this does not compare close to typhoon haiyan. a lot of properties on the coast just cannot haiyan. country, thousands of people very unhappy they can't get home to their families for christmas, stuck in ferry ports with no ferry is running. and apart from the deaths we are hearing about, scores of people injured. yes, you bet. in terms of the board, the red cross is there to provide them with hot meals orfood, cross is there to provide them with hot meals or food, not very special food, i'm afraid. we were caught unawares. but we have chapters in those areas. but certainly the big problem is now those who are homeless, lost their roofs, we have to address their problems and that is why we are rushing in food trucks in the area so we can at least prepare hot meals for them right away. richard gordon of the philippine red cross. thank you so much for talking to us. all the best to you. in australia, the annual sydney to hobart yacht race is getting started. more than 165 teams are taking part in what is the 75th running of the competition. but this year sees something new — the first

this does not compare close to typhoon haiyan.. it is a majority catholic country, thousands of people very unhappy they can't get home to their families for christmas, stuck in ferry ports with no ferry is running. and apart from the deaths we are hearing about, scores of people injured. yes, you bet. in terms of the port, the red cross is there to provide them with hot meals or food, not very special food, i'm afraid. becaues there are quite a few of them. we were caught unawares. but we have chapters in those areas. but certainly the big problem is now those who are homeless, lost their roofs, we have to address their problems and that is why we are rushing in food trucks in the area so we can at least prepare hot meals for them right away. in her christmas address, queen elizabeth has spoken of the importance of friendship and reconcilitation, after a year of deep divisions in the uk over brexit. she led members of the royal family at a church service on the sandringham estate. prince andrew, who stepped away from royal duties

philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan around 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 teaming 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. santos joins us now from manila for the latest on typhoon fan phone hello to you anna what can you tell us about the extent of the damage what are authorities telling you now. i spoke to the natural disaster council had earlier and he said that relief and peering operations are under way but they're slowed down by areas that are still blocked by all the trees and debris and areas that are flooded there on watch now for possible landslides in the area and this means that those people who are in evacuation centers will still not be able to go back home i think we should also. oh it sound

philippines the same part of the country worth thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan 6 years ago. damage from 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 . the philippines is who by storm several times a year typhoon fun phone has made this christmas that will be remembered. and it's a situation now joined by anna santos in manila and as people and authorities there are coming to terms with the damage do we know the extent of it. the extent of the damage is still unfolding nic i spoke to the natural disaster council earlier and he said that clearing and the relief operations are underway but they're being slowed down by continuous rain and there are still some areas that are lights floods they're on the watch for possible landslides so that means that those who are in the evacuation centers still cannot go back home but we should also remember that there are those who are affected

the typhoon, known as ursula in the philippines, has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan13, the most powerful to hit the archipelago in a long time. catherine karelli reports. afar a farfrom a far from peaceful christmas and the central philippines. typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour. terrifying local people, and leaving a trail of destruction. heavy rain has left many homes flooded. more than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. in this majority catholic country, the typhoon, which has damaged infrastructure, stopped many people visiting their families for christmas. filipinos are well used to tropical storms and typhoons with around 20 hitting the island nation each year. the most deadly in recent times was typhoon haiyan in 2013, where a massive storm surge left more than 7000 people dead. and many of the areas worst hit back then have borne the brunt of this latest storm. religious leaders have used their christmas messages, to call for an end of some o

the most deadly in recent times was typhoon haiyan in 2013, where a massive storm surge left more thanad. and many of the areas worst hit back then, have borne the brunt of this latest storm. catherine karelli, bbc news. the chairman of the philippine red cross, spoke to the bbc, about how the country is coping. first of all, it's very difficult because it's christmas, people who are stranded, you have to support them and then you have to bring the goods over into several province. these are several, big islands that have been affected. coastal areas that are hard to come by and a lot of people have lost their homes and they need food. we are serving hot meals but it's not enough. things have been affected like power, there has been a complete blackout in certain areas that will be sorted within the next two or three weeks. water has been interrupted intermittently in certain areas. so there is an awful lot of things to be done while the rescue phase is over, hopefully. we now have to contend with our support in terms of relief, in terms of food, water. we have a lot of first aid inter

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more thanday, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. rhoda avila is the humanitarian response manager for 0xfam in the philippines. she explains that typhoon phanfone could not have come at a worse time for many communities in the country. communities affected by this typhoon are just getting started, getting back on theirfeet, because of the previous typhoon that struck the central philippines this month but now another typhoon has damaged most of the houses, mostly from the coastal communities in central philippines. government figures showed that over 155,000 people are affected by this typhoon, around 114,000 families, and people, based on our assessment, are urgently needing shelter materials because most of them are camping outside the destroyed homes or cramped inside evacuation areas. they also need shelter materials and bedding materials that they can

philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan and 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. now earlier we spoke to richard gordon of the philippine red cross he told us about the aftermath of the storm so far and how those affected by the powerful type of 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 walloped their houses their ramshackle homes so it's totally destroyed their hoosier run away their walls are blown away and so a lot of people will have to do without and that's why we'

philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan 96 years ago. damage from fan phone 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 as people in the philippines are coming to grips with the catastrophic damage a least by typhoon found phone communities across asia are marking the 15th anniversary of the indian ocean tsunami the day after christmas in 2004 a 9 point one magnitude earthquake triggered a powerful ocean wave that is coastlines across a vast area the disaster killed more than 200000 people in thailand people it candles on the beach to commemorate the victims around 8000 are estimated to have lost their lives in the country although many bodies were never recovered and some the 2000 kilometers away sri

philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan around 6 years ago. damage from fan phone 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 fun phone has made this christmas one that will be remembered. we're joined now on the line by richard gordon he's from the philippine red cross and he joins us from a mental long city thank you very much richard can you tell us what the situation is right now. or of the situation there several people are beginning to go back to their own. and to the onslaught of the guys who are. but really are there a lot of people that walk there will. be people in the coastal areas the really got well up there do you know how serious their ramshackle sort though that this story there who share brought away their water brought away so a lot of people would h

has risen to at least $28.00 and authorities say the number of victims is likely to run its typhoon haiyan form forced many families to spend christmas sheltering in the open there and has left scores of holiday travelers stranded. australia has called on the army to help battle bush fires raging in much of the country conditions are expected to worsen this weekend with an extreme heat wave and stronger winds in the state of new south wales millions of hectares of land have been scorched in the past few months and hundreds of homes destroyed. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling likud party that's now who gains 72 percent of the vote cast by party members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon czar the vote comes ahead of a general election in march. turkish president. says he intends to send troops to libya everyone says the u.n. backed government in tripoli requested the intervention to help stabilize the country if turkey follows through the move could deep in an international proxy s

are joined now by yeb sano, the chief climate negotiator for the philippines in 2013 when typhoon haiyane of the strongest cyclones in recorded history, devastated the philippines, killing thousands of people. the devastation coincided with the 2013 u.n. summit in warsaw, where he made headlines with an emotional plea for action n on climate change. the following year, as yet another deadly storm batterered the philippines, sano was unexpectedly absent from the u.n. climate summit in lima, peru. he had been pulled from the delegation at the last minute, leading to speculation he had been targeted for his outspokenness amid pressure from wealthier countries like the united states. since then, yeb sano has climate to the u.n. summit as an activist. it is great to have you here with us. just as we went to air, we learned of this news. talk about the significance o of the human rights commission in the philippines. the decision. >> this is truly an exciting time for all of us, especially those who are personally involved in this legal action. in 2015, we filed a petition with the commission

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the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. rescue workers in austria and switzerland have been searching for possible victims of avalanches that hit two ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow on a piste in andermatt. seven people died and 64 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants from south asia sank off the turkish coast. it was near bitlis on the northern shores of lake van when it capsized. firefighting teams in australia, have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures but that's about to end with the intense heat returning. since september, close to 3000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blaze. almost 90% of those on the ground, are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the hol

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than,000 people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: rescue workers in austria and switzerland have been searching for possible victims of avalanches that hit two ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow on a piste in andermatt. seven people have died and 64 were rescued after a boat, carrying migrants from south asia, sank off the turkish coast. it capsized near bitlis, on the northern shores of lake van. wikipedia has welcomed a ruling from turkey's constitutional court, declaring a ban on the website unconstitutional, a violation of the right to freedom of expression. wikipedia was banned in turkey in 2017. the government claimed it had cooperated with what officials called terrorist organisations in syria. chile's president has visited the port city of valp

." >> reporter: phanfone followed the same path as typhoon haiyan in 2013 which left more than four million people displaced. >> in terms of dame ty, hog, livelihood, faeskity are tt is similar to morees wen'tloe, cs,don. >> garrett: now let's take a deep dive. where? off the florida keys. in tonight's "eye on earth", mark phillips takes us to an underwater research lab where abientists are studying the effects of climate change. >> reporter: about five miles flf of islamorada in the florida keys, some groundbreaking climate science work is being done on the ground that lies beneath ocean. there's only one wayge the undersea lab-- straight down, about 50 feet. the aquarius reef base, run by florida international university, has only recently been brought back into service after being badly damaged by hurricane irma two years ago. entry is via the aptly named wet porch. >> welcome to aquarius. quite an office we have here. >> reporter: an office with all the comforts of home, and jammed full of electronic equipment that can distort tv picture, but which allows scientists like jim fourquerean

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

the most deadly in recent times was typhoon haiyan in 2013, where a massive storm surge left more than many of the areas worst hit back then have borne the brunt of this latest storm. jon donnison, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a peace group in afghanistan says 27 of its members have been abducted by the taliban as they were travelling in the west of the country. a spokesman for the people's peace movement said the group began their march from herat province two weeks ago demanding a ceasefire, but lost contact after entering farah province. there's been no comment yet from the taliban. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at protesters after they marched through shopping malls chanting pro—democracy slogans. the violence followed clashes yesterday when police fired tear gas in the district of moan kok. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has told his chinese counterpart li keqiang that, although bilateral relations are improving steadily, it will continue to suffer unless tensions reduce in the east china sea. but mr li said their efforts

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more thancountry rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that. many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. firefighting teams in australia, have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures but that's about to end with the intense heat returning. since september, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out — nearly every day — battling blazes. almost 90% of those on the ground, are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters 7 their villages and towns, still smouldering from last week s fires. i'm joined now from sydney by ben shepherd who works for the new south wales rural fire service. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. you and many, many people have not had much of a christmas at all, how are you all holding up? as you said many of our volunteers have been out there on the fire line trying to get some level o

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more thane dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. we will bring you this breaking news straightaway, a plane crash in because extant. reports suggest a back airflight because extant. reports suggest a back air flight disappeared from red shortly after takeoff, 94 passengers onboard, we understand, and five crew. we will bring you more on that as soon as we have more. firefighting teams in australia have had respite over the past few days with lower temperatures, but that is due to end as the heatwave returns. since september, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blazes. almost 90% are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters, their villages and towns still smouldering from last week's fires. our correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 75 kilometres north—

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that. many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. the home office says 49 migrants were rescued in the english channel in the early house of this morning, when four small boats were spotted travelling towards the coast of kent. two border force vessels intercepted them. the migrants who said they were iranian, iraqi and afghan, are being interviewed by officials. police say a man shot dead on christmas eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36—year—old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea in south—west london at about 9pm. neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming for help. the seychelles, off the coast of east africa, is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. the first ever large scale coral reef restoration project began there and now th

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many filipinos are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. spanish police have named a british holiday—maker and his two children who drowned in a swimming pool on christmas eve. gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. emily unia reports. according to spanish police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine—year—old daughter comfort after she got into difficulties in this hotel swimming pool. his 16—year—old son tried to help and also died. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, survived. a british tourist who's staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the children's mother. i noticed a woman was walking towards where i was. she looked really distra

november 2013, and typhoon haiyan bears down on the philippines, the deadliest in a decade of more powerful2020s, we asked university of reading climate scientist dr nicolas bellouin for his personal take on the 2010s, a remarkable decade of weather and change for our climate. this has been an extraordinary decade in terms of weather and climate, and many records have been broken, many kinds of records across the planet. it has been a warm decade. indeed, seven out of the ten warmest years have happened since 2010, and 2016 is the warmest year on record ever. that brings heatwaves as they've been recurring in many parts of the globe. and with that comes the risk of fires, which have peaked in brazil and have been very strong in australia, in california and in south—east asia, but also in sweden, which recorded record fire in 2018. precipitation has also hit records. china had its wettest in 2016 and the us in 2018. flash flooding is now recurring often in africa and in france, italy and spain. so the question for me as a climate scientist or perhaps more generally for us as a society is whe

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more thantoday, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many filipinos are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. the chairman of the philippine red cross richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how the country is coping. well, first of all the access is difficult because people are stranded, you have to bring the goods you have to deliver, several islands have been affected. a lot of people have lost their homes, and they need food, they need hot meals. we are serving hot meals, it's not enough, obviously, we are trying our best to do that. lifelines like power has been affected, there is a complete blackout in certain areas which will be solved in two or three weeks. water has been interrupted in certain areas. so, there is an awful lot of things to be done. the rescue phase if over. we are giving support in terms of relief, water, food, a lot of first aid interventions. certainly our doctors will be providing be

the most powerful one to hit land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. not only that, many people are still missing. james waterhouse, bbc news. the home office says 49 migrants were rescued in the english channel in the early hours of this morning when four small boats were spotted travelling towards the coast of kent. two border force vessels intercepted them. the migrants, who said they were iranian, iraqi and afghan are being interviewed by officials. rescue workers in the alps are searching for people who may have been caught up in avalanches that hit two ski resorts in austria and switzerland. in andermatt, in central switzerland, several people were freed from the snow after this morning's avalanche. two of them suffered minor injuries. but the authorities fear more people may have been buried. police say a man shot dead on christmas eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36—year—old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea