because the joke in the philippines is that the philippine dream is the american dream that the dreamis once you make it high enough into philippines the idea is to go to the united states, right and that sort of has created this this vicious cycle of downward mobility where you have a country like the philippines where you know years of colonization and imperialism where america supports dictator ferdinand marcos years before that, you know, like so 3000 years ago. the philippines had the most technologically advanced rice paddies in the northern highlands these massive amount mountains that still exists today. through you know 3000 years later the philippines after years of america and spain wiping out the rice paddies and replacing it with sugar sugar fields. and tobacco for for the west. the philippines is now the world's biggest importer of rice, you know, like like that so that sort of pride gets wiped out or the story of magellan, right? we think of magellan, it's his crew being the first to circumnavigate the world, but in actuality the first person so there's this there's thi

people in the philippines will go to the polls to vote for a new president. some observers calling it one of the most important elections in the country's history. a number of candidates are standing, but only to appear to have any chance of winning the favorite to spread man marco's junior. he's the son of the former dictator who was ousted in 1986 after being accused of repression and stealing billions of dollars from the state. latest survey shows macos junior on 56 percent of the vote. diet is close as dr. lenny robledo is on 24 percent and they say the campaigns are being driven more by personality rather than ideology. but brenda says she sees it as her task to save democracy in the philippines. we'll have more on the candidates in a moment, but 1st a report from manila on how catholic priests i'll weighing in on the campaigns about this man and pink is actually a priest, but he's not on the streets to evangelize new people in the hall. he's here preaching politics, caring posters and stickers instead of a bible father, not baltazar maloney. lin is camp

ah, jamal alan dog and al jazeera, again, province, northern philippines. the american actor will smith has resigned from the hollywood motion picture academy after he slumped comedian chris rock during the oscar ceremony. it happened after rot made a joke about smith's wife. smith went on to win the best doctor award for his role in king richard. he's apologize, but the academy says it'll move forward with disciplinary proceedings against him. ah. type of critical headline 0 now to 0, the rival sides in humans, nearly 8 year war had agreed to a 2 month truce from saturday. both sides of also agreed to allow fewer shipments into her date of port and let.

jim l as in dog and al jazeera m as in lock in ballast northern philippines. yes, another process is taking place in sri lanka daunting the resignation of the president. go to biology proxies blamed for failing to tackle the countries worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. shortages over centrals, fuel and power cups of provokes almost daily protests for more than a month. now fernandez has more from columbus over my shoulder, the president, the secretariat, the entrance completely surrounded by protest is ah, just over here. the port city, which is one of this government says sort of key achievements as it claims i invested by the chinese. now, all of these people to see of heads that you see here today, oil coming together to call for gotta go home. that is president, go to albert, roger boxer and the government to step down. they basically said they want their futures back up all public servants. so we are here to say that always us needs to be heard and he needs to be respected. and this crisis needs to and know because it has gone up to the limit th

and the philippines, hold the largest of a joint military drills. ah, it's the weekend and we have some wild weather around that. central mediterranean heavy, one 1st things 1st. let's get you there. right now. rain and wind whipping around so wind warnings in play for natalie sardinia, but also cecily central and southern portions of italy. and then all that rain that was over the balkan says now it started to leak into romania. if you can believe it, we're still talking about snow. so for zurich, about $5.00 to $10.00 centimeters and the energy temperature start to fall saturday into sunday. i think you'll see a dusting of snow as well after the northwest, some shower zipping across ireland and britain, the winds finally start to back off across the low countries paris 8 degrees a few days ago. you're about 2122. so big dropped there. and off to iberia, most of the rain has shuffled away, but we've got some snow for the parent ease. it's really the other side of the mediterranean, best weather here. sunshine for its stumble, 20 degrees that warmth

so the philippines and the u. s. are holding the largest of a joint military exercises that eat 9000 soldiers from both countries will take part in the exercise until april, the 8th, the drills mark a major turn in their alliance. jamilla allen doke and husband aah. al jazeera is invited on a tour, a showcase of combined us and for looking for a power here in the northern province of could diane, 550 kilometers from taiwan. a scenario is being played out. the philippine marines are defending the country's coastal waters from imagine to foreign incursions with the help of american troops. it is the test of combat readiness. he's very luck and that their northern philippine province large scale drills of live far maneuvers and aircraft assaults are held. that is to ensure that the american and philippine military capabilities are synchronized in the event of unarmed attack. this is how barley catan or shoulder to shoulder exercises look at close. certainly the objective of what we're doing is demonstrating the strength

the president serve china and the philippines have held a virtual summits, but a territorial dispute in the south china sea remains a source of tension. fishermen in the philippine se there caught in the territorial tussle with china, jemila dog and reports from zambales. the supply of the war now jet ski, the local, young flood, know, believe, been all. but when rodrigo de 30 ran for the presidency in 2016 eve down to defend filipino fishermen at all cost. this is years later that promise to jet ski to the south china sea. laudable turned out to be an electioneering stunt in what of our global. that was my bravado. it was appeal campaign jew due and a huge disappointment to the thousands of philippine fishermen who voted for him here in the town of massey lock in zambales province. got his arm in the more buzz about them. uh yo, yo for us. yeah. our livelihoods got the job. mm hm. it is a matter of survival for our families. it's absurd can be, i am the scarborough shawl is a 124 miles from the province and well within the exclusive economic zone claimed by the philippines. the chin

but such dialogue is far from the realities at sea. chinese and philippine coast guards ships almost collided last month. in with the filipino crew, said was a dangerous maneuver and clear violation of international law. china's so called 9 dash line, which claims most of the south china sea, has already been declared invalid in 2016 by an international tribunal. but that does not stop china from its expansions and incursions in the south china sea. in fact, since then, more than $240.00 diplomatic protests have been filed by the philippines against china, a $183.00 of which were filed last year. the turret is stepping down in july, and the campaign for his replacement is well underway. many filipinos see that after years of policy of appeasement towards china, they're eager for a tougher stance. a more treacherous course for the next philippine leader to navigate jamal alan dog and al jazeera massey lock in zambales, northern philippines. lo and a giant step for space torres in the 1st all private team of astronauts as doctor the international space station. after a short delay tom

at the moment the philippine — ground? at the moment the philippine coastguard - ground?coastguard are i philippine coastguard are trying to help people in the central part of the philippines, and we're footage on social media of people waiting chest height through water, fast moving water. since sunday, it has dumped nearly 300 millimetres of rain in some parts of the country. and we have seen that people have been disconnected from their land, from their homes. we have seen the electricity go down, the phone signal is down in certain areas, they are being badly affected. we saw landslides that killed more than 20 people and still the full extent of the storm will only emerge in the storm will only emerge in the days ahead. this is during holy week, a time when most people travel back to their home provinces to be with their families and also during presidential campaigning. we have seen both the front runners, bong bong marcos, and lenny robredo offering their help with aid. and this was an area that was hit four months ago by a subito fearne, the red cross had people i

some official said the philippine military needs to beef up it's coastal defense capabilities. if we got both external aggression, if we thought of external aggression, yes, this is what we really need to prove only for 53 years, who've been so focused on internal security. it is, hey, fame. so in the bent unfolding internationally, i really don't know what's going to happen on full, so at least we already nationally this year's exercises show how far president rodrigo, the teddy has walked back on his initial promise to scale down u. s. military activities in the country. with growing tensions in the south china sea, both the us and the philippine military see they need to stay alert. and any military that fails to evolve over time will eventually fail to defend its own nation. ah, jamal alan dog and al jazeera, again, province northern philippines. muslims around the world of welcome the holy month of ramadan. the holiday for more than 2000000000 people marks the time when the prophet muhammad received the initial revelation of the koran. john holeman is at the damascus gate

it was appeal campaign jew due and a huge disappointment to the thousands of philippine fishermen who voted for him here in the town of massey lock in zambales province, because he saw him in the mo bus about them at your job or a livelihood to start the job, if you some other ups or bible for our families, it's absurd. the i'm the, the scar boris shoal is a 124 miles from the province and well within the exclusive economic zone claimed by the philippines. the chinese warship ceased control of the reef. 10 years ago since then, in the cent, as for honest says he's faced constant harris meant from chinese vessels in the quote number will not back look one thing i was surrounded inside the triangle of 3 chinese ships. i was in a small wooden person and they were all steam. i thought it was the end of my life . why are we fishing? like weird thebes in our own waters? this ours, i'm in the dirt there and shine as president. she jin thing announced that their country is will broaden the space for more positive engagements. but such dialogue is far from the realities at sea. chinese and phi

many, no locally, as at the time is the 1st thorn to hit the philippines this year. and it came at the start of easter week. one of the country is busiest travel periods at a time to when the philippines has lifted nearly all covered mountain restrictions . jamal alan dog n. i'll jazeera manila, neil police looking for a 62 year old man after tuesday shooting on a subway train during the morning. rush hour is 20. 3 people were engine. gabriel alexander imports from brooklyn. 8 30 am. and the moment panic struck on a new york city subway train a confusion turning to sheer nightmare as it became clear shots were being fired in the middle of a morning commute. ah, at the next station terrified passengers poured out of the carriages. some obviously struggling with wounds. i was on 36th street. i'm going to school and the drink and not to told everyone to get on the train. i didn't know what happened to the scary moments. i live at 25th street. we're all told to get off duty will stream for medical assistance. it was just the scary moment. amid the stampeded appears as su

>> there are millions in the philippines who support marcos.70's, the former mayor allied himself with the father to receive preferential treatment to develop his town. >> i want this country to be great again. >> what about people whose loved ones disappeared? >> it really happened. but why would they point out that at marcos for all of this, death? >> what was the first music i will be bought? >> bridge over troubled weather. -- water. >> he says the campaign is directed to people through social media. >> we will have to skip him, who is absent. plugs but his reviews -- refusal to take part in runtime media debates and independent media interviews me we approached him at a rally. can you be a good president if you don't answer serious questions? are you hiding some of from the public? despite facts proven by court evidence, intelligence and whistleblower accounts, many in the philippines say the reporting of the marcos era abuses is not true. misinformation is prolific and is turning philippine history on its head. howard johnson, bbc news, m

and look, philippines is a very important treaty ally of the united states. and we need to build a strong relationships given what they do, their strategic position in the world. they're part of the indo-pacific. the basing and their key importance to us in terms of our defense. so this is a complex relationship and one that we have to work at very hard. and it's why secretary blinken asked counselor shalay to make sure we actually sent a seventh floor principle there and i suspect before many months are over i'll be going there myself. ms. wild: i appreciate that. i will say this is an ongoing source of concern for me. i recognize the great importance that the philippines has to us in all of the areas that you just described. but i also think if we are going to be a leader in human rights, we could not ignore human rights violations occurring in the our -- in our allied countries around the world. i'd like to propose that the administration consider hosting an international summit on labor rights that would feature representatives from the labor movement in

graces rates, the philippines will want to follow -- raises rates, the philippines will want to follow what makes a big difference is the real interest in the u.s. and our inflation rate is around 3%. yours is a .5% -- 8.5%. we cannot afford to wait -- we can afford to wait. there is no evidence of second round on the demand side. we will be in the nature of outpacing transport. increasing wages, we do not see that happening. also, another thing is the real estate. there is a significant increase in real estate in the u.s. and we do not see that in the philippines. paul: i wanted to ask about peso weakness, how does that factor into your thinking and potential path to inflation as well? >> inflation, it has depreciated at the seat rate or it is at the middle of the depreciation of the other currencies in the region. we are not concerned about the depreciation. it is within our target range of 48-53 pesos. that is our assumption in our model. we have right now, we have reserves, close to $108 billion. 9.5 months worth of work and payment of services. three months worth of imports is eno

amy: your time in the philippines, the struggle going on there. >> i was unable to go to the philippinesr, who you had before, jordan, was there for the philippines. it was incredible. again, the same resistance. you are seeing people show these foods and ancestral feeling things that i know we haveere on the reservation and you're seeing and everything will community. there are things to treat cough, sore hands, bad back even stomach problems that we don't have currently but we listen to these indigenous community's and finding out their basic of a lot of the pharmaceuticals that we have also, where it originally comes from. brilliant to see. amy: ivey camille manybeads tso, as you take as on this journey in this powerful film called "powerlands," talk about why you called it "powerlands." you have been doing it since you were 19. what staed you on this path? >> we have been doing it for about eight years. what really started was -- we were looking at the parallels between colombia and black hills. if you took away the language, i could not tell the difference between colombia and black

many known locally as a good time is the 1st storm to hit the philippines this year. and it came at the start of easter week. one of the country is busiest travel periods at a time to when the philippines has lifted nearly all covey 19 restrictions. jim l as in dog, n g 0 manila, or unusually high water level, so have forced thousands of people living there. one of the world's largest fresh water lakes to flee the region lake tanganyika borders for african nations including tanzania and burgundy. extreme rainfall in reason is as filled, the late levels are not seen in decades. threatening those living at the water's edge. brianca go up to reports. a not re spoon d along africa, 2nd largest sleek. it's as if time is standing still. 2 years ago. glad waters rose from lake tongue ranika destroying life around it. andy still have not received it since then. thousands of people have been living in this makeshift camp in gothenburg. unable to return to the lakeside homes and farms in burgundy. i will lead vocal a delay on army. life is miserable here. the accommodation, the

more than 100 people have been killed in floods and landslides in the philippines. many more people are still missing and fear dead. after tropical storm maggie hit the country earlier this week. the extent of the damage caused by tropical storm meggy is gradually coming to light. the landscape has been transformed. heavy rains triggered mud slides and large areas burying entire villages in dirt and mud and devastating some fishing and farming communities. the army says it's still searching for survivors. but for the most part, it's now a question of retrieving the bodies of the dead. blue . one group of rescue was filmed the moment the to new landslide hit as they approached the area oh, oh sorry to say the storm is now dissipated, but it's after effects of severe nearly 200000 have been displaced. many of these people's homes and livelihoods have been destroyed. communications are still unstable. the philippines is used to extreme weather events, but scientists warn they becoming more lethal as the world gets hotter because of climate change and a storm maggie sho

my lead to prov in central philippines. brian is again falling in parts of south africa, still cleaning up after the worst flooding in 60 years. rescue as a continuous search for survivors. pharma develop reports from durban. not only has the flooding killed, hundreds of people destroyed homes and businesses. it's all so badly damaged infrastructure in and around the port city of dublin. here in amanda, there's been no electricity running water or at least 5 days. and people have to queue at what is essentially a burst water pipe to collect water in buckets. many of them walking several kilometers to get they assembly districts local work that you ever since the flooding started, we have had no water and have to walk from far about 30 minutes to get here. and we have to go back and forth to get enough water for the laundry to cook. and we have to keep coming here. watch it does. when we do do up real quick. we spend the whole day here because when you're down there, we start fetching our own water and then we have to help o

not so much in central philippines though. there is, course, recent flooding is currently pretty much normal and i'm looking at the wind change running out through the bay of bang goal here. a hint, maybe the start of the eastern arm of the monsoon. don't see it yet, but there are shout running up here and carol and up into under pradesh. and a dish was big shouts, the north that in bangladesh and north east india. but for the most of it near just increasingly hot, ah. on counting the costs, latin america's inflation nightmare returns come governments bring prices down, lebanon reaches a draft deal with the i a map that will the nation implement reforms in west africa, worst food prices in a decade. oh fun. the much needed aids. counting the cost on all to 0. what happens the in new york has implications all around the world. it's international perspective with the human touch zooming way in, and then pulling back out again. ah, ah, ah, welcome back. the main stories now. russia is saying it's destroyed a weapons factory on th

but there are millions of people in the philippines who support bongbong marcos.erdinand marcos to receive preferential treatment to develop his town. i know that he wants this country to be great, again. what about the people whose loved ones disappeared? yeah, it could happen. it really happened, yeah. but why will they point out at marcos for all of this death? oh, i actually know that — bridge over troubled water. bongbong's election team says theirs is a positive campaign, direct to the people through social media... again, we will have to skip mr marcos, who is absent... ..but he's refused to take part in several primetime tv debates and independent media interviews, so we approached mr marcos at a rally. mr marcos, can you really be a good president if you don't answer serious questions? sorry? can you really be a good president if you're not doing serious interviews? are you hiding something from the public? despite facts proven by court evidence, intelligence and whistle—blower accounts, many in the philippines say the reporting of the marcos—era abuses i

tougher stance, a more treacherous scores for the next philippine leader. to navigate jamal alan dog and al jazeera marcin look in zambales northern philippines. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the british prime minister boris johnson, has been holding talked to the cranium president voluntary zalinski and keith johnson has promised to intensify sanctions against russia on provide more military assistance to ukraine. preaching has dumb in places like boucher and been up in his war crumbs have permanently polluted his reputation and the reputation of his, of his government. and it's clear we discussed this at length. it's clear that what he's doing now, he has suffered or a reverse, but his retreat is tactical. at he's going to intensify the pressure nerve in you has pledged more than a $1000000000.00 to support countries welcoming refugees from ukraine. european commission, president ursula of underlying attended a global event in warsaw to raise funds for those who have fled. the conflict might have gone to holland has taken the largest numbe

we live in the trail of destruction left by the philippines. big storm, the yen, and cause it getting loud, ever urgent action on next. the case growing less, missing a journey has begun. the faithful world cup is on its way to cat cook, your travel package to day. hello, the weather is set fair across much if you have lots of warm spring sunshine. that is not the case though, across the western side of the meds. right, is really thick clouds still in place here. and some heavy downpours coming through as well. we're gonna see it staying very unsettled across sir, that eastern side of spain, through the remainder of where to stay the valley. eric, seeing more sundry downpours, we could well see some localized party. by there you go. you can see the large, the clear skies in 2 central parts for the time being. we got some wet weather now in the process of pulling away from the east side of europe, easing out of ukraine, temperatures picking up in caves around 14 celsius more in the way of sunshine as we go on through thursday. more than where su

a more treacherous scores for the next philippine leader. to navigate jamal alan bogan, al jazeera massey look in zambales northern philippines. now in a giant step for space tourism. the 1st all private team of astronauts has talked to the international space station that we put to work for the next 8 days as they help carry out scientific were such are high right. reports on this doing floating in the galactic ocean towards the international space station. national contact made the soft capture ring is now going to begin to retract mission control in los angeles. what you patiently is the endeavor kept your dog smoothly on the other side of the hatch, a team at the international space station. welcome 3 astronauts on the trip of a lifetime tracking the retired nasa astronaut michael lopez. alegria led the 20th flight for the 1st time as each instead. mock puffy and larry corner for the entrepreneurs, paid $55000000.00 each to stay in space for just over a week. it's the 1st nonprofessional ass not seem to travel to the i assess nasa and ot

a more treacherous scores for the next philippine leader to navigate. jim l as in dog and i'll just 0. my see, look in some ballast, northern philippines, sri lanka, seen its largest protest and these started the country's economic crisis. tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets and colombo, demanding president with the bio roger pucks off resign. and l fernandez, reports angry, frustrated and desperate for justice around the president's office in colombo. under the eyes of the police, shalanda is facing its worst economic crisis in decades or saturday, the protest is kept coming. most of them young people in what reported to be the biggest protest over the crisis today, are public servants. so we, i had to say that always as needs could be heard and he needs to be respected. and his grades is needs though, and no because it has gone up to the limit that well, be bull, cannot obey any more. the crowds came from all of to lunches, diverse communities. this course to read, give us stolen money back, and this is corrupt jewelers, uplai

or rounds of rain for the central philippines. mostly drive for australia.owers not far away from adelaide with a high of 20 degrees. perth, 27. new zealand, a dry forecast after all that rain plagued the east. 17 degrees. a bit below average but at least the sun will be out. see you soon. ♪ >> the scars of former yugoslavia's civil war run deep. for years, the balkans had managed to keep a fragile piece. now with ukraine a light and europe on high alert for russian meddling, the mood is uneasy. people in power travels to bosnia where threats to secede by the serb leader have ignited fears that conflict could return. bosnia, testing the piece on al jazeera. -- testing the peace on al jazeera. >> the main stories now. three palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in raids across the occupied west bank. the army has conducted five days of what it calls counterterrorist operations after a palestinian government killed three israelis in tel aviv last week. russia is saying more than a thousand ukrainian marines have surrendered in the city of mariupol. u

in fact, since then, more than $240.00 diplomatic protests have been filed by the philippines against china, a $183.00 of which were filed last year. the 3rd is stepping down in july, and the campaign for his replacement is well underway. many philippines say that after years of policy of appeasement towards china, they're eager for a tougher stance. a more treacherous scores for the next phillip in leader to navigate. jamal alan dog and al jazeera m, as in log in zambales, northern philippines still had on the al jazeera news hour, it was one of the worlds of biggest money laundering and bribery scandals ever. and one of the key players involved in it was on trial and a jury delivered its verdict. i'm gabriel's on to a new york that story coming up in sports. peter has a qualifying action ahead of the form of the one australian, frankly ah . as the seasons are still changing, we haven't said goodbye quite to winter yet isn't very wintry storm left, but it's now on the high gravel eastern turkey. it leaves rain showers in iran and you see tails off down here. the orange here is the wi

to get to $38.00 degrees and more rain once again, what we don't need for central areas of the philippines, including sabu city, $29.00, the number for you, all of that. what whether that was falling across the yangtze river valley has shot out toward the east. china see that's now swooping in to southern japan. so japan's main island of honju, doug of that color, the more intense the rain will be falling. could see some damaging winds and also the very real risk of some hail, something to be on the lookout for. chatter official airline, of the journey blue. a big lake near the car, attract tourists and under pins, the local economy. thousands depend on his precious ah, al jazeera well explored the major environmental issues above and below the surface that threatened lake renders very existence center goals place on al jazeera. ah ah, you're watching, i'll just remind in our top stories, 3 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces and occupied westbank. the youngest was a 14 year old boy, is rarely 40 something. conducting raids of the past 5 days after palestinian gunmen killed 3 i

>> philippines. >> where? >> philippines. in my country. >> philippines? tens of thousands of filipino nurses coming to the united states. >> george washington universy professor patricia pittman says that the u.s. has long recruited nurses from that country where colonial ties helped created american model of nursing education. pittman says the u.s. was facing a shortage before the pandemic due to an aging workforce and paradoxically good economic times when many nurses quit if their spouses are gainfully employed. covid she says rapidly escalated the exodus. >> everything from the first period when there was not enough ppe, and they felt betrayed by employers are not protecting them to issues around having to take care of their families as a female dominated. to the. exhaustion. >> the pandemic delayed rose's arrival. she was off the job in 2016 but visa processing, already backlogged, was pushed back further. with years of experience, the 35-year-old expects to adapt quickly to the american system but she did admit to one here early on. >> this is the f

the foundations of the philippine democracy. but he never had them where we, though, nor the time and energy and hope was to really change the political system, whoever becomes the next president will be in a very unique and distinct position to do that. and shouldn't be an author marcus, then perhaps was the repeat of what we saw after $969.00. when an audit mark is what now for the position, we can stop the hemorrhage and actually change the direction of the country and just start democratic institution. ok, we'll talk about what this means for democracy, but for voters, what are the key issues that they're that are important to them? what i mean? no service. i've been clear when through that really it's got issues, threat, inflation, employment, education issues. and of course, because of the pandemic recovery from depend demik health care, these are very important issues. but you see the frontrunner right now mr. mark was didn't even bother to attend that single public debate of note. and that tells you that for a lot of vot

in other world news, the search is on for people missing in the philippines. after tropical storm meggy swept through more than 100 people have been killed at least 200 others are still missing. the storm made land fallen sunday triggering landslides and flooding in eastern and southern coastal areas. jemila island again report from the city of bye bye can badness was a typical rural village of a few 100 families. it had rice fields, a church, and this school. now it's the scene of some of the biggest devastation in the philippine province of lee. oh, but oh my god, what about what the window that sounded like an explosion. we ran up the hill to see what was going on because it was awful. we could hear people crying, calling out for help and tropical storm. maggie brought incessant reams in the eastern vis science region. many areas of lost power and communication lines, but can diagnose was the most devastated survivors here tell us that there were 2 landslides. the 1st one was at around 5 am, which gave some time for some families to evacuate. but the 2nd on

to melinda, again, i'll jazeera by bailey, to province central philippines. the opponents of mammals, military lead government are calling for a boycott of official near events, or a combination of days of celebrations, including what's normally a water festival. but this week has looked very different, as alexia bryan reports me on mars new year before the qu, streets full of people, several days of partying and prowling water ending in traditional celebrations. but this year, in march of the biggest city yang gone, it's quieter. many choosing to stay at home, answering the opposition call to boycott events organized by the military leadership. yeah, we have civil wars in many places of the country. we should not be happy while others are in trouble. thus why we are showing our solidarity with them. for many and me and my it's not a happy start to their new year after yet another 12 months spent under military rule. another 365 days living in the shadows. this woman is too scared to show her face unity. how would you know if we don't have the chance to enjoy

at least 25 people have died in landslides and floods that have hit the philippines. us state department orders its non—emergency consular staff in shanghai to leave, as a strict covid lockdown brings increasing hardship. and back in court for a blockbuster defamation case, asjohnny depp�*s trial against his ex—wife amber heard begins in the united states. the us and uk governments are investigating reports that chemical weapons have been used by russia in the besieged southern ukrainian port of mariupol. in his nightly address, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged the west to do all it could to deter the kremlin from using such weapons. elsewhere, officials in the eastern ukrainian region of luhansk say russian tanks have started advancing for a renewed assault. mark lobel has the latest. a playground turn battleground in ukraine's east web pro—russian troops claim to be liberating ukrainians held hostage. ukraine says russian tanks have begun advancing towards the eastern donbas region for a renewed offensive. as battle rages in the besieged city of mariupol

in fact, just a few weeks ago, philippine and chinese coast guards nearly collided. and according to the filipino crew, the chinese ship dangerously maneuvered, which was the violation of international law. now trying to 9 dash claim has already been declared invalid by an international tribunal. but that does not stop china from its expansions and reclamation in the south china sea. and since 2016, the philippines are filed more than 240 diplomatic protests against china. more than $180.00 of which were filed last year. now the campaign to replace president there to here in the philippines is well on their way. and had spoken to many filipinos here who said they're anxious. they want the next president of the philippines to take a tough stand against a b jane pose of closed in gamblers election where people have been voting to elect a national assembly. record number of candidates vying for the 53 parliamentary seats. and now the 5 will be appointed by president adama barrow. he's facing growing political and economic discontent in the country, and hopes to win enou