. >>> and we're in the southern philippines where a new generation of child soldiers is emerging and they're more violent than ever before. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >>> quick recap now on al jazeera's top stories and talks between greece and its creditors will resume on thursday after late night negotiations failed to make progress. greece could default on a $1.7 billion payment due next week and risk being pushed out of the euro zone. >>> the islamic state of iraq appears to be reinforcing its syrian strong hold of raqqa. isil fighters have begun digging trenches around the city. >>> the boston marathon bomber has apologized to victims of the 2013 attack in a court hearing where he was sentenced to death >>> in armenia, plans to -- armenia's only power supplier is controlled by russia and protesters accuse it of taking advantage of its monopoly. >>reporter: i

an armed group operating in the southern philippines. years later he is still too afraid to show his face. >> what happened to me is done. i can't go pack to it now. but i don't want my children to go through what i went through. >> he grew up in an island in the southern most part of the philippines long held back by poverty and armed rebellion. the number of child soldiers recruits here is still unknown, the problem has remained on the back burner for too long, and as a result a new generation of rebels has emerged. in this exclusive video obtained by al jazeera a new group of fighters is presented and they are getting younger they are called sons of martyrs that's because most of their fathers were also members and were kills fighting the government. some of this recruits are as young as 14 years of age according to the military, they are involves in kidnapping extortion, and terrorism and they are far more violent than the previous fighters because they are also involved in illicit drugs. they are eninch kateed poor and marginalized.

in the second part of our special series from the southern philippines, our correspondent reports one to save a new generation of child soldiers. >> reporter: he has been living a quiet life for over a decade now, but his past remains vivid. he was a child soldier at the age of 12. encouraged by his four brothers who were part of the first recruits for an armed group operating in southern philippines. years later, he is still too afraid to show his face. >> translator: what happened to me is done. i can't go back to it now. but i don't want my children to go through what i went through. >> reporter: abdul group up on an island in the southern most part of the philippines long held back by poverty and armed rebellion. the number of child soldiers recruited here is still unknown. the government admits the problem has remained on the back burner for too long and as a result a new generation of child soldiers has emerged. ♪ >> reporter: in this exclusive video, a new group of fighters is presented, and they are getting younger. they are called the sons of martyrs, that's because most of

the southern region of the philippines has been plagued by violence for decades. there are several armed groups operating in the area, and they are recruiting children in the second part of our special series from the southern philippines. reports on the battle to save a new generation. of child soldiers. >> he has been living a quiet life, but he says his past remains just as vivid. encouraged by his four brothers who were part of the first recruits an armed group operating in the southern philippines. years later he is still too agrayed to show his face. >> what happens to me is done i can't go back to it now but i don't want my children to go through what i went through he group up in an island of the southern most part of the philippines. >> the number of child soldiers recruited here is still unknown, the government admits the problem has remained in the back burner for too long and as a result, a new generation of rebels has emerged in this exclusive video obtains by al jazeera a new group of fighters is presented. and they are getting younger. they are call

al jazeera southern philippines. >> in part three of our series of special reports from the southern philippines we find out how a local tradition is giving women a chance to rebuild their lives. that's on friday, here on al jazeera. >> myanmar's parliament voted to retain the military's veto power on key decisions. lawmakers argue that myanmar's transi guess to democracy in 2011 was still fragile and needed protection. it confirmed that opposition leader cannot become president in this year's election. >> a volcano eruption in west indonesia led to thousands of evacuations from people in their home. it has been spewing ash and lava. once considered a dormant volcano that erupted in 2013 and has continued to rumble. al jazeera's stephanie decker sends this update. >> we've just had an eruption probably an hour ago. it was absolutely peltryifying. we're in a village further in, interviewing some of the military that were there handing out masks to villagers and all of a sudden, all the children started running and we could see this massive cloud. we ran forward and we could see it just

. >>> fighting in the southern philippines have affected generations of people.re than 150,000 have been killed and millions made homeless, and many women caught up in the fighting are afraid of being kidnapped by rival chance. in the first of a they were report, we have reports from bec fromasilan. >> this woman's world is torn apart by shame. she was abducted with other female members of her family. they were taken by gunpoint and held hostage for almost a week. the details of their capture too painful to share. >> where do we go for our situation? the military? the police? we fear for our lives because we're kidnapped victims. we're women in the middle of the war. this is part of our culture. >> it was a dispute between warring chance here. a century's old practice. this is basilan. an island in the southern-most part of the philippines long held back by war and poverty. clan wars can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of this war's biggest shame. women are either used as a bargaining chip forced into mar

. >>> fighting in the southern philippines affected generations of filipinos. more than 150,000 have been killed, and million more made homeless in min dan awe. as reported women caught up in the fighting are afraid of being kidnapped by rival clans. >> reporter: sameera's world is torn apart by shame. in 2013, she was abducted with other female members of her family. they were taken at gun point and held hostage by the captors for a week. the details of their capture too painful to share. >> translation: where do we go >> translation: where do we go first. the military, the police, we fear for our lives because we are kidnap victims. we are women in the war, this is part of our culture. >> reporter: it was a dispute between warring clans here, a century's old practice. this is an island in the southern most part of the philippines, long-held back by war and poverty. family squabbles over land and politics can escalate into armed conflict and can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of shame. women are used

it is home to one of the biggest indigenous crimes in the southern philippines. this woman has been a weaver all her life a skill he learnt. she is raising four children making less then $20 a month. >> translation: this is all right. life is not great. between household chores and a small income i'm happy. we do the best we can. she is teacher her daughter to weave. not erp is keeping up the tradition. the weaving is a century's old tradition. it is one that is dying out. skills are not taught but weavers lacked financial capacity to continue. a 3-meter long mat takes 2 months to make. the patterns are create individually. made from pineapple and other fabrics, they are died using tree bark and herbal extracts. >> materials are expensive. there's a few weavers and buyers. here, the fabrics are expensive so not a lot of people buying. you are looking at ways to market it. luckily we have people to help us in the industry. >> reporter: local merchants invested to cope the industry alive. the value is behind many. weaving is a refuge. weaving helped the wounds to h

the sea land is home to one of the biggest indigenous tribes in the southern philippines.n a weaver all her life. it's a skill she says she learned from her ancestors. she's raising four children on her own making less than 20 u.s. dollars a month. >> translator: this is all right. life is not great but between household chores and a small income i am happy. we do the best that we can. >> reporter: it she is teaching her daughter thousand weave. but not everyone is keeping up the traditions. weaver is a centuries old tradition, but it is one that is slowly dieing out. not only because the skills are not being taught to the younger generation but also because weeks here lack the financial capacity to continue. a three-meter long mat takes at least two months to make, the patterns are created individually, no pattern is the same. made from pine apple fabrics they are died using tree park anderand herbal extracts. >> the culture of weaving is slowly dieing, materials are expensive, there are only a few weaves left and there are only few buyers as well. for example here, the f

. >>> fighting in the southern pill fiend-- philippines have kills thousands.men caught up in the fighting are afraid of being kidnapped by rival clans. >> reporter: her world is one torn apart by shame. in 2013, she was abducted along with other female members of her family. they were taken at gunpoint inside their house, and were held hostage by their captors for almost a week. the details of their capture too painful to share. >> translator: where do we go for our situation in the military? the police? we fear for our lives because we are kidnap victims. we are women in the middle of the war. this is part of our culture. >> reporter: it was a dispute between warring clans here. a century's old practice. this is an island in the southern-most part of the philippines long held back by war and poverty. family family squabbling can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of this war's biggest shame. women are either used as a bargaining chip forced into marriages, or used as payment for dowries. very few women c

but they want to have a say on how the veilic will be reconstructed >>> the southern philippines has been plagued by violencement several armed groups operate in the area and are recruiting children. in the second part of a special series. jamilla reports on the battle to save a new generation of child soldiers. >> reporter: he's been living a quiet life for over a decade. abdul says the past is just as vivid. he was a child soldiers at the age of 12, encouraged by his four brothers would were past of the recruits. years later he's too afraid to show his face. >> translation: what happened to me is done. i can't go back to it now. i don't want my children to go through what i went through. >> reporter: abdul grew up in an island in the southern most part of philippines, held back by poverty and armed rebellion. the numbers of child soldiers recruited is unknown. the problem has remained in the backburner for too long. as a result a generation of rebels has emerged. >> in this video obtained by al jazeera, a group of fighters is presented. they are getting younger. they are called son

it is home to one of the biggest indigenous tribes in the southern philippines, she has been a weaver all her life, a skill she learned from her ancestors. she i see raising four children on her own making less than 20 u.s. dollars a month. this is all right. life is not great but between chores and a small income, i am happy. we do the best we can. >> she is teaching her daughters to weave. >> it is a century's old tradition. it is one that is slowly dying out. not only because the skills are not taught to the younger generation but also because weavers lack the financial capacity to continue. >> a mat takes three months to make, the patterns created individually. no pattern is the same. made from pine apple, they are died using tree bark and herbs. >> the culture is slowly dying. materials are expensive. there are only a few weavers left and a few beers, as well. the fab fabrics are expensive. we are looking to market it and luckily have people within the industry. >> local merchants have been investing to keep the industry alive. the weaving is marketability but its value goes beyo

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. >>> fight in this southern philippines has affected generations of tip pianos.e than 100 -- filipinos. more than 150,000 killed and million more are homeless, many women caught up in the fighting are afraid of being kidnapped by rival clans. >> reporter: her world is one torn apart by shame n2013, she was abducted along with other female members of her family. they were taken at gun point inside their house and held hostage by their captors for almost a week. the details of their capture too painful for share. >> translator: where do we go for our situation? the military? the police. we fear for our lives because we are kidnap victim says. we are women in the middle of the war, this is part of our culture. >> reporter: it was a dispute between warring clans here, a centuries old practice. this is an island in the southern most part of the philippines long held back by war and poverty. family squabbles overlapped or politics here can easily escalate in to armed conflict and can last for generations. women and children are at the partheart of it. abduction of wome

arms and form a lasting peace by working with the government so that their portions of the southern philippines will begin to live without fear they say. rebel fighters have been against the government in fighting a protracted war of sorts, for almost half a century. >> yes, the peace deal took many years to reach, didn't it? >> yes, indeed it did. over 17 years discussion between the front and several administrations. now the president - his term ends next year and he says he's making it his mission not just to see that the peace deal has been signed but that the basic law that sets up an autonomous entity for the muslim nation will see the light of day. he wants to see this basically given a solid foundation before he steps down in 2016 >>> thank you very much once again. live for us from the capital of the philippines. >> opposition politicians in australia are reluctant to say if agents paid people smugglers when they were in government. the current prime minister tony abbott will not confirm if they were bribed. it's suggested previous governments may have done the same. same. >> australia

>> we are in the southern philippines and this is quite an important photo because it says at the level that this kind of interface work can happen this is a language that basically means brotherhood and cooperation. we have one of our key leaders, a trustee, muslim who has been working with others to start work with the military on peacekeeping measures in mindanao. >> why is he giving you a pumpkin? >> [ laughter ] >> this is this beautiful -- >> it's a basket with fruit and food in it. it looks like a pumpkin from here. >> i should say that in mindanao our people there worked with the rebel leaders, military and government and were a key factor in what has brought about the peace agreement working with the united nations, again uri and united nations working together to bring about the recent signing of the treaty that has brought peace to that world. >> that stops violence between whom? >> in mindanao between rebel groups that were part of the rebel groups and between the military and it was part of a christian muslim clash as well so we did working bring all of those treaties toget

. >>> and we'll meet the women of southern philippines and find out more about their dream to keep theradition of weaving alive. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> a stunning moment at the supreme court, the justices in a 5-4 ruling legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. and mourning in charleston the city pauses to mourn a pastor gunned down at the emanual ame church president obama will deliver the eulogy. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris we are covering two major stories today. take a look at these live picture from charleston south carolina where the funeral is taking place right now for fast for and state senator, clementa pinckney. he was murdered inside the emanual ame church along with eight others. >>> but first the ground breaking rules from the supreme court legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. president obama said today, we have quote, made our union a little more perfect. our adam may has been at the supreme court since this decision came down taking in a lot of reaction. saddam set that scene from any the steps there at the supreme

basic love that will serve as a foundation or an expanded autonomous muslim region in the southern philippines. president aquino wants this done before the end of his term. >> until this, very little paid attention to what was long seen as the minority muslim problem but are paying attention now. mistrust remains high and public opinion is divided. >> one thing everyone here seems to agree on is that peace is a shared goal. agreeing on a shared solution, though, is still a struggle. al jazeera manila. >> you can get more on that story and all the others we've been telling you about if you head to aljazeera.com. you can see our front page there with our lead story. deadly collapse, a balcony in berkeley california gave way at a late night party. investigators are now trying to figure out why. >> dangerous weather, tropical storm bill is bringing more rain and wind to water logged the accident. >> he is running reality star donald trump said he wants to be the next president of the united states.

this is an island in the southern-most part of the philippines long held back by war and poverty.families squabble over land and property can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of this war's biggest shame. women are either used as a bargaining chip, forced into marriages or used as payment for dowryies very few women come forward and file cases against their abductors here. the process in the courts are slow, and women find themselves even more polarized. their abductions is considered taboo and difficult to discuss openly. instead families choose violence as a means to solve disputes. blood money is often exchanged and women are left to cope with the trauma on their own. >> i think they need to make the institutions work in communities one way, of course, is educating them, informing them about their lives and so they can really promote these rights. >> there are organizations helping to assist welcome caught in armed conflict. they're willing to provide counseling. women must not be seen as a commodity here they say and edu

ratify the basic law that will serve as a foundation for an expanded aton mouse region in the southern philippinese president wants this done before his term ends. >> until recently, very few filipinos pays attention to what was long seen as the minority muslim brother, but they are paying attention now despite efforts mistrust remains high and public opinion is wided one thing everyone here seems to agree on is that peace is a shared goal. agreeing on a shared solution though, is still a struggle. >> al jazeera, manila. all right now great news for chocolate loverrers. eating up to 100-grams of chocolate a day could loor the risk of stroke and heart disease from london. >> so decadent, so delicious, and not so bad for us as we thought. it seemed eating chocolate every day is links to a loor risk of heart disease and stroke, looking at the eating habits of 21,000 people, researchers discovered those that eight more chocolate also weighed less, exercised more wereless obese and less likely to have type two diabeteses. they are not saying that eating chocolate makes you healthier, but there may be n

yet to ratify the basic law that serves as a foundation for an expanded autonomous region in southern philippines. the president aquino wants it done before his term ends next year. until recently few paid attention to what was seen as a minority muslim problem. they are paying attention. mistrust is high and public opinion is divided. one thing everyone agrees on is that piece is a shared goal agreeing on a shared solution >>> the clock is slowly winding down on greece and it's european lenders to reach a deal avoiding default and an exit from the eurozone. greek's prime minister addressed lawmakers, and blasted international creditors, calling the demands for cuts unattainable. >> translation: the time has come for europe to talk seriously, not just about greece's future but the future of the us open. will it insist on leading a country and people. and pave the way for democracy and solidarity. >> greece is set to default on a 1.8 billion repayment on june 30th unless a deal is reached. negotiations are expected to go until thursday. >>> before you think about overindulging. stay with us for re

but they want to have a say on how the village will be >>> the southern philippines has >>> in armenia demonstrations over plans to raise electricity prices continued for a third night. protesters accused the russian company of taking advantage of their monopoly. we have this update. >> reporter: traditional dancing gives you a sense of divide. it's optimistic it's relasted. people genuinely have grievances. they want to sea an end and the monopoly putting a hole in the economy of this country. what protesters say is this is not a protest against russia, but a russian country that has gone too far. it has a monopoly on electricity supplies in armenians, and a 16% price hike is too much for ordinary people. a third of armenian population live below the poverty line. the crowd has been growing. it's been hot in the day time. come over here, we have makeshift barriers. at the far end we have the police. now, the other day they tried to fire water canons at the protesters to shift people. instead of frightening people away it had the opposite effect. >>> coming up on this programme - i'm i

this is an island in the southern-most part of the philippines long held back by war and poverty. family family squabbling can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of this war's biggest shame. women are either used as a

one here is still providing some rainfall over the southern areas of the philippines. and then we have a low that is expected to become a tropical depression by tomorrow. and this has become a tropical depression. this one will likely intensify into a tropical storm and then head on as the week progresses. kagoshima, you've had nearly 1300 millimeters of rainfall since the beginning of june. more rain is anticipated. that's record-breaking levels. an additional 100 or 200 millimeters likely for many areas of western japan. flooding mudslides, all of them continued risk. and rain will likely head to hakone where the eruption was reported. so rain expected in hakone by tomorrow. temperatures are going to be 24 degrees in tokyo with rainy weather on wednesday. quite hot in beijing, 33 degrees. and down towards the south, 38 degrees. the extremely high temperatures are once again heating the western areas of the united states and parts of western canada. you can see the clockwise circulation this indicates. there's a high pressure sitting here. this will continue to sit he

this is an island in the southern most part of the philippines, long-held back by war and poverty. family squabbles over land and politics can escalate into armed conflict and can last for generations. women and children are at the heart of it. abduction of women is one of shame. women are used as a bargaining ship forced into memories or used as dowry. the process in the courts are slow. and women find themselves more polarized. the abduction taboo and difficult to discuss openly. instead families choose violence as a means to solve disputes. blood money is exchanged and women left to cope with the trauma on their own. >> we need to make work in communities. one way, of course is as we said educating them. informing them about their lives and how to avail of it so they can promote these rites. >> there are those in the field helping women caught in the conflict. they are willing to provide counselling. women must not be een as a comoddity. change may not happen son. until then women are bound to suffer. >>> burundi's ruling party boycotted u.n. led peace talks. opposition politici

they're all part of what the problem was that led to the muslims in the southern part of the country feeling not a part of the philippine nation and he says it is time to indeed correct thatterthat thatter notion. >>> in haiti where the u.n. has had a peacekeeping mission for a decade the record said some workers had -- and electrical goods were handed over by the soldiers. it's clear it's still going on. one victim of a rape in haiti ten years ago told al jazeera she reported the attack to the u.n. but never heard anything more. >> children used to stand around the camp waiting on the soldiers to give them bread and cookies so i stood there too. one of them called me over. i thought he was going to give me something to eat. when i got there, he pulled my inside the barbed wire covered my mouth, and raped me. >>reporter: in 2003 a policy of zero tolerance was created but they say it's not working. >> it makes one sad to think that the united nations which is supposed to be the gold standard for gender equality and for ending sexual violence around the world would even consider for a split second the notion that it's rom

southern part. the marines pivoted north to roll up the island while the army mops up in the south. [inaudible] it was the battle officially of philippine sea but was also called the great mariana turkey shoot. for five hours, they ran roughshod. they killed 425 japanese aircraft and they killed 65 of the remaining 100 japanese planes the next day which broke the back of the japanese naval air power. they sang three carriers and damaged a fourth and sank to oil tankers. the japanese did not have the same logistic line we had our not able to replace any of that. for that reason, the navy and air was not a factor for the rest of the war. they were just tearing up the japanese navy and air force. over the next several days, now that they did not have to worry about japanese air or naval bombardment, they could breathe easier. they were rolling up north and now they were moving through what they call death valley. they wanted to force the japanese as far north as they could so they could consolidate them. they did not want to leave anything behind. they wanted to kill or capture. during the pivot north on june 20 2, 2 battalions each were g