he heads up a joint task force of the philippine military. today, the general and his men are actively working to save more than a dozen kidnap victims held by islamic extremists. the day before, one of the general's men was shot and six terrorists killed. was the fighting yesterday related to the kidnappings or something different? gen. sobejana: yes, it's part of our rescue effort. sharyl: the battle actually goes back decades. gen. sobejana: that island is the island province of basilan. i was stationed there in the 1990's, and i was even wounded in that island. seriously wounded, becau body. sharyl: fighting abu sayyaf? gen. sobejana: fighting abu sayyaf. sharyl: abu sayyaf is considered one of the most violent islamic jihadist groups, responsible for the philippines' worst terrorist attack, the 2004 bombing of a ferry that murdered 116 people. sobejana received the philippine medal of honor for his heroics in fighting abu sayyaf in the 1990's. two decades later, abu sayyaf is now said to be lining up with isis, prompting some to make the

, what we call the west philippine sea. now you haven't heard any mention of that at all, right? so how do we redefine power and relationships in this new thing. will business decide it all? and if that's the case, how do you define corruption issues, for example? these have not really been addressed. >> gwynn -- and this is my last question for you. given that president does seem to have a warm rapport with president trump, do you think the philippines will be more assertive in pushing back against chinese military expansion in the south china sea, or will that not happen because the philippine president is afraid of the consequences? >> in some ways in economics, this is a better place for the philippines. not only do we still have the united states, and even insecurity and morale with the united states played a role in that. but now china is much more aggressively working with and bringing in investments. and here is the wild card, russia. all of the sudden when president trump duterte went to beijing on a state visit, he

the iraqi town of kolob also coming out. u.s. president donald trump meets his philippines counterpart but we go to terence a outside the summit of asian leaders in manila hundreds of protesters demonstrating against their policy. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us rescuers are scrambling at this hour to help the earthquake victims on the iran iraq border now that after a seven point three magnitude quake struck about thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of law late sunday a rainy and fishel say the tremor killed at least three hundred people in iran alone a baghdad has yet to report an official death toll but hundreds of iraqis are known to have been injured. when the earth began to shake the shoppers began to run. other states. this reporter escaped injury as the tremor shook his studio. and baghdad these residents knew all too well how quakes can turn buildings into death traps. suddenly the glass is dropped off the table that was very strange the fog was shaking we were so afraid that we had to run out of the house because our house is an old one. you know but m

come out of his meeting here in the philippines? >>> talk to administration officials, one of the discussions has been surrounding trade and the economy. the other big topic has been north korea, as well. i think on the first half of the president's trip a big focus on kim jong-un. the president's speech this morning saying he would never call him short and fat. the leader of north korea, of course. but i think that when you shift into the second part of this trip as we have done here in vietnam and in the fill pence the focus is going to be more on trade, more on the imbalances that the countries the president is visiting and talking to and the united states. again, gordon talked about the trans-pacific partnership and what that has done to some other relationships in the region. that is going to be critical as you look ahead. i think if you ask people outside the administration, if you ask analysts and he perts, especially human rights advocates they are looking to see how human rights comes up. there's always, listen, rodrigo dute

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let's go to manila in the philippines where u.s. president donald trump is speaking at the asean summit. let's listen in. >> president duterte, distinguished leaders, friends and partner, i'm honored to represent the united states of america at this u.s. asean commemorative summit. we gathered today at a time of great promise and great challenge. i speak to you on behalf of 350 million americans with a message of friendship and partnership. i'm here to advance peace, to promote security, and to work with you to achieve a truly free and open indo pacific where we are proud and we have sovereign nations, and we thrive, and everybody wants to prosper. this year we mark 40 years of friendship and cooperation between the united states and this organization. it's a long time. i also want to congratulate asean on 50 years of promoting peace and prosperity and stability in southeast asia and in the broader indo-pacific region. rodrigo, i would like to commend you on your success as asean chair at this very critical moment in time, and in the

president dollars for trump's visit to the philippines now and there have been clashes between police and demonstrators in central manila as the u.s. president met his counterparts at a regional summit regional security there a very high teams using water cannon on the anti trump demonstrators in the filipino capital protesters are angry over the president's visit they say it will worsen the human rights situation in the country away from the crowds leaders took part in the opening ceremony for the two day summit trump also met his filipino counterpart rodrigo to terror on the sidelines of the event describing their relationship as great afterwards and while the white house has been saying that the president would be taking up the issue of human rights in all let's go now to the deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch feel i'm kind joins us from bangkok thanks for being with us this morning president to territories war and drugs the extrajudicial killings of cost thousands of lives do you see president trump addressing that in manila. it's pretty clear that the pres

>> tonight here in the philippines is the easiest part. it's dinner that he is going to have and then he turns in for an early night. the president, of course, a busy day tomorrow. he has bilateral meetings with the prime minister of australia and india. everybody is looking at the meeting with rodrigo deter -- duterte. human rights groups around the world have been pointing the spotlight on this for well over a year now as duterte administration has targeted not only drug dealers but drug users as well with killings and overcrowding jails and it just has been a chorus of condemnation from across the world from human rights group. the white house says the president plans to bring that up with president duterte but how does he do that? does he make a public statement about that? the interesting more so because the white house also says that president trump has a warm rapport with the president of the philippines and so how does that complicate this issue moving forward and how willing will president trump be to address these allegations? we

the last leg, president trump arrives in the philippines. why the meeting with their leader could be perilous. >> i believe he believes that and it's very important for somebody to believe. >> believe it or not, the president offers a clarification on whether he believes vladimir putin or u.s. intelligence agencies. >>> fallout, defiant roy moore faces a crowd for the first time. reaction from both sides as the man accused of sexual misconduct fights to stay in the race for senate. >>> and lobbyists are scrambling as politicians look to slash critical deductions. next on msnbc live. >>> and new this morning, president trump arriving in the philippines a little more than an hour ago and clearing up comments he made about russia's interference in the election. here's what he told reporters last night about his conversation with vladimir putin. >> i'm surprised that there is any conflict on this. what i said there is that i believe he believes that. i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believ

leaders to the region and decades and has an ambitious agenda he was welcomed to the philippines by his host president's words rigo detent say the two will attend to the audience on most of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks. the protesters were ready for him flag burning and band trumped chance met by police water cannons in manila president trump has arrived in the philippines the last stop on his five country twelve day visit to asia. at the dinner the mood was considerably more serene with trump in town the southeast asian development and cooperation group is holding its thirty first summit and marking its fiftieth anniversary despite the display of unity several of those states are in fierce competition for regional influence china has made sweeping claims to the south china sea something the philippines and other regional nations vigorously dispute trump said he'd like to mediate the tense situation an offer that was hardly embraced by philippine president. but the left. either. human rights observers are waiting to see what if any criticism tru

meanwhile fbi agents in the philippines were working sources on the ground. word was that gerfa and kevin had been taken to one of abu sayyaf's strongholds. basilan, a large island about four hours by boat from where they'd been kidnapped. to a base camp deep in what was nearly impenetrable jungle. >> we travelled to basilan to talk with politicians there, who may have had some influence over this group. >> heiko had the fbi to help, but government money? no. >> they don't pay ransom. the government doesn't pay ransom. any decisions that e made regarding ransoms are really made by the family. >> it was to me, notice choice. i know i want to pay, just to make sure they are safe. >> the week after the kidnapping heiko wired a ransom payment. close to $5,000 to a bank account in the philippines. >> i was thinking, pay them money and it's over. but they started wanting more and more and more. >> more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from $10 million, to $2 million, then $1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they p

it's also the last leg of the president's asia tour and all eyes will be on how he deals with the philippines controversial president drew good detective we'll go to manila for the latest. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visits boss alona for the first time since imposing direct rule we'll find out what it means. plus a first for the arab world the movie abu dhabi opens its doors to the public the billion dollar project promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of on. i mean you just keep money welcome to the program president donald trump has arrived in manila it's the last leg of his asia tour the most ambitious trip by a u.s. . president in decades trump was welcomed by his host philippines president rodrigo detective the u.s. president is in manila to attend the asean summit of asia pacific leaders which has just got underway a one on one with the filipino leader is also expected to take place. but we're now joined by a correspondent on the santos who's in manila it's good to see you so what can we expect from that meeting between trump and detective. well

the human rights concerns are awful in the philippines. what the obama administration tried to do was to try to step back a little bit from some of the cooperation with the philippines on the security side while making sure we were not andrmining our interests not publicly embracing president duterte. what president trump has done so president duterte date, not raise any concerns about his human rights record. confusing signal and will be detrimental to our interests. a warmer trump has had personal relationship with president duterte. at the moment, there is less friction and tension in the bilateral relationship. on the military side, we continue to move toward in terms of the cooperation between our on theies in making good deal that was a military deal struck under the obama administration with the previous philippines administration to boost military cooperation between the countries. that is a good thing. is a lack of ag concern on the united states part about the human rights. is in missouri. caller: hello. i'm sorry that you are not

bustling, sprawling south east asian capital city of the philippines. illion people. the world's most densely populated city. ♪ i light a candle, put the presents around the tree ♪ but it is christmas. a twinkly, festive wonderland where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. >> woman: hello! merry christmas. >> anthony: because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. tink i'm talking shit? keep watching. [ motorcycle revving ] >> fritz: good afternoon everyone. we're the band called keystone. ♪ >> anthony: ofw stands for overseas filipino worker, and philippis'laest and most important exports. people. go abroad, make money, improve the quality of life for the whole family. all over the world, the philippines sends architects, doctors, construction workers, nurses, housekeepers, nannies. the entire filipino economy relies heavily on the money sent back by more than 10 million ofws. roughly $30 thirty u.s. a year or about 10% of the nation's gdp. until rec

summit as the venue to drive to the human rights crisis in the philippines that's been brought about by president detect as war on drugs what about the reception that donald trump received as detectors government believe he really has one to trump over well you know it was you're talking about the protesters the message to him is clearly he is not welcome but you contrast that with the welcome that the president of the philippines president the charity has given him and you see really a lot of water you saw a lot of ribbing between the two men joking president child came in a traditional barrow took a lot he was also if you say been sprayed is using suppressive terms like tremendous fantastic so it seems that there is a warm relationship between the two men and that wasn't enjoyed by the predecessor of president trump i know we saw some of those images of the protests about where do most filipinos stand on donald trump. well the most filipinos don't trust him i have to state that. we got from a lot of the protesters was. distrust that americans feel for is something that they can iden

trumps not welcome protests in the philippines as the u.s. president meets as the enemy does saudi arabia says it will reopen yemen's apples to allow much needed aid for millions of people on the brink of starvation. a crime against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all story of campaign against civilians. well than two hundred people have died in a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck near iraq's border with iran another two and a half thousand people have been injured the epicenter was actually iraq thirty kilometers southwest of the town of her it cools widespread damage in both countries charlotte ballasts reports a hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found at a party don't point i fell from the balcony it was so fossilized should be a small piece of glass fell on my hand and it got injured but new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that were during the earthquake my hand hit the glass and the glass broke going into

us where he's expected to hold a one on one with the philippines president fredricka. it's the last week of his thirteen day asia tour. that's all for now but they sure to tune in for a more news at the top of the hour and meantime you can log on t v dot com for more news updates thanks for watching. q what does a football loving country need to reach its goals q i will tell you.

what would make it a success for the president to leave the philippines? at would make it a success? >> i think a success would be conveying this message, would be conveying that the united states doesn't tolerate these kinds of abuses, yet, opening the door to negotiation and conversation, not necessarily friendship. i think that is what you're looking for with diplomacy. >> errol louis and julian zeleny, we appreciate your perspectives. thank you. >> thank ou. >>> can we take that shot of the arrivals live? take it full here? we are awaiting president trump arriving here. we have seen several world leaders pull up here for the welcome ceremony in manila at the start of this summit. there will be an official welcome and we hope to hear from president trump this morning. if that happens, we will bring this to you. again, live pictures from man a manila. >>> a former deputy district attorney who worked with alabama senate nominee roy moore back in the 1970s. coming up, hear what she says was common knowledge about his dating life at the time. needles. essen

for an terror to the philippines. backnts to bring [indiscernible] these are things that are not beneficial to the filipino people. amy: president trump was in manila for the opening of a summit of the association of southeast asian nations or asean. the regional body is facing criticism for failing to address the crisis in burma where the united nations has accused the burma ofobama of -- waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya muslims. burmese leader and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi spoke in manila but did not mention the crisis. aung san suu kyi was once a critic of asean's policy of non-interference. in 1999, when she was fighting for democracy in burma, she wrote -- "this policy of non-interference is just an excuse for not helping. in this day anand age,e, you cat avoid interference in the matters of other countries." in other news from asia, the u.s. and north korea openly traded insults over the weekend. north korea described trump as a warmonger and an old lunatic. trump respo

according to the philippine palace, it did not arise. this of course all in response to what has been, as you said, a bloody drug war here. duterte very proudly going after what he says are the people behind the drug scourge in this country, killing thousands, much criticized by human rights activists because these have happened without benefit of judge or jury. here's what the philippine spokesman for duterte had to say. i'm quoting here. that trump appeared sympathetic, in fact, when duterte discussed the drug menace and did not have any official position on the matter and was merely nodding his head, indicating that he understood the domestic problem that we have faced on drugs. now, publicly at joint statements we just heard, the two men talked about the economy. the president largely praising what's going on back home. take a listen. >> i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night, the talent at that show. i assume mostly from the philippines, was fantastic. thank you. and you were fantastic also. very

president, donald trump is set to arrive in the philippines, in manila at any time now. s arrival though, in manila will be the final leg of his five-nation trip across asia. he's set to meet with the philippine president, rodrigo duterte. >> earlier, he held a joint news conference on the issue of election meddling. he was asked whether he believes russia was responsible. after meeting with russian president vladimir putin in vietnam, saturday, he lashed out at former officials who have concluded that russia did indeed meddle in the election, calling them political hacks. but this is what he had to say at today's news conference. >> what i said, i'm not surprised there is any conflict. i said i believe he believes that. it's important for somebody to believe. i think he believes that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agencies especially as currently constituted with their leadership. i believe in our intel agencies, intelligence agencies. i've worked with them very strong lic strongly. there weren't 17 as was pr

president on drums visit to the philippines now and there have been new clashes between police and demonstrators in central manila that as the u.s. leader met his counterparts at a regional summit security teams using water cannon on the anti trump demonstrators in the filipino capital a mock up of the u.s. president in the shape of a swastika paraded through the streets there away from the crowds leaders took part in the opening ceremony for the two day as he and summit also said his filipino counterpart agreed go to territory i was then met on the sidelines of that event and while the white house has been saying that the president would be taking up the issue of human rights in the let's go now to the deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch feel i'm kind joins us from bangkok thanks for being with us this morning president to terry's war on drugs the extrajudicial killings of cost thousands of lives do you see president addressing that in manila. it's pretty clear that the president did tear it is inflicted calamity of human rights abuses on the philippines is off the table

sharyl: jeepney riders are the philippine working class. you're aboard, it's hard to get a glimpse outside. the only view is face to face, knee to knee, of the person hot. sharyl: through slick and modern manila, we cut a colorful path through the evening commute. our jeepney arrives at what we think is our stop without announcement. and we exit into the less stifling evening air. >> bye, thank you. sharyl: a uniquely manila experience. a lot of fun. next week, we retrace the president's trip to explain how china's play to control the region may impact us at home. what do these other southeast asian nations do with two great world powers trying to befriend and court them? >> the 10 countries in southeast asia really don't want to choose. trade is promiscuous. you can trade with as many partners as you'd like. some countries have found the united states less willing to engage them, you know, and so they've been engaging far more with chi sharyl: until next week thanks , for watching, i'm sharyl attkisson. . >> from washington d.c. and around

not welcome mandy trump protesters take to the streets in the philippine capital manila as world leaders gather for the asean summit. the waiting game lebanon's prime minister promises to return home rejecting rumors that he's being held in saudi arabia against his will. in a crime against humanity that's how i'm going to see international describes the syrian government's surrender all stars campaign against civilians. and well than two hundred people have died in a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake extract very close to iraq's border with iran another two thousand people at least have been injured the epicenter was actually in iraq thirty kilometers southwest of the town of her love causing widespread damage in both countries charlotte ballasts reports. a hospital holmes with the wounded in western iran. i fell from a balcony it was so fast as it should be a small pieces of glass fell on my hand and it got injured new arrivals from remote towns swell the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that are there's a lot during the earthquake my hand hit the glass on the g

it's also the last leg of the president's asia tour and all eyes will be on how he deals with the philippines controversial president of adric go to tech to go to manila for the latest. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visits bus alona for the first time since imposing direct rule and as regional elections loom roy links spain's economic recovery to removing pro independence parties from power. plus a first of all the arab world the louvre abu dhabi opens its doors to the public the billion dollar project promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of odd. time to money welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has arrived in the manila on the last leg of his official tour of asia as. longest trip by a u.s. leader to the region in decades and trump has an ambitious agenda he has welcomed he was welcomed draw that to the philippines by his host president rodrigo due to the two will attend the summit of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks. with. the protesters who are ready for him flag burning and banned trump chance met

relies on the philippines and their bases in the philippines to project power and the region but the philippines because of its location in the south china sea and in the pacific and its utility as a host of massive u.s. military bases serves as a result stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial dispute there china laws but to tear came into power and now he just said he basically said i don't want to fight over this when china pushed to territory by announcing it would develop islands just outside the philippines maritime borders the brash filipino back down what do you want me to do declare war against china he said i can't we will lose all our military and policemen tomorrow we will be destroyed as a nation so you know if you just return to the negotiating table and just did they're doing deals because. you know people want to just move forward in progress they don't want to get stuck into a conflict over litt

course and the human rights are created in the philippines and tried to be the bearers heartbreaks not to get the reference to think the white house said the two men's meeting focused on trade and fighting the so-called islamic state it said human rights came up briefly during discussions on the philippines fight against illegal drugs. let's get more in donald trump's visit to the philippines so let's talk to correspondent ana santos in manila hi ana there is conflicting information over whether the issue of human rights was raised in the talks between these two leaders the white house says it was but the filipino government says it was not what are you hearing well the presidential spokesperson had earlier given a briefing two years of media after the bilateral talks between president trump and president putin and he said that human rights was not brought up human rights issues not brought out and therefore it was not discussed so that pretty much summarizes what the briefing that we got earlier today and i have to say that you know it's a huge disappointment for the international hum

trump not welcomed protests in the philippines as the u.s. president meets asio and leaders. saudi arabia says it will reopen yemen's balls to allow much needed aid for millions of people on the brink of starvation. crimes against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all star campaign against civilians. and more than three hundred people have died in iran in a powerful seven point three magnitude. quake that struck just over the border in neighboring iraq almost four thousand people have been injured the epicenter was in iraq it was thirty kilometers southwest of the town of hadera it caused widespread damage in both countries shelob ellis reports. hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found i fell from a balcony it was so fast as it should be as more pieces of glass fell on my hand and it got injured and new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that are there some up during the earthquake my hand hit the glass on the glass broke going into my face and hands. the flow is stating as m

, embracing the strongman leader of the philippines, there was no sign of any tension, any concerns being raised by the president, noecially in public and science he raised in private either about the deadly campaign that the president has gone on to take office more than a year ago that has killed estimates of thousands of people in a violent campaign against drug use. again, these are things that show raising issues like -- human rights show what america stands for in the world and in the region. is sending a different signal to the people of the region when we do not directly addressed concerns like this. post: what is the impact? what do these countries do? what strategic decisions do they make or do you see the making because of this? michael: i think the ramifications of the anxiety of the region are clear. first, president trump and -- in one of his first acts rid -- withdrew the united states from a transatlantic partnership. that was something america had tried to forge. president trump has withdrawn from that. with it he has

the president of the philippines is a colorful character. what is the meeting with him and present trump going to be like. >> that the british understatement. in america we would say highly controversial figure. he has been since he was elected a year ago last summer getting off to a magnificent start. with president obama where he called president told obama the son of a poor, causing president obama to cancel the meeting. he figured president obama would have words about the human rights record. since then things have gotten worse with the drug war. they're not claiming responsibility, but there's been killings here. some 13000 people involved in drugs whether dealers are users who have died in the philippines. we don't know president trump will bring that up in the bilateral meeting. if he does and brings it up and accusatory fashion, sports comply. there's been good cooperation between the united states and philippines, getting rid of isis backbiters in one of the cities which was alluded to in the opening statement. president trump did n

sharyl: against the opulence of singapore, the philippines is a rustic cousin. 13 million people live in the capital of manila, a chaotic collection of wealthy sky rise neighborhoods built around a colonial era polo club. the philippines is another key country in china's one belt, one road initiative. by all accounts, filipino president duterte, elected last year, is pivoting away from the u.s. toward china, saying one belt, one road lines up with his own goal of upgrading his nation's infrastructure. jose cuisia: this administration particularly has indicated that they're shifting away from the u.s., which i think is a mistake in my own view. sharyl: jose cuisia was the philippine ambassador to the u.s. until last year. jose cuisia: the president would like to develop stronger ties with china and russia. close to the u.s. and that he would like to strengthen relationships by showing that he is not as closely affiliated with the u.s. as the previous administrations. gene yu: i think that from a geopolitical perspective, the philippines is at an absolute critical

the. where he's expected to hold a one on one with philippines president fredricka. it's the last like of his thirteen day and shit tour. that's all for now but the sure to tune in for a morning is at the top of the hour in the meantime you can live on t v dot com for more news updates thanks for watching.

trump and the president of the philippines sat side by side and were talking. the president of the philippines has been on fire because of his war on drugs. he told reporters that president trump has praised his handling of the issue. >> he said something about you know you handle it well. >> reporter: this comes after encounters with russian president vladimir putin. president trump believes that russia did not mettle in the 2006 election. but some were confused by president trump's comments. >> it is clear that russians interfered in the election and i don't know why mr. trump downtown -- doesn't acknowledge it. >> people are protesting mr. trump's visit to the nation. >>> trump's visit to the philippines is the last leg of his five nation tour of asia. >> that small church the scene of a horrific massacre hired a service tonight. senator cornen came to sutherland springs. it was in a baseball field and other mourners gathered where there is a white cross for each victim. >> we want to express certain condolences and to him and to his family and to the communi

the philippines is an unbelievably important military location. if you speak to the admirals and you speak to the generals, that's the perfect spot. as you know, we had no relationship for a long period of time with the philippines and now we have a very good relationship there. we are back with the philippines and strategically a very important location, maybe the most important strategic location in that area. we had a great time. i hope you guys are all okay. you all look well. go to sleep for a little while and we will talk to you later. the basketball players, i know a lot of people are asking. i will tell you what i heard about it a few days ago. we had a great conversation with the president and what they did was unfortunate. you're talking about a very prison sentences. they do not play games. he was terrific and they are working on it right now and hopefully everything is going to work out. i know they are very grateful because they were told exactly what happened. it's a very, very rough situation with what happened to them. i was with th

he's usually based in the philippines, but he was in new york to discuss his work. stcribed -- having to described one of the night like this -- "photographer raffy lerma was only a few minutes into the overnight shift for the philippine daily inquirer when he received word that three bodies had been found on the streets of manila. out he went to capture the image. then there was a drug bust, and a few hours later an extrajudicial killing. it was his first night back on the shift, and he was shocked by the rate the calls were coming in." a warning to our viewers, many of the images are graphic. >> it is overwhelming what is happening in the philippines right now. there are close to 14,000 people that have been killed in the drug war. beenhousand of which have claimed by police, in police operations. they claim that killed 4000 people in the rest are unexplained killings. investigationder and some of them are vigilante killings. well, yes, so many people have been killed. amy: one of us must famous photographs documents president duterte take press yes or and drugs sh

relies on the philippines and their bases in the philippines to project power and their region but the philippines because of its location in the south china sea and in the pacific and its utility as a host of massive u.s. military bases serves as a reason stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial just. their china laws but their tears came into power and now he just said he basically why waste time even trying to take that position just do deals open golf courses get the trade flowing and this will you know temper down their jihadi is on because they'll be too busy on the back nine you know with a double nasty bet against their friend mom a winner in a few bucks so they can go downtown and smoke a pipe they don't need to be warrant on each other and we can all get along on trump's golf course this whole focus since that whole third way tony blair bill clinton sort of politics where everything is about this notion

president trump is back in the pi philippines today. ing with president duterte. >>> and the president also under fire after telling reporters that the russian leader again denied meddling in the 2016 election and that he believed vladimir putin. later the president tried to clarify saying he, quote, very much believes our intelligence agencies and their conclusion that russia did meddle in the u.s. election. >>> at least 414 people are dead and thousands injured after a massive earthquake hit the border of iran and iraq late sunday. officials said the death toll is expected to continue to rise. the 7.3-magnitude earthquake sent shockwaves as far as lebanon, israel and turkey. >>> and yesterday a u.s. military team returned to tongo-tongo to further investigate the ambush that killed four u.s. soldiers and four niger soldiers. one of the reporters said one of the soldiers was bound and appeared to be executed. hans nichols has been tracking the investigation. so what is the very latest on the investigation, hans? >> well, the investigati

donald trump is set to meet the controversial philippine leader rodrigo duterte. dozens of people are killed as a strong earthquake hits the border region between northern iraq and iran. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the agonising wait. asylum seekers on manus island share their fears, as they expect to be forcibly removed from the australian detention camp. winds of renaissance at mumbai's royal opera house. after decades of renovation, it stages its first italian opera. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 9:00am in the morning in manila, where president trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit that is due to get under way shortly. he is set to meet the controversial leader rodrigo duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. joining us from manila is the bbc‘s howard johnson. president rodrigo duterte‘s drug war has been controversial. it has claimed thousands of lives, and leaders

leader to the region in decades and has an ambitious agenda he was welcome to the philippines by his host president rodrigo deterred say the two will attend the asean some s. of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks the protesters were ready for him flag burning and banned trump chance met by police water cannons in manila president trump has arrived in the philippines the last stop on his five country twelve day visit to asia. at the ozzie and gala dinner the mood was considerably more serene with trump in town the southeast asian development and cooperation group is holding its thirty first summit and marking its fiftieth anniversary despite the display of unity several of those states are in fierce competition for regional influence china has made sweeping claims to the south china sea something the philippines and other which. nations vigorously dispute trump said he'd like to mediate the tense situation an offer that was hardly embraced by philippine president roderigo to. that. nobody. is the big. human rights observers are waiting to see what if

the president may also bring up the war on drugs that duterte is reading here in the philippines. one hand has been quite effective but on the other hand has resulted in thousands of extra judicial killings of drug dealers and drug users. duterte says he is not involved in that but he did come out, not too long ago and say there are 3 million addicts in the philippines and he would happily slaughter them all. we will see if he goes down those two worlds. north korea is broken will go down. he wants to put more pressure on kim jong-un to give up his nuclear program and wants to expand trade in the philippines and he wants duterte to be very strong on china's position, developing those islands off of the west coast of the philippines. some of those islands are within a couple hundred miles of one of the big island in the philippines so wants to make sure that he and duterte are on the same page when it comes to that particular issue. do not forget it wasn't too long ago that duterte was suggesting that maybe he pick all the us troops are the philippines and that he didn't need americ

this is the first time that the philippines has you know been attacked with extreme measures from the terrorists but i think that given the kind of info that they have or that specific i'm like that's a year i believe that this shouldn't have been a first i mean of. all of the venting the harm you know you know you do this given the kind of time that they have because that's been existing like these in the military a year a year or probably even more than that. i think it's important. larry i saw in my years being on the program we really appreciate your thoughts thank you roughing up a sauna and steve trial and i forget who can watch steve chiles for what i want to film and add a zero dot com at a time to search for taking back murari and we'll see online a has tag i stream. november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me and my bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the range on. a new six part series about extraordinary lives of the common people from across tunisia. as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathe

let's not forget the philippines was a subject of america about one century ago. seeing many people coming to the american embassy this morning. it will be the biggest protest in the last three days. they will talk about the policies and the kind of dialogue that comes from president trump. they will be burning a 13 foot effigy of the president and tried to get to the american embassy. they have tried in the last few days but have been turned away by the police. we anticipate signs and flags being burned and rushes on the embassy. we will go down there and in the next hour or so to see what happens. president trump has resumed his war of words with north korea over their nuclear weapons programme. pyongyang insulted mr trump and insisted it wouldn't stop its nuclear build—up. the president responded with an insulting tweet of his own. this new spat comes as the us navy sailed a powerful carrier air group into the sea of japan off the korean peninsula. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from the uss abraham lincoln. sailing together off the coast of korea today, three a