. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to, i am stephen cole you are watching al jazerra from doha.ing up in the next half hour. >> i am jane ferguson in kabul and i will be reporting on the high-profile assassination on the first day of the muslim holiday. >> back to the negotiating table world leaders arrive in geneva to discuss the future of iran's nuclear program. >>> and the final frontier. leaping for joy. china celebrates 10 years of space exploration. ♪ ♪ >>> but first, at least 20 people have been killed, many more have been injured in the central philippines by an earthquake. it was a magnitude 7.2 quake that hit the island. the power has been cut, many buildings have been destroyed. the area is a popular tourist destination. rescue workers are searching for survivors. robert pool is a journalist from tokyo on holiday there when the earthquake hit and joins me for you on the line. 7.2 magnitude quake, robert a powerful earthquake. tell us what you saw or heard. >> reporter: well, i was riding a bike outside of one of the main cities when it happened. obviously i was on the

welcome on am stephen cole you are watching al jazerra life there doug doha. coming up a powerful typhoon kills 14 people in japan as it seeps up the country's east coast. united states has warned its credit rating could be downgraded as a budget stalemate continues. and dancing down to rio. bosnia celebrates reaching the

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to, i am stephen cole you are watching al jazerra from doha. in the next half hour. >> i am jane ferguson in kabul and i will be reporting on the high-profile assassination on the first day of the muslim holiday. >> back to the negotiating table world leaders arrive in geneva to discuss the future of iran's nuclear program.

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome i am stephen cole this is al jazerra from doha.ing up in the next half hour. warpings of tougher times to come in china. and oasis in an arid land the discovery of new water supplies in drought stricken northern kenya. and searching for treasure, one man's dream has led to his search for $50 billion of gold. ♪ ♪

. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome i am stephen cole this is al jazerra from dough ma.ing up in the next half hour. survivors of the philippines earthquake face new challenges as supplies of food and clean water start to run out. >>> kenya is missing billions, minister is asked to explain why a third of the government's purse is unaccounted for. >>> and why a good read is still a page turner in india. ♪ ♪ >>> but first, the u.s. federal employees are going back to work after congress vote today reopen government and raise the debt ceiling. ideal to resolve the financial crisis was finally approved in the early hours of the morning, but it may only be a temporary meant and as al jazerra's white house correspondent reports, many americans are worried that politicians took so long to reach this agreement. >> without objection the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: and with that, a temporary reprieve for the global economy. the u.s. will not default on its debt. for the american people, their government will now reopen. for at least the next three months. president obama exp

welcome on am stephen cole you are watching al jazerra life there doug doha. coming up a powerful typhoon kills 14 people in japan as it seeps up the country's east coast. united states has warned its credit rating could be downgraded as a budget stalemate continues. and dancing down to rio. bosnia celebrates reaching the world cup finals for the first time think find out who else joins them in brazil. ♪ ♪ >>> but first a major rescue operation has started in the philippines after a powerful earthquake hit the central island. the death toll is now standing at 107. but that's expected to rise. only a handsful of people have been pulled alive from the rubble. the government says as many as 2 million people may be affected by the earthquake that reached 7.2 on the richter scale. let's gets more. you are in one of the places worst affected by the earthquake. tell me more about what it's like there. >> reporter: well, in fact, aftershocks are very much still being felt here where we are. one of the areas most devastated just a identify minutes ago quite a strong af

. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome i am stephen cole this is al jazerra from doha.ing up in the next half hour. warpings of tougher times to come in china. and oasis in an arid land the discovery of new water supplies in drought stricken northern kenya. and searching for treasure, one man's dream has led to his search for $50 billion of gold. ♪ ♪ >>> but first, more than 20 wild fires are burning out of control through the state of new south wales in australia. dozens of homes have been destroyed. hundreds of people have been evacuated. most severe fires are concentrated around the state capitol, sydney. they have been described as the worst in the state in a decade. katlyn mcgee has the story. >> reporter: the flames have no mercy. >> pretty much i was in the house and it came through pretty quick. you know, you gotta be prepared for those things. >> did you save your house? >> i don't know. i put a bit of water on it and did the best that i could. >> reporter: officials say almost 100 fires are burning, some of them completely out of control. >> we have got more t

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. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome i am stephen cole this is al jazerra from dough ma.ing up in the next half hour. survivors of the philippines earthquake face new challenges as supplies of food and clean water start to run out. >>> kenya is missing billions, minister is asked to explain why a third of the government's purse is unaccounted for. >>> and why a good read is still a page turner in india. ♪