we had to the philippines now the country drops expulse from last year now to get one hundred thirtythree on the press freedom index in twenty seven thousand nine hundred journalists were killed making it the deadliest country in asia for members of the media hostility towards the press comes from the top down the country's president about to go to ten day routinely lambastes the media in twenty sixteen shortly before being sworn in he warned journalists that they are not exempted from assassination and earlier this year he revoked the license of one of the philippines leading news organizations rappler a publication that's been critical of him joining us to talk about this in manila natasha gutierrez she's a southeast asia correspondent for rappler welcome to the stream i want to start with this tweet because we've got a couple of ideas from our online community on why the philippines may have dropped on the list highway here says safety is always a concern given the number of cases of journalists murdered in the philippines that go on solved rappler is being used as a poster child

thousands of miles away in the philippines i couldn't believe it. because nothing like that even a smaller thing like that never happened so i was dumb and actually of course for a while actually was the governor of the bank when its systems were compromised and the money was stolen you know i'm not blaming swift i'm not blaming fed i'm not blaming bangladesh bank but and this was not strong enough to really we stand that kind of at. all. institutions touched by the heist have denied they were told for the losses they have however taken steps to improve security. police headquarters in downtown dhaka detectives here are working with all sorts easy in other countries in what has become an international investigation they've yet to confirm how the hackers got into the system or we will think all the data and helping us. is helping us and we are trying to find out. about cancun theme. maybe some investigators are sifting through ten terabytes of data in the hunt for a smoking gun that might identify the culprits though no bank insiders have been charge

thousands of miles away in the philippines i couldn't believe it. because nothing like that even a smaller thing like that never happened so i was dumb and i got to report for a while. man was the governor of the bank when its systems were compromised and the money was stolen you know i'm not blaming swift i'm not blaming fed i'm not blaming bangladesh bank but and this was not strong enough to really we stand back and. that. all institutions touched by the heist have denied they were at fault for the losses they have however taken steps to improve security. police headquarters in downtown dhaka detectives here are working with all sorts easy in other countries in what has become an international investigation they've yet to confirm how the hackers got into the system we both on the data and helping us into helping us and we are trying to find out. about cancun think. maybe some investigators are sifting through ten terabytes of data in the hunt for a smoking gun that might identify the culprits though no bank insiders have been charged over the hei

congress who care about the philippines and we think to a frank discussion you know we'll get somewhere now you just mentioned your talk at the council on foreign relations last year and in that talk you also suggested that the russians i beat cautious a bit to seeing a relationship with the philippines because of the says deeply ingrained called war perception of your country as a very very close american associate not even an ally it would say i think more like an associate more and ate how far have moscow and many gotten. have in practical terms my perception is that both in moscow and manila there were policy makers who say you know take it a step at a time be cautious this just might be a connection between press and then put in and president that there are very good talks between prime minister medvedev and president there you know but from that time on you know we have had for example we were buying arms from the u.s. and because certain members of congress were making noises about alleged human rights violation you know when we need that the most it was in there but here comes c

there's a company called philippine solar they're sort of solar philippines and that company itself is saying you know what we need to build a new infrastructure and we could bring down costs for energy by forty percent so this is the problem is that the national cost to put those solar panels together put that structure in there would cost obviously a lot of money but if we're talking about coal we also think pollution in the philippines that's something different as well it's so costly that in fact as the philippines the bills for people are higher than anywhere else when it comes to energy at least higher than in asia and what they talk about coal there seventy five percent of coal in the philippines is actually imported from australia and for in didn't eat out recently that just this past march for the first time in thirty years the philippine government has raised taxes on coal and tariffs they were looking at about forty percent now or three four hundred percent of arrays and that means that coal is getting more and more expensive in that country. and president a tard like him

welcome to well the part of the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military ally when you least now are trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and both how is it going so far well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter cayetano secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great on a welcoming you're in the studio thank you very much for coming on for the honors mine thank you very much for having me now your visit to moscow comes at a time when. you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligence i mean it's a it's a big mess i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington where the friends in need their friends in the russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship where ther

perpetrated by a whole family including four children the whole return from syria do you in the philippines understand how to deal with your how good you are all. first of all our hearts go out and we express our condolences to all the victims of terrorism worldwide even here in russia you are no stranger to. extremism and acts of terrorism. it was a painful experience you know fighting. your own countrymen and fighting extremists you know it was the first time that there was fighting in a city in an urban setting it's usually outside and sunni they say that you know if there are religious undertones or society or historical differences but here it was just filipino against filipino in the name of a pervert dead. and i will write to you say on one occasion that there was a real danger at one point of time. forming from being a battle between terrorism and the. war that the danger is there the president is in the best position because he's seen this he was going around the camps already saying watch out keep a keen eye you know it will just take it's like gasoline spread all over and it just

welcome to worlds apart the united states and the philippines have a curious history together once a colony down a staunch military ally when he leaves now trying to take steps to redefine and rebalance its relationship with washington and by extension some of its friends and boast how is it going so far well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan peter cayetano secretary of foreign affairs of the philippines secretary it's a great pleasure great on are welcoming here in the studio thank you very much for coming on from the owners mind thank you very much for having me now your visit to moscow comes at a time when. you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligence i mean it's a it's a big mess and i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington whether friends in need their friends in the russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorists and i'm are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship wher

down next to tackle and correct me if i'm wrong he has not only refrained from criticizing the philippines over the conduct of the war on drugs he actually sat and praised president detective for the quote unquote deliverable job joe job on the drug problem does the philippines a sas chomps efforts. crises in the same way do even analyzed but the end of a democrat the president has said that he's very supportive he has empathy he understand what the americans are going through unfortunately the e.u. the us and western media do not understand that there are different challenges when it comes to drugs. now a president is talking about opioids but in the past it was about more of cocaine and cocaine and methamphetamine have different effects in cocaine it's a health issue with the person but that person doesn't go around raping people killing people raping two years old shooting their father met them felt the means had that effect and that's what they were trying to. do you can counter that it's saying that even when you have a mentally disabled person committing a crime a you do you put him

they're both authentic speakers they say or do a tweet what what they want but you know in the philippines he's been compared more with president put in political determination political will a vision of what to do in the country remember the problem with the there is just not only who they are and what they do in the direction but also the circumstances at home you know it's very hard to judge a president donald trump he's a good friend to the philippines but he is in a political circumstances where there are you know challenges in all fronts so we have challenges. with the u.s. congress challenges with the n.g.o.s who are using human rights as a political weapon challenge just sometimes with the state department but we're trying to build those bridges you know but in the meantime president that there's a really care who it is compared to you know he just wants to do a good i understand it's very easy for the leaders to publicly shrug that kind of shrug off that kind of criticism and i think it gets to you and when your country's being maligned over and over again it's it's not pleasant e

it's the first rate of its kind in the philippines. and it. made. the police found twelve children here the youngest was a nine year old girl. all of them had appeared on webcams for western costumes most of the children had also been physically abused. police arrested the pimps and their accomplices and seized credit cards and computers. the boys and girls were taken to a children's home to help them get back to some semblance of normality. but who knows whether they will ever recover from their ordeal. it will be much more difficult to track down and arrest the five suspects international customers the victims have testified in court and have identified some of the people who abuse them but the legal. says could take years to complex. police in manila still have to sift through mountains of evidence. it's not clear whether any german saw spanx will be brought to justice. michael the man who photographed naked children in thailand is still awaiting trial it's been almost four years since he was questioned by police. but he has completed a therapy p

is a traditional dish in the philippines.on the south east asian archipelago hearty and savory dishes are popular at every time of the day traditionally there are six meals a day all of them cooked. the marinate is part of what makes beefed up a special the marinates dark color comes from song and there's hope out of the spices relatively unknown in europe but it's available in agents who can look it's . for the best flavor the beef should marinate for at least an hour. price is served with nearly every meal in the philippines. the top is that for the group vegetables and fragrant rice. it's the best at a restaurant. and i can. disallow this children especially at breakfast where we often have hearty meals we have rice for breakfast lunch and dinner and something hearty along with it. breakfast is the most important meal in the philippines. well that's why our menu includes beef tapa as an asian practiced all. wished to stop. the bus systems on just creative in the kitchen they also helped design the interior of their restaur

the capital of the philippines.the restaurant in the prince of the district of northeastern but enjoys a diverse and cosmopolitan crowd on is a favorite with families and locals we enjoy something new flavors. although pun also jewels inspiration from other asian cuisines traditional for the pin recipes of a mainstay of the new. pope almost a. stop on the new book sign up book. to decide. the german singer need a shot to international fame with her hit song ninety nine read blues now over the last forty years she has sold some twenty five million albums from the u.s. and the u.k. to japan well as far as a german music exports go name is one of the most successful at the age of fifty eight she is going on tour again in europe with her new single be my rebel. stress armed nina has named her fortieth anniversary tour after this one from one of her biggest hits and though she really missed out on nothing major still looks much the same as she did when she began performing. loss and functional to shallow what. music is t

so that the us in a sea and the philippines will be caught in between so i think it's not just a trend it's the right it is really difficult not to be caught in between especially as time just but it's not the cold war anymore there's no left and right through right than wrong or evil and good you know it's a multi-polar world you have bilateral relationships you have multilateral relationships you have transnational crimes you have the truism so you know we have to get we have to find a way not only to live with each other but to find the world order where all of us have an opportunity for great and i ask you we just discussed a little bit become plexi of your relationship with the united states how you try to rebalance it while retaining the positives i'm sure your relationship with china i mean it follows a different trajectory but you would agree perhaps that the korea. that is just as complex and challenging on a personal level on professional level who do you find more challenging the americans or the chinese when you negotiate. say said in the think back in the us the americans

ah, the lovely philippines.of pristine beachy islands and acres of virgin rainforest, i have had some very happy times here. but not many people come here for the attractions of the capital manila, the most densely populated city in the world. —— ah, the lovely philippines. with thousands of pristine beachy islands and acres of virgin rainforest, i have had some very happy times here. but not many people come here for the attractions of the capital manila, the most densely populated city in the world. one of the first things you realise when you land in manila is the traffic is awful. hurry! with no metro and a very limited bus and train service, the backbone of its public transport is currently this — it's a jeepney. the design is modelled on the us jeeps that were abandoned here and repurposed after the second world war. to this day they are still the best way to get around. the problem is, the system is quite tricky for a newcomer to get to grips with. ok, as i weave my way through the traffic that is now on

kuwaiti authorities were furious expelling the philippines ambassador he defended the rescue stunts. we ask public servants of diplomats are here to promote. and protect the interests of over fifty people workers anywhere in the world. as these women head for the families they left behind the well being of millions of other filipino workers in the middle east remains an open question. of more now let's cross over to the philippines capital manila our correspondent on a piece santos is standing by for as i understand the philippines and kuwait of now actually signed a deal to regulate working conditions for filipino workers in kuwait what are the main points of this agreement. the memorandum of understanding that was signed last friday covers a lot of provisions basing on things like basic things like allowing workers to have access to their mobile phone their passport having sanctions for abuse of them for years and recruitment agencies and it also outlined setting up a joint committee made up of kuwaiti and philippine senior officials who will make sure that these provisions outline

and happy santos in the philippines in the capital money love thank you very much for that. let me know being you have to fit some other stories making news around the want in indonesia at least one officer has been killed and several others wounded in an attack on police barracks in the town of rio police shot and killed four of the your feelings and wounded one other the group slammed a minivan into a gate at the barracks and attacked officers with someone i saw once. you pull a man in china has escaped with more than forty five thousand euros worth of items in a daring raid on a jewelry store that is according to chinese state television serbians footage showed him squeezing under the store's shutters before filling a bag and making off into the night a police investigation is ongoing you will india has a booming aviation industry with dozens of look cost carriers offering flights across the country but for the vast majority air travel still remains out of reach one man has found an alternative for those who may never get a chance to take a real flight as a correspondent

our philippines correspondent howard johnson reports from the capita manila, with the details.rnalists were handed as nine-page document that contains names and addresses of more than 200 local community leaders alleged to be involved in the illegal drug in the philippines. i spoke to the head of the philippine drug enforcement agency, and he said 4 government agencies validated information inside the document. he said suspicions were raised ertain community leaders when they fail to put in place anti-drug initiatives. this will take place less than f two weeks awayrom local government elections in the philippines. local communities go to vote every three years. from the grassroots from you can control the country. critics are questioning the timing of the release. when i spoke to him about why this was being released today, he said the decision had been made by president rodrigo duterte. human rights watch is descrid this as a virtual hit list. affront to th an rule of law, and that due process is being scrapped because these people are not being given a chance to defend thems

the philippines top court has expelled its chief justice. she was ousted in a vote by fellow judges acting on a government petition seeking her removal sorrento is a vocal critic of the president roderigo to let's talk now to rich daddy and he's a fellow at the manila based based aid institute and he also wrote rise of deter he joins us on skype from canberra richard good to talk to you again was this expected . yes in many ways it was expected that the supreme court will lean towards the president it's fair to in the past two years actually on major issues whether it was the church this unilateral declaration of a martial law light of the siege of mirali by isis elements or the very controversial burial of former if you'd been a strong line marcus at the cemetery of national heroes on those two important issues to fix philip in supreme court a large lean towards philippine president so there were concerns that in this case the same thing will happen of the fact of the matter is that present a third to open yes that he wants a supreme court

of course in the philippines has dismissed an outspoken critic of president. had the online reaction to this story and much more. to show using the hash tag. l.n. echo with the news live on air and streaming. online through you tube facebook live in an al-jazeera dot com for the seventh straight friday palestinians have gathered along gaza's border with israel and again people have been killed the protesters demand is to end the occupation and to recognize their right of return there have been scenes of anger violence and death in fact these live pictures at the moment coming in from that border area very similar to all of the other fridays we've had the israeli army is there since the protests began in march they've killed at least forty one people palestinians according to their right of refugees to return to the land they were forced to leave after the creation of these red states by back in one thousand nine hundred forty eight stephanie decker has been live all day she's here for us on a newsgroup take us through what's happening steph been a pretty inten

drills will be held across the philippines, including areas hotly contested between the philippines andof global carbon emissions, about three times more than previously estimated. a new study includes details of the carbon footprint linked to tourists‘ food, shopping and accommodation, as well as travel. the united states, china, germany and india are responsible for the biggest overall impact from tourism. and in sport, mark williams has fought off a stunning comeback from john higgins to claim his third world snooker crown. the welshman won a gripping final 18—16, to become the oldest winner for a0 years. chinese superstar ding junhui crashed out in the quarter—finals. let's get more now on our top story. an erupting volcano on hawaii's big island has destroyed 35 structures, mostly homes, and is threatening hundreds more. but there is an added danger facing the island, with the larva slowly creeping towards a geothermal plant that holds more than 27,000 litres of a highly flammable liquid. on sunday, more fissures opened up in the ground. this is what that looks like. these pictures