specially for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front. hundreds of immigrants in australian detention centers are into the second week of a hunger strike to highlight the plight of detainees in brisbane and melbourne joined others in western australia who've been protesting for eight days queues that guards of brutality and intimidation as well as separating families the government's being urged to order an independent review of prison practices for a short break here not just iraq when we come back what some of the nine done to bring tens of thousands of people to the streets of athens in protest or that stay with us. hello there we're seeing quite a few showers ever ponza japan at the moment and most of them a wintery you can see the speckled areas of cloud here just making their way across the sea of japan that's what's bringing us all snow flurries and they'll be plenty more of them as we head thr

southern philippines almost all armed groups in the area operate in hello there's the more islamic liberation front the more a national liberation front and several factions of the notorious abu sayyaf group not to mention private armed groups being run and operated by local political elites there at this point so it remains to be seen how this will impact or at least this attack and impact the security situation on the ground the philippine government said it will respond strongly against the perpetrators this is a malawian dogon for inside story. well as tamala mentioned there was a referendum last week in the mindanao region and nearly three million filipinos took part eighty five percent backed an agreement to create a self administered area called bangsamoro the referendum follows a peace deal signed back in two thousand and fourteen between the government and the moro islamic liberation front or m i l f rebels gave up their goal of an independent state in exchange for more autonomy the m.i.l.f. has agreed to demobilize up to forty thousand fighters and end their decades long rebellion that ha

well that's exactly the biggest question here and that is because the more islamic liberation front and its supporters have really lobbied hard for this plebiscite it this is part of a more than almost twenty years of negotiations today we were with the leaders of the more islamic liberation front as they cast their votes for the first time basically signaling that they are willing to go through the country's democratic process but that them it is important to remember that this is just part of a long process of transition that is the most difficult part of this it's thirty five thousand fighters of the more islamic liberation front and what is important here really is incentive that those who have been fighting for greater autonomy for greater self-determination will be given jobs better opportunities so this is this what is critical here is that both the national government the local government and the leaders of the m.i.l.f. be able to temper expectations because when these expectations are not met that is when we see others winter groups coming in and taking advantage of the restles

and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled specially for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front british prime minister three they may ascend to address parliament and lay her plan before the break that withdrawal agreement original deal for leaving the bloc was heavily defeated in parliament last week she's already met rival party leaders in the hope of reaching a breakthrough the u.k. scheduled to leave the e.u. on march the twenty ninth paul brennan from london. it seems that she's not willing or prepared to offer hardly anything at all frankly the informed speculation here at westminster is that plan b. will be almost identical to what plan a was which was so emphatically rejected last tuesday by a majority of two hundred thirty votes in the building behind me the prime minister theresa may reached out to other parties held talks with them but it appears that she's preferred to keep the splits within her own party as a priority as opposed

and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled specially for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front. african union representatives have canceled a visit to the democratic republic of congo which was aimed at resolving the dispute over last month's presidential election constitutional court judges declared felix just to get the the winner despite in the e.u. appealed to delay the announcement because of voter fraud allegations martin for you lou says hayes the legitimately there because last month's election was stolen from him to secure these two to be sworn in on tuesday. the names of the five candidates who want to be the next president of senegal have been announced missing from the list are two main opposition leaders because they're banned critics accuse president macky sall of silence in this sense so he can win a second term because hark has more from the capital back our. the decisions taken by the constitutional court behind me are usual

and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled personally for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front hundreds of immigrants in australian detention centers or into the second week of a hunger strike to highlight their plight detainees in brisbane the melbourne joined others in western australia has been protesting for eight days they accuse their guards of brutality and intimidation as well as separating families the government's being urged to order an independent review of prison practices. but the more still ahead on the news hour including britain's prime minister have a plan b. for braggs are about to find out it's israel opens a brand new international airport we'll tell you why palestinians are stuck on the ground. find out why this tennis player lost his cool.

peace deal signed back in two thousand and fourteen between the government and the moro islamic liberation front or m i l f rebels gave up their goal of an independent state in exchange for more autonomy the m.i.l.f. has agreed to demobilize up to forty thousand fighters and end their decades long rebellion that has killed more than one hundred thousand filipinos and displaced millions of others thanks. so plenty to look at today and let's bring in our guest now to do so in the middle are we have jose antonio caserio a defense and security analyst and former consultant of the national security council in the philippines in c.m. reap cambodia via skype we have emma leslie director of the center for peace and conflict studies and also manila via skype is steve rude for me the philippines country representative for the asia foundation a very warm welcome to all of you jose let's first of all address these bombings we've got at the time of recording the show some twelve hours after the attacks no claims of responsibility but who are the prime suspects here. well the thing is that it's really difficu

peace deal signed back in two thousand and fourteen between the government and the moro islamic liberation front or m i l f rebels gave up their goal of an independent state in exchange for more autonomy the m.i.l.f. has agreed to demobilize up to forty thousand fighters and end their decades long rebellion that has killed more than one hundred thousand filipinos and displaced millions of others thanks. so plenty to look at today and let's bring in our guest now to do so in the middle are we have jose antonio caserio defense and security analyst and former consultant of the national security council in the philippines in c.m. rape cambodia via skype we have emma lesley director of the center for peace and conflict studies and also manila via skype is steve rood formerly the philippines country representative for the asia foundation a very warm welcome to all of you jose let's first of all address these bombings we've got at the time of recording the show some twelve hours after the attacks no claims of responsibility but who are the prime suspects here. well the thing is that it's really difficu

thousand people have been killed and millions forced from their homes by fighting the more islamic liberation front or m i l f as a major force in the start which is movement a peace agreement was reached in two thousand and fourteen following two decades of negotiations with the philippine government that's led to a new law paving the way for the creation of the bungs more government in return the m.i.l.f. will it give up its weapons and demobilize thirty thousand fighters graham on where the rajaratnam school of international studies in singapore says there's still a long way to go before last in peace in mindanao. so what we're seeing here is and of is a very important milestone because for the first time a plebiscite has been undertaken that has led to a very loud voice by the majority of solving filipinos and in particular muslim some of the filipinos and mindanao barring a few other provinces that will have to vote in the coming days and day are of the opinion that what is being proffered by the manila government it is as feasible as a kind of you're right now one of the big changes or what t

example is that the partnership the very robust partnership between government and the morrow islamic liberation front and a number of other stakeholders and partners and mechanisms on the ground which have been put in place over the last twenty is was largely overlooked and so we do see where government acts independently of other supportive peace loving partners on the ground like the m.i.l.f. and we do see outbreaks of violence so i think it's very very important that the philippine government now take seriously this vote and continue that partnership for peace because it's only when those that have some sense of stake in this territory feel that they have some control over their own security will we see a change in that dynamic so i think that the military the police and so on mar islamic down forces but also the international monitoring tames decommissioning bodies all of the international partners will need to put together and that's the only way forward and of course to be clear we're talking about the banks to morrow and not the entire mindanao island and of course that also creates a challeng

the way for a lasting peace dividend and for those who believe on this play that the more islamic liberation front and its supporters have really lobbied hard for this plebiscite it this is part of a more than almost twenty years of negotiations today we were with the leaders of the more islamic liberation front as the cast their votes for the first time basically signaling that they are willing to go through the country's democratic process it is important to remember that this is just part of a long process of transition those who have been fighting for greater autonomy for greater started terminations will be given jobs better opportunities so this is this what is critical here is that both the national government the local government and the leaders of the m.i.l.f. be able to temper expectations because when these expectations are not met that is when with the other splinter groups coming in and taking advantage of the restlessness of many of these areas protestors in moscow are demanding that russia keep the disputed true law instead of talks with japan over their ownership soviet union took

after years of conflict, it would give closure to a peace deal signed between the maw—roh islamic liberation fronte bbc‘s howard johnson is in manila. this has been going on for decades, this armed conflict between the philippine army and the moro islamic liberation front. it went all the way back to the '60s. even colonel gaddafi, the former leader of libya, intervened to try to bring around peace. successive governments here in the philippines failed to do that. thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced, but president rodrigo duterte made it one of his campaign promises, and he brought about the referendum injuly last year. now, what we see today are people coming out to vote for what is ultimately an autonomous region, with greater self—determination, the right to set its own fiscal rules, to govern itself through a parliamentary system, and also a budget to spend on tourism and cultural activities. the moro people would like to have their own self—determination it is one of the poorest and there are many illiterate people there. millions of people are expected to turn up t

southern philippines almost all armed groups in the area operate in hello there's the more islamic liberation front the more a national liberation front and several factions of the notorious abu sayyaf group not to mention private armed groups being run and operated by local political elites there at this point so it remains to be seen how this will impact or at least this attack and in fact the security situation on the ground the philippine government said it will respond strongly against the perpetrators this is a malawian dogon for inside story. well as tamala mentioned there was a referendum last week in the mindanao region and nearly three million filipinos took part eighty five percent back in agreement to create a self administered area called bangsamoro the referendum follows a peace deal signed back in two thousand and fourteen between the government and the moro islamic liberation front or m i l f rebels gave up their goal of an independent state in exchange for more autonomy the m.i.l.f. has agreed to demobilize up to forty thousand fighters and end their decades long rebellion that has

the result of a comprehensive agreement to end a decades long conflict between the moro islamic liberation front that's the chief play in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government rule identify the banks more people as native or their original inhabitants of mindanao . it also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro a government which will be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament let's go live now to jim ellis island in court about to city in mindanao jim ellis the polls are now closed how's the voting gone so far today. while the situation with pretty calm in the morning we were with the leadership of the more islamic liberation front as our chairman ragtag both for the first time basically lifting him out of the country's democratic process. however the situation became pretty tense where in one of the three think you're adding if you can see behind me but these are military trucks the marine trucks carrying the ballots trying to secure this very delicate democratic process of a private vote that will provide a hopefully greater autonomy for the

the more islamic liberation front and the philippine government no claim of responsibility yet but as you said this is an area where lots of groups operate who could be behind this and what message are they sending the government of the philippines. well definitely there are at least four armed groups that are out of the law we have of obviously the more islamic liberation front the biggest they have a presence there they have fighters there it is unlikely though that it will be the m.i.l.f. because it's just signed a peace pact with the philippine government is the more a national liberation front and there is also private armed groups of local politicians and most importantly the notorious abu sayyaf group which have already been in the past responsible for several bombings there is no claim of responsibility at this point but it's sending a very clear press message to the philippine government the top law this fight being under martial law the whole despite the region of mindanao being and their martial law cannot be under full control of the philippine mitchie now fully the philip

as you know where no is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front members of the private on groups of local politicians and then authorities on the abu sayyaf is that all of us suspect that this time similarly because it has executed similar attacks in the past and that is something that the philippine military is not discounting the president's arrival today in the law is sending a strong message that it says according to state but that is going to crush rebels or groups that are known to be behind this attack it remains to be seen though how this can impact the peace process the very precarious secures situation in mindanao what we all know though is whatever is behind this attack is sending a strong message that the law will always be a powder keg now time and fishing and safe food industry has been criticized for poor nations bad working conditions and unsustainable practices bob that has received some good news this month the european commission is lifting its yellow warning scott hide the melwood what that me

in the southern philippines this is where armed groups are based out of there is a more islamic liberation front more national liberation front and of course been for years. now despite no claim of responsibility makes at this point that the timing is suspicious because last week there has been a referendum in the island of willow both that to not be part of this new autonomous government that's being created is part of the peace process with the biggest armed groups the more people we should fund so at this point according to state forces we may expect. that death to go up there was blacked out the communication lines they are back on and communications and information starting to trickle in as we speak. live there for the moment thanks very much indeed more as we get to this from the philippines. venezuela's president and his supporters have denounced moves to topple him by influential european nations spain germany france and britain have set a deadline for nicolas maduro to call new elections if he doesn't they say they'll recognize the opposition leader one go to the interim president. you

in the philippines in terms of security there is of course there are bases for the more islamic liberation front the biggest armed group in southeast asia that just had a successful referendum the first phase of its referendum with the philippine government there are still of course there's still the presence of the more a national liberation front they original group that led the rebellion in the one nine hundred seventy s. that led by enormous worry however there is still an ongoing peace negotiation with the philippine government there are private groups operating with ties to local politicians and there is of course the notorious abu sayyaf group known to operate these kinds of an exit these kinds of operations and usually though they haven't claimed any responsibility of the i would say yes but there are several factions of the abu sayyaf at this point so this you can you just imagine the situation a very small island a highly militarized island of course this spike an enormous amount of intelligence operations they spike hundreds of soldiers on the ground that a group was able to basically

as you know where no is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front members of the private on groups of local politicians and then authorities on the i will say is that all of us suspect that this time similarly because it has executed similar attacks in the past and that is something that the philippine military is not discounting the president's arrival today in the law is sending a strong message that it says according to state but that is going to crush rebels or groups that are known to be behind this attack it remains to be seen though how this could impact the peace process the very precarious security situation in mindanao what we all know though is whatever is behind this attack is sending a strong message that the law will always be a powder keg. and other loans should mud and roll cars crushed into who turn in peru can be at least fifteen people it happened in the southern city of. the mudslide brut through the walls of the hotel thirty four people were jewish. the search has resumed for more than three hu

what needs to happen is that the key player right now that's in the driver's seat the moral islamic liberation front will have to you know reconfigure itself and you don't wear the political hat won't put down its arms and it has and the other rebel fighters will have to be mobilized and come to the table and start to work with the central government and so this is going to be you have to go into political mode you're going to have to establish a viable administration and you're ocracy and demonstrate that you can't legislate if you didn't politic do that and to really take into you know into the hands that destiny of the people in mindanao it was still very early days and it got great answer all of that and so there will be a lot of what that has to be undertaken indeed when you are a fighting force like the m.i.l.f. and then you end up having. government tolls you end up going to the administration side of governing do they have the experience do they have the people behind the gun that are able to take those positions of administrative. power and importance to be able to move this peace process i

after years of conflict, it would give closure to a peace deal signed between the moro islamic liberation frontficials say the number of people killed in a huge fuel pipeline explosion late on friday has risen to 85. the blast is thought to have happened after fuel thieves made a hole in the pipe, near mexico city. hundreds of people then gathered trying to fill up containers with fuel. gs. ... s. s. ”sixes. four men have been arrested in northern ireland after a bomb exploded outside the courthouse in londonderry on saturday night. police called it a ‘very significant‘ attempt to kill people and suspect the dissident republican group, the new ira, of being responsible. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports from derry. this cctv shows the vehicle arriving outside the courthouse in londonderry city centre. the driver parks up, then runs away. shortly after, a group of people pass by, oblivious. the device detonates atjust after 8:00pm last night. i thought this was all a thing of the past, so it‘s a bit, you know... don‘t really know what to think, to be honest. this doesn't accomplish

be a powder keg that it's not going to be very easy for civil society groups for the more islamic liberation front in partnership with the philippine military to impose what they want basically in her law it is hard at this point of course. we have to avoid speculating about the possible motive behind this at that weight comes at a very difficult time there is a referendum which remains to be unfinished of course the voted against it but he won't change anything simply because it is mandatory to join this new economists government it comes as the mid-term elections are going to be happening in the coming months and also as the leadership of the leadership of the philippine military continued to add boots on the ground what is critical here though is that it shows though that hold on the matter how small it seems will be harder for the miniature to control a recent statement released by the philippine government already says it will use the quote unquote crush godless criminals. those who are believed to have been purport to doug perpetrated this attacks but it remains to be seen how this can spira

then more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions displaced the more islamic liberation front or m.i.l.f. as a key player in the separatist movement a peace agreement was reached in twenty fourteen after two decades of negotiations with the philippine government and that's led to a new law which paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government in return the m.i.l.f. will give up its weapons and demobilize its thirty thousand fighters so ahead on the news hour we'll have the latest on sudan's bread protests which are threatening the twenty nine year veteran of president omar al bashir plus. it. was motivation the red scarf movement to stand up to yellow vests demonstrations in front.

places in the philippines there are so many armed groups that keep bases there the more islamic liberation front the more a national liberation front there are private armed groups by local politicians and of course the notorious abu sayyaf group that has actually cordon eat and led civil assess similar attacks like this one over the last few years all the time comes just days after voters approved self government for muslim dominated parts of mindanao in the southern philippines which includes the island of your low this part of the country has been plagued by decades of separatist conflicts more than one hundred thousand people have been killed in millions more displaced by the fighting the plan to create a new autonomous region called by some morrow boosted hopes for peace hollow was among only a few areas which rejected self governance. in the referendum but it will still become part of the new region let's speak some more about this now to wholesale antonio custodial who is a defense and security analyst and former consultant of the philippines national security council thank you so much fo

government designed to provide greater powers for muslims in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the largest armed group in southeast asia negotiated for almost twenty years with several administrations in manila and what's called the b o l the bangsamoro organic law may finally be ratified by president clinton he go to terror to. leaders cast their votes early in. the find some. will be right to fight and to find someone who. will be stuffy in the am i is committing itself to the democratic process after decades of war against the philippine government's armed forces you autonomy would pave the way for an estimated thirty thousand m.i.l.f. fighters to give up their weapons the island of mindanao has been held back by decades of armed conflicts since the muslim rebellion began in the one nine hundred sixty s. more than one hundred thousand filipinos have been killed and millions more displaced as the referendum began army commanders reassured voters they were in control but some voters became impatient. in one of the precincts a growing crowd signal did meet for the military to i

one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more have been displaced moro islamic liberation front or m.i.l.f. is a key player in the separatist movement a peace agreement was reached back in twenty fourteen after two decades of negotiations with the philippine government that's led to a new law which paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government in the m.i.l.f. will give up its weapons demobilise its thirty thousand fighters or terrorists easy coups del rosario works at the dialogue of civilizations research institute in berlin she says many armed groups remain active in the southern philippines. there has been no claims of responsibility but as usual there are the usual suspects and one is of course the ceja which has been outlawed as a terrorist organisation that remains relatively active especially after the invasion in two hundred sixteen although they haven't yet this late claimed then responsibility which is a bit unusual the other usual suspect is of course the rival faction to the m i l f that the latter have begun entered into a peace agreement of the govern

negotiations between the philippine government and southeast asia's biggest armed group the more islamic liberation front it will provide greater powers for filipino muslims in the south many people hoped it meant a lasting peace was finally a real possibility but not here in the law the cathedral bombing is a reminder that the spite peace efforts whole law still remains in the now as powder keg jamila dogon al jazeera holo salusa the philippines all right still ahead on al-jazeera off the months of protest the palestinian authority puts a plan social security tax on how. i'm the first funerals are held for victims of the brazilian dam collapse as the search goes on for hundreds still missing. from brisk. to the trunk or to those of southeast asia. hello there the weather is all quite quiet over the southeastern parts of china at the moment the temperatures aren't too bad shanghai's about eleven degrees in force in hong kong where it twenty two but we will cloud thickening up though during the day on tuesday and by the time we get to wednesday it looks like that will be thick enough to give us a lot of r

lasting peace in mindanao the key player right now that's in the driver's seat the moral islamic liberation front will have to you know reconfigure itself and you know where the political hat will put down its arms and it has and the other rebel fighters will have to be mobilized and come to the table and start to work with the central government and so this is going to be you have to go into political mode you can have to establish a viable administration a bureaucracy and demonstrate that you can legislate to be given policy to that and to really take into you know into the hands the destiny of the people in mindanao. a recent bombing and several hijackings in northern ireland's second largest city have raised fears of a new paramilitary threat police are looking at the suspected involvement of dissident republican group the new ira which wants to end british control of the province and then as neve barker reports now from london there are wrecks it may destabilize things even more father michael carey is a catholic priest in northern ireland second city during decades of upheaval community lea

you know where nor is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front members of the private on groups of local politicians and then authorities the abu sayyaf is that all of us suspect that this side is similarly because it has executed similar attacks in the past and that is something that the philippine military is not discounting the president's arrival today in the law is sending a strong message that it says according to state but that is going to crush rebels or groups that are known to be behind this attack it remains to be seen though how this could impact the peace process the very precarious security situation in mindanao what we all know though is whatever is behind this attack is sending a strong message that the law will always be a powder keg. and yemen dozens of muslims have been protesting in the southern port city of aden asking the government for information about their missing sons the woman who's been demonstrating daily rallied outside the home of the interior minister is believed most of the men

the more islamic liberation front. hundreds of immigrants in australian detention centers are into their second week of a hunger strike to highlight their plight detainees in brisbane the melbourne joined others in western australia who've been protesting for eight days they accuse their guards of brutality and intimidation as well as separating families the government's being urged to order an independent review of prison practices but the more still ahead on the news hour including tells britain's prime minister have a plan b. for braggs it are about to find out its israel opens a brand new international airport we'll tell you why palestinians are stuck on the ground. and it's war find out why this tennis player lost his cool at least for you know. britain's prime minister's reason may is set to address parliament and lay out a plan b. for the brigs that withdrawal agreement her original deal for leaving the bloc was heavily defeated in parliament last week she's already met rival party leaders in the hope of reachin

goes back to the late 19605 when this armed conflict began between the national liberation front which later became the islamicthe pie from imperial manila as they put it. for years they have been demanding more political self—determination and that has caused a lot of armed conflict, a lot of fighting has been going on. in fact colonel gaddafi of libya once intervened to try to bring about a peace deal and successive philippine governments tried to bring about a peace deal as well but it was only when president rodrigo duterte took on the reins of this peace process and said he wanted to make this a campaign pledge that he would be elected to deliver peace in this part of the world and today we have seen millions of people turn up. the polls have now closed at about three o'clock local time and we expect to hear the votes in around, the result of the vote in around four days. turkish media has been reporting on thousands of fake voters who appear on the country's electoral roll. this newspaper reports there are apparently more than 6,000 people over 100 years old who are notjust living but registered to vote

negotiations between the philippine government and southeast asia's biggest armed group the more islamic liberation front it will provide greater powers for filipino muslims in the south many people hoped it meant a lasting peace was finally a real possibility but not here in the law the cathedral bombing is a reminder that this spite peace efforts whole law still remains in the now is a powder keg. dogon al jazeera holo salusa philippines. thailand's lucrative seafood industry is hoping for more growth off to the withdrawal of a warning from the european union in two thousand and fifteen the threaten the total ban on imports unless thailand dealt with overfishing and slave labor well those reforms have now been put in place but as scott hide a report from bangkok the industry is still facing challenges thailand's fishing and seafood industry is big business it's the third largest export are in the world and they don't want done so in two thousand and fifteen when the european commission issued a so-called yellow card warning over unsustainable fishing practices the threat of a ban on exports to the euro

negotiations between the philippine government and southeast asia's biggest armed group the more islamic liberation front it will provide greater powers for filipino muslims in the south many people hoped it meant a lasting peace was finally a real possibility but not here in the law the cathedral bombing is a reminder that this tight peace efforts while law still remains in the now is a powder keg jamila dogon al jazeera holo salusa of the philippines human rights groups say the jailing of a prominent lawyer in china is an attack on the rule of law after his trial in a closed court in changing last month one quote was sentenced to four and a half years for quote subversion of state power disappeared during a widespread crackdown on activists and opposition lawyers four years ago amnesty international is calling bahrain's justice system a complete farce after an opposition leader lost his appeal against a life sentence she highly sell men and to colleagues from his party work convicted in november of spying for carter both salmen and the qatari government denied the charge amnesty says the court's decisi

as you know where no is home to several armed groups in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the more national liberation front members of the private on groups of local politicians and then authorities. is that all of us suspect that this time similarly because it has executed similar attacks in the past and that is something that the philippine military is not discounting the president's arrival today in the law is sending a strong message that it says according to state but that is going to crush rebels or groups that are known to be behind this attack it remains to be seen though how this could impact the peace process the very precarious security situation in mindanao what we all know though is whatever is behind this attack is sending a strong message that will always be a powder keg time and fishing and seafood industry has been criticized for poor regulations bad working conditions and unsustainable practices but it's received good news this month the european commission has nifty its yellow card warning scott hardly with what that means for the industry. thailand's f

government designed to provide greater powers for muslims in the southern philippines the more islamic liberation front the largest armed group in southeast asia negotiated for almost twenty years with several administrations in manila and what's called the b o l the bangsamoro organic law may finally be ratified by president clinton he go to terror to rep a leader is guest there votes early and we very. often we find someone. will be right to fight and we find someone. will be stuffy in the am i is committing itself to the democratic process after decades of war against the philippine government's armed forces you autonomy would pave the way for an estimated thirty thousand m.i.l.f. fighters to give up their weapons the island of mindanao has been held back by decades of armed conflict since the muslim rebellion began in the one nine hundred sixty s. more than one hundred thousand filipinos have been killed and millions more displaced as the referendum began army commanders reassured voters they were in control but some voters became impatient. in one of the precincts a growing crowd a signal didn't m

than a hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more have been displaced moro islamic liberation. front or m.i.l.f. is a key player in the separatist movement a peace agreement was reached back in twenty fourteen after two decades of negotiations with the philippine government that's led to a new law which paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government in return the m.i.l.f. will give up its weapons mobilize its thirty thousand fighters will terroristic coups del rosario works at the dialogue of civilizations research institute in berlin she says many armed groups remain active.

and the eighty's there are several on groups based out of there there is the more islam front the more a national liberation front and the notorious abu sayyaf group at this point we were told that the philippine military is preparing to evacuate those who have become who have been injured heavily to be extracted and flown to someone the city the biggest city after hollow that is because of the limitations of medical capabilities inside the town in other news venezuela has rejected an ultimatum by spain germany france and britain that president nicolas maduro call elections within eight days or they're recognizing opposition leader one guy do as president the u.s. has been urging world leaders to isolate them a dual government a special session of the u.n. security council meanwhile millions of venezuelans have fled to neighboring countries to escape economic hardship latin america is in lucien human has been speaking to people living in kuta on the venezuela colombia border. many of them say they are hopeful that some kind of change is going to take place in their country that there will be regime change t

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and acceptable to both sides both the philippine government the supporters and the more islamic liberation front at this point also what is critical is that expectations will be leveled specially for the supporters of the more islamic liberation front. but just as in moscow are demanding that russia keep the disputed carrillo and the head of talks with japan over their ownership of the soviet union took the southern most cruel islands during world war two but japan territorial rights to them hundreds of protesters rallied for russia to keep the islands the dispute over their sovereignty has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty russian president vladimir putin will host japanese prime minister shinzo lobby for talks on tuesday. time for a short break here and i'll just come back we'll tell you why define colombians of flooded the streets and who their anger is directed at. and watson and may not to bring tens of thousands of people to the streets of athens in protest or not stay with us.

years of conflict the outcome could give closure to a peace deal signed between the moro islamic liberation fronteak to the bbc‘s howard johnson, who's in manila. could you explain this referendum in a little more detail to us and why is it significant? this has been going on for decades, this armed conflict between the philippine army and the moro islamic liberation front. it went all the way back to the 1960s. even colonel gaddafi, he intervened to try and bring peace. successive governments here in the philippines failed to do that. thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced, but president it are today made it a campaign promise and need broad about the referendum. what we see today are people coming out to vote for what is ultimately an autonomous region and. right its and right its own and right its own fiscal i and - right its own fiscal rules, - right its own fiscal rules, to| right its own fiscal rules, to govern through a cultural. the tourism and cultural activities. the people would like to own their in this part cultutemfl‘sgetcfthé ' ' it is one of philippines. it