the northern philippines feels the full force of time monkhood it is now storming towards southern china while tropical storm florence floods the united states east coast as well. everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera now says latest supercool mission is to keep a close eye on the earth's melting icecaps detained in egypt two sons of the former president hosni mubarak over the sale of a major bank. in ten years since the collapse of the lehman brothers investment bank triggered the worldwide financial crash who's still paying the price today. for the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year has killed at least twelve people and left a trail of damage now it is heading across the south china sea towards hong kong and southern china what began as a super typhoon did lose some of its sting after it landed on the largest island in the philippines roofs were ripped off flimsy homes and power lines were downed as well thousands of people were moved from low lying areas jamila island duggan is there for us she saw what happened in the northern pr

i'll just zero book out of the province north of the philippines will hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon monkhood travels across the south china sea magnetise expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended chinese government has issued its second highest storm alert. zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the deadliest outbreak in a decade residents in harare say poor hygiene on the streets has contributed to its spread from harare harmer tasa reports rule sewage from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles of nearby another source of disease the bodies government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital. norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal

a typhoon manhunt is now affecting hong kong as it moves towards a southern china hong kong government says the storm poses a via threat to the territory and people have stocked up on food and supplies it's a major airline cathay pacific has one travellers to expect up to four hundred cancelled flights over the next three days. and in the u.s. the marines the coast guard and volunteers are rescuing scores of people trapped off the tropical storm florence slammed into the state of north carolina on friday eleven people are confirmed dead and the state is now bracing for what could be the next stage widespread and potentially catastrophic flooding christine salumi reports from fayetteville north carolina florence arrived in the carolinas and like an unwanted guest refused to leave the storm continues to pound both states with brain swelling rivers you know it's somebody said the other day a slight reinstall but turtle this thing will not move up the coast to a nice get out of the way we continue to just get copious amounts of rain the rescue of trapped residents continued in new bern nor

a tropical storm manhood is battering southern china's province hours after it hit hong kong and macau but the country where first made landfall in the early hours of saturday is reeling from its aftermath at least sixty four feet will have died many others still missing in the northern philippines thirty gold miners are believed to be trapped after a landslide jimmy fallon dogan reports now from the province of guy on which took a direct hit. to witness for ourselves the strength and skill of step a station into the end province we jus north this is the town of where hundreds of civilians were evacuated from their homes days before the typhoon hit landfall. in and your eighty three year old grandmother placide left their house of forty eight hours before the storm struck they survived but now they're afraid to go home we have the money. to be poor is the stuff or we're just corn farmers and now we have lost our home to we have to borrow from creditors now just so we can start over. farmlands and now submerged in flood waters schools used as evacuation centers are also damaged. we do f

more than two million people in guangdong province in southern china have been moved from their homes as typhoon man call it leaves a trail of destruction across the region and hong kong. it was put on its highest alert level for only the fourth time in twenty years and before arriving in southern china typhoon. killed at least forty nine people in the philippines leaving a trail of destruction in the whole the province of congo out hundreds of people living in remote rural communities that have lost their homes the full scale of the damage is still being assessed. north carolina is bracing for more destructive flooding a storm florence continues to dump heavy rain on the eastern u.s. fourteen people have died since it made landfall on friday kristen salumi reports. florence arrived in the carolinas and like an unwanted guests refused to leave the storm continues to pound both states with a brain swelling rivers you know somebody said the other day a slight reinstall but turtle this thing will not move up the coast to a nice get out of the way we continue to just get copious amounts r

large but this video gives you no idea of the fury that is now bearing down on hong kong and southern china now the southern and central regions of the philippines were spared the brunt of the storm but at least in the region around manila the capital they're being confronted with a unique cleanup challenge of their own now the philippines is one of the biggest contributors of plastic waste in the world and much of it ends up in the waters off the coast of the flooding from typhoon monkhood however is carried much of that trash back onto the island like here in downtown manila where at least for now residents of the capital are left to pick up the pieces. and thank you aaron now to some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. space agency nasa has launched its most advanced space laser ever the mission will examine the effects of global climate change on the earth's polar ice the data it gathers will allow scientists to precisely measure the changes in glaciers ice sheets and sea ice police in turkey have arrested a detained hundreds of workers who were protesting over c

also coming up time soon mang kluge wars into southern china battering hong kong with gale force winds and torrential rain more than half a million people have been evacuated across several chinese cities as they brace for impact. and the marathon world record is smashed here in berlin as kenya's and the u.k. finishes their race in just two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen a russian antigovernment activist who was jailed earlier this year for protesting at the world cup final has been brought to berlin for medical treatment shows that are very low was flown to the german capital after a suspected poisoning the member of the pussy riot punk group fell ill after a court hearing is being treated at that shot to take hospital friends describe his condition as serious his wife and i dare say. says it may have been attempted murder. for more on the story we're joined now by g.w. correspondent nina who's standing by outside the sharon tate hospital in the heart of berlin good evening to you nina so what more do we know about there's a

and staying with dangerous weather typhoon mangled is barreling towards southern china and the densely populated territory of hong kong leaving behind a trail of destruction in the philippines. the storm made landfall on the country's main island of luzon early on saturday strong winds and torrential rains caused power outages floods and dozens of landslides at least twelve people have been confirmed dead more than one hundred thousand have had to flee their homes the philippine state weather agency has downgraded the threat level but warns the danger is far from over. earlier we spoke to journalist anna santos in the philippine capital manila she described the aftermath of the storm. now we're getting. out of the philippines and as it moves out we are seeing that happen that you know. we have already seen more than one hundred twenty six thousand people who have been displaced across five hundred. five hundred ninety four villages people have been evacuated and the government highlighted that. three and evacuation we think people have been can't get. away. with you are. now to some of

the storm's path the typhoon now equivalent to a category four hurricane is barreling towards southern china and the densely populated territory of hong kong. joining me now is journalist ana santos in manila for more on this story. is the strongest storm that has hit the philippines this year what can you say about the damage so far. the typhoon has now weekend and it's currently moving out of the philippines and as it moves that we are seeing the path of destruction that it has left coming from a briefing with our state officials just a few minutes ago they confirmed that there have been two deaths two responders who are concerned dead. in the mountain province and we have already seen local of more than one hundred twenty six thousand people who have been displaced across five hundred. five hundred ninety four villages doesn't even have been evacuated and the government highlighted that these were done through preemptive evacuation so these people have been kept pace and away from the eye of the storm well i also spoke to the governor of province which is the northeastern most part of the

typhoon is hitting at southern china battering hong kong and guangdong province with gale force winds and torrential rain the superstorm has already caused major destruction in the philippines authorities there say dozens are feared dead. nature lashes the coast of home calm with full force and these people got to witness it firsthand. as hong kong issued a maximum alert for typhoon mangubat the territory's government would people to prepare for the worst. storm surges were expected to raise water levels by up to four meters. hundreds of residents have been evacuated to shelters while others hope to ride it out. almost all flights in and out of the city's airport have been counseled so for anyone who hopes to the phone call the storm there was little option but to keep out of harm's way and stay put. this is that i didn't expect to get caught up in a typhoon when i booked a trip to hong kong. i've had to scrap all my sightseeing plans i can't go out the subways closed buses have stopped running and there's no ferry service at all. the west the gambling hub of macau closed the doors to

roars into southern china battering hong kong with gale force winds and torrential rain more than half a million people have been evacuated across several chinese cities as they brace for impact also coming up the marathon world record isn't smashed in berlin as kenya's. finishes the race in just two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds. next peiser it's good to have you with us a russian antigovernment activist who was jailed earlier this year for protesting at the world cup final has been brought to berlin for medical treatment. was flown to the german capital after a suspected poisoning the member of the pussy riot punk group fell ill after a court hearing is wife not just a token says it may have been attempted murder is being treated at the hospital friends describe his situation as serious. joining us is correspondent nina hauser who is outside the shallots a hospital in the heart of berlin nina what more do we know about charter varity love has the hospital said anything about his condition the hospital and hasn't commented yet we're hearing that the doctors will probably ma

to look at al-jazeera book out of the province nor the philippines well hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather as typhoon mancow travels across the south china sea is expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while all ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended the chinese government has issued its second highest storm alert. members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have received a hero's welcome in addis ababa one thousand five hundred fighters from the aroma liberation front had been in neighboring eritrea for the past twenty six years their return comes after prime minister ahmed remove the group from a terrorist bomb at vaal has more. the jubilant crowd in the each open capital addis ababa on saturday supporters of the or more liberation front welcomed lead it out if saw home after years in exile in neighboring eritrea around fifteen hundred or less fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party the or left general

large scale casualties appear to have been averted in hong kong and southern china, where nearly 2.5 ed as it passes over mainland china. robin brant reports from hong kong. the typhoon is no more. mangkhut has been downgraded as it continues its journey west. but in its trail, a massive clean—up for some. for others, a more urgent a desperate search for survivors. in the philippines, rescuers are trying to find dozens of missing miners, buried beneath a landslide that engulfed their emergency shelters in the town of itogon. no one has yet been pulled out alive. translation: my hopes are that someone finds them but even if they are dead at least we can retrieve them and make our peace. others have been saved though. emergency workers facing the twin threat of water and mud note that fresh landslides are still a threat. farmers have seen their rice and corn crops wiped out under a surge of water. they're used to the threat of typhoons in the philippines but many of these people live in communities least able to protect themselves. hong kong's high—rises took a battering. some swayed. w

before it hit southern china typhoon monk left a trail of destruction in the northern philippines at least fifty three people killed and authorities are expecting that death toll to rise still missing thirty gold miners as well believed to be trapped under a landslide in a province that is which is. to witness for ourselves the strength and scale of devastation into the end province north this is the town. where hundreds of civilians were evacuated from their homes days before the typhoon hit landfall. learned the ian and her eighty three year old grandmother passed left their house of forty eight hours before the storm struck they survived but now they're afraid to go home. to be poor is to stouffer we're just corn farmers and now we have lost our home to we have to borrow from creditors now just so we can start over. farmlands and now submerged in flood waters schools used as evacuation centers are also damaged. we drove further to reach the town of get around this is what's left of cornfields here a few hours of a typhoon took a year of their earnings a painful for farmers here su

>>> typhoon mangkhut is expected to make landfall in southern china late sunday night.han 100,000 people have been evacuated in hong kong. residents stay inside as strong winds and heavy rain tore off roofs, snapped trees and downed power lines. but after the worst apparentlies paed through, some people -- worst apparently passed through, some went outside to swim in the streets. others traveled to hong kong just for the storm. >> translator: i wanted to come here and see how severe the typhoon is. but now they came here to the pier, it is not as wild as i had expected. >> well, i came here to actually catch the typhoon. i have, like, a helmet with a camera mount. and i have my waterproof gear for catching good footage of the storm. >> our kristie lu stout is out there. you have been out there for a while getting blown around. are conditions getting better? we just saw some people heading outside. some people took a little swim in the floodwater. that's crazy. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. it feels like conditions are starting to improve a little bit as typhoon mangkhu

the northern philippines feels the full force of typhoon monkhood it is now storming towards southern china while tropical storm florence floods the united states east coast as well. everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera now says latest supercool mission is to keep a close eye on the earth's melting icecaps detained in egypt two sons of the former president hosni mubarak over the sale of a major bank. in ten years since the collapse of the lehman brothers investment bank triggered the worldwide financial crash who's still paying the price today. for the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year has killed at least twelve people and left a trail of damage now it is heading across the south china sea towards hong kong and southern china what began as a super typhoon did lose some of its sting after it landed on the largest island in the philippines roofs were ripped off flimsy homes and power lines were downed as well thousands of people were moved from low lying areas jamila island duggan is there for us she saw what happened in the northern pr

philippines by this video gives you an idea of the fury that is now bearing down on hong kong and southern china. the southern and central regions of the philippines was spared the brunt of the storm but at least in the region around manila they've been confronted with a unique challenge of their own and the philippines is one of the biggest contributors of plastic waste in the world and much of it ends up in the waters off the coast of. much of the back onto the island like cat in downtown manila. residents are left to pick up the pieces.

. >> glor: more than 8,000 miles from here, a powerful supertyphoon is bearing down on southern china. it is already blamed for a dozen deaths in the philippines. ben tracy reports tonight from hong kong. >> reporter: typhoon mangkhut made landfall just before 2:00 a.m. local time. for 20 hours, it battered the northern philippines with sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour and torrential rain which caused extreme flash flooding. and landslides. at least 12 people have been killed. throughout the region, residents woke up to scenes of devastation-- roofs peeled frome ground, and fallen power lines that caused blackouts in some areas. tens of thousands of people were successfully evacuated. but an estimated five million people remain in the typhoon's path. this group had to be rescued from neck-deep floods. among them, an eight-month-old baby. >> yay! >> reporter: now mangkhut is heading to hong kong and southern china, predicted to hit on sunday afternoon. residents here are preparing for the worst. ben tracy, cbs news, hong kong. >> glor: when we return here, the heroes of flor

the typhoon is now on its way to southern china and vietnam.ed to pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still isn't known, and more heavy rain is on its way. howard johnson, bbc news, tuguegarao. america's east coast is facing an epic amount of rainfall, particularly in north and south carolina where at least 11 people have died as a result of tropical storm florence. many people in the area have been evacuated and those that have attempted to return home are being urged not to, as further flooding is on the way. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. this storm has left streets submerged across north carolina. towns along the coast and now inland have become badly flooded, leaving rescue teams as the only route to safety for some families. from the air, you get a better sense of the scale of the problems here, and during the brief breaks in the weather, this has been the most effective way of getting people out of cut—off areas like new bern. driving conditions are in

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the storm is now approaching southern china.ed as a result of tropical storm florence. the national hurricane center in miami has warned that further flooding is on the way and residents who are attempting to return home are now being urged not to. the actor dudley sutton, best known for playing the character tinker dill in the television show lovejoy has died at the age of 85. former colleagues and co—stars paid tribute to the great actor and wonderful bloke who was diagnosed with cancer this year. in a statement, his agent said he passed away surrounded by family and friends. time for sport. you are talking boxing. that's right. we have had some drama this morning. it is not very often we get drama happening this early in the morning. good morning to you. if you have been watching the boxing, this hasjust unfolded in the last hour while. in just the last hour or so, saul ‘canelo' alvarez has beaten gennady golovkin — the first defeat of his career after a hard —fought battle in las vegas. their last encounter ended in a contro

deaths from typhoon mungo after sweeping through hong kong on sunday the storm has left china's southern coast with heavy downpours and powerful winds it's now moving inland four people are reported dead in china so far at least sixty five people died over the weekend when the storm swept through the northern philippines rescuers there are still struggling to find survivors many of those feared dead are from a gold mining town in the north of the country they'd taken shelter in a bunker else which was then buried under a mudslide. after a weekend searching for signs of life this is now the task facing rescue as bodies are being pulled from what was once a mountainside shelter from minus completely consumed by one of fifteen months lies to hit this region. this area used to be for panning gold now it's a temporary morgue. but. i feel really. there's nothing you can do anymore it's too late thinking through the much questions are now being asked to become pennies that mine here their operations have made them rich but the mountainsides unstable and prone to tragedy. villages assumes they'd

all over the place as a lot more rain still come to come for the northern philippines and to southern china probably including hong kong they're treating monsoon is still showing decent showers increasingly that's more in the northeast of china bits of nepal bangladesh but you see more cloud over the open bay bang golan over the land so occasional showers in addition andhra pradesh maybe maharashtra still possibly but to the west of that it seems increasingly likely this is what you might expect plenty dry and still humid by day around the gulf states. and instantly shifting unicycle receiving change in america tweet the listening takes questions the world's media all will be of the details the kind that cannot be conveyed in two hundred eighty characters or fewer exposing how the press operates it is their language it's their culture it's their context and why certain stories take precedence while others are ignored we can have a better understanding of how news is created we're going to have a better understanding of what it means is the listening post on al-jazeera. watching out zero tim

now in southern china where it continues to dump rain and flooding is a major concern in southern china you mentioned, four people so far confirmed dead in main land china as a result of this storm. three of which -- three of whom were killed when trees toppled on top of them and a fourth was actually inside a building when it collapsed. those numbers could rise, though, as flooding remains a major issue in guangdong province. it is a province quite used to flooding this time of year, but this storm is actually talking about record levels in flooding in some parts of guangdong province. the worst is certainly -- could be yet to come in certain places. talking about philippines which is the area that got hit worst by the storm, 42 dead, we have an operation on northern luzon island that got hid hardest by the storm that came ashore as the strongest storm on earth in 2018 in the fephilippines is whe it made landfall first. when the typhoons hit the philippines, they are a constant threat to the people. that is the main reason for the deaths you see. rescuers there going through those land

wreck or to hit hong kong or four people died as the typhoon moved on to guangdong province in southern china scott hyla has more on that now from beijing the world's strongest storm of the year typhoon man could made landfall in china's mainland on sunday night it weakened as it reached gone done province in the south one of the world's most densely populated regions home to one hundred million people this after a near direct hit on hong kong and macau lashing the islands with high winds waves and flooding. thousands of people were without power either knocked out by the storm or shut down for safety reasons in china two point four million people had to be evacuated from their home hundreds of flights were canceled the high speed train service was suspended and thousands of fishing boats headed back to port once the wind and the rain died down the cleanup started on monday with flooding fallen trees and debris to be cleared and after safety checks were carried out road rail and air services slowly began to start operating again on the mainland the storm is expected to continue moving west to

the forward lines so we expect that the bike will be over soon meanwhile parts of hong kong and southern china are now bracing for severe weather is tough and travels across the south china sea expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour hundreds of flights have been canceled in hong kong and ferry services across china is going don't province have been suspended. members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have returned home to welcoming crowds in the capital addis ababa the leader of the aroma liberation front i would observe in fifteen hundred fighters had been in neighboring eritrea for twenty six he is earlier this year prime minister ehud remove the o.l.f. from a terrorist zimbabwe's government has banned public gatherings in the capital harare to try and prevent the spread of cholera twenty five people have already died from the disease the worst outbreak in a decade. and egyptian court has arrested former president hosni mubarak's two sons on charges of insider trading a law and gamal mubarak are accused of illegally benefiting from

typhoon mangkhut lashes parts of southern china.y 2.5 million people are evacuated from their homes in guangdong province. leading democrats calls for a delay in considering president trump's nominee for the us supreme court. brett kavanaugh denies allegations of sexual misconduct. is the trade war between the us and china about to get a lot worse? president trump's new tariffs on chinese products could be announced as soon as today. also in business briefing, we'll have the latest on amazon, as it investigates claims its employees accepted bribes in exchange for leaking confidential sales data. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, the latest research concludes elderly people in good health should not take an aspirin a day, as it may do more harm than good. so we are asking do you ever take any notice of this type of advice? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. it's nowjust six months until britain is due to leave th

typhoon mangkhut is now weakening over southern china.to gjeff lamigo, the communications manager at world vision in the philippines. i asked him for the latest information from his team on the ground. well, just recently i checked on the reports coming from them. and it is pretty staggering. increasing number of affected families, counting out to about 230,000 families affected based on the trail of the storm. after that, about 61,000 families... how are these families coping? how is your organisation helping them? yes. at the moment, we have reached at least 1,000 families in two separate areas. you should understand, northern philippines was really affected in ca bagan, isabela and even benguet, where we are getting reports about these increasing numbers of deaths in mining areas. what kind of aid to these families need ? is this aid getting to the affected families? yes, absolutely. but surely, the help is reaching these areas, which we give to the government for taking the lead on this, and humanitarian organisations like us would wa

it's now heading towards hong kong and southern china. warnings in the us that storm florence is "farfrom done". president trump declares a disaster in north carolina. the british prime minister defends her brexit plan — but dismisses talk of a leadership challenge. this is where i get a little bit irritated. this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. and charting the polar icecaps from space. nasa's new mission launches a laser into orbit. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 1a people have now died in a massive storm, which has brought destruction to the north of the philippines. typhoon mangkhut ripped through the main island of luzon triggering more than a0 landslides. it's the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year. five million people were in its path. howard johnson sent this report. mangkhut has been called by meteorologists the strongest typhoon in the world so far this year. and now the reality of the utter devastation it has caused

people in parts of southern china have also faced serious damage and flooding from typhoon mangkhut.ictures from the city of taishan in guangdong province, where the water level reached one metre in some places. the floods swept away cars, fallen trees and other debris from the super storm. chinese media have said that as many as 2 and a half million people have been relocated in guangdong province, with at least 4 killed by the typhoon. let's update you on our breaking news this hour — the us has announced new 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods, warning beijing that it will raise them to 25% if it retaliates. they apply to 5,000 items and are the biggest round of us tariffs against china so far and come into effect next week. president trump also threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $267 billion worth of imports. he said beijing had been given many opportunities to change what he viewed as its unfair trade practices. and we'll have more reaction on this with our business team in singapore in a few minutes time. let's take a look at some of the day's other ne

the typhoon is now on its way to southern china and vietnam.cted to pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still is not known, and more heavy rain is on its way. howard johnson, bbc news, tuguegarao. well, to another devastating weather system — this one on the east coast of america, where one of the most savage storms of the hurricane season is causing catastrophic flooding in north and south carolina. the governor of north carolina has confirmed at least five people have been killed. chris buckler reports from wilmington in north carolina. large parts of north carolina's coastline now lie underwater as the rain continues to fall. florence is no longer a hurricane but this is still a dangerous storm, and as water levels have risen, people have had to be rescued from their homes. it's obvious as you drive through this area how much damage has been done here. pavements were forced to give way as trees were uprooted in the high winds. many roads remain blocked. and powerlines lie across

people in parts of southern china have also faced serious damage and flooding from typhoon mangkhut.he city of taishan in guangdong province, where the water level reached one metre in some places. the floods swept away cars, fallen trees and other debris from the super storm. chinese media have said that as many as 2 and a half million people have been relocated in guangdong province, with at least 4 killed by the typhoon. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump has announced a new round of trade comes with $200 billion on chinese goods. in a statement he warned that if china ta kes a statement he warned that if china takes a teller treat action against us farmers or industry, these ta riffs us farmers or industry, these tariffs will be imposed with over $260 billion over consumer products such as bicycle helmets, baby car seats are not included. more to come later in the asia business report. further evacuation orders have been issued as storm florence stalls over the us eastern seaboard. the death toll has risen to at least 23, with 17 deaths confirmed i

dia of the fury that is now bearing down on hong kong and southern china. the southern and central regions of the philippines was spared the brunt of the storm but at least in the region around manila they've been confronted with a unique challenge of their own and the philippines is one of the biggest contributors of plastic waste in the world and much of it ends up in the waters off the coast of the flooding from typhoon monkey has guided much of that trash back onto the island like here in downtown manila where for now residents are left to pick up the pieces. some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of ethiopians have welcomed home rebel leader of the twenty six years in exile is german of a group that fought for the separate domination of the old robel people ethiopia's biggest ethnic minority if you will because government removed the group from its terror list as part of sweeping political reforms. antiglobalization activists staged protests on the tenth anniversary of the collapse of the us investment bank lehman brothers in p

the typhoon is now on its way to southern china and vietnam.o pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still isn't known, and more heavy rain is on its way. howard johnson, bbc news, tuguegarao. well, forecasters in hong kong expect winds of one hundred and eighteen kilometres per hour. intense rain bands are already affecting the city. most transport services are suspended. our correspondent there, robin brant, has just sent this update. this is peak storms, peak winds, typhoon mangkhut at its worst. it is not a direct hit but it is passing east to west. these winds definitely in excess of an 100 and 80 mph. quite tricky to stay on your feet. hundreds of fights council —— flights. most of the shops are closed. for the next few hours, this will be as bad as it gets here. meanwhile, storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding in the us states of north and south carolina. at least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands of homes are without electricity. from wilmington, ch

so let's go ahead but first tropical storm manhood is battering southern china's quandong province hours after it hit home kong and macau we'll have a report from there in just a moment but the country where it first made landfall in the early hours of saturday is reeling from its aftermath at least sixty four people have died many others are still missing in northern philippines thirty gold miners are thought to be trapped after a landslide jimmy fallon dogan reports from the province of diane which took a direct hit. to witness for ourselves the strength and skill of step a station into the end province which you north this is the town of where hundreds of civilians were evacuated from their homes days before the typhoon hit landfall. in and you're eighty three year old grandmother placid left their house of forty eight hours before the storm struck they survived but now they're afraid to go home . to be poor is to stouffer we're just corn farmers and now we have lost our home to we have to borrow from creditors now just so we can start over. farmlands and now submerged in flood waters

the typhoon is now on its way to southern china and vietnam.s expected to pass near hong kong tomorrow. the magnitude of the devastation left behind here in the philippines still isn't known, and more heavy rain is on its way. well, earlier i spoke to professor mahar lagmay, a geologist and executive director of project noah, the nationwide operation assessment of hazards. i asked him how this typhoon compares. yes, last year we had a super typhoon, and it hit the same region of the philippines, in northern luzon. yesterday we also had the landfall of another typhoon, falling a bit short of a super typhoon. according to the weather bureau, it was packing wind speeds of 205 metres an hour, with gusts up to 255 kilometres an hour. the diameter of this typhoon is about 900 kilometres. if we are to comparing it with the super typhoon last year, it was only 600 kilometres, although it had higher wind speeds at the time. that one was 235 kilometres an hour. typhoon mangkhut, according to the weather bureau, is 205 kilometres an hour. so it it is 900

philippines it really gives us a sense of the violence the still bearing down on hong kong and southern china where it's expected make landfall later today what is the situation exactly elsewhere in the in the philippines well thankfully the central and southern areas of the philippines have been spared the brunt of the damage however we are seen some there seen some followed of their own now especially in manila we've seen some clips of a cleanup. of a different sort they're having to go through the philippines is of course one of the largest contributors to plastic waste in that region of the world and a lot of the plastic ways and out in the ocean now the storm surge in these extreme winds is bringing much of that plastic ways back into a metro manila to the downtown area and we're seeing pictures and videos posted by using social media of literally tons of trash a plastic waste that's carried back from the the oceans into the islands and least right now it seems like the residents of manila are the only ones left who have to really pick up the pieces ok thank you very much for that aaron.

also coming up time soon mang kluge wars into southern china battering hong kong with gale force winds and torrential rain.

this video taken and also in the north gives a hint of what may lie in store for hong kong and southern china as the storm moves their way. and this news website shows residents of the region around manila confronted with a unique cleanup challenge the flooding from typhoon has carried massive amounts of plastic trash from the sea back onto the island like here in downtown manila where residents are left to pick up the pieces. now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of. rebel leader would have been six years in exile . a group that fought for the separate domination of the people biggest ethnic minority if you will because government removed the group from its title as part of sweeping political reforms. anti-globalization activists staged protests on the tenth anniversary of the collapse of the u.s. investment bank lehman brothers in paris protesters gathered in front of a bank to blast investment policies and tax avoidance schemes activists also protested in frankfurt financial district they say international banking practices have not been adequately reforme

by and but this video gives you an idea of the fury that is now bearing down on hong kong and southern china. the southern and central regions of the philippines was spared the brunt of the storm but at least in the region around manila they've been confronted with a unique challenge of their own and the philippines is one of the biggest contributors of plastic waste in the world and much of it ends up in the waters off the coast the flooding from typhoon monk or however has guided much of that trash back onto the island like here in downtown manila where they're pleased for now residents are left to pick up the pieces. as all the other stories making news around the world iraq's all amount has elected a new speaker and a first step towards forming a government four months after national elections moment how do c. was supported by the iran friendly bloc in the assembly he's a sunni arab and former governor of unbar province. thousands of ethiopians are welcome home a rebel leader. after twenty six years in exile is german of a group that fought for the self-determination of the more people i

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nearly twelve thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in southern china after typhoon brought torrential rain to the city of sunshine it's the twenty sora typhoon to threaten china just this year work has been suspended at more than two hundred construction sites and thousands of emergency vessels on standby meanwhile countries across southeast asia bracing for super typhoon monkhood which is gathering strength near the new. in philippines thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas of the from the cubans main island zone the typhoon is expected to make landfall on saturday with wind speeds of up to two hundred forty kilometers an hour it's expected to be the strongest of fifteen storms which have hit the country this year well meanwhile nasa has released high definition images of hurricane florence as it traveled northwest with one hundred seventy seven kilometers an hour winds approaching the u.s. eastern coast the footage was filmed from the international space station florence is now being downgraded to a category two storm but forecasters warn it could stil

typhoon mangkhut is continuing to wreak havoc across southern china.n in hong kong, macau and the philippines, killing dozens of people as it did so. the region is now beginning to count the cost of the typhoon. monica miller is in our asia business hub in singapore. many are still grappling with the aftermath. monica, it's hard at this stage to try to think about the cost, but of course that has to be dealt with at some point. absolutely. it's reallyjust too ha rd to absolutely. it's reallyjust too hard to tell what the cost will be at the end of the day. the typhoon has been downgraded to a tropical storm which will make matters a bit easier to get to the people that need to assess the damage. we are starting to get some figures in. in southern china, they suffered roughly $30 million in damage according to local news reports, a lot due to the gusts of wind well over 150 kilometres per hour. we're also seeing in macau, the casinos, they were shocked the 33 hours for they were shocked the 33 hours for the first time ever. they lost about $186 million.

people are killed in flooding and landslides in the philippines, as typhoon mangkhut approaches southern chinathe big problem, although not so much in evidence around here, is smashed windows, smashed glass. we've seen lots of this stuff flying around, and that is really dangerous to try to deal with. in the united states, communities on the east coast face "epic amounts of rainfall", as storm florence continues its path of destruction. olympic champion, eliud kipchoge breaks the marathon world record by over a minute in berlin. and with six months to go until the uk leaves the eu, the click team looks technologies that could be used at borders after brexit. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. the prime minister has defended her plan for brexit and revealed she becomes "irritated" when asked how long she'll last in thejob. in an exclusive interview with the bbc‘s nick robinson, theresa may said the debate was not about her future, but the future of the united kingdom. and she was also critical of the former foreign secretary borisjohnson, as our political correspondent chris mason report

dead and hundreds of thousands of homes have been evacuated as monkhood makes its way through southern china two million people have been displaced and about fifty thousand fishing boats have been recalled to port forecasters are warning of widespread flooding the time soon as brought with it winds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour and torrential rains. the strongest storm of the year also lashed hong kong bringing the port city to a standstill hong kong was put on the highest storm alert for only the fourth time in twenty years so reports. the eye of the typhoon hurtle towards hong kong bringing with it down force winds of up to two hundred kilometers an hour roofs were blown off and windows in some high rise buildings were blown out trees were sent flying this crime was ripped from the building and collapsed this is amazing never seen the like this it's it's eerie to see nobody walking around roads were closed and businesses locked up hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in low lying areas with nine hundred flights were canceled interrupting travel plans for thousands o

meanwhile hong kong and parts of southern china are now bracing for severe weather is typhoon mungo travels across the south china sea expected to make landfall on sunday with wind speeds of up to two hundred can always has an hour hundreds of flights have been cancelled in hong kong while old ferry services across china's guangdong province have been suspended the chinese government has issued its second high storm a lot well now to one of our all the top stories members of a rebel group once banned in ethiopia have received a hero's welcome in add to sabah fifteen hundred fighters from the aroma liberation front had been in neighboring eritrea for the past twenty six he is there a ten comes off to prime minister ahmed removes the group from a terrorist bomb a vile has known. the jubilant crowd in the each open capital addis ababa on saturday supporters of the almighty variation from wellcome leader doubt if saw home after years in exile in neighboring. island fifteen hundred or less fighters accompanied him among the welcoming party or lefts general secretary because despite his frail con

well typhoon mt hood has now we can but not before making landfall in southern china forecasters are still warning that strong winds and heavy rain will last until tuesday at least four people were killed because of falling trees and construction materials across the province of guangdong cleanup efforts are underway in hong kong a big cleanup operation there also underway after one could cause widespread damage and flooding hundreds of roads across the city have been blocked because of fallen trees and debris flights of slowly begun to resume but many public transport services remain suspended causing huge traffic jams in court is one of the most powerful storms to hit the territory in two decades. moving on denuclearization will dominate talks at tuesday's summit between the leaders of north and south korea and south korea's president when jean will travel to pyongyang for what will be his third meeting with kim jong un this year moon is trying to revive stalled talks between north korea and the united states he's expected to push mr kim to make what he's calling bold moves towards

two people have been killed after typhoon mongered barreled into southern china bringing to wrenshaw rains and winds of one hundred sixty two kilometers per hour more than two point four million people have been evacuated from guangdong province fifty thousand fishing boats have been called but port authority or hong kong bore the brunt of its force in the city was effectively shot. while over in the philippines the death toll from the typhoon has risen to fifty three and that number is expected to grow dozens of others a missing and feared buried in a landslide getting thirty miners in could guy in province sights korea's president is preparing to play chief negotiator between washington and pyongyang at a summit with the north korean leader in will travel to pyongyang and choose the to hold talks with kim jong un is said to be the third meeting between the two leaders and the first since kim summit with the u.s. president. to do it isn't it once i was there they were the president has explained the goal of the upcoming summit the first is to improve and develop into a career relati