alex on carl, speaking to us from manila, thank you so much. and just to show how difficult the situation can be for school kids in the philippines just a day after classes restarted, many of them were cancelled again because of a ferocious tropical storm. the strong wind and rain haunted the government to shut down schools and public offices in the capital, manila and outlying provinces. yes, hoping the school closures won't continue. as long as the last one ah, to taiwan now, an island living under the constant threat of invasion. china claims the island as part of instead a tree and has vowed to seize it one day by force. if necessary. this month, china made that thread clearer than ever staging its log. stover comrades, rules in the sea and a space around taiwan that show of military might, was in direct retaliation to what beijing seas as stepped up. you are support for taiwan following a high profile visit by us. how speaker nancy pelosi as since then, more us lawmakers and officials have made their way to day b. after receiving the gover

so princess and manila spent his soggy forecasts for hong kong and still some showers to go on sunday in some, across the, in the river valley. those temperatures are coming out of shanghai at 38 degrees and a line of thunderstorms bubbling up from harbin, breakthrough into beijing that energy will fide into the korean peninsula. on sunday, over the course of the weekend, that's your update. i saw official airline of the journey live and robots debates. a lot of folks when they hear the word refugee think stranger, they think other law literally stuck in these camps. it's regardless of your range of where you're coming from. you said give everybody safety from global issues to those that need to be heard. human rights and land defenders and brazil they live in a circumstance of permanent violence and intimidation. the street for a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. ah ah, hello. are you watching out 0? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of the latest developments in garza. israel has launched a strikes on garza for a 2nd day. at least 15 people have been killed o

so princess a rate through into manila where we do have some severe fight advisors and playing from manila around manila will have to keep a close eye on the mar akina river. hong kong still some showers seem likely in the forecast and temperatures are on the rise across the yang see and the yellow river valley shanghai at 38 degrees. some storms are rumbling through harbin into beijing and that energy is eventually going to slide into the korean peninsula and where we've been soaked with rain on japan's main island of han, true at central in northern portions, just some showers in the forecasts. we know more than half a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes monsoon reins for india. really big story here. we may have a disturbance develop in the bare been goal, so that is going to amplify rainfall amounts for entrepreneur dash into me and mar what's got quite this. so keen and gang gone over the past few days that you're up day bye. for now. i saw official airline of the journey. let's get to the bottom line. what does the new forever proxy war me for america and nato? it's very

his region cannot afford an escalation of tensions. antony lincoln is a manila and has met president ferdinand marco's junior. my coast describe the u. s . philippines ties as a special relationship. barnaby lo has more from manila after a rough patch under the administration of president would reger returning the philippines and the united states have reaffirmed and enduring partnership. on saturday, u. s. secretary of state antony blanket, met with the country's newly elected leader ferdinand mark was junior. and i reiterated our ironclad commitment to the u. s. philippines mutual defense treaty and reaffirmed that an armed attack on philippines armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, in the south china sea would invoke us mutual defense commitments under the treaty . lincoln arrived from non pen were foreign ministers of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations discussed the growing tension in the taiwan strait. chinese conducting military drills until sunday in response to u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit to the self ruled island of taiwan. the total dispropo

the bullying manila is already implementing full on face to face classes. so students here are having to get used to some changes. for example, these arrows, the yellow arrow, is for going into the classroom and then the red arrows are for going out of. now, inside the classroom, they have had to take out some of the furniture to make way for more speed. and whereas before, there would have been more than 40 students here right now, there are only 30 to 35 students who this will also have to wear their masks all day that the water has glee, and they have to get their temperature checked before they get into the school, some schools are doing hybrid learning, where some students are the face to face classes on sundays, and then others are still doing distance online learning. but the biggest concern is the quality of learning that has really gone down during the pandemic in 2019 and estimated 30 percent. the filipino school kids that have reached the age of 10 could not read simple texts or understand a simple story. now during the pandemic, international ag

from manila, i had a weaker community class in the manila so, but these children are learning how to read. it's a skill that my global standards should have been mastered. by the age of 10. but kia bore shawnee who is in the 4th grade, were still struggles to read in his native filipino. all. mom who were english is an even greater challenge already. she know, in numbers are equally difficult for rustic b. b o. b, b. these children have been attending class remotely since the coven 19 pandemic began in 2020 aust, restrictions were only lifted this year. i think united be could be new models of busy with work or with jewels at home. they may not have enough time to to, to the kids which is a huge part of distance learning. well, that is the result is a further setback in the quality of education. not only for the philippines, but for most low in middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino schoolkids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019 only around 30 percent could read simple texts or understand a simple story by the age of 10. international aid agencies

so from manila to log it is going to be a washout. certainly the risk of seeing some flash flooding and landslides and those winds will be whipping around as well, guessing to about 80 kilometers per hour. in some cases we klein of storms across the yangtze river valley. so watch what that does. the shanghai will limit your temperature a bit in the days to come $33.00 degrees, but that is still above average for this side of the year. i can't remember the last time i said, temperatures were below average in shanghai. also a tropical storm, just to the east of japan's main island of honju may pick up the winds a bit there and the surf is wall. but this will steer clear of making any landfall down under. we've got a cold from punching across the se, so we'll go in there for a closer look. we've snow levels are dropping to a few 100 meters, in some cases, snow for the victorian alps and much fresher air here. so camera, just 13 degrees, new zealand, most of the what whether his petered out on tuesday, but i got to put this forward on thu

so princess rate through into manila got to be on the lookout for some flooding. sure, temperatures are on the rise across the yang see and the yellow river valley, ranging anywhere from about $38.00 to $40.00 degrees. and we've got a line of storms coming out shift for harbin rate through to beijing. that energy is going to move into the korean peninsula. otherwise, just some showers for japan. thanks for watching bye for now. ah. on cal, the cost the widening mortgage boy called in china could from the fact that grumbled as columbia and venezuela agree to men ties businesses, i at slave revival bloss russia wants to pull out of the international space station. what's next in all, vic? counting the cost on al jazeera, there are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media spread on out is era. government shut off access to social media. ah ah, welcome back. you're watching. i'll just bear with me, said robin, a reminder of all top stories. israel has lost and strikes on garza for a 2nd day. at least 12 people have been killed and dozens inj

that is going to impact tens of millions of people in the years to come. us journalists, manila, cham, the founder of slanted media news. thank you, manila ah, the greek port of alex and ru bully has become a point of competing interests for pro russian and pro american companies. 2 of the 4 groups shortlisted to take a majority share in the strategically important port are deemed to be close to moscow, while the other 2 have strong ties to the us. the harbor enjoys a strategic position near greece's border with turkey and is also close to the dark danella street which connects the black sea with the agent and mediterranean. it has also been a major port of call for nato ships and has seen a dramatic increase in u. s. weapons flowing through it. since the start of the ukraine conflict. it's location is also consider strategically important. due to the ongoing construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal, they're part of a move to phase out russian supplies to the balkans. nato's presence in the area has been a cause of friction with people taking to the city streets to protest aga

as more now from manila, when at a weakened community class in the manila subject, these children are learning how to read. it's a skill that may global standards should have been mastered by the age of 10, but key and we're shown it. who isn't a 4th grade? we're still struggles to read in his native filipino. oh, man. oh, well, the english is an even greater challenge with the with, say, got holly. she's known in numbers are equally difficult for the fix. b, b o. b b by these children have been attending class remotely since the coven 19 pandemic began in 2020. i think aust, restrictions were only lifted this year. if you seen anybody new models, a busy with work with jewels at home, they may not have enough time to to, to their kids, which is a huge part of distance learning. and the result is a further setback and the quality of education. not only for the philippines, but for most low and middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino school kids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019 only around 30 percent could read simple text or understand a simple st

as barnaby low reports from manila, when at a weaker community class in the manila sub. these children are learning how to read . it's a skill that by global standards should have been mastered by the age of 10 but key and we're shawnee, who is in to 4th grade. we're still struggles to read in his native filipino all. mom who well english is an even greater challenge. though it say already she's known in numbers are equally difficult. bar that thinks b. b o b, b i. these children have been attending class remotely since the coven 19 pandemic began in 2028. 0 st. restrictions were only looked at this year. have you seen any be convenient models of busy with work or with jewels at home? they may not have enough time to to, to their kids, which is a huge part of distance learning. well, in the result is a border setback in the quality of education, not only for the philippines, but for most low and middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino schoolkids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019 only around 30 percent could read simple text or unders

their first destination was manila.capital of the philippines was, like the rest of the country, tense with excitement on the eve of a great national celebration. the tenth anniversary of independence. on the afternoon of july 3rd, mr. and mrs. nixon landed at international airport. vice president carlos garcia, the republican was -- off the republic of the philippines was there to welcome them. high-ranking members of the philippine government of congress, and of the armed forces also extended their greetings. the warmth of the reception was everywhere. this was more than just a visit of state by the second highest official of the u.s. government. it was a gesture of the mutual esteem between americans and filipinos. several times along the boulevard, the visitors halted the cavalcade to acknowledge the tremendous cordiality shown. following brave ceremonies outside of the national palace, mr. garcia accompanied the honored guests to where the president and his wife awaited them. this, again, was more than a mere visit

fritz ocampo joining us out of manila.d: ok, let's check in with the latest business flash headlines. sofi shares falling in extended trading after softbank said it would sell some or all of its shares in the online finance company. they said the timing and size of the sale would depend on quote, many factors. the announcement coming after softbank announced record losses, and sweeping cost cuts were pledged. dallas -- according to the crypto firm, the poor performance is mainly due to unrealized offsets on digital assets. they did record a strong liquidity position of around $1.5 billion. he says he sees bitcoin trading in a range for a while. >> will bitcoin get through $30,000 on this move up? eh, we will see. i am doubtful. i think we will be in this range now. i would be happy if we are in a $22,000, $20,000, $30,000 range for a while. rishaad: carlisle's global head has left the company to start a new venture, investing in the consumer side of things. he was a partner and has declined to comment. david: let's look at

live from manila. barnaby. plenty for blinking, and macos to discuss. we've also seen tensions rise, of course, in the south china sea. that's right. this meeting is happening against the backdrop of tension happening in the highway street, which is just north of the philippines. currently, china is conducting military drills in that area. and the other day japan's defense ministry had said that the live missiles had dropped into japan's exclusive economic zone. and so understandably, there is concern here that, that conflict there could to the area because the philippines has its own territorial with china in the south and trying to see until understandably, again, the discussions between president president britney and mark was junior and us secretary of state anthony blinking revolved around the military and security alliance between the 2 countries. the 2 countries have a mutual defense treaty and under this treaty are a number of agreements including the visiting force, this agreement and the in has defense cooperation agreement. president marcos h

for manila, we're going to have to keep a close eye here on the marchina river, and there are severe fight advisors in play here. now across the pearl river valley, we've seen huge amounts of rain in china. still some more to go on saturday and then temperatures are climbing across the yang see in the pearl river valley. so from move han shanghai to young jo. temperatures ranging from about 38 to 40 degrees northern portions of japan, about 89 all time rein records. were broken, we had remnants leftovers of what was the tropical disturbance rolled through, central and northern areas of japan's main island upon shoot triggered land slides and force more than 300000 people from their homes, australian capital territory camera, picking up $44.00 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, it's weather stock is stay and 48 years and still a legacy of more showers to go. lot of rain and a lot of wind for new zealand, south side and ah, oncology recalls the wiping mortgage boy called in china cook properties, exit grumble as columbia and venezuela, grief and men ties businesses. i approve revival los

and then when i got better, the thought of going back to manila, i just felt like that was a very constructing way to learn. for the 1st time in my life, i felt called to stay in place. there were still projects that recording me to travel to shoot. i declined at 1st out of fear, then out of choice, a lot of people, it only would seem museums on boarding, but i mean we have people who make that to accommodate the started. they had a big lab sometime late, 2015. it started more as a school intervention and taking museums into classrooms of it had also transformed into a digital platform between the invention we call it a lab. so it means you engage with cultural collections in deal a creative things with them to make them relevant to your to beats. i think that is love value in culture. and for me that value comes from movie and i feel like ah, the loretta ios race to be is read a catholic. always doing what is expected of with us morrila definitely left near bit more. i truly more freed this still people are still working together. aloria and you are coming to a balance healthy and aligned wit

victims, at the very least, it's closure that has been missing for years. barnaby law al jazeera manila and taliban says even your of a un security council or waiver that allow some of its officials to travel abroad is needed to keep talks and engagement going. senior members of the groups have been served subject to a travel band since 2011, but 13 taliban officials had been granted an exception so they could attend. peace talks. basta, expired. security council could vote on an amended waiver. on monday. as thousands of people have attended the crowning of the new king of south africa's largest ethnic group, the zulu nation king, mrs. olu took the throne at a ceremony at the palace in non gama. more than 12 1000000 people who mostly live within quasi lunar town province, a part of the tribe. the king is one of the biggest landlords in south africa. he controlled the entity that manages a 3000000 hectares of land owned by the zulu community. the governing african national congress has a majority support base in the province. and zulu is a most widely spoken indigenous language in south

while we low reports now from manila. so i leave a whole lie, a family grieving all over again. 5 years after his untimely death, keandra, santa says remains had to be exempt. his griefs, lease expiring along with scores of others killed during a warren drugs launched by then philippine president would be good with 30 keens. uncle randy has made it his mission to help other families. gustavo, i wanted to reach out to families who were big names like lesson i learned from be shipping wigs, is that their loved ones that shoot the last, the police claim keon was 17 years old. when police accused him of being a drug runner. they said they killed him in self defense, but security footage proved otherwise. only one drug war related murder by police has resulted in a conviction that of key and de la santos, out of thousands of debts. the justice department is currently investigating just 52 cases. yet the government insists the countries justice system is working. president, britain, and marcus junior has vowed the less bloody c

and we had a pretty good run of rain and manila to low. ok, that's now pushed away. there was a severe fight advisory in plate north of manila, we'll keep tabs on the marchina river. they're all sons back out across the yangtze river valley. so temperature is shooting up once again. shanghai, we've got your pencil in for 40 degrees on friday. some rock in storms erupt in har . been pushing in to the korean peninsula, not good news. another round of heavy rain to come for flight head areas of saw japan is drain off, tokyo's get a high 32 degrees and take you round the bare bengal. this could potentially turn into a psychotic storm or keep tabs on it. there are weather alerts in play for addition state into westbank gall. and what this does is it will ship freight across northern india into pakistan. so pakistan's had back to back monsoons depressions in some spots. we picked up up to about a month's worth of brain in a single hour, so syn province is now entering. it's 5th. what is monsoon season, on record, in still more rain to go as it shifts into baluchistan provi

victims, at the very least, it's closure that has been missing for years. barnaby law al jazeera manila. the government of montenegro has lost in our confidence vote after the prime minister signed a controversial agreement with the serbian orthodox church. in includes regulations for hundreds of churches, monasteries, and other properties. the churches role and services influence have been divisive issue since montenegro separated from its neighbour in 2006. finland's prime minister, as santa marin says, she's taken a drug test after a video and most of her partying with friends. the footage prompted calls from both political allies and opponents for her to take a voluntary test that a 6 year old marin says she has never used illegal substances and could have performed her duties on the night of the party if necessary. the test results are expected within a week ukrainian boxer, alexander, you sank, his says the people of his country will motivate him to made anthony joshua as the heavyweight champion, prepared to step into the ring against his british opponent in saudi arabia. the fig

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secretary of state, he is raging, can not afford an escalation of tensions. antony lincoln is in manila and has made president fit and am macos genia. marcus described us philippine ties as a special relationship on a be low has more from manila after a rough patch under the administration of president rodrigo deter, did the philippines in the united states have reaffirmed and enduring partnership and saturday, u. s. secretary of state antony blanket, met with the countries newly elected leader, ferdinand marcus junior. and i reiterated our ironclad commitment to the u. s. philippines mutual defense treaty and reaffirmed that an armed attack on philippines armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, in the south china sea would invoke us mutual defense commitments under the treaty . lincoln arrived from don penn were foreign ministers of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations discussed the growing tension in the taiwan strait. chinese conducting military drills until sunday in response to u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit to the self ruled island of ty, one, the total

when at a weakened community class in the manila suburbs. these children are learning how to read. it's a skill that may global standards should have been mastered by the age of 10, but key and for shawnee who is in the 4th grade were still struggles to read in his native filipino. all mom for well, english is an even greater challenge. though it say, how are you? she known in numbers are equally difficult. for the 6 b o. b. these children have been attending class remotely since the coven 19 pandemic began in 2020 aust, restrictions were only lifted this year. if united be could be new models of busy with work or withdraws at home. they may not have enough time to, to, to their kids, which is a huge part of distance learning. well, the result is a further setback in the quality of education. not only for the philippines, but for most low in middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino schoolkids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019, only around 30 percent could read simple text or understand a simple story by t

paris in the eighties is the alluring name of the soviet people, not manila paris was so unattainableonly a few could dream of him was the motherland the young man was born into a family of emigrants from the soviet union. they changed their surname to the french style bouquet, but at home they spoke only russian from the testimony. not kolya bouquet my mother really missed her brother, who stayed in moscow, she asked me to go to him to take gifts, and at the same time see our real homeland. russia turned out to be not quite the same as described by mom and dad. yes , there were red squares of the bolshoi theater, but there is still a shortage the creation of obsolete machines and gloomy people did not reach the young man. a hail of reproaches and ridicule fell. yes, they had a conflict during this meeting and kolya's own uncle. uh, the guy, offended by the whole wide world, practically beat him up and changed his ticket in order to quickly return to his native and cozy paris, but on the way to the airport he was detained by the police. who are you, am i? the work of other foreign tou

the manila based lender said next year, growth is expected. at 5.2 percent, just slightly less than previously thought. now, one bright spot in driving the regions recovery is to production $26.00. economies from the region contributed nearly 84 percent of total world integrated circuit exports. now, short while ago i asked the asian development bank, steve, economist, our park, what a setback in the fight against extreme poverty meant in real life. if you think about the plight of very poor families, especially in rural regions of the developing countries in the region, one issue was of course their kids were out of school, lack of internet access, inability to work remotely made it very challenging, both to have employment because a lot of activity shut down, but even if they were asked to go, keep working, they would have to of course bear health ris, bear the costs of trend, transportation, etc. and meanwhile, their kids are struggling. they're out of school. and one thing that we've been focusing quite a lot in our research department is

this week and world stories. manila violence on the fringes of the you and germany, the fucking heavy metal festival has returned. let's begin in ukraine. they're the families of prisoners of war, a growing increasingly concerned for their loved ones. 50 ukrainian soldiers have died in russian custody each morning if gain. yep. what cabbage take some time for a self and quiet to look. his son she hasn't heard from maxine since russian forces captured him 2 months ago. she scared there might be torturing him, or that he might be dead into a cylindrical. i sit in the kitchen and just cry while my husband is still sleeping . when he gets up, i wash my face in person lights and try to be strong for the day and not to cry any more. only in the early mornings i allow myself to cry. what's it to you, branson does, we'll know something yeah, the capital invited us to their home because they want the world to know about their son. his parents say, maxine volunteered to join the army, even though he is a pacifist, he had worked as a journalist and activist campaigning for refugees and human rig

to prevent the manila to particular, it's a preventive m. prophylactic measure. you mustn't take the pill when you receive it . it must only be taken after an official notification from the authorities. or we cannot, we started the distribution last week around 8 and a half 1000 people receive tablets including 2 and a half 1000 children. while hopefully these tablets won't have to be taken. the stand off over here is biggest nuclear facility remains tense, and moscow continues to reject international goals for a demilitarized zone to avert potential disaster. d. w. corresponding young philip shall st. keith told me more about the nuclear inspectors proposed visit. well, they inspector, us are on their way to ukraine. they will probably arrive at the plant and the 2nd half of the week, and they will start their work immediately. their main job is to assess the damages, but they also want to have a look at the steps, generally working conditions. and there are reports that the agency wants to install some permanent or staff there, some permanent representatives at

and joining me now from manila is richard. hey darian, he's a political scientist and has written extensively about china's relations with south east asian nations. richard, we just heard it also present at this meeting top, diplomats from china and the us. how much are the tensions over taiwan going to overshadow this meeting? well, it's element of geography, right. i mean, taiwan is actually perched at the interest pieces of northeast asia and saw asia. you know, the philippines, the northern versus the philippines are separate from ty, one by just, you know, a very narrow street that is on street or in number of countries in the region, thailand, philippines, which are us street, the allies. some are partners like singapore who could be dragged into a config if something happens now both tie one in china. how very robust economic relationship with a lot of condition, the region taiwan, is a global semiconductor superpower. so what happens start with effect? also, supply chains around the regions, i think again, will do its