then the philippines. the interesting thing about the philippines, americans are cuba was super tied up with it. americans consumed a lot of sugar and there was a lot of direct investment there. americans consumed philippine sugar for quite some time, but there were almost no americans or american investment in the philippines at the time the united states acquired it in the treaty of paris. but during the treaty negotiation, the philippines at 17 million people, thousands of islands spread over 1,000 miles. all right. it is a large colony. and it was a colony that was highly desired by other powers. so americans felt like we got it so we should keep it, especially to keep it from other empires. two empires at the time that were interested in that colony, germany and japan. eventually the philippines after world war ii will gain independence from the united states, that's in 1946. notably, 1946 is when these two empires are no longer a threat. and i will say in world war ii, the philippines suffered lots o

military base would be returned to the philippines.t morning, in the wake of a monsoon rain, vice president and mrs. nixon arrive in the capital of south vietnam. u.s. ambassador frederik reinhart, representatives of presidency and a throng of vietnamese citizens greeted them. in no other place where the nixons to see such a change their previous visit to asia. then, this land had been in the throes of war. today it was a free and peaceful republic. while visiting saigon, signs testified to the french vietnam feels with the american people and their elected representatives. this happened to be a time of national rejoicing. everywhere, there were people carrying banners, marching in celebration of the second anniversary of diem his presidency. thousands gathered on the spacious lawn before the presidential palace to cheer the republic and president diem when mr. nixon came to be received by the nations young chief executive. the two leaders conferred for an hour and a half. mr. nixon extended president eisenhower's warmest personal cong

so if you're in the philippines, taiwanese just across to lose on the street. so if anything happens straight will have a direct impact on countries like the philippines. there's also the aspect of south china's c, as you may know, installed chinese embraces huge parts of taiwan. and it's also we're number of saudis, asian countries have claims and we have seen, based on recent reports that china, one of his retired party measures is to conduct life fire exercises across salt, trying to see falling the visit of nancy pelosi to tie one. the other thing, of course, is the fact that taiwan and china both have very good economic relationship with many can be seen to region. so even the majority of saudi's asian countries have a one, china policy, meaning diplomatically on to recognize beijing as a representative. upgrade your china, but they have also very robust economic investment ties with taiwan. so that's why this is very complicated for a lot of us in the region, which is we're also emissions of during we've been reluctant, i've been there to pick sides betwe

but i gotta take you to the philippines, east of the main island of lose arm. we've got this tropical depression meteorologists in the country say, will become a tropical storm, and it's gonna swipe manila to log with some intense rain, so, landslides and flooding. almost a guarantee here. as we look towards china, we got a clutch of storms, both for harbin in beijing, but that's moving further toward the east. on monday, that's a snapshot of your weather. while susan, i saw a special airline of the journey. the well companies coming to catch all in just 3 months as the main event gets closer, we get every step of the way. hello, i'm john. i guess you're also with updates from teams and plans across the glove or seems can expect some strong support here in castle with the spotlight. no one europe come france claim back to back. welcome, victory. the all wheel poacher, golds christiano. rinaldo finally get his side of a trophy to well camp counter anal joe sierra. ah ah, watching al jazeera alive from doha reminder of our top stories this our millions of student

this is did up in years asia coming up to date back to school in the philippines. some 28000000 students have returned to in class in classes in the country after 2 years of gov closures. but they're all to returning to huge challenges including infrastructure issues and none in gaps. waited manila for mall bluff tab on the government wants people to know where the nearest area shelter is in the event of a chinese attack. the problem is not everyone thinks those shelters are adequate and as part of china suffer, severe drought, we look at one plan to make it brain. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin news. asia ledger could join us school students in the philippines have returned to plaza for the 1st time in 2 years. schools had been shot so far due to the coven pandemic. still not all schools have reopened. only about 46 percent of public schools have been able to resume operations. the rest can follow a mix of impasse in an online classes till the 2nd of november. when all schools are required to bring students back into the classroom. it's the 1st tim

ah, millions of students, the philippines are returning to school. after one of the world's longest coven shot bands they've been studying at home for over 2 years. to help stop the spread of the virus vaccination isn't necessary for students to return to classes. but the department of education says more than 90 percent of teachers have been inoculated . however, not all schools will have face to face lessons. some teaching will be blended mixing remote and classroom learning. barnaby low is out of school in manila that's resumed in person classes. filipino school kids are back in school for the 1st time in 2 years. the philippines, of course, has had one of the longest cobra, 1900 lockdown in the world. the bullying manila is already implementing full on face to face process. so good and here are having to get used to some changes. for example, these arrows, the yellow arrow, is for going into the classroom and then the red arrows are for going out of. now, inside the classroom, they have had to take out some of the furniture to make way for more s

finish but your problem in the philippines was a far greater one.ty of your government was challenged by the hawks. now, many of these rebels, as you know, were simple people. probably the great majority of them were. but they were led astray by their leaders. but you also know that among the leaders were men who were not truly filipinos. because they owed their first allegiance not to the philippine government, but to the materialistic, ruthless foreign ideology of communist colonialist imperialists. and what did you do about it? and this, to me, is one of the great stories of this republic and one that should be told and retold all over the world. it's true that you used military force where necessary in dealing with the hawks. but you also did something perhaps even more important. you removed the political and economic causes of discontent. and in this effort, your president played a leading part. and for this, believe me, the president has won the admiration of the whole free world. [applause] i know that there are those who feel that friendly

s. philippines mutual defense treaty and reaffirmed that an armed attack on philippines, armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, in the south, china sea would invoke us mutual defense commitments. under that treaty, lincoln arrived from the on pen, were foreign ministers of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations discussed the growing tension in the taiwan strait. chinese conducting military drills until sunday, in response to u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit to the self ruled island of taiwan. the total does proportion between a peaceful visit on the one hand and escal, a tory military maneuvers on the other, i think is very clear and very clear. 2 countries south throughout the region. president marcos said the latest moves, add to an already tense situation. oh, i see is caisson point the south china sea where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military buildup and incursions. the marcus administration has emp

and antony ben can tells the philippines foreign minister, the u. s. is determined to avoid a crisis following tensions with china over taiwan. but we began in gaza where israel carried out a wave of air strikes and armed fights is responded provoking fears of a full scale conflict. health authority say at least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured. una aside reports now from garza and a warning view as may find some images in the report. distressing. the darkness of it caused the city flashed bright by explosions. as israeli artillery and other weapons targeted, what they said were weapons factories, a rocket launch sites belonging to islamic jihad, ah. moments before an aerial duel. as metaphor rockets were fired from casa towards israel, with most, intercepted by these rarely ironed, dome anti message system is, luigi had said they fired more than 100 rockets. i'm closer to blue gold will be put in a televised address. they usually prime minister yet. you are luck, pete. set his country had 0 tolerance for attacks from godsa, but that israe

rodel patacsil, of course, children in the philippines - that.have gone back a little earlier, and i know that many institutions, multiple agencies around the world, have warned of the fact that they are worried on the impact this has had notjust on the educational standards of children in the philippines but also in terms of the philippines but also in terms of the economic impact going forward. talk us through some of those concerns. talk us through some of those concern— talk us through some of those concerns. , .., , , ., concerns. yes, i completely agree with the observations, _ concerns. yes, i completely agree with the observations, that - with the observations, that definitely it will have irreversible effects on the learning potential of our children. it in turn will have big repercussions on their future productivity and learning capacity. but we as educators will do our best to address those issues and help our learners get back on track, and a system to recover whatever they have lost over the past two years. rodel patacsil, principal

okay, let me take you back to the philippines because a new film has been released about the late philippine leader fed, an and marco senior who presided over widespread human rights abuses his son is the current president critic say the film is yet more white washing of history, bonner below, as more from manila we have finally a movie depicting the 1986 people's uprising that toppled the government of ferdinand marcus inside the presidential palace from the perspective of demarcus. the film is showing just months after the election of the former leader, son, president, ferdinand marcus junior. it is being promoted as a true story, but historian, se clothes that have been circulating on line had not been consistent with the established truth. this scene shows then opposition leader corazon aquino, who later restored democracy as president nonchalantly playing manual. while a revolution was raging, crossing the line, it's really, it's, it's really hard to say. but the invention is very clear to me already, especially with the same way back when i saw latino just saying, you know, very, very

s. philippines mutual defense treaty and reaffirmed that an armed attack on philippines armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, in the south china sea would invoke us mutual defense commitments under the treaty . lincoln arrived from non pen were foreign ministers of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations discussed the growing tension in the taiwan strait. chinese conducting military drills until sunday in response to u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi visit to the self ruled island of taiwan. the total disproportion between a peaceful visit on the one hand and escal literary military maneuvers on the other i think is very clear and very clear. 2 countries throughout the region. president marcos said the latest moves add to an already tense situation. oh, i see it case in point the south china sea, where the philippines and china have had a territorial dispute. in 2016, the philippines won an international ruling, invalidating china's vast claims in the region. but china has continued its military build up and incursions. marcus administration has to emphasize it's the

the philippines economy relies and money sent back by citizens working overseas. but last year of schooling could affect the quality of future graduates, as well as how much money they can earn and send back home. the world bank says time away from the classroom could mean students, future income could drop between 4 and 16 percent depending on what country they're in. letting me quite to i'm is the national chair of the alliance of concerned teachers in the philippines. he says many students are losing skills as well as their interest in studying generally the impact of the school year in the divisions, not our big students, not the not my g. right now. i'll be right. or are you seeing the numbers? no. a and many of our me are not interested in getting started on and you know, we have no report regards to a lost or now or so. you know, i feature a memorandum from david, how are you lost all of the patient as my, you know, i'm teaching senior high school in the b b. i did, i didn't have a great day off. great, great, thank you 8 the student again. all of these wer

and china. lincoln described the relationship with the philippines as extraordinary. he said, the u. s. is committed to a mutual defense tracy with the country. marco said the current, your political environment showed just how important the anti as well. well, taiwan defense ministry says it's 5 flares to one off several drones and on identified planes flying over its territory. tensions remain high with china, which is furious over the visit to taiwan by us. how speak at nancy pelosi that speaker decompile, and she's the international editor of taiwan class. and she joins us now on skype from type a to chinese drills now seem to be affecting high ones, outlying islands. how significant is that? that's right. so these islands are on the tie. 13, and they're seen as the closest point to mainland china. and in fact, one of those islands can min island is only about 10 kilometers away from would you and province in china seen as the main point. the general perspective here is that should trying to, to invade, that would be the 1st points of landing along with not so isl

activist who ran for vice president of the philippines earlier this year., walden bello was arrested on cyber libel charges in what was widely viewed as a politically motivated case. walden's arrest comes just weeks after the inauguration of the philippines new president ferdinand marcos jr., the son of the former u.s.-cked filipino dictator ferdinand marcos who brutally ruled the philippines from 1965 until 1986, when he was overthrown in a popular revolution. the philippines new vice president is sara duterte, the daughter of former president rodrigo duterte. whose so-called war on drugs killed tens of thousands of people. the charges against walden bello stem from comments he made about a member of sara duterte's campaign. on twitter, walden bello wrote -- "these people are mistaken if they think they can silence me and suppress my exercise of free speech." well, walden bello joins us now from manila. welcome back to democracy now! describe what happened to you on monday. >> thank you very much, amy, for invitinge. i think that it is very important to ta

also the secretary of state visits the philippines on biz toll. the region cannot afford an escalation of tensions. and why the u. s. is demanding the seizure of a venezuelan cargo plane grounded in argentina. ah, look into the face of a full scale conflict between israel and palestinian groups. a growing up to a wave of israeli and strikes on garza, at least 11 people are being killed, including and islamic jihad commander palestinian fighters have logged a barrel of rockets towards israel. but thomas has stayed on the sidelines so far. you've now said reports of gaza and we do warn you that some of the images of this report are distressing. the darkness over kansas city flashed bright by explosions as israeli artillery and other weapons targeted. what they said were weapons factories, a rocket launch sites belonging to islamic jihad. the moments before an aerial duel, as magical rockets were fired from cause it towards israel with most intercepted by the israeli iron dome. anti message system is lemay. she had said they fired more than $100.00 r

i'm teaching senior high school year in the philippines. i did, i do not my g. how do you assess my students from the firm now? great. they're all from great. that are great. thank you. 83 student again. read all of these for each of you not hire, they deny, i'll do my job. they're there to that degree because that the students are, are came from read what angry, who are the learning so oh, i think that's the government did not solve the problem or the glee problems are wondering st boys day criminalizing guys, sakes, repealing a colonial era, low the city state is known for its conservative values, but they have been growing cause of the legislation to be abolished. the change does not affect singapore, the legal definition of marriage between a man and a woman. at least 22 people have been killed in heavy rain and floods in chad. more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed and health services are disrupted. with more rain expected, many people feed the challenges ahead. hip morgan reports from n jemina no one dan geraldine is still trying to pick up belongings

the philippines economy relies, the money being sent back by citizens working overseas. but last years of schooling could affect the quality of future graduates and how much money they can anne and send back home. the world bank says the time spent away from the classroom who cut students future income between 4 and 16 percent, depending on the country. vladimir whiter is the national chair of the alliance of concerned teachers in the philippines. he says the school closures have had a devastating impact with many students losing skills and their interest in studying generally the impact of the, the internal quality that the patient. no. ah, some of our big students, not the, not my g r, right. the, and i'll, i'll do alright. or alton. well, you'll see the numbers. no, a year's no. and many of our, i mean, are not interested in getting started on. and you know, we have no record to regards to a lost or now or so. you know, i picture of it, no idea we had no, we received a memorandum from david. how are you lost all of the innovation as my, you know, i'm teaching senior h

not only for the philippines, but for most low in middle income countries. the quality of learning among philippines, school kids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019 only around 30 percent could read simple text or understand a simple story by the age of 10. international aid agency say that number has now dropped to less than 20 percent. on monday schools open for in person classes for the 1st time in 2 years, covered 19 is still very much concerned with temperature checks, face match, and regular hand washing the norm. but the education department apologise that the bigger problem is learning deficiency. we have a program, it's called every child is able to read. so that's an after school program that we are launching with the help of credited tutors and teachers. so that will be good sort of a focus on the literacy skills. ready of our children, the government holds the presuming face to face classes will improve the quality of education to better equip these children in an increasingly competitive world. oh, barnaby low, i'll just hear and us

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

it's not good news for the philippines. we go in for a closer look, some flood advisories around the world. so princess rate through into manila got to be on the lookout for some flooding. sure, temperatures are on the rise across the yang see and the yellow river valley, ranging anywhere from about $38.00 to $40.00 degrees. and we've got a line of storms coming out shift for harbin rate through to beijing. that energy is going to move into the korean peninsula. otherwise, just some showers for japan. thanks for watching bye for now. ah. on cal, the cost the widening mortgage boy called in china could from the fact that grumbled as columbia and venezuela agree to men ties businesses, i at slave revival bloss russia wants to pull out of the international space station. what's next in all, vic? counting the cost on al jazeera, there are some of the media stories, a critical look at the global news media spread on out is era. government shut off access to social media. ah ah, welcome back. you're watching. i'll just bear with

not only for the philippines but for most low and middle income countries.lity of learning among school kids was already poor in pre-pandemic times. in 2019, only around 30% could read simple text or understand a simple story by age 10. agencies say the number has dropped to less than 20%. on monday, schools open for in person classes for the first time in two years. covid-19 is still very much a concern. with temperature checks, face masks and regular handwashing the norm. the education department acknowledges the bigger problem is learning deficiency. >> we have a program called every child is able to read. that is an afterschool program we are launching with the cooperation of tutors and

you know, the philippines, the northern versus the philippines are separate from ty, one by just, you know, a very narrow street that is on street or in number of countries in the region, thailand, philippines, which are us street, the allies. some are partners like singapore who could be dragged into a config if something happens now both tie one in china. how very robust economic relationship with a lot of condition, the region taiwan, is a global semiconductor superpower. so what happens start with effect? also, supply chains around the regions, i think again, will do its best to come up with the statement. and at the same time on the sidelines, informally engage or trying to us and other parties to ensure that the situation is not getting worse than it is. i think there's a lot of understanding china has to put on some show too. so to, you know, to express his displeasure, but it has to be calibrated and not get out of control, because then you are going to be in a very tough situation and lose this forever. what you have had an eye on china for quite some time. now now beijing la

these are the top stories, millions of students are returning to school in the philippines after one of the world's longest covert locked eyes. they've been studying at home for over 2 years . not all schools will have face to face learning on below has more from a school. in manila, some schools are doing hybrid learning, where some students are the face to face classes on sundays, and then others are still doing distance online learning. but the biggest concern is the quality of learning that has really gone down during the pandemic. in 2019, the estimated 30 percent, the philippines school kids that have reached the age of 10 could not read simple text or understand a simple story. now during the pandemic international eat agency say that number has gone down to less than 20 percent. and so the education department is hoping that by resuming face to face classes philippine is caucus could catch up with global learning standards, emergency crews in iraq, her searching for people trapped under the rubble of a collapse shrine, a landslide cause part of the shrine. mir cabella to cave

and describe the relationship with the philippines as extraordinary. he says the u. s. is committed to a mutual defense tracy with the country knock or says the current geopolitical environment just shows how important those ties are. well tie one's defense ministry meanwhile has said it's 5 flares to warn off 7 drones and identified planes flying over its territory. tensions remain high with china, which is furious over the visit to taiwan by us. how speak nancy pelosi to be a pollen. is the international editor of taiwan plus. she explains the concerns about taiwan outlying islands. these islands are on the taiwan straits and they're seen as the closest point to mainland china in front of in fact, one of those islands can men islands is only about 10 kilometers away from fujian province in china. and it's seen as the main point. the general perspective here is that should china choose to invade, that would be the 1st point of landing along with not so island to. so there is concerned with this activity being so close by all the people are somewhat used to living with

nicole eland is the chief of communication, not unicef philippines. but he says, investing in education alone is not going to be enough. the decisive decision to make in person learning and absolute priority and opening all schools for in person learning in november is an absolute right step. secondly, we have the highest ranking, 2nd highest ranking, official of the philippines. now, at the home of the department of education, it just shows how much importance is being given to regaining learning. that has been lost in the past and assessing ration of where investments need to take place . so obviously there are white array of investments that need to be made in infrastructure and learning quality in how we equip teachers and how do we give support to parents and peers to re calibrate and basic and go back to what learning was used to be before and then, and that's a whole process and it's a whole society approach. obviously, we also need to assess what learning has been lost in the past years. for example, a better understanding of how can we reach

not only for the philippines, but for most low in middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino schoolkids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019, only around 30 percent could read simple texts or understand a simple story by the age of 10. international aid agencies say that number has now dropped to less than 20 percent on monday schools open for in person classes for the 1st time in 2 years. covered 19 is still very much concerned with temperature checks, face match and regular hand washing the norm. but the education department apologise that the bigger problem is learning deficiency. we have a program, it's called every child is able to read. so. ready that's an after school program that we are launching with the help of credited tutors and teachers. so that'll be good sort of a focus on the literacy skills. ready children, the government holster, presuming thesis classes will improve the quality of education to better quit these children in an increasingly competitive world wide and below all 0 manila. now finland's governmen

they managed to capture cuba guam philippines puerto rica. now these a-a states and territories are somehow associated with the united states of america, and guam, first of all, as one of the largest military bases, and the philippines as a state that still continues to fight american influence cuba throughout the 20th century acted as chief regional antagonist. as for puerta rica, now it is, in fact, called the fifty-first state of the united states, and the entry of r-derica in one form or another into the united states of america has significantly increased the proportion of the hispanic population, and the united states, if we talk about the prerequisites for war, then here you can draw a direct parallel with the beginning, and the vietnam war, when the incident around the battleship maine was used as the bailey incident as a pretext for war on the american battleship. meng was to carry out a diplomatic mission to cuba, he dropped the anchor in the harbor, recall that then in cuba there was a war of independence on february 15, 1898 , a p

so a lot of rain is being steered into the philippines. let's pick up the story there . we'll go in for a closer look. now keep in mind on this map, the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling to look around the capital region on lose. on island. for manila, we're going to have to keep a close eye here on the marchina river, and there are severe fight advisors in play here. now across the pearl river valley, we've seen huge amounts of rain in china. still some more to go on saturday and then temperatures are climbing across the yang see in the pearl river valley. so from move han shanghai to young jo. temperatures ranging from about 38 to 40 degrees northern portions of japan, about 89 all time rein records. were broken, we had remnants leftovers of what was the tropical disturbance rolled through, central and northern areas of japan's main island upon shoot triggered land slides and force more than 300000 people from their homes, australian capital territory camera, picking up $44.00 millimeters of rain in 24 hours, it's weather stock is stay and 48 years