the philippines could have got some concessions from the philippines, not to mention bilaterally. the philippines could have said, ok, maybe we'll not put that much pressure on you. multilaterally will not try to embark you. but in exchange, maybe you can give our fisherman more access to resources in the scar bar. so maybe you can stop harassing them. so there were many scenarios that we could think about how to leverage these awards. but none of that happened because you have a present like that. there is a who priority is i prioritize is good relations. we china, her up above, you know, the interest of the philippines, the times of the us progression of the south china sea has also been seen as crucial to this ongoing dispute. and just over the weekend, your secretary of state, anthony blink, and reiterate us support for the philippines. if it comes on the attack in the south, china say, i'm wondering, based on what everything that you've said. if that is a boost that the philippines needed to press home its legal advantage. right, i mean this is the synchronicity problem, righ

so a true multilateral pressure, the philippines could have got some concessions from the philippines, not to mention bilaterally. the philippines could have said, ok, maybe we'll not put that much pressure on you. multilaterally will not try to embark you by the, an exchange. maybe you can give our fisherman more access to resources in the scar bar, so maybe you can stop harassing them. so there were many scenarios that we could think about how to leverage these awards. but none of that happen because you have a president like that there is a who priority is i prioritize is good relations. we china per up above, you know, the interest of the philippines, the times of the us position of the south trying to see, has also been seen as crucial to this ongoing dispute. and just over the weekend, your secretary state anthony blink and re today us support for the philippines. if it comes on the attack in the south, china say, i'm wondering, based on what everything that you've said. if that is a boost that the philippines needed to press home its legal advantage. right, i mean this is the s

get the "f out" of philippine waters.y locsin to ask why he reacted so strongly. talk us through your twitter feed and your rants and explosive tweets. secretary locsin deleted his tweet and apologised to his chinese counterpart. a spokesperson said they hoped "a certain individual from the philippine side will mind basic manners and act in a way that suits his status." this is a scarborough shoal at low tide. it's named after a british trading ship that ran aground here in the 18th century. filipinos refer to it as panatag or "peaceful" shoal. you can see hundreds of these rocks jutting out from the waterline. and although it seems like a benign place, this is an area that's at the centre of a major geopolitical dispute. 0n the one hand, china claims large swathes of these waters as theirs. and then you have countries like the united kingdom, the united states, australia and india, coming together with this indo pacific doctrine, this idea that these waters should be free and accessible to all. america's indo pacific str

so a true multilateral pressure, the philippines could have got some concessions from the philippines, not the mission bilaterally. the philippines could have said, ok, maybe we'll not put that much pressure on new multilaterally. we'll not try to embark you by the, an exchange. maybe you can give our fisherman more access to resources in this car bar, so maybe you can stop harassing them. so there were many scenarios that we could think about how to leverage these are awards. but none of that happen because you have a president like the 3rd who priority is i prioritize is good relations. we, china are up above, you know, the interest of the philippines, the times of the us progression of the south china sea has also been seen as crucial to this ongoing dispute. and just over the weekend, your secretary of state, anthony blink, and reiterate us support for the philippines. if it comes on the attack in the south, china say, i'm wondering, based on what everything that you've said. if that is a boost that the philippines needed to press on its legal advantage. right, i mean this is the

the philippines could have got some concessions from the philippines, not the mission bilaterally. the philippines could have said, ok, maybe we'll not put that much pressure on you. multilaterally will not try them. bars you by the exchange. maybe you can give our fisherman more access to resources in the scar bar, so maybe you can stop harassing them. so there were many scenarios that we could think about how to leverage these awards. but none of that happen because you have a president. the 3rd who priority is i prioritize is good relations. we china per up above, you know, the interest of the philippines, the times of the us position on the south. china sea has also been seen as crucial to this ongoing dispute. and just over the weekend, your secretary of state, anthony blink, and re today us support for the philippines. if it comes on the attack in the south, china say, i'm wondering what everything that you've said. if that is a boost that the philippines needed to press home its legal advantage. right, i mean this is the synchronicity problem, right? when president keno was

that is more than the average daily wage in the philippines. me about scarborough shoal is how fitting the name is. it is an old english word for shallow and everywhere i have looked, it has been maybe chest height maximum. even how flat it is, it is an ideal place for land reclamation and china have a long history in doing exactly that. scarborough shoal isn't the only reef in the south china sea that china has taken an interest in. satellite images from 2012 to 2020 of mischief reef in the spratly islands reveal it is slowly being transformed into a muscular military base complete with airstrips and anti—aircraft guns. at this reef and six others in the spratlys, china dredge sand and rock onto coral reef, turning them into artificial islands. similar islands have been transformed where china maintains a constant presence. some believe if beijing builds on scarborough shoal it will completely control access to the south china sea. tensions rose this year when china began swarming reefs and rocks with hundreds of votes in the spratly islands.

military in the southern philippines. you know, it is quite a nerve wracking situation for the military, because if we look at the situation starting this year, this is the 3rd case of a, the asian accident for the philippine air air force. since this year. they said that today is a period of morning that all flags will be flown that have mass. but he also said that, you know, this by this period the morning that there's a full blown investigation that's on their way. investigators have already arrived this morning in law and, you know, based on the initial investigation, they said that, you know, it seems that, you know, the, the plane actually landed well within the protocols that were required. they also said it's unlikely that it's going to be pilot error, but they said they are determined to find out what's actually transpired. now because of this situation, they said they used to have for the 130, the philippine military. they are grounding the, remain that one that remains in the philippines as being used and to re

the philippines is a weak democracy. thailand is an authoritarian state and ethiopia is sort of also authoritarian but has been recently transitioning to more of a liberalized arena. they all represent different aspects of this technique. the other thing is all three of them have interesting linkages to china as well and they present a really good opportunity to examine on the china question in addition to other issues. >> host: let's take the philippines. i was the philippines using, in your view, digital repression, and what are its ties to china? >> guest: so broadly speaking would it comes to the philippines what's particularly interesting is in the philippines certain types of repressive techniques, the types you would see him close authoritarian states like masks of it was for censorship are not being used. it has a a relatively open fre willing system. the key question for someone like president duterte who really has taken the country in an authoritarian direction is how best to copy the political agenda. the sol

actually face legal challenges here in the philippines. but what was mentioned earlier is that it does not change the original document of the visiting force agreement. and more importantly, the visiting force agreement holler, will focus on the modernization of the philippine military, around $300.00 bilateral exercises starting next month. we're talking about the boost of counterterrorism operations in the southern philippines in the mean the in the menda now region and more importantly, maritime enhanced maritime cooperation in the south china sea, where it's shina looms large over the philippines. or were there is or is controlled by the philippines with its expensive build up of islands and reeds that are also controlled not just by the philippines but by other claimant countries. so this is a development, possibly a full restoration of scale down the activities. and basically a kind of counter balance of this growing influence of china over the administration. jimmy lynn and i'm going to in manila. thank you. another 27 co with 19 in

host: let's take the philippines.ow is the philippines using, in your view, digital repression, and what are its ties to china? guest: broadly speaking, when it comes to the philippines, what is particularly interesting is that in the philippines, certain types of oppressive techniques, the types he would see in authoritarian states like mass surveillance, censorship, are not being used. it has a relatively open, freewheeling system. the key question for someone like president duterte, who really is taking the country in an authoritarian traction, is how best to accomplish his political agenda. and the solution for him is to use information in new ways, via facebook in particular in , order to intimidate critics, manipulate information, promote his political narratives, essentially propaganda. and to essentially distort what people see and what citizens view and consume. so to that extent, it is different from what you would think of in terms of a state tracking citizens. in the philippines, it is much more about info

and the philippines in, in the, in the south china sea. as the influence obviously, of china looms large on there at the administration. many people, many here actually see that this is a welcome development that the visit of secretary austin was a boost, but he was something that was carefully negotiated quietly by the defense establishment here. and foreign affairs officials, both here and the us. so how significance would you say this meeting was jamila? while it's, it's significant in a sense that as the parent the enters his final year in office, basically a lot of the scaled down activities that, that were basically a lot of activities that were scaled down over the past 2 years since it took off is, are going to be put back. it means though that we're expecting more us troops to be rotating here in the philippines. more defense cooperation, and has maritime secured security training. and although lastly, the read it, this actually comes as a surprise to many majority of the people who are here in the philippines filipinos to fight t

in the philippines much more population. on china's question is interesting, it's historically a u.s. ally. in recent years, he has started to embrace the chinese and invest a big mass surveillance project. in the last year though, there's a pullback when it comes to this questioning whether growing info china is of interest it is off and on relationship on the one hand there is certain technologies could potentially be used for depression but on the other hand is more recent distancing, i don't know if this makes sense for us to mark social media minimization you referred to in the philippines, that is happening and more pure democracies as well, isn't it? >> you see a lot of parallels, either when it comes to disinformation question in the united states, and countries in europe and so forth and a lot of parallels when it comes to this strain, populace outrage by social media and authoritarian liberal leaders are able to harness and leverage and exploit the narrative, they have been a pioneer doing that but there's also a l

military in the southern philippines. based on the latest initial report that we've been given, coming from the secretary of defense, 17 bodies have been pulled out. 40 people have also been 17 bodies have been put out for 40 survivors at this point, but some are in critical condition. so we did crash in the cool, which is about an hour away from the law, which is also, you know, like i mentioned the what, perhaps the most minute, the right area in the southern philippines, it is home to thousands of troops, but also home to several are groups that morris climate liberation front the group? so the initial report that we're getting is that this particular c $130.00 was on its way to transport soldiers in hello when it happened or i thank you very much for that. we will be coming back to you as more information comes to hand. thank you very much for that for now. jimmy. doug, there has been more mass protest, the cross brazil, demanding president jaya, both the not all resigned and allegedly corrupt vaccine deal have galvan

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the variance, 13000000 people in and around the philippines capital will soon go into the toughest tear of restrictions. once again, the 2 week long will be imposed in manila. next week. people won't be allowed to leave their homes except for essential shopping. a band on travelers coming from 10 countries has also been extended. thailand is banding domestic travel to the terrace halls bought off to cat next month, but foreigners vaccination against coven 19 will still be welcome. the resort island is at the center of efforts to revive the tourism industry, which has been devastated during the past 18 months. thailand was mostly unscathed, by the pandemic, until recently on thursday reported rec, or daily numbers of infections and deaths. and those cases rise time and government is warning people against spreading what it calls damaging information. tony chain has moral met from bangkok. well, this is, i think, some of a shock to people who are really wishing the gun would concentrate its efforts on trying to resolve the dramatic rises in an infection rate. and that we've seen over the

this appears to be a complete turn from the philippine president. what's behind this move, and what does it say about the dynamics in the region? well, how it seems that the arrival of the us defense secretary lloyd austin late thursday night. he's personally meeting with president legal therapy shortly after was seen as a booth that was really needed in order for president of the go to the, to the side, to fully restore a visiting forces. the agreement with its oldest partner in asia. and after he unilaterally abrogated it last year, and it's been pending ever and ever since after his former police chief and long time aids was actually denied the u. s. visa, last year for his involvement. also there just drug war today. so that was an announcement given earlier today by us defense secretary lloyd austin and his counterpart, philip in secretary, those interns on them. and jimmy la, what else was up for discussion at the meeting? well, how this agreement, this restoration would actually mean that all of the activities that have been scaled down to th

awesome as the hi is level us officials to visit the philippines. good. can you tell us what else was up for discussion in that meeting because there are lots of things at play in the philippines and of course around the size china sea. well definitely what was mentioned today by secretary austin is that this year and possibly that means after next year, early next year that there will be around $300.00 military engagements. mars i'm cooperation trainings. i mean, these are broad strokes, but basically essentially, what this means is that the scale down activities between the 2 countries will be slowly fully restored. and that means greater cooperation in the south china sea, where the philippines is really facing challenge, you know, standing up to find a basically when it comes to their stories that continue start it continue, start to protect at this point. ok, jim, the allon's organ bringing us all the latest. full manila, jimmy le, thank for testers, in guatemala or colon for the resignation of the president and attorney general after the heads of th

the agreement future had been down south to philippines. president, would we go to 30 abruptly, cancel that last year. jimmy doug has moved from manila. it was a critical 75 minutes, a face to face meeting in manila between the us defense secretary and philippine president. 3 good 30. it resulted in the full restoration over the fence backed that governance, and secures the presence of us troops in the philippines. that brought us drove the alliance for vital to the security. and prosperity of the 2 countries signed to visiting force agreement in 1998. but last year president there to cancel the agreement. after lion former police chief was denied that you would be the free involvement in the government's drug war. i don't know the reason behind that is the department before all of the united states have been actually working for the since president do, terry that took office in 2016. he has been vocal about his criticisms of the us and promise to distance the philippines from its long standing. i like to build closer relations with china. richey, but china, illegal occupation, and rec

the philippines on the u. s. restore a major military agreement and an alarming new research uncovered 1900 delta variance, which reportedly chose if, as contagious as the chicken ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, it's july 30th. here are your weather headlines for asia pacific, some very heavy rain moving through southern areas of china and taiwan. so for example, hong kong, over the past 24 hours, 55 millimeters of rain and much of the same can be expected on saturday. as that rain is also swooping into taiwan. a run of rain for shanghai and our heavier pulses of rain toward the north of china, unsettled across the korean peninsula and some showers, tokyo and osaka on saturday. next we're going to go to southeast asia, look at this, some heavy rain pulling through northern vietnam. this will impact noise. we've got our southwest monsoon steering brain into loose on island in the philippines. so the american river, we know dangerous water levels and we continue to

this is the wrong way and crashes in the southern philippines. and fibers hackers shut down a supermarket, chain of these companies will white feelings. they're being held to ransom. ah, to go in forces in northern ethiopia, said they're ready for c sar. talks with the federal government as long assertion conditions, a met with a growing people's liberation front to sort of statements or twitter demanding a full withdrawal of foreign troops from the region is why i love for you an investigation. it's easy appear and is every tree and allies for less war crimes and crimes against humanity. regional leaders also won't be unhindered. delivery of humanitarian aid help with the repack creation of displaced people on their calling on payment is to be asked miss government to restore electricity and internet services in te gray mean for the un. she says she'll accept nothing less than food humanitarian access to all of the few of his t gray region or millions. there are at risk of starvation be that's government's accused of destroying infrastructure, b

a military plane has crashed in the philippines, killing the 17 people. the c $130.00 went down on hollow island and the defense ministry says the plane missed the runway to me. i don't know can isn't. well, we know at this point is that the c $130.00 of the philippine millet, she took off around 11 30 am local time from the end, or which is another major city in the southern region of min, the now according to initial reports and our sources also can confirm that it may have over shot the runway in hello, which is an island which is one of the biggest basis of the philippine military in the southern philippines process of taking place across brazil to the mom, the impeachment of president julia. both the novel and allegedly corrupt vaccine deal involving members of his government has added to the anger. supreme court has ordered an investigation. the u. n. chief is demanding full humanitarian access to all of your peers to grier egypt. millions there are at risk of salvation. its government is accused of destroying infrastructure, blocking crucial aid fr

now, a law is the most militarized area in the southern philippines. it's home to thousands of troops and also home to several arm groups like the more islamic liberation front, the more national liberation front, and the i would say off group. now we were told that their own $85.00 person now came from another division in another part of mentor. now and we're reporting for duty when the accident happened. there have been more mass protests in brazil, demanding president jaya both and not all resulting and allegedly corrupt. vaccine deal has added to anger about the way the government is handling the crone virus pandemic. as monarchy knock reports from rio de janeiro, tens of thousands of brazilians took to the street for the 3rd time in 5 weeks. to me, they've been calling for present jaytal, so not as impeachment. the accused him of scorning health measures to contain the coven 19 outbreak, allowing the virus to spread and kill more than 520000 people. ah, we're still has the world's 2nd largest pool in 1900 ductile after the united states, while ame

air force crafts were handed over to the philippines. the hackers behind the latest ransomware attack exploited a vulnerability in a management software. the hacker had at least 20 ip service providers and more than 1000 businesses. russia had been accused of watching the attack. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and on bloomberg quick take, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. sophie: asia energy editor aaron clark. must go back to this negotiation is about to take place on monday. we will be able to see a compromise? >> that is the big question. saudi arabia is insisting that opec must extend its production agreement to the next year, sticking to this plan and has hashed out with russia. this is raising the stakes in the standoff with the united arab emirates. the uae says it is in favor of adding oil to the market but says it rejects the plan proposed by saudi arabia and russia. its own production going significantly higher. without the extension of an agreement, there is

with his time in office nearing its end, we'll look back on the controversial presidency of the philippine�*s rodrigo duterte. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 7am in singapore and 8am in tokyo — where day two of the olympics saw plenty of drama, and a few shocks and surprises. and while some of the competitions, like the tennis, are still in their early stages — others, including swimming and events like tae kwon do, judo and cycling, have already awarded their gold medals. lets go live now to tokyo — and sarah mulkerrins has the latest. sarah, a dramatic day two with some suprises? tell us more. we've certainly had a brilliant _ tell us more. we've certainly had a brilliant start _ tell us more. we've certainly had a brilliant start to - tell us more. we've certainly had a brilliant start to these l had a brilliant start to these olympic— had a brilliant start to these olympic games, especially over the weekend in tokyo. day two on sunday had some excellent highlights, ex

they were being deployed to fight militants who operate in the southern philippines.e reports. a large ball of black smoke was seen above the wreckage of the transport plane, a lockheed c130 hercules supplied to the philippines by the united states. the head of the armed forces said it had missed the runway — it is not clear why — and then tried to regain power, but had failed and hit the ground. many of those on board were soldiers. they were flying from mindanao to the provincial airport ofjolo when the plane came down in patikul. remarkably, a number of soldiers were seenjumping out of the aircraft before it hits the ground, inspiring them from the explosion caused by the crash, according to an army statement. dozens of soldiers were pulled from the site of the burning wreckage. they are now receiving hospital treatment. the soldiers were part of the military�*s stepped up presence in the southern philippines to combat islamist militants such as the abu sayyaf group. officials there said there was no sign that the aircraft had been attacked and an investigation wou

with his time in office nearing its end, we'll look back on the controversial presidency of the philippinerodrigo duterte. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and nine in the morning in tokyo — where day three of the olympics is underway. and we already have our first result. norway's kristian blummenfelt has taken gold in the men's triathlon. he finished well ahead of great britain's alex yee — who takes silver. and that is just the beginning — another twenty medals are up for grabs. let's go live now to tokyo and sarah mulkerrins has the latest. sarah, fill us in on the men's triathlon. it has certainly been an entertaining morning here in tokyo because the triathlon took place just below us here in tokyo bay to my left—hand side and that is where the swim started. they had a false start. plenty of drama. half of the triathletes move in but there was another half being blocked by a boat so they could not start. they had to b

i'm how to hear it in until have a headline and i'll just say for the philippines sounds. restore the key defense packed with the united states, which allows joint military exercises. the move was on june, a visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin. he's trying to both the ties between the 2 nations, a chance stagnated. during the presidency of rodrigo, $230.00 jimmy. the allen dog has more from manila, this agreement, this restoration would actually mean that all of the activities that have been scaled down to the president, the legal office, since he decided to pay, but the china will be restored. more importantly, these are, you know, u. s. s participation in the modernization of the philippine military, 300 bilateral exercises boosting of counterterrorism. operations in the southern region of mid the now and more importantly, maritime corporations in the south trying to see involving the philippines specifically because it holds the biggest number of territory in the south china sea. now, being threatened by china's expansion in many islands and reefs in bas bradley's,

with his time in office nearing its end, we'll look back on the controversial presidency of the philippines rodrigo duterte. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 6am in singapore, and 2.30am across afghanistan — where a visiting senior american general has said the us will continue to carry out air strikes in support of afghan government troops who are fighting a growing taliban insurgency. the taliban have made rapid and widespread territorial gains since the american—led mission began to withdraw last month — fears are growing the next wave of attacks could target the country's biggest cities. our correspondent secunder kermani sent this report from kabul. general mckenzie�*s visit to afghanistan comes amidst heightened concern over the country's future. with the taliban closing in on a number of afghan cities after having already captured vast swathes of rural territory, the us has launched a number of air strikes in recent days in support of embattled afghan forces, notably

this is the run by and crashes in the philippines. the elaborate lamp post that could be shedding more light on corruption in thailand. ah, south africa, the former president, jacob zoom has ours left to turn himself in, or potentially face being arrested. summa has been addressing supporters who are backing is challenged to a court ruling that could send him to prison. many of camp outside his house for weeks, zoom was found guilty of contempt of court and faces 15 months in jail. but a judge is agreed to here is appeal next week. go live now for me, the miller, she joined us from candler. so for me that we understand jacob has been talking, he sounds defiant, right? how is the message of not surrendering being received by people? well those gathered outside his residence and in candler of great support for the former president. and there were chose, as he spoke, especially as it remained defiance explaining why in his eyes he was the victim of a political campaign. and many of the people here agree with it. they say that this is an

their law from doha, coming up rescue operation on the way the philippine military plane crashes on her low island, giving at least $29.00 on board rally outside jacob's room as home as the former south africa, the president could plead his case after being felt guilty of content, the collateral damage around some where attacked targets one company, but the domino effect hundreds more factors around the world. ah, we begin with the ongoing crisis and ethiopia as northern to grier region, where the regional government says it is ready for a ceasefire. in a statement on twitter, the advisor to the president of to grier state, says the government, them on the full withdrawal of foreign troops from the region. calling on the us to investigate the field up in an era train leaders for what it called war crimes. and crimes against humanity into cry and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and help with repair creation of displaced people. the regional government also wants to be offered government to restore tricity and internets. earlier the un chief says he'll accept nothing less than full

ah, emily transport plane has crashed in the philippines, killing at least 29 people. the c 130 or craft was trying to land on cholo island in pseudo province. these 40 of those on boards have been rescued and search crews are looking for any other survivors. well, jimmy, until then is in manila for as such. a miller, what were to be? no but that crash this are well holler. what we know is that around 11 30 am local time me see 130 plane took off from the or a province one of the biggest cities in the southern region of menda. now, and was actually just had figured in as what they described in a landing mishap in her law. it ended a plan thing in the town called, but the cool, which is in the border of law in lieu one of the, you know, several outlying islands in the southern philippines. according to the secretary of defense madd, the best medical have a copiers and rescue operations are actually well underway. since this afternoon, it's about 6 p. m. local time. now that the, the latest death toll lived around $29.00. but there are fears that that may go up . those s

both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef while vietnamese claim it closest to the philippine coast, but since 2012, and despite the tribunal ruling, there has been a constant chinese coastguard presence there — with filipino fishermen reporting harassment by the authorities. china justifies its claims in the south china sea based on its controversial 9—dash—line map, first published after world war ii. it didn't take part in the 2016 tribunal or accept its findings. our philippines correspondent howard johnson, joined a filipino fishing crew to witness what's happening at scarborough shoal. we're on a fishing boat heading towards occupied maritime territory in the south china sea. we want to verify reports that chinese boats are unlawfully blockading a traditional filipino fishing ground, just 120 nautical miles from its coast. we sail with trepidation. we have identified a foreign vessel. this year, china has been swarming reefs and rocks in philippine waters with hundreds of its boats, many from its maritime militia. in this recent promotional vide

all this is happening under the watch of philippine president rodrigo. there was not only undermined his own country legal link, but even called it a mere scrap of paper. other countries have repeatedly called in china to seize it's illegal incursions. but one of the strongest statements has come from the us secretary of state, anthony, blinking. he warned china america would different the philippines should there be and armed attack against its military or even its public vessels? many say it was a david versus the live scenario that proved that rights is mice. but years later, a critics a president of the good that they're just squandered, that victory by refusing to enforce the ruling. and even back that those on this campaign from is to fight for the countries right in the south china sea. similarly dog and i'll just 0 manila. now these honey and football team is back home, celebrating the european championship victory against england. welcomed in rome and ceremony at the presidential palace. this is the 2nd time until he won the euros they lost when

both china and the philippines claim sovereignty over the large coral reef while vietnamese claim itphilippine coast, but since 2012, and despite the tribunal ruling, there has been a constant chinese coastguard presence there — with filipino fishermen reporting harassment by the authorities. china justifies its claims in the south china sea based on its controversial 9—dash—line map, first published after world war ii — it didn't take part in the 2016 tribunal or accept its findings. our philippines correspondent, howard johnson, joined a filipino fishing crew to witness what's happening at scarborough shoal. we're on a fishing boat heading towards occupied maritime territory in the south china sea. we want to verify reports that chinese boats are unlawfully blockading a traditional filipino fishing ground, just 120 nautical miles from its coast. we sail with trepidation. this year, china has been swarming reefs and rocks in philippine waters with hundreds of its boats, many from its maritime militia. in this recent promotional video, the militia are seen firing automatic weapons an

let's start in se asia and it's looking rather wet and windy for northern areas of the philippines. and that's because typhoon info is moving its way across the philippine sea. edging into eastern areas of china, that's bringing a lot of heavy rain and brisk winds into the northern areas of the philippines as well as manila and surrounding areas and tropical just depression. chem packet isn't helping that. that's throwing rain and wind in that area as well. as the monsoon range that continue to in on day, not just the philippines, but much of indo china. northern areas of thailand seen a lot of those flooding rains as well as me and ma, but if we get into friday, it's going to be northern areas of vietnam's. it sees the impact of tropical depression, chem packer. so rather wet up in the north, down in the south, is looking a lot finer and dryer for malaysia and indonesia. as we move to australia, it's fine and dry up in the north. it's west and windy down in the south. we go to where the system sweeping in across the south. that's bringing really strong storms and showers and some s

now you're a military plane has crashed in the philippines, killing at least 45 people. the c $130.00, went down on joel island that's in sulu province. it was carrying soldiers to reinforce positions against the i will say, off group, beyond groups in fighting the government for decades. the defense ministry says the play missed the wrong way and then investigation will begin once recovery efforts finish german allan doug and reports from an enter while it's easily now slowly being seen as one of the worst cases of military accidents or crashes. in recent philippine history, there have been around 3 c, 130 accidents based on available data. but what we know at this point is that around 11 30 am local time, this see 130 which was commissioned and was handed over to the philippine air force in february took off from the airport. and the order, which is one of the biggest cities also in mindanao carrying about $92.00 people. 85 of them were soldiers. it landed, but it has been described as the aeroplane figured in a landing mishap in hollow. according to the secretary of d

how, with the headlines on al jazeera, the philippines has restored to key defense packs with the united states, which allows joint military exercises. the move was the 9th during a visit to manila by us defense secretary lloyd austin. he's trying to bolster ties between the 2 nations, which are stagnated during the presidency over trigo deter t. jimmy le alan doug has more. from manila, it's important to look back at why this was unilaterally abrogated by president rodrigo that there in the 1st place. it was at the time when he's long time 8 and former police chief was denied a u. s. visa by the us government, after its involvement into there is so called drug war that has killed thousands of filipinos in without ation. 30 unilaterally abrogated a visiting for this agreement with the u. s. long, probably all this partner, in se, asia, over the past few months, there have been efforts by the defense department in the philippines, by the foreign affairs secretary here to restore that the visit the for this agreement. it's critical because it means that us forces are allowed to continuousl