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 more a people what happens over the last few hours is that the military intervened in one of the free thing here because over the growing number of men so what are generals up behind and men like to do is the sift through the crowd and try to meet go through have already voted to leave the p

decades of fighting between muslim separatists and the philippine army the lore identifies the bangsamoro people as native for the original inhabitants of mindanao also paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government led by a chief minister the regional parliament general allen dorgan is following developments from in the now where tension is high. when polls opened early this morning there was a sense of calm all across the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman were. both for the first time together with. submitting themselves to the country's democratic process something great that they have never thought possible after decades of fighting the philippine government were closing at around three pm local time the situation became tense certainly when the military trying to step through a growing crowd in one of the precincts here many of them were made to lead the presents before they were able to vote and they were upset and they are still outside the gates demanding more clarity and transparency in this electoral process and this is ex

they back up plan by separatists in the government to create a self administered area known as bangsamoro. afghan taliban fighters have killed at least twelve members of the security forces at a military base in wardak province close to kabul more than twenty eight people were wounded when a car bomb exploded on gunmen attacked the compound. a senior us republican senator says he'll president try to meet the leaders of pakistan and afghanistan so they can come up with a plan to end afghanistan seventeen year war lindsey graham made the comments after a meeting with pakistan's prime minister in islam about was there. the revered by the u.s. senator lindsey graham comes at a time when the special representative for peace and reconciliation and i would run a stand. has just left islam a body words hoping to meet the afghan taliban head and up against any capital however the afghan taliban walking out of the orthodox saying that reconciliation would only. if the americans were willing to give a timeline for withdrawal it must be understood that the senate. who was the president's all for us f

well if the policy is the bangsamoro organic law will come into effect for the new autonomous region the law is the result of a comprehensive agreement to end the decades long conflict between the moral islamic liberation front the chief player in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government with a ruler dented by the banks more people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government which will be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament. has been following events from mindanao. when polls opened early in the morning there was a sense of calm all across about the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman rad cast that vote for the first time together with his supporters have nothing themselves to the country in the democratic process something great they think that they have never thought possible after decades of fighting the philippine government i thought were closing at around three pm local time the situation became and rationally when the mi

or bangsamoro organic law will create a new autonomous region the lore is the result of a comprehensive agreement when decades of fighting between muslim separatists and the philippine army the war identifies the bangsamoro people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government led by a chief minister and the regional parliament general allen dougherty is following developments from in the now where tensions are high. when polls opened early this morning there was a sense of calm all across about the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman rod chance to vote for the first time together with his supporters submitting themselves to the country's democratic process something great they said that they have never thought possible after decades of fighting the philippine government were closing at around three pm local time the situation be intense certainly when the military is trying to step through a growing crowd in one of the precincts here many of them were made to lead the presen

mean greater control and less dependence on the national government well if the vote passes the bangsamoro organic law will come into effect for the new autonomous region the law is the result of a comprehensive agreement to end a decades long conflict between the more islamic liberation front achieve play in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government the rule will identify the bangsamoro people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro a government which should be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament or jamil and has been following events from mindanao. the situation is all go calm in the tension here is quite high we are at one of the precinct here in cut about the city one of the perhaps the highly contested area or a city of this plebiscite just about six am local time here state forces found an unexploded hand grenade here it kind of increase the tension in the area but that did not stop polling operations to continue at this point the situation is similar in many other areas importan

fighters and government leaders in manila for a self administered area in mindanao which will be named bangsamoro. but voters in neighboring salue province where is rejected it there are attempts to stalk up communal conflict but the thing is that so far none of these attacks on the churches have resulted in such type of hatred between muslims and christians. the predominantly catholic philippines has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict in mindanao more than one hundred thousand filipinos have been killed and millions displaced by the fighting despite the reconciliation process attacks like this show armed groups still pose a threat to peace in the region victoria gate and be al jazeera. holo is the capital of sulu province while its south of mindanao island is considered part of the predominantly muslim mindanao region and included in the new bangsamoro autonomous region as. linda going now in manila for as jimmy as we've heard there no claim of responsibility seo but we know that several on groups are active in this area who could be behind this and what message are they trying to se

and government leaders in manilla for a self administered area in mindanao which will be named bangsamoro. but voters in neighboring salue province where he is rejected it there are attempts to stalk up of communal conflict but the thing is that so far none of these attacks on the churches have resulted in such type of hatred between muslims and christians. the predominantly catholic philippines has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict in mindanao more than one hundred thousand filipinos have been killed and millions displaced by the fighting despite the reconciliation process attacks like this show armed groups still pose a threat to peace in the region victoria gate and be al jazeera brazilian fans monitors a warning that a second mining dams at risk of rupturing close to a dam collapsed on friday in both with geno thirty four bodies have been found but hundreds are still missing so prosecutors have frozen assets belonging to the mining company vireo to pay for damages. but as well as new president nicolas maduro is denouncing an ultimatum by some e.u. countries to hold new el

self rule eighty five percent of voters back to the formation of a new autonomous region called bangsamoro following decades of fighting donald trump has backed down and agreed to temporarily and the government shutdown without getting the money he wants for a border wall the us president signed a bill little fund the government for the next three weeks. reuters news agency is reporting that the european union has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the block the list includes countries seen as having lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressure over the murder of journalist tamara sure she other countries already on the list include iran iraq syria yemen and north korea researchers who reported on the israeli software used to spy on murdered journalist jamal khashoggi say they're being targeted by international undercover agents two men who work for citizen lab a canadian based internet watch dog group have been led to attend fake investor meetings over the past two months the researche

island it's considered part of the predominantly muslim mindanao region i think looted in the new bangsamoro autonomous region agreement. that is covering this for us from the capital manila let's just start with an update of what we know. or what we know is at least twenty five people were killed many of them state forces the first bomb exploded inside the church where mass was ongoing early sunday morning and as survivors and panicked worshipers rushed out they were met by a a military army military truck that was responding to the first that the nation that's when the second bomb was detonated and it was placed inside the container box inside a mortar cycle right outside the church you know this is not the first time so here that this church has been attacked if you've actually been inside many parts of of the roof has been caved in for many years there was an attack in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven bishop was killed there was an assassination shortly after the peace agreement was signed with a more national liberation front and this comes at the very sinister time still it is im

the philippine government and that's led to a new law which paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government and return to. give up its weapons and. thirty thousand fighters so head on the news hour we'll have the latest on saddam's and bread protests which are threatening the twenty nine year for the president on the share class. it does not i would say justify violence was motivating the red scarf movement to stand up two weeks of yellow left demonstrations in front. from sunset so it's proving. to summarize atop a nation metropolis hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well across china we're not looking too bad over the next few days we're actually seeing those winds parallel to the coast here across the southeast but where those winds start to make it in a section of long the coastline or that is well researched see some clouds as well as down here towards vietnam the possibility of some showers so for shanghai a partly cloudy a few at eleven down towards hong kong twenty two degrees and really not shady too much as we go towards tuesday well for the sout

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.

the population backed the plan for a self administered the area in mindanao which will be named bangsamoro monday's referendum was the culmination of talks between separatists and successive governments to settle their cade's of conflict. on the web is a research fellow at the raj are at school of international studies in singapore he says there are still a long way to go before there is 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

self rule eighty five percent of voters backed the formation of a new autonomous region called bangsamoro and monday's referendum was held after agreement signed five years ago between rebel leaders and the government at least nine people have been killed and many more are feared dead after a near a mine in brazil but in water cascaded through nearby houses and farms. donald trump has backed down and has agreed to temporarily the government shutdown without getting the money he wants for mexico border war united states president signed a bill that will fund the government for three weeks the u.n. security council is set to meet later on saturday to discuss the political crisis in venezuela the us facts opposition leader. who's declared himself interim president that russia and china they supported it was with her. but as news agency is reporting the e.u. has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the blog the list includes countries seen as having lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressu

have overwhelmingly approved a deal for a new autonomous region the new region will be called a bangsamoro is the poorest area in the philippines the electoral commission says eighty five percent of voters back to the plan it emerged from a deal in twenty fourteen between the government and separatists to expand the powers of an existing self administered area the government has faced off with the multiple armed groups for decades in one of the longest running conflicts in asia. take a close look at what's led to the unrest in the southern philippines well it's in the one nine hundred sixty s. when there was the killing of at least twenty three filipino muslims by the army and that triggered a separatist uprising in mindanao more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more displaced on the island the moral islamic liberation front or the m i l f as it's known is a key player in the separatist movement a peace agreement was reached in twenty fourteen following two decades of negotiations with the philippine government and that's led to a new law that paves the way fo

region will vote whether to back a plan by separatists and the government to create an area known as bangsamoro it is an effort to end more than four decades of conflict let's go live now to jim duggan in mindanao so jamil you're in one of the precincts in. talk to us about how the voting is going there so far. well you know i had them the situation is although the tension here is quite high we are at one of the precincts here in cut about this fifty one of the perhaps the highly contested area or a city on this level just about six am local time here state forces found an unexploded hand grenade here it kind of increased the sentient in the area but that did not stop the polling operations to continue at this point it will be about two hours before polls closed here and about half of the voters have already turned up the situation is similar in many other areas of them it's important to remember that so many areas mindanao are now out the vote and now have to undergo this plebiscite process which will hopefully believe the way for a lasting peace dividend for those who believe on this plebisci

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 intervene in the us soldiers asked voters who cast their ballots to leave but some refused others said they've been waiting for hours and weren't given the chan

and government leaders in manila for is self administered area in mindanao which will be named bangsamoro there are attempts to stalk up of communal conflict but the thing is that so far none of these attacks on the churches have resulted in such type of hatred between muslims and christians. the predominantly catholic philippines has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict in mindanao more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more displaced in the decades long conflict in mindanao and despite the reconciliation process attacks like this show that armed groups still pose a threat to peace in their region in dargon al jazeera manila. hope is turning to anguish in brazil over the increasing likelihood that hundreds of people are missing after a dam clubs will be found alive so far thirty four bodies have been pulled from the muddy disaster zone and foreign fighters are warning that another day may also be on the brink of failing. reports from the town of blue bunting york the heavy rain only makes moretti fraught rescue operation much worse many have been sa

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 government and the rival faction the m.l.a. of. who was also linked to the invasion in twenty thirty nine in sabah again because of their opposition to this peace agreement so these are the usual suspects if i may say that could be behind the we sent to a bom

muslim area of the southern philippines have overwhelmingly approved a new autonomous region called bangsamoro now the government has faced off with multiple groups for decades. longest running conflicts at least nine people have been killed and many more off it. never mind in brazil mortars cascaded through nearby houses and farms and has backed down and agreed to temporarily and the government shut down without getting the money he wants for a border war along mexico the us president signed a bill little from the government for the next three weeks. now a recent bombing in several hijackings in northern ireland second largest city of raised fears of a new paramilitary threat police are looking at the suspected involvement of dissident republican groups the new ira which wants to end british control of the province and back reports from londonderry bracks it may be stabilize things even more. father michael carey is a catholic priest in northern ireland second city during decades of upheaval community leaders played a vital role in easing tensions many hope violence was a thing of the past bu

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 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 a recording the show som

self rule eighty five percent of voters back to the formation of a new autonomous region called bangsamoro to monday's referendum was held after an agreement signed five years ago between rebel leaders and the government. and thousands of people including indigenous australians have protested demanding the country's national day be moved to a different date australia day on january the twenty six celebrates the anniversary of the british first fleet arriving on the east coast and seven hundred eighty eight but many denounce the event as invasion day when colonialists began massacring on marginalizing the country's first inhabitants. bolivia's main city facing a waste disposal crisis after a landslide closed its rubbish dump cracks in the landfill exposed a dark liquid which community leaders say is dangerous for those living nearby streets and are piling up with garbage city officials have asked residents to keep waste in their homes until they find a solution and of course you can follow all of those stories of website at al-jazeera dot com the news group follows it half an hour with the

philippines of overwhelmingly approved a deal for a new autonomous region the new region called bangsamoro willing to villages and towns across the western parts of mindanao the electoral commission says eighty five percent of voters back to the plan monday's referendum was held after an agreement signed five years ago between rebel leaders and the government donald trump says he's not caving in to democrats by agreeing to temporarily end the longest government shutdown in u.s. history the us president signed a bill to reopen government departments for three weeks without getting almost six billion dollars that he wanted to build a border wall with mexico. reuters news agency is reporting that the european union has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the block there listing two countries such as having lax control against terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressure over the murder of jamal khashoggi other countries already on the list include iran iraq syria yemen and north korea. researches who reported o

far powerful forces the governor off a little governor ton has been known to oppose joining the bangsamoro and in fact on october thirteenth he filed a protest at the supreme court testing contesting the constitutionality of the law so that still pending one city izabella city in basilan also refuses to join the bar so you have these small pockets of resistance and they could potentially be you know sources of trouble as we probably have seen today where in. any area of the philippines is attacked obviously miller runs into action and we saw the military come down very heavily in marar way against eisel back in twenty seventeen now that a form of peace agreement has been signed between manila and the i have to think that those two forces together might start to act against the likes of i saw an abu sayyaf and again give these armed groups and their supporters real food for thought about whether they want an armed conflict. well to the credit of the philippine government and the philippine military this passage of the bunch more organic law has been a joint collaborative sustained effort or

it is hoped that this move will bring peace to the area and much needed investment creating the bangsamoro autonomous region that was part of a deal reached between the government and the largest muslim rebel group which has spent decades fighting for independence and britain's queen elizabeth has called for opposing factions in the u.k. to find quote common ground her statement is seen as a veiled plea to end the bitter fighting over brags that as the march deadline looms for britain's exit from the european union now as head of state the queen is expected to remain politically neutral in public. very same with greg that stephen is here now with another warning for the u.k. to figure out brags that fast that's right so i mean we're talking at the head of goldman sachs today saying that if britain does doesn't manage its smooth exit from the european union the u.s. investment bank would scale down its investment there goldman's david solomon made the comments at the world economic forum in davos. mirroring a common theme in the meetings ending today it concerns about the global economy no

region were deciding whether or not to back a plan to create a self administered area known as bangsamoro afghan taliban fighters have killed at least twelve members of the security forces at a military base in a war that province close to kabul more than twenty eight people were wounded when a car bomb went off in a gunman entered the compound the african union has canceled a high level visit to the d.r. see it had wanted the constitutional court to delay announcing final presidential election results citing serious doubts about the vote opposition leader martin for you has rejected the ruling from the top court well those were the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story of that subject i think. saudi has never been a real easy still foreign investment how much are the reserves down through are they understated or overstated they own those shares your company for the people by the. protests in sudan unrest that's gathering momentum and more demands for the president to quit but omar al bashir has ruled for thirty years and remains defiant so can the protesters

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 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

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.

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mean greater control and less dependence on the national government well if the vote passes the bangsamoro organic law will come into effect for the new autonomous region the law is the result of a comprehensive agreement to end the decades long conflict between the more islamic liberation front chief play in the muslim separatist rebellion movement and the philippine government the rule will identify the bangsamoro people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also pave the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government which will be led by a chief minister and a regional parliament. what jamila alan durban is following developments from mindanao. when holes opened early in the morning there was a sense of calm all across about the city we accompanied the leaders of the more islamic liberation front chairman were rather cast that vote for the first time together with his supporters have nothing themselves to the country that democratic process something great they feel that they have never thought possible after decades of fighting the philippine government i thought were