mentioning the situation in malawi with flooding killing dozens in southern africa animal wee has beend hit by all of this at least 48 deaths there reported some 100,000 people left homeless and catherine reports from malawi's commercial capitol. >> reporter: on tuesday at dawn when flood waters swept through this township in southern malawi the waters came down from the hills carrying huge rocks. several people and livestock were swept away. 40 houses destroyed. her brother's home stood here and salvaged nothing and the 11-year-old nephew was sleeping. he drown. >> translator: and it went boom and when we come to check we found there was nothing. >> reporter: people are searching for those who are still missing. these men are looking for the bodies of a young boy and another man who we understand were living in that house. they think the bodies are under the mat. after several hours they found nothing but say they won't stop looking. a short distance away hundreds of those who escaped have taken refuge in the school and sleeping on classroom floors with little food and hardly any u u

mozambique's government issued a red alert and malawi is appealing for humanitarian assistance to deem with the cries and there are warnings of heavier rains and flash floods over the next two weeks. al jazeera. >> some news just in to us, the u.s. retailer target announced that it is pulling out of canada. that could mean the closure of 133 stores, putting 17,000 jobs at risk. >> the thousands of people turning out to welcome pope france to the philippines on the second leg of his week long trip, he was treated to a rap at yourous reception. >> the pontiff has greeted thousands of adoring catholics. >> he was received by the president of the country at the military air field. the one uncomfortable mover was when his hat blew off his first encounter with the philippine weather, which could put a damper on major events with the storm brewing and heading this way. tenstens of thousands of people lined the streets for the short journey from the air field to where he will be staying during his time here in manila. that affairs motorcade delivering him to what is effectively the vatican's e

malawi has been the hardist hit.ne soy reports from mall law -- malawi's commercial capitol. >> reporter: it was thursday when flood waters swept through this area carrying huge rocks. several people and livestock were swept away 40 houses were destroyed. this person's home stood here. he salvaged nothing. his 11-year-old nephew was sleeping. he drowned. >> it come down like boom. when we came to check. we found that there is nothing. everything was gone. >> reporter: people are searching for those who are still missing. these men are looking for the bodies of a young boy and another man who we understand were living in that house. they think the bodies are buried under the mud. after several hours they found nothing, but say they won't stop looking. a short distance away hundreds who have escaped have taken refuge in this school. this woman told us that she is just happy that she got her four children out safely. >> translator: we have never experienced this before. i managed to take some of my children's clothes, b

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dorothy white is carrying malawi's future away on her head. she's one of the millions who use charcoal to cook. there is no choice, she told us. >> the problem is electricity. we have not had any for a month. i know charcoal comes from cut down trees, but what can i do. >> the government is struggling to feed the people. it is a disaster only making things worse in a country where food was already hard to come by. al jazeera malawi. >> united states freed a prisoner held for 13 years. he has flown back to qatar. he admitted one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al-qaeda. he pleaded guilty to be able to return home to his family, according to his lawyer. >> long served as an escape route from the horn of africa, and it is dangerous journey. those who make it face the prospect of abuse by smugglers. we have this report from the port of aden. >> they tell us about their misery through an in they were retore. they are both somali who escaped poverty and war. they reached aden toward the end of last year, coming in search of a bett

large areas of malawi have been declared disaster zones.zambique 25 children have died in the floods. >>> new travel and treyed rules between the united states and cuba have set to come into effect on friday. the measures will let u.s. citizens use credit cards in cuban, and allow american businesses to export some technology. >>> the oil price drop is having a dramatic effect on the global economy. it is arguably good news for consumers but bad news for producers. brent crude peaked at around $111 a barrel. and has had a 55% drop in six months. norway only gets to get $40 per barrel to break even. it's the bigger oil-producing nations that are hardest hit. russia is suffering, its break even price around $98 per barrel. we spoke to an energy consultant and worked as a secretaryat for opec. >> i think both sides opec and non-opec will reach the stage with some sort of help with politicians at the top, kings, presidents and so on to reach a compromise. we have to decrease our output and at the end it is opec which has to blink first. because

. >> she and many other farmers in this agricultural district in southern malawi now have to rely on food handouts. >> the water from a nearby river swept away everything on its path. more than 16,000 farmers in this center lost their crops. they've never witnessed this kind of flooding before. >> the floods were unprecedented, affecting areas that had never been flood-prone. climate change and deforestation are blamed. more than one side of malawi is classified as forest land, but deforestation the highest in south africa. >> they came in amounts never been. the environment has been devastated by cutting wood for curing tobacco. >> ruffle 90% of people use charcoal or fire wood. she is one of the millions who use charcoal to cook. there's no choice, she told us. >> the problem is electricity. we have not had any for a month. i know car kohl comes from cut down trees but what can i do? >> the government is struggling to feed people displaced by floods. it's a disaster that has only made things worse in a country where food was already hard to come by. al jazeera in southern malawi. >

thousands are trapped in villages that are hard to access, it's a disaster that malawi president saysry cannot deal with alone. catherine with al jazeera, southern malawi. >>> pope francis called on leaders in the philippines for corruption and he made comments in manila and this is a visit to the mainly catholic nation in 20 years and harry faucet reports from manila. >> reporter: pope francis wasted no time tackling politics on the first day of the visit to philippines and said the country leaders needed to get serious about corruption poverty and what he called inequality. >> it is now more than ever necessary that political leaders be outstanding for the integrity and a commitment to the common world. >> reporter: the philippine president has waged an anticorruption drive but one which critics say dis disproportionate lyly has leaders and they are at the cathedral for the visit and the sight of the man himself. >> pope francis is actually here. i want to be enlightened and want to be inspired and all the things he suggests are very doable and people can follow him, his example. >>

in malawi 70,000 have been left homeless. many have been displaced >>> pope francis touches down on the second leg of his trip to asia. he's been treated to a rapturous reception in manila. the pontiff plans to meet survivors of typhoon haiyan which claimed more than 7,000 lives in 2013. this is the scene live in manila - the pope making his way through the philippines capital, touching down at the international airport later on and is expected to be greated by the president. there's a great deal of excitement amongst people. hundreds if not thousands there. joining me from the capital, a spokesman for the catholic bishops conference. thank you for speaking to us. tell me what the visit to the philippines by the pope means to you personally. >> it is an historic event for me because he'll be the fourth pope i will be seeing in my lift. i saw pope paul vi in 1970, pope john paul ii twice, in 1981 and 1998 and in rome i saw pope francis. and now pope francis in manila with a message of mercy and compassion. >> the pope is expec

so the rain band is still here across northern madagascar malawi and mozambique.e images to show you. the condition of the severe flooding. heavy floods in malawi has killed at least 176 people and displaced at least 200,000. submerging whole villages in some areas, drowning crops and washing away livestocks as you can see here. the threat of water-borne diseases such as malaria, coal rah, diarrhea have become the priority according to the aid agencies. and mallory's government said it is working on a disaster preparedness strategy as we speak. looks like the conditions aren't going to be improving. i'm afraid to tell you we have got more accumulation of rainfall in the area where the images came out from and the river is already bursting its banks. it's the highest level since 1971, and any additional rainfall could trigger further flooding i'm afraid. here in the north we have more rain in southern areas of sicily where 80 millimeters of rainfall fall in a span of six hours. flooding is going to be a huge concern here as well. and in northern locations the avala

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it's a disaster that malawi's president says the country cannot deal with alone. catherine soy, al jazeera, southern malawi. >> now the storms in southeast africa will continue through next week. our meteorologist kevin corriveau has more. >> this has been the worst rainy season they have seen since 1971. >> a big look at what we are looking at across parts of africa and into the indian ocean. you notice this band of hoursshowers and tropical systems in this as well. this is called the enter tropical converge incident. during january february t drops below the equator. that's where we get the storms. over the last couple of days we have been workatching this area of storms. this is in the mozambique channel we have seen dropping a lot of rain in this region actually we have seen about 16 to 20 inches of rain across parts of northern mozambique as well as over here towards malawi. of course, over the next couple of days we are going to be seeing more heavy rain in the region. this area of low pressure which the joint typhoon warning center is watching very kairnl c

this is southern malawi. the focus is about to change. if you look at the satellite picture, the brightest tops are drifting north. so they are almost out of the country altogether. that is what has the focus on the forecast. the line takes you into tanzania and across to zambia. there may be flooding in malawi it will be in the north. that's for the next two days. the trend is to take it to the north. i wouldn't say it's over. things have changed. we'll leave southern africa and come up to the gulf. it rained last night in qatar. it's probably rained in saudi arabia and it has not yet finished. here is what the satellite shows. rain is a good thing. now, the rain i suspect, for the next 24 hours will head south. abu dhabi is set to get some. it's the strength of wind. 16 degrees is the max. with that strength of wind it will be up >>> thank you, rob. women's rights campaigners in england are seeking to turn government cuts which they say are putting lives at risk. u.k. government's austerity led to restrictions on the right of women from

it's a disaster that malawi's president said the country cannot deal with alone. al jazeera southern malawi. >> for more on those storms and the forecast in the u.s., let's turn to our meteorologist nicole mitchell. good morning nicole. >> good morning this storm is on the move and will cause problems elsewhere. this is the southern hemisphere. unlike the northern hemisphere, this is an opposite spin to the cyclones and moving more una west to east pattern unlike we typically see as things come toward the united states. the one for us what would be a major hurricane is fortunately moving away from land. it is this system heading toward madagascar causing problems. first it zig zagged the coastline. even though for us, it would be categorized as a tropical storm it had a lot of moisture as it was doing that, causing the flooding we were just talking about. still a lot of moisture with this system, even though it's not really intensify, we are going to see it dump in some cases over a foot of rain in the next couple days as it slowly moves, so more flooding concerns

also the deaths and demonstrations from the flooding - as if they were not enough the damming in malawi could lead to pham jip. -- famine. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here is a look at the top stories - europe is under high alert after the attacks tonne "charlie hebdo". nine suspects have been questioned in the attack on the newspaper. the rest of the europe works to prevent further violence. >>> according to the white house, president obama will outline plans for tax breaks in the middle class, and discuss plans to close loop hotels and is expected to ask cop depress to pass a law-making community college free >>> troops from chad cameroon are moving into eastern nigeria to take on boko haram. recent attacks killed thousands. african union leaders will discuss expanding the force this week >>> the last enemy combaton on american soil has been released. a marry was arrested in illinois, and accused of providing material support to al qaeda. he was reportedly tortured and pleaded guilty in 2009. he released a statement saying this: we are now discuss more

malawi hechters wiped out by floods destroying crops many families rely on for livelihoods. from the southern district where many farmers appear to have lost matt pretty much everything. paluka is devastated. she had enough in storage to last her until april and the floods came and she lost everything thruingincluding her home. stoob honest i am strapped. >> she and many other farmers now have to rely on food handouts the water swept aggie everything. those we talked to said they have never witnessed this kind of flooding before. >> the flootsdz were unprecedented affecting areas that had never been flood prone. climate change and deforestation are being blamed. more than 1 third of mawlai is classified as forest land but the deforestation is one of the highest in southern african. the rains came late and an amount it has never been. the environment has been devastated by cutting wood for burning bricks. roughly 90% use charcoal or firewood. she is one of the millions use charcoal to cook. there is no choice she told us. >> the problem is electricity. we have not had any for

. >>> severe flooding in malawi heavy rains are forecast for the last couple of weeks. katherine sawyer reports. >> she was hoping to have in april, she had enough in storage to last her until then. then the floods came and she lost everything including her home. >> translator: i'm lost, i don't have any plans. i don't know what i can do. my fertilizer and seedlings have also been washed away. to be honest i'm stranded. >> she and others in the southern district of malawiwi lost everything. those we talked to said they have never witnessed this kind of flooding before. the floods affected areas that had never been flood prone. climate change and deforestation are blamed. >> the rains came very late. they came in amounts that very never been. the environment has been devastated, for cutting tobacco acknowledge burning bricks. >> nearly all of the people use charcoal. she is one of the millions to use charcoal to cook. there's no choice she told us. >> there's a problem with lack of electricity. i know charcoal come from cut down trees. what can i do. >> it is a disaster

malawi has been hit hard with at least 48 deaths reported and 100,000 left home less.rine soy reports. >> reporter: tuesday at dawn flood waters swept through this township in southern malawi. the raging watering came down from the hills carrying these huge rocks. several people and livestock were swept away 40 houses were destroyed. this person's brother's home stood here. his 11 year old nephew was sleeping. he drowned. >> translator: [ inaudible ] like a boom boom. [ inaudible ] come to check, we found that there is nothing. everything is gone. >> reporter: people are searching for those who are still missing. these men are looking for the bodies of a young and another man who we understand were living in that house. they think he bodies were buried under the mud. after several hours they found nothing. a short distance away hundreds of those who escaped have taken refuge in this school with little food and hardly any utensils to cook with. this woman is just happy she got her children out safely. >> translator: we have never experienced this before. >> reporter: it

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. >>> heavy flooding in malawi has killed 40 people and left many more homeless.resident declared the country a disaster zone. the floods have damaged crops, washed away livestock and destroys roads and bridges. >>> to nigeria's general elections, more than a quarter of the population are without their voter's card. that means that possibly millions may not be able to vote. >> reporter: confused and frustrated. this man registered as a voter four years ago, now with only a month to the elections, he is told he may not be able to vote in february. >> i actually went through the line and they said my details are not there. they were not captured. i asked him why? and he said he can't explain. >> reporter: there are hundreds of thousands like him. even though who got their cards believe a lot needs to be done. >> you know, it's nothing good comes easy and due to the time shadow we see a lot of people coming to pick up their voter's cards, so i think it could be better. >> reporter: there are many problems with elections preparations most are related to voter registra

we have seen flooding recently around mozambique, malawi, into madagascar. we have further showers extending across the mozambique channel into zambia, extending all the way across. >> time for a short break. still rising, but not as fast, cline in a's economy takes a knock, but it's still ahead of the rest of the world. >> sunny side up, we test the tools that are trying to transform renewable energy sources in abu dhabi. >> in sport how the africa cup of nations favors algeria making a dramatic come you know in the opening match. more on that, stay with us. >> in iraq, isil seized a compound belonging to an influential tribal leader in rimadi. nine were killed in the fight for the home. he led the sunni awakening when tribes fought with the u.s. military against al-qaeda. >> a fight in yemen after a gun battle between houthi fighters and soldiers monday. rebels are surrounding the presidential home and palace. >> voters in zambia are choosing their next president following the death of the president last year. it is a close race. >> a court in bahrain is e

. >>> an aid group says malawi is facing the greatest flood in existence.ve been completely cut off from the rest of the nation after a tropical cyclone caused major flooding there. the death toll is near almost 200 people. another cycle expected to arrive could bring more flooding. residents are without food water or health care. >>> an exam in addition in the palestinian territories including alleged crimes. this could lead to a full war crimes investigation against israelis against the gaza conflict. palestinians will become -- sorry, palestinian will become an icc member on april 1st. that is at their own request. israel and the u.s. oppose that move. >> israel rejects the absurd decision of the icc prosecutor. it's absurd for the icc to ignore international law and agreements under which the palestinians don't have a state and can only get one through direct negotiations with israel. the rules of the icc are clear, no state, no standing no case. >> last summer's fighting between israel and hamas left more than 2,000 dead most of them palestinians. >>>

hardest hit is the nation of malawi where the government has declared a disaster, and mozambique where 20 schoolchildren were washed away, damage to crops and major roads and bridges and heavy rain and flash flooding is not expected to let up for two to three weeks. >>> back here, deep freeze could be on the way out. kevin corriveau is here with that. >> that's right wind chills last week minus 30 to minus 40, we are now seeing a big change. minneapolis is down to 12, that's quite cold but we're looking better. next couple of days deals with the jetstream. dip in the jetstream right now that makes it so it's much colder across the north. what you notice is the dip starts to make its way over here towards the east. that means it's going to be a little bit colder out here towards the east. but for the central plains and the northern tier states we are looking at warmer temperatures. finally above freezing, hovered around freezing by the time i.t. gets to friday but 38° is going to be the high here on saturday and 38 is about 15° above average. now that's going to stay in place just until

attack ever - homes and >>> hundreds of thousands forced from their homes as floods his mozambique and malawi>>> pope francis in the philippines. >> i'm robin with the sports

more than half of malawi has been declared as a disaster zone. it started around midnight.y came to wake me up they lost a lot of things their houses their goods, their freezers really a lot of stuff that they lost. >> reporter: governments are struggling to deal with the scale of the disaster. many hectors of mozambique's main export crop cashew nut has been destroyed. many remote areas have been cut off. mozambique has been hit by massive floods in the past. each weather system lasted for weeks, and opening the gates of overflowing dams worsened the damage. it took years for the reconstruction of infrastructure and rehabilitation of people who lost everything. mozambique's government has issued an alert. and there are warnings of heavy rain fall and flash floods over the next two to three weeks. >>> now the oil price cash is having a dramatic effect on the global economy. it's arguably good news for consumers, but bad news for producers? june brent crude peeked at around $111 a barrel. and it has had a 55% drop in six months. it's the biggest oil-producing nations that ar

the four men and two women to be executed are from brazil malawi nigeria, vietnam and indonesia.e last month indonesian president had rejected their appeals for clemency. meantime huh pan rights groups want the execution call off. one saying the death penalty won't deter crimes. a u.s. congressional delegation is set to come to cuba in the coming hours. this is the first visit to the island nation by person law makers since president obama announced a change in policies easing restrictions that have now lasted decades. a group of six democrats will meet with envoys from other countries. members say they want to find out how the two countries can possibly develop a relationship. the person policy has an emerging class of private cuban business owners anxiously awaiting what could soon be an influx of u.s. tourist dollars. what will the relationship between the u.s. and cuba really mean for the people of cuba and tear wallets? >> reporter: an economic shakeup is already under way. and now relations with the u.s. may be thawing cuba americaning class of private businessmen look set.

malawi has seen the worst of it recently. over the next day or so, the risk of the really heavy rain is going to transfer to madagascar. the indian ocean area is going to be flooding rain and there could be problems associated with this rainfall. >> still to come, many in the muslim and jewish communities in france have a backlash after the recent attacks in paris. >> i'm andy bagger in miami florida, as high level talks continue in cuba, we'll gauge the reaction of the business community and more than 1 million cuban americans that call south florida home. >> in sport the world number one forced to fight for a grand slam. we'll have all the details. ls. >> at least 13 have been killed by a strike in donetsk. the city in eastern ukraine is a strong separatist stronghold. yemens president has accepted demands from houthi reties to end a growing political crisis. the agreement comes as he appears to show his predecessor has been plotting with the rebels to undermine the government. >> the so that is of former president mubarak

in malawi 48 dead and tens of thousands homeless. heavy rain to last 2-3 more weeks. >> cold is creating deadly conditions for millions of refugees displaced by syria's civil war. the u.n. is calling for a huge influx of international aid. >> reporter: it's freezing cold in aleppo. this person is trying to keep warm. without wood and fuel he can't. he has no choice but to use what he find. >> reporter: we >> translation: we have no money, we are forced to break our furniture for heating. >> reporter: aleppo used to be a city for business. it's buried under rubble and covered by snow. most of the neighbourhoods have no electricity. diesel and gas costs have increased threefold. if it's available, people can't afford it. a few clinics look after the sick. they do not have enough supplies to help them recover. winter is killing people. >> tonight, as a result of the harsh cold this is an indirect cause of death. the direct cause was respiratory and cardiac arrest. >> reporter: tents are not much of a shelter. dozens have died from the c

more than thousands were killed in malawi, mozambique. aid agencies are rushing clean water and medical supplies to the area. in afghanistan soldiers are struggling with the aftermath of war. the u.s. military has stepped up efforts to slow the growing suicide rate for afghan veterans but for afghan soldiers the stigma of mental illness often gets in the way. jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> ptsd, or post-traumatic stress disorder, this soldier wants to go back to the unit. >> you're in a loss not a prison the doctor says. come tell the commander to get me out of here or i will kill myself, he says. the doctor tells the nurse to give him an injection and assures the patient it will make him feel better. he this is tells him suicide is not allowed in islam. >> there are lots of ptsd cases in the west because there are statistics. we don't have any way to measure it here. these cases are present here as well. >> reporter: but only a small fraction end up here. there's a cultural stigma to admitting any type of mental illness. this wa

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