the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed and landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak rescuers are trying to find forty others still missing a state of emergency has been declared to me. well president will be going to there was here yesterday he brought with him members of a cabinet and he promised a point we had deliberation and aid for those who have been affected by this typo and he had a long and winding beach where he talked about how we deeply connected the part of the philippines where nick mother with originally from but we've also spoken to relatives survivors and also go looking for their loved ones will all go that particular day and what they want is more than just a promise they want action because they know that this tragedy well hold them back even more typhoon kate back swept through eastern philippines bringing more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this joy druid's and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and running water heavy rains have submerged houses stranded passengers and closed airports and se

tropical storm kai tak heads for vietnam after leaving at least forty three people dead in the philippines. and we mark a year in captivity for our colleague who say. the u.s. senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill. the tax cut and jobs act is passed. this brings present donald trump one step closer to his but significant left the victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code in milton thirty his it will now be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on when i say after eight straight years of slow growth and under performance america is ready to take on a coupled with a regulatory reforms that have already been implemented by the administration we now a comprehensive tax reform major middle class tax relief and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world well donald trump has tweeted about the bill saying the united states senate just passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill terrible individual mandates back obamacare repealed goes to the house tomorrow morning for

central philippines at least twenty six people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak more than eighty thousand people have fled their homes since the storm hit bill or an island on saturday fresh water and electricity supplies have been cut to most of the island bridges have also been damaged have hampering rescue efforts. or strikes have hit a wedding procession in yemen killing eleven women but the officials say aircraft from the cellular coalition fired on a group as it headed for a village and every province the bride was said to be among the victims. peace talks aimed at ending south sudan's civil war due to get underway in the ethiopian capital addis ababa it's been four years since that conflict broke out which has forced more than a third of the population from their homes represented as a both south sudan's president salva kiir and rebel leader reid are expected to attend morgan has more from juba. this round of talking with you think it's regarded as the last chance. to end the civil war which started in december twenty third seen. by the peace agreement whi

central philippines at least twenty six people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak more than eighty thousand people on the bill or an island have fled their homes organization of american states is calling for a new presidential election in honduras earlier president juan orlando hernandez was declared the winner three weeks after the vote defeated opposition candidate salvador nasrallah claims the bitterly contested election was fraudulent power at the world's busiest airport has been restored after a ten hour blackout forced the cancellation of more than a thousand flights thousands of passengers were stranded because of this power outage at atlanta's hartsfield jackson airport so the headlines news continues on al-jazeera after witness it are. facing new realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong it's their training over these two creation true which we can bring in legal systems are bad getting to the heart of the matter i don't see we needed the ball but some of my producers just did hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. i did it. and i am i am

the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak a scare for trying to find forty others who are still missing the state of emergency has been declared tamil alynda can reports typhoon swept through eastern philippines bringing more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and running water heavy rains have submerged houses stranded passengers and closed airports and seaports all across the region many people here have lost their homes and their livelihood here when he said thank you and we were not able to save anything nothing not even the flood current was so strong it reached up to us we just flowed right away. several towns in the eastern part of the philippines are now under a state of emergency. and are you while we look like a tornado many tornadoes do you see that area over there that used to be a voice failed now it's all gone. there's spanish local officials say supplies of food and medicines are running out and for many.

in the philippines tropical storm kai tak has triggered landslides and floods that have killed more than thirty people and left several others missing the slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines on saturday and officials report every damage to power lines roads and bridges who will succeed south african president jacob zuma as head of his ruling african national congress party thousands of delegates are to decide the answer to that question at a party congress in johannesburg deputy president cyril from a post that is facing off against zuma as ex-wife because as an addendum is the winner is seen as likely to succeed jacob zuma as the country's president and there's no clear favorite. well correspondent thomas is following that and a conference for us from johannesburg thomas thank you for joining us so what's the atmosphere like as the delegates choose a replacement for jacob zuma well if you talk about atmosphere in general i would say see typical a.n.c. party meeting with lots of singing and dancing delegates supporting their candidate in songs but it's just a colorful.

and now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the philippines tropical storm kai tak has triggered landslides that have killed more than two dozen people almost as many i'm missing a slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines on saturday officials report heavy damage to power lines roads and bridges. polls have opened in a chair days that run off a presidential election the vote will determine if the country turns right with conservative billionaire and former president sebastian opinio that was stays on it's a center left course candidate and a hands are supported by the current president michel. and little as he moves astronauts has blasted off the international space station a from the by co nor cosmodrome in kazakhstan the three crewmembers making the journey from japan russia and the united states their mission will last six months. police in australia have arrested a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea he's accused of attempting to broker sales of missile technology and coal to third parties in indonesia and vietnam a natural

the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak rescuers are trying to find forty others who are missing a state of emergency has been declared. best gaiters in the usa a train that derailed in washington state was speeding before it came off the tracks killing at least three people and injuring dozens more data recorder has been recovered from the wreckage and it shows the train was traveling one hundred thirty kilometers per hour and a fifty kilometer per hour zone the amtrak train was making its inaugural journey when it two railed and fell onto a busy interstate below. place in australia have accidentally lifestream details about plans for the arrest of an alleged north korean agent days before he was apprehended australian residential choice was arrested in sydney on saturday after allegedly trying to sell missile components and coal on behalf of pyongyang on the black market south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. has announced its new leader cyril ramaphosa is currently the deputy president and will take over from president j

heavy rains brought by tropical storm kai—tak caused flash floods in the eastern province of samara. flooded. almost 88,000 people have been forced to seek shelter in evacuation centres. britain's new £3 billion aircraft carrier, the queen elizabeth, is leaking. the royal navy's most expensive warship — its future flagship — is said to be taking on about 200 litres of seawater every hour, because of a faulty seal round a propeller shaft. the ship is scheduled for repair and the navy insists it will be fit to sail again early in the new year. a high—speed passenger train has derailed in washington state. three people are so far confirmed dead. carriages fell from the tracks onto a busy highway below. about 100 people were taken to hospital. data suggest that the train was travelling at 81 mph were moments before it hit occurs signposted at 30 mph. at 30 mph. james cook has more. disaster struck on the very first run of a new express service from seattle to portland. some passengers were asleep, others were drinking coffee, when the train careered off the track onto the busy motorway b

its other stories, the philippines' daily inquirer has an update on the aftermath of tropical storm kai takays rescuers are still looking for 46 missing villagers. the japan times has news of a new celebrity who has taken up residence in tokyo, xiang xiang, the first baby panda in the city's ueno zoo in 29 years, was unveiled to the media before her first public appearance on tuesday. some extreme tourism trending. pictures of a chinese passenger aircraft apparently landing in antarctica have been creating a bit of a stir on line. the 22 people on board are reported to be the first chinese tourists to make a direct flight to the frozen continent. they started in south africa before briefly touching down on an ice—runway, and then taking off again for another six hour trip to the south pole. china says it means tourists will no longer need to ask other countries for visas before heading to the antarctic. and you can see more of that video at bbc.com/news. christmas, a time for family, friends, and festivities. it also involves a lot of food and presents. with the celebrations comes a lot of

it comes a day after tropical storm kai—tak pounded the east of the archipelago nation.ed widespread flooding across the country and displaced thousands of families. hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled at atlanta international airport, as a power outage left passengers stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on the tarmac. flights bound for atlanta were grounded, and departures delayed. three major airlines, united, american and south—west, all suspended operations at the airport. at least eight people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a suicide bomb attack on a methodist church in pakistan. it happened in the city of quetta, where there have been a number of attacks in the past year. tom burridge has more. a celebration ahead of christmas targeted by extremists. pakistan's police and army firing shots in the aftermath, as they surrounded the church. and earlier, the attackers‘ efforts to get in and kill as many as they could captured on cctv. watch the man in brown, who suddenly reveals a machine—gun, and starts to try and access

after causing flooding and mudslides across the philippines tropical storm kai tak is headed for vietnam in the malaysian peninsula this week at least forty three people have been killed in the philippines rescuers are recovering more bodies in some areas but hope is fading of finding any more survivors the storm hit on saturday forcing eighty eight thousand people to leave their homes to mile island and has more from there on island. according to rescuers there are at least five bodies trapped in the rubble it's going to be difficult especially over the last few days when the incessant rains have hampered operations now president rudy gotos are due was on the ground a few days ago and promised to provide immediate assistance to the families he's seventy is from this area he is from this region and he feels very much connected to the people of samarra and related but there are questions as to not just the emergency response but the preparation for disasters like this one as you know eastern beside this region has always been bogged down by natural disasters one of the most powerful and d

at least forty three people have died after tropical storm kai tak battered the philippines rescuers are recovering more bodies than areas devastated by landslides and flooding up next it's inside story i'm back top of the hour see that. america is in the game and america is going to win so said donald trump in a major policy announcement on national security but by singling out russia and china how will these plans for u.s. national security affect its international staff this is inside story. hello everyone i'm kemal santa maria we know it is all about america but donald trump's latest announcement on national security has showed he still has a wary eye on the international stage most notably china and russia yes iran and north korea are still seen as threats but china and russia trump says they are competition this was all part of the unveiling of trump's national security strategy in a speech in washington on monday in it he criticized pasta administrations for not looking out for the interests of american citizens and made it clear that his way forward would involve competing wi

tropical storm kai tak is causing chaos in the philippines flash floods and landslides killed at leastthree people in the provinces. and some are high winds downed electricity cables ferry service were canceled stranding thousands of filipinos in various ports many others have sought safety and evacuation centers. the trouble ministration is told officials at the top u.s. public health agency not to use certain words and documents relating to their budget staff at the centers for disease control have been told to avoid the phrase is evidence based and science based also on the banned list vulnerable entitlement and diversity were criticized by some trump supporters as reflecting a liberal bias also not to be used fetus and transgender echoing previous steps taken by the administration in pursuit of its social agenda earlier this year the department of health and human services which oversees the c.d.c. it removed information relating to sexuality and gender issues from its website dana saying this are from planned parenthood federation of america says such political interference is dan

tropical storm kai tak is causing chaos in the philippines as floods and landslides killed at least three people in the provinces of late today in eastern samar high winds downed electricity cables ferry service is being canceled that stranded thousands of filipinos in various ports many others have sought safety and evacuation centers. parts of santa barbara county in california are being evacuated as the u.s. state battles its third largest wildfire and decades whens and dry conditions are hampering efforts to contain the fires which began earlier this month more than seven hundred homes in southern california have been destroyed so far thousands of firefighters are working around the clock to try to stop those flames. south africa's president has pleaded for unity in the ruling african national congress as it prepares to elect a new leader jacob zuma who is facing corruption allegations as stepping down as head of the party on sunday the contest has been marked by deep divisions within the party tanya page reports on johannesburg. the conference started with two warnings don't to sing

the death toll from tropical storm kai tak in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president or dignitaries have promised a quick recovery but as jamie ireland again reports in the town and never really around province the government is still struggling to respond. fernando cleo says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there was no time to call for a rescue. dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice the roads and bridges many communities ar

the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed and landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak rescuers are trying to find forty others who are still missing the state of emergency has been declared at least three people have been killed after a u.s. passenger train derailed onto a highway and happened in washington state during morning rush hour the train was traveling eighty miles per hour in a thirty mile per hour zone thirteen of the trains fourteen carriages fell off the tracks the amtrak train was carrying seventy seven passengers and seven crew. place in australia have accidentally lifestream details about plans for the arrest of an alleged north korean agent days before he was apprehended australian resident chen hench oil was arrested in sydney on saturday those are the headlines news continues in al-jazeera after the strain keep it or. news has never been. but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a annual industry and i'm r

the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak rescuers are trying to find a forty others who are still missing a state of emergency has been declared puerto rico's governor has ordered a review into how many people died when hurricane maria hit the island in september . made the announcement following claims that they already gave a much lower number of fatalities the current official number of dead stands at sixty four those are the headlines news continues keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. news has never been. but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. a virtual coin worth nearly twenty thousand dollars that is still hard to understand but that coin is pushing its way into the mainstream with its recent surge in value of what's driving it and can it be sustained in an regulated environment this is inside story. hello i'm kemal santa maria so we're going to talk about bitcoin today becau

the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed in landslides caused by tropical storm kai tak rescuers are trying to find forty others who are still missing the state of emergency has been declared at least three people have been killed after a u.s. passenger train derailed onto a highway and happened in washington state during morning rush hour the train was traveling eighty miles per hour and a thirty mile per hour zone thirteen of the trains fourteen carriages fell off the tracks the amtrak train was carrying seventy seven passengers and seven crew. police in australia have accidentally lifestream details about plans for the arrest of an alleged north korean agent days before he was apprehended australian resident chen hench oil was arrested in sydney on saturday those are the headlines news continues in al-jazeera after the strain keep it or. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a ann

the development to watch is this one here this is turning into a tropical cycle that she's called kai tak locally and it's going to be a very wet couple of days. this is it this speaks of. unspeakable magic compiled testimonies of victims of the congolese masson. as the intimate evidence finds its way to international courts the central african republic is plunged into fettuccine. and intricate tanis of people and in nations crippled by recent history caiaphas hard to object to part seems to be time out to see. and again you're watching auxerre a reminder of the top stories this hour a new u.n. sponsored talks on syria resuming in geneva after a short break with the government and opposition sides at present energy to meet at the u.n. special envoy staffan de mistura he's urging russia to convince the syrian government that there is no time to lose on reaching a peace deal. thousands of gathered at a rally in gaza city to log thirteen years since the formation of hamas palestinian political party with an was formed in response to israel's an illegal occupation of the west bank and gaza st

hampering the rescue operation over the past week heavy rain and landslides triggered by tropical storm kai tak left more than forty people dead. u.s. president has threatened to cut aid to un members who vote against his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital at the request of arab and muslim countries the united nations will hold an emergency meeting on thursday. catalans have begun voting in a regional poll which may help settle the question of whether there province should secede from spain the leaders of the separatist movement are pitted against candidates who want to stay part of spain a record turnout is expected many in polls suggest the candidates are neck and neck madrid called for the snap election after pro secession leaders held a vote in october to separate from spain pennell is at one of the polling booths in barcelona joining us now when we were looking at the live pictures of moments ago and judging by these pictures karl there seems to be a lot of appetite for this vote tell us what you've seen in terms of turnout. absolutely durian i want to show you around here a litt

but republicans argue the tax cuts will boost economic growth the death toll from tropical storm kai tak has risen now at least forty three people have been killed in the philippines bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides five people have died during violent protests in the semi autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq eighty people were also wounded in the demonstrations which took place in the town of rania they've also been why didn't the stations across kurdistan thousands of protesters rallied against austerity and unpaid public sector salaries in that suliman year. new leaders of south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. is calling for unity zero run opposer who is currently the deputy president will take over from jacob zuma after winning the party vote on monday. as you head months out of their world is up next are more news for you after that but it's watching seen a bit. as . of. today. she says she said it's only. eleven of the week the only people we. have in synch have a. bit. of. sharon . osbourne the. thought. the. the

if their region breaks away from spain at least forty three people have died after tropical storm kai tak battered the philippines rescuers are recovering more bodies in areas devastated by landslides and flooding . those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after sound was i will see you very soon. we bought the house about c. years ago hoping that we would be able to retire here but from here you could see how much sand we've lost underneath the house. the world is running out of sand consumed by industry and construction stolen and transported by criminal mafias around the world at the time it has been employed we don't all get up at two great overdue i live in la i'm at seven am. washed away by rising sea levels. being in the middle of the indian ocean for the last five thousand units become just. lost to human greed and stupidity. when we loose. i mean we loose. our life. we've never needed so much sand so badly with beaches and entire islands already disappearing who will win this and worse. for most of us san makes us think of days at the beach sand castles and s

five hours from now now after causing flooding and mudslides across the philippines tropical storm kai tak is headed to vietnam and the middle a peninsula this week at least forty three people have been killed in the philippines rescuers are recovering more bodies in some areas but hope is fading to find any more survivors now the storm hit on saturday forcing eighty eight thousand people to leave their homes to maryland they're going to house more for believe an island. according to rescuers there are at least five bodies trapped in the rubble it's going to be difficult especially over the last few days when the incessant rains have hampered operations now president with the go those are do was on the ground a few days ago and promised to provide immediate assistance to the families the seventy is from this area from this region in this very much connected to the people of samarra and later but there are questions as to not just the emergency response but the preparation for disasters like this one as you know eastern beside this region has always been bogged down by natural disasters one

of water across philippines all the time so hail the one which went further north a few days ago kai tak that dropped half a meter of rain and it certainly dropped more than this particular storm which we think so we've had to bring formation about one hundred fifty millimeters of rain that could have been double that in some places has it been an unfortunate set of circumstances because this is the first storm that the philippines has actually experienced in this past couple of weeks it's been bombarded by one storm after another that's right but went further north i don't think kite attack had any direct bearing on what happened with this particular storm tembin i think the big issue here are two issues one again climate change comes into this these storms are dropping more rain than previously and then the other thing is this change in land use and population growth in mindanao has been a problem which have been there for years which can cause all sorts of flooding and that's what we're seeing at the moment we're to stay with richard have more to discuss about this in a moment go back

will take years to become operational at least forty three people have died after tropical storm kai tak battered the philippines more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and landslides. reports now from the town of novel. fernando cleo says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there was no time to call for a rescue. dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice the roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and running water this is the town. where rescue operations have been hampered by relentless rains making it m

at least three people have been killed in flooding as tropical storm kai tak lashes the philippines contact made landfall on saturday barreling through the eastern region of beside us with winds of eighty kilometers an hour eleven thousand people are stranded at various ports while thousands of others have fled to evacuation centers power is being cut across the region. thousands of additional residents in southern california are being forced to leave their homes a strong wind gusts fuel what is now the third biggest wildfire in the history of the state hundreds of homes have been destroyed or more than a thousand square kilometers burned since a series of fires began on december the fourth the latest blaze is centered about one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of los angeles the authorities say eighteen thousand properties are still under threat. canadian police are investigating the death of one of the country's richest men billionaire barry sherman and his wife were found dead in their home in toronto the police say the circumstances are suspicious but the deaths are not being treated

so the cloud is all offshore and wrapped itself around a tropical storm kai tak which has been around the central philippines for three days now it's left eight hundred millimeters of rain in the eastern side of summer a lot on surprise news produced widespread flooding it's gotten over two days over the central philippines another three or four hundred millimeters still to fall out of the sky flooding is the major problem with this there are showers for the saturday but expect during the wet season just a few in. a few in sumatra and they're coming back into kuala lumpur singapore but they're concentrating more bit further south i think java possibly bali jakarta again a risk of some flooding rain from these fairly heavy showers whereas rain is a thing of the past i think for india for a couple of months this cloud around both extreme north and extreme science but the main problem of course is stillness and equality. the waiver sponsored by catalog race. under serious skies a bomb shattered monument to wars destructive powers yet amid the ruins the defiant still resist and somehow su

in the philippines tropical storm kai tak has triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least twenty six people and left many others missing the slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines on saturday officials report heavy damage to power lines roads and bridges. friends. has broken the record for sailing solo around the world dozens of vessels a score to them into the french port of breast after a journey of forty two days and sixteen hours more than six days faster than the previous record set by another frenchman only last year said he'd been lucky with the weather. did you know it cost fifty cents to feed one hundred child for one full day to feed one coffee. oh. we're sure the moon surely will with children with just fifty cents and a talent your smart phone to gather. hunger please download the app. to distract you are living in terrible in human conditions of moria refugee camp there are over six thousand people at the.