was last week when a lawyer in the central philippines left stabbed with a screwdriver. learly evident the some people one. went up there can be quote what he was doing a lawyer for the national union of people's lawyer which is a group of lawyers that are representing marginal a sick person and yesterday there was a disco sure that. the provincial police in the province in the central philippines after they asked a court there do you know if they were released within the names so lawyers who may be representing who or who are depressed and being what they called communist terrorist groups would use of course what they mean are activists. people or activist groups so this is as i said this is a vent the bullet hit this is the port 'd grants you know to police this list of lawyers that are representing people from doctor to sector so you know if it's really bad and the police right now there they're going after not just after this but also those who are who are defending them there has been an increased neon can speak more of this perhaps your husband increasing the number

is happening in the philippines. hey're promising the things they think the international community will want to hear, and you have also other countries -- foreign governments have been dragging their feet about what is happening in the philippines, and there are mechanisms they can use to try to hold this government to account, but they have not been using that, and that is quite a disappointment. we now realize that there are considerations to be made because you are dealing with a federal government, but the situation here in the philippines, for decades now, the killings -- i mean, to put it bluntly, how many more dead bodies do they need to wait to see before they act? before these countries -- the european union, the united states, canada, ausalia -- they have human rights commitments, not just to the hrc but also to the philippines. we have not seen any of these commitments being held up by these countries, and in the meantime, thousands of people are being killed. when are they going to act? >> i saw you noddi

he loved manila loved the philippines and he began to serve as the advisor of the philippines and here he is advising the i guess. the philippine scouts in 1935 while he was there. he was promoted field marshall by manuel. keizan. who was the leader of the philippines and the hat? that he'd wear throughout pretty much the rest of his career was the hat of a field marshal in the philippine army. given to him by key zone while there he talked about the danger of war with japan. um, he would be brought back on active duty. by roosevelt in august of 1941 to take over command of american armed forces in the western pacific in east asia. he was however at that time confident that the japanese would not attack the philippines. so here he is the new commander in the pacific appointed by roosevelt just on the eve of the outbreak of the war in 1941. now world war one world war ii, excuse me came in 1941 to the united states with the attack surprise attack on pearl harbor on december 7th that year macarthur was in the philippines. he was the commanding officer there at the time. and right at the

says it stands by the philippines in its maritime dispute with china the philippines is urging beijing to recall more than 200 boats that it said were spotted near the islands in the south china sea a presence is also raising concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights as germans are undergoing reports from manila the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at whitson reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has lodged a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson reef is claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that the eastern most part of the spread lease group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these militia vessels are especially bizarre and for the greater purpose they're employed an

the philippine government has rejected that explanation. reef is claimed by china, the philippines and vietnam. it is at the eastern most part of the islands. >> they are fairly large, 55 to 60 meters. the number is huge. these maritime militia vessels are specially designed for the purpose for which they're employed, and that is to establish a civilian presence and active toy -- activity to make it appear nonmilitary but it is under the control of the military apparatus in china. they look like fishing vessels but the hulls are steel -- these are steel-hulled boats. they are made to be very -- >> the philippines filed a landmark case against china. it ruled china's claim invalid. despite international condemnation, china continues reclamation and expansion of many areas in the south china sea setting up maritime patrols an airships on disputed islands. tension has been rising in the area for years. philippine president due territory has refused to assert the landmark ruling and taken a softer approach to dealing with beijing. but his tritti

diplomatic drama on the high seas the philippines demands china removed 200 ships from its waters. hello once again we still have around 10000000 people affected by the flooding in new south wales we are seeing further heavy downpours here they are in the process of pulling out of the way this area of low pressure will slide down towards the bass strait i 2000 people still evacuated from their homes at present we are still very concerned the largest dam in sydney has been overflowing for the last few days so the problem will remain in place for the next few days at the very least that what the weather will come down towards victoria towards tasmania as you go on through wednesday and thursday and you can see it does dry up across a good part of new south wales so there will still be a few shows just around the blue mountain shadows too across the far north of australia but for on a dry the least for the time being into new zealand temperatures getting up to 20 celsius a pleasant 20 celsius there in a wellington this is sort of temperature we can expect across parts of japan across n

a vaccine finally the philippines is set to roll out its covert 19 immunization program to last among countries in southeast asia. the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military and me and mom after the security forces shot dead 18 protesters and 2 negro terrace says the violence is unacceptable and that world leaders have to send a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state and lincoln has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence of horror and he says washington will push for the military to be held accountable these condemnations follow them. violent days since demonstrations began against the military coup live rounds were fired at huge crowds in several cities across the country tony chang as more. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest and arm on the streets of dar way in southern myanmar the security services crackdown early on sunday police supported by the military firing tear gas rubber bullets and live around. but despite the dangers protesters still turned out in large numbe

the philippines has begun vaccinating its population against covert 19 1st batch of the chinese made sign about jobs arrived on sunday the philippines the 2nd worst hit country in the region and its vaccination program has lagged behind many of its neighbors. vaccination center in manila. there is a lot of fanfare around this called vaccination rollout here in the philippines today we are at the long center of the philippines which is one of the main hope in 1000 hospitals in the country over thinking vaccines are being rolled out in the 6 different major government hospitals here in the in the capital manila now why is there this level of anticipation it's because health care workers here to philippines as well as general public have been waiting for these calls with my team back scenes for months and. there's a lot of criticism of government officials bungling these posted 19 vaccination efforts they said that will be making vaccines were arriving in december it's now march the philippines is the last country in southeast asia for rollout 1000 back scenes but it's also important to

there is a lot of fanfare around this cold vaccination roll out here in the philippines today we are at the long center of the philippines which is one of the main hope in 1000 hospitals in the country over thinking vaccines are being rolled out in the 6 different major government hospitals here in the in the capital manila now why is there this level of anticipation it's because health care workers here to philippines as well as general public have been waiting for these corporate name came back scenes for months and. there's a lot of criticism of government officials bungling these 19 vaccination efforts they said that will be making vaccines were arriving in december it's now march the philippines is the last hunchy in southeast asia for rollout 1000 back scenes but it's also important to note that these are only 600000 boes as the chinese vaccine manufactured by the chinese part was that of a company signed about and these were not bought by the philippine government these are don't need for the chinese government so there's a long way to go before the philippine government and va

a vaccine finally the philippines is set to roll out its covert 19 immunization program the last among countries in southeast asia. al-jazeera hears harrowing testimony that amounts to war crimes in ethiopia's more than 2 gravely. there's been less than a day since 18 people were shot and killed on myanmar streets by the security forces but that hasn't put off thousands of people who are out again to demand the release of the detained leader aung sun suu kyi the police fired live rounds of crowds on monday in the worst day of violence yet since the military seized control a month ago. the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military and until neither terrorists says the violence is. and that world leaders have to send a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence horror and he says washington will push for the military to be held accountable these condemnations fall of the most violent days since demonstrations began against the military coup live rounds

she has been gathering information by talking to childcare colleagues across the philippines and toldll, especially in metro manila because they have been quarantined for a year. and although in other parts of the country maybe it is not as bad because the prevalence of covid is really more in metro manila. but the number one reason for consultation at our outpatient department right now is really children and teens who are expressing anxiety and depression, and that has never happened before. and the different child protection units across the country were also getting increased consults of our patients who have been abused and who are now suicidal. in fact in our own child protection unit at the philippine general hospital, we see every day a teen that needs to be referred to the emergency room because of a suicide attempt. so, it's really bad. but we're hearing that this might be, well, the quarantine might be lifted at least gradually pretty soon, and we hope that even before then, that children will be given time out to go to at least open spaces. and just give us an indication,

in the philippines rolls out its coded 19 vaccination program but many don't trust the jobs on offer more and that stay with us. for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways. we got something of a change in the weather across japan over the next couple of days for some warmth around at the moment but it comes this area cloud wet and windy weather will slide through as this cold front makes its way further eastward so really popping out the same some very heavy rain coming through q shoo in to haunt she southerly winds will lift temperatures up in tokyo to around 90 degrees celsius but as you can see the weather is not looking too brilliant as we go on through the next 24 hours or so snow on the western side of the country all the way up towards the north that will sweep through and here we go not see bad at all it freshens up 13 celsius but it will be dry and bright strong and bright see across the korean peninsula to northern parts of china by this date southern china on the other hand we'll see some showers over the next couple of days some of those showers just making their way d

and just give us an indication, explain to us how it is working across the philippines because you talkcross the whole of the philippines? —— more densely populated. philippines? -- more densely populated-— philippines? -- more densely --oulated. , ., ,. ., populated. yes, our schools have been closed _ populated. yes, our schools have been closed since _ populated. yes, our schools have been closed since march. - populated. yes, our schools have been closed since march. and - been closed since march. and starting mid october, online school opened and also what we call him much so, those who don't have very good internet access get modules that they go through and then there are some lessons on tv or on the radio. —— modular learning. and there is some online lessons for them. at that has been really challenging. in fact for those who needed to consult because of anxiety and adjustment disorder, school has been the primary push for them to go over the edge. theyjust could not cope. over the edge. they 'ust could not co e. , over the edge. they 'ust could not co e. y . ., over the edge.

the only back seem to have arrived in the philippines is crawling back from china 6 public hospitals in the capital manila were the 1st recipients but only a small number of their employees have signed up under the department of the food and drug administration and the department the past had said it isn't for health workers who are exposed to the bias every day so this would be back soon with a higher if. this reluctance by medical workers adds to the public's hesitancy to get back sedated that's largely because of the recent controversy about a vaccine against dengue fever the government had to suspend its specs a nation campaign using that then back to job after concerts about its serious side effects. officials have said repeatedly though the best back scene is what's available down there but the big fear him but they are. but protesting health workers see they should not have to face this dilemma farnaby law al-jazeera manila . spanish police have raided the offices of the barcelona football club and made several arrests among those reportedly detained is the comms former preside

the response. anchor: philippines covid-19 vaccination program is underway. th-care workers were among the first to get doses of the jab. as barnaby lowe reports, the country faces major hurdles. reporter: filipino health-care workers had been expecting the arrival of covid-19 vaccines for months. the philippines was the only country in southeast asia that had not vaccinated a single citizen. but the wait is finally over. >> we have been asking for a vaccine ever since. this is our opportunity. >> i had been telling my colleagues in my area of the hospital, to have some protection rather than none. reporter: those government hospital staff had shown willingness to take the shots in surveys conducted internally. but that anticipation waned after it became clear they would not be getting the pfizer or astrazeneca jabs. it is a huge day for the philippines to be rolling out covid-19 vaccines after months of delay. but many health care workers here are resisting. they say they don't trust the only option that is being offered to them for now. the only vaccine to h

philippines. this is one of the most advanced and sophisticated vaccine storage facilities in the philippines sorted out to prepare. these. things. we have in this the. funds have also been allocated to purchase growing virus vaccines for millions of its people but the situation isn't deceiving many rural towns in this small town the. province villagers say they are allocating about 10 percent of their budget to the purchase of crew in the virus vaccines it's money that was meant for infrastructure and education. and i think. we know that the philippines he's struggling on the national government going to provide that seats for everyone that this way we decided to contribute for the good the power constituents. in. the freezer this refrigerator is a lifeline it stores of vaccines for polio and measles and we'll be able to keep. that don't need sophisticated cold storage systems well other wealthier cities they're able to set up separate vaccination facilities rural health clinics like this one will have to serve as main back to the hub at least for now but this by meager resources help workers here.

and fear and suspicion surround the rollout of the 1st pope in 1000 vaccine in the philippines. hello governments and donors of pledged $1700000000.00 to help fund a response to the humanitarian crisis in yemen u.n. chief attorney of the terror she has called the result of a virtual donors conference disappointing he's warned that after 6 years of war famine is bearing down on the country and that cutting aid is a death sentence with her said 50000 yemenis are already starving to death in famine like conditions within 20000000 that's 2 out of every 3 yemenis need humanitarian assistance with women and children among the hardest hit there's particular concern over 400000 children facing severe acute malnutrition you could die without urgent treatment but nearly half of all children under 5 will suffer from malnutrition this year with symptoms like wasting depression and tiredness the u.n. chief is calling for $3850000000.00 to help but in 2020 the world body only received just over half what it asked for was told to our diplomatic editor james bays who's live from the united natio

it's the time of year to watch out for the philippine sea now things are getting a bit more active it's just a mess of thunderstorms on the satellite picture not amounting to much but because they persist in being drawn into the central philippines there are flood warnings there at the moment and a hint to the west might even be a proper circulation that will mean heavy rain over the water you will notice in malaysia there are still a few showers around the end the rainy season is still pretty wet daily in indonesia and there's a fairly obvious change in the weather type in australia now things are more active it's not really feeling like late summer so much is early autumn which is to be expected this frontal system on its way through adelaide and melbourne has already dropped the temperature in adelaide by about 10 degrees it will the same in melbourne they will produce rain possibly thunder and the wind shifts so the wind changes the same for droughts in $24.00 to $17.00 but try to get to sunday in melbourne and then it goes quiet and temperatures slowly rise to 20 so it's sunday syd

at the end of 2020, sales contributed to 50% in the philippines of revenue. markets contributed to 42%, and be expect that to achieve the 50-50 ratio in 45 years. -- 425 years -- four to five years. it is a matter of time, and be expect the philippine market to continue to grow. david: do you have a specific dollar amount in mind that you have set aside or would like to set aside for acquisitions? >> we are open to acquisitions, because with the pandemic we ended up with stronger cash positions. we are open to opportunities, especially during the pandemic, we received more inquiries. we are open to this, and we will continue exploring all possibilities. paul: that was the ceo. the company has set a very good year on the stock exchange, up 50% over the past year, easily outperforming the philippines broader index which has been about 25% higher over the last year, one of the worst performing stock markets in the asia-pacific. but that company, strongly outperforming. however, you still can't buy any chicken or young burgers in this part of the world, even othe

you might like there are warnings out for potential flooding particular in the central philippines and this hint of any circulation further west will produce heavy rain here mostly over water further south in the showers are most likely to be at the heaviest i think ensued away easy rather fewer for most of malaysia. sponsored by qatar airways. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between firearms formed from a class divide sustained over generations. most buckley jr supporters are born into these club colors. in an epic feud of rich vs poor the fans who make football on al-jazeera. on the back of watching i was there with me as a whole rovner a bind of our top news stories government have kidnapped students in northern nigeria from a forestry college the 1st time a high institution has been targeted officials say $180.00 students are rescued early on friday but 30 more are still unaccounted for italy is planning to impose another nation wide lockdown over the easter weekend in april but follows a surge of cr

still ahead here not to victims of roderigo detaches war and drugs where the philippine inquiry into dozens of killings. down at the border we look at why the number of migrants trying to get into the united states is growing. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored by qatar airways. how is that still pretty bad across japan recently laci fought a lot of the big area of high pressure now in the process of getting pushed out away so there's a high here we are going to see some what's the weather just making its way out of central and eastern parts of china not being a little further east was bumping into our high grassy feeding some wet weather in sioux south korea as we go on through friday heavy at times a little bit of snow there into a north korean itis and that west of weather will continue to drive the race which is be going into where friday secu shoes of positive honshu seeing some wet weather at that stage tokyo should be largely fine and dry for the time being as we go through the weekend the rain will set in here but you can see this is the area of high pressure grass

surgical facemasks are washing up on the philippine coral reef. ective equipment strewn along the country's coastline. we joined a team of divers to take a closer look at the problem. my name is shayla. and i'm oliver. we are dive professionals here. there is this area it is wonderful. it's like my first time again there after the lockdown. it's gotten worse. there's more stuff like the ppe just ten minutes in the dive we saw around 10, 12 masks. and we never had that before. when i saw ppe masks i honestly felt sad and guilty about it. because i used a ppe mass that's easy to throw away. take a look at the rubbish that was brought back by the divers you can see here blue facemask, lots of them. there's a face here, plastic bottles, tarpaulins. the question is now, what happens to this rubbish? lots of it will go back to landfill and could eventually make its way back into the sea. and that's a problem because polymers inside the surgical mask are breaking down into micro plastics. easily consumed by marine wildlife in the coral reefs that nurture

it is raining heavily again in the philippines mostly in the central philippines but this is the place to watch the moment but time we start developing some circulation some tropical depressions as one fairly obviously forming here or did he will come to much but it moyes just won't watch it's mostly over the open water but in the case is area very wet weather south of that is still the rainy season so their share of malaysia and indonesia some of them shop most of them not and the change of season is obvious in australia now this active cold fronts on its way through its dropping mid-term she bought least 10 degrees and it produced some pretty dramatic sunder storms and wet weather again in sydney and much of this part of new south wales it tails off into queens and much of the heaviest stuff probably in the tasman sea on its way to south out of new zealand and once or from sconce sure the temps will slowly start to rise in melbourne and adelaide and perth sits pretty at about 30 degrees anyway so melbourne's forecasts 172-0218 slow rise back to what's average at this time of the year

5 percent by private households in many major cities water is growing increasingly scarce in the philippine capital things have reached a critical stage now the government plans to build a dam to supply manila with 600000000 liters of water a day but it will uproot entire villages my colleague. went to talk to some of them . the coming war river has always run through the share of modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is set to change its course forever so this might be one of my last boat right here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the collie walk and all along this forest wall here a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind it down and could be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of seato keeper russell which is closest to the dam site here are the indigenous to moderate people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the down as they face displacement and the loss of th

i would be remiss, and i apologize, part of the problem in the philippines references back to one of the questions asked upfront, which was human rights. i have a fairly substantial filipino american community in my district, and they are deeply concerned about the human rights record of the president and what is going on in the philippines. for the moment, i am not arguing that, i know you know your country better than i do. i'm just telling you that in my district and in my world, my constituents are telling me that they are concerned about human rights, about the efforts, the drug war, how that is violating, they believe the civil rights in the philippines. and they are putting pressure on me to hold the philippines accountable, and say why are you still doing business with them? we still have a military relationship with them while this is going on. believe me, the philippines is not the only country right have that challenge. -- where i have a challenge. i hate this format, i can't look at you. we need to work together to talk about how we can address these issues to maintain tha

and 9 lives cut short in one day families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice. there has been some rain recently in china not much admittedly but it's just pumped a bit of motion the atmosphere the result that is probably we're going to see significant showers run through this mainland part of southeast asia big shout maybe in bangkok and then a focus on the coast of vietnam which has been remarkably dry for months after a very wet spell if you remember the end of last year otherwise the showers are distributed as you might expect track the philippines malaysia and into these use in heavier ones maybe in borneo and possibly south in sumatra and java but the really heavy and persistent rain of the last few days has been in new south wales and it's just this massive cloud here hinting at it there are still warnings the extreme weather has been extensive flooding north of sydney on the lowlands and evacuations we've had at worst 700 millimeters of rain recorded now give you an example 2 to put that in context sydney's average is 170 members of the whol

i would be remiss and i apologize, part of the problem in the philippines references back to 1 of thequestions that is asked upfront which was human rights. i have a fairly substantial and are my district they're deeply concerned about the human rights record and what is going out of the philippines. at the moment i'm not arguing that i know you know your country vastly better than idea. i'm just telling when my district district and my world my constituents are telling me that they are concerned about human rights. about the efforts at the drug war and how that's through civil rights and individual rights in the. they are putting pressure on me to it hold the philippines accountable. why building business with them? when this goes on and on. believe me the philippines is not the only country where i have that challenge i'm sorry not the ambassadors the attachÉ i hate this format i can't see, we need to work together to talk about how we can address those issues to maintain that relationship. i do not like to go with chopping off the relationship because other countries look at us and

at that time human rights lawyers 'd in the philippines say they fear for their lives in are demanding protection from the government dozens of been killed since president of regurgitator took office 5 years ago and warning viewers may find some of the images in jamil indents reports disturbing. angelo carluke in the end is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in the province a week ago even in the philippines long accustomed to violence the images were a shock to many police say this may have been a case of attempted to cooperate but billions colleagues say it was a deliberate attempt to kill a lawyer who has been representing 16 indigenous farmers including 9 who were killed in last year's raid by state forces the farmers were accused of having links with communist rebels and is recovering in hospital but not all lawyers who were attacked survived benjamin ramos a prominent human rights lawyer in negras province was shot dead in 2018 his death was a blow to marginalized communities including the farmers he represented for decades but 2 years on his killers

. >>> happening now, the philippines launching its vaccination campaign. however, the country is dealing with supply problems. among the first to be vaccinated in six hospitals in manila were cabinet officials, lawmakers military police and personnel. china is donating thousands of doses of the vaccine to the philippines. the philippines is among the last in southeast asia to receive the first batch of vaccines due to delivery delays. we'll be right back. >>> marcus, you caught this last night. the pandemic forcing an awards show for hosts on both coasts. >> here's stephanie staten. >> no man's land." >> reporter: the story of a woman coping after the great recession took top drama at sunday night's golden globes and best director for chloe zhou, the second woman to win the honor. >> no man's land is a pilgrimage through grief and feeling. >> reporter: borat double winner, best actor for sasha barren cohen. >> thank you to the young white hollywood foreign press. >> reporter: jabbing the organization that puts on the globes which acknowledged it has no blac

still ahead here on al-jazeera researches in the philippines are on the hunt for bax to learn how to prevent another pandemic. if i could get him back i would give all that is back the largest settlement for wrongful death in u.s. history the city of minneapolis agrees to pay the family of george floyd $27000000.00. it's time for the perfect janet. sponsored plan qatar airways not the best of days in japan out the moment this rather active storm system is on its way through hong to towards hawkeye dozers wet and windy not particularly cold with still cold enough in the back portion of a snow wet snow up on the mountains increasing the avalanche risk in northern honshu i'm probably al qaida once i was gone for sure the sun is back again the same activity coming through much of china is a would rather weak frontal system but it's gathered on its northern edge shores north and circulations a pretty cold air so early on but instead of minus 7 happens to 7 that snow is going to cross north korea i suspect i might end up going further east that our watch but has not disturbed the sky much

around one in 5 households in singapore employ a domestic helper like yan from the philippines indonesia or me on maher she spends 6 days a week washing and ironing but right now yan is thinking about her moment in the limelight she's taking part in a beauty contest for domestic workers so she'll get out of the shadows for once and take center stage for months she's been working on her costume which features a christmas motif. which. is not really my option and it's. kind of a good because i have a it's a face that people especially 200 people face and it may as they. say why not i will try something interesting something new and you give yourself and both your time and you can do it. orchard road is singapore's major shopping mile. it features both luxury brands and discount stores every sunday many of the over 250000 domestic workers like yan who work in singapore need here. it was but she has very different plans this sunday she's putting on eyeshadow for her big moment in a community center yan is dressing up to be a candidate for the miss petite beauty contest it all feels a little

and i think for them bonta was born in the philippines and grew up in california. his filipina mother attended wednesday's nomination. >> back in the 70's. she was an activist who fought against evictions of filipino residents living at the international hotel manila town in san francisco. the site where wednesday's announcement was made. my parents are my heroes in my role models. they taught me to fight injustice to right wrongs and to help people. bonta was a deputy city attorney in san francisco for

the philippines is rolling out its coronavirus vaccine campaign its 1st batch arrived on sunday 600000 doses of the chinese made sign of that the philippines is the 2nd worst country in southeast asia and former u.s. president donald trump is hinted he may run for the white house again in 2024 but has no plans to start his own party trump speaking on the final day of the conservative political action conference in florida well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story station that so much. on counting the cost no way got very. controversial plans to mine the seabed brings to. the necessary austerity to paid off social media. exports to china. counting the costs on al-jazeera. that. you can. see. for weeks the base has been haiti's reality. protests against precedential. who's accused of illegally extending his time in power. party say he should have stepped down last month but he says he can remain until 2022 after presidential elections are held this year. the dispute has been running since i was floated into office in 2015 in an election that w

the families of 9 people killed in a single day by state forces in the philippines are calling for justice they say their loved ones were peaceful activists targeted earlier this month for criticizing the government the police say they were communist rebels who resisted arrest and they can use the story now from manila it was the worst day for activists in the philippines in recent years on march 7th in a series of operations conducted by state forces resulted in the deaths of 9 activists in several parts of the southern loose on reaching across the aisle in the saloon that says she was asleep with her husband melvin the sick go and their children when police force their way into their home melvin sands she says was behind his head it was an act of surrender she says but melvin was still shot several times by what. they say you have weapons we don't even have money for food we are dependent aid after our house was there were stated by a typhoon less the same or they stripped us of our humanity and our dignity have you no heart no conscience you kill us like animals because we join release

watching al-jazeera life from london more still ahead on the program bloody sunday in the philippines the families of line activists killed by the security forces call for justice and head of israel's 4th election in 2 years and you netanyahu tries a new strategy courting the palestinian israeli. killer. now it must feel like it is putting start to spring after we've had the vernal equinox that was where the twenty's but the close to coming down from the north that's a cold direction is already single figures temperature wise another cold front even though briefly ahead of it things warm up your mind thing doesn't look good well 1st of all you've got still snow for you in ukraine across the baltic states but then the wind tends to die down and where the cold air has come down before sitting over the southern balkans of a bug area and rumania is could be persistent snow his affair has got if the next 3 days around about 0 degrees and it's other snowing or is about to start or unfortunately but that is not true everywhere and that cold weather would have to cross into turkey and then th

many of my own constituents with ties to the philippines have watched as their family lost their landsd livelihoods against their will at the hands of the government and big businesses. i would like to pose this question to you, mr. shriver. given your experience dealing with the philippines could you explain why this issue continues to persist and what the united states is doing to resolve it? >> our alliances have always been somewhat hindered by the fact that the latino people have not had the good governance and quality governance that they deserve and their history of corruption and certainly a history of elitism and results in unfavorable government policies and to have the issues of ex- traditional killings in regard to the drug war so we have an important relationships with the philippines and it's an important ally and i think we should curb all our engagement particularly in the security side because things are happening in that region. the history that we have there and what they have done side-by-side we have to be encouraging the philippines for a more representative gover

an al-jazeera 9 lives cut short in one day families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice. more violence a new more protests continue the un's top official calls for sanctions against the little leadership. now the media give you the forecast right arabia know where it was turkey syria iran is it looks pretty typical the winds optically strong for the most part there's not much in the sky apart from the cloud of tough in the sun or should say a little bit cloudy and significant rain is still a legacy of the changing season in northern turkey will feel fairly wintry here the still snow for the caucasus but happening further west particularly in libya and in northern egypt that increasing wind is bringing dust or sand out of the desert the eastern sahara sandstorms seem quite likely in libya and also in those nature and that whole pall of sand the air is coming across the nerve and tickly to syria and iraq or a sink if not monday more likely tuesday and wednesday this seems quite likely to be a sandstorm here to beirut on the coast represents the other type

population against covert 19 the 1st batch of the chinese made sign of jabs arrived on sunday the philippines is the 2nd worst hit country in the region and its vaccination program has lagged behind many of its neighbors and a senior mexican health official criticized for downplaying the pandemic has tested positive for covert 19 he says and health secretary who has got taylor's been receiving treatment and is in a stable condition has been the face of the government's response to the pandemic but has been criticized as well for dismissing the need for masks leading a strategy of limited testing. this is golden globes awards have been announced and filmmaker has made history by becoming the 1st woman of asian descent to win the best director award distance for film no matter and also black panther star chadwick boseman won a posthumous golden globe for best actor in a drama film that was for his role as a horn player in the film like bottom of his men died of colon cancer last year at the age of 43. at half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines prosecutors in me and man have fil

the philippines implemented one of the longest and strictest lock downs in the world last year in an attempt to stop the spread of the corona virus but as in other countries the economy has taken a battering the pull up in the economy is facing its highest unemployment rate since the 2nd world war and the government admits even if these economic provisions are revised it will take years before the local economy return so it's free pandemic levels dogon al-jazeera manila sri lanka has rejected a un resolution that could lead to prosecutions for rights violations it gives the un human rights chief the powers to investigate crimes related to the country's civil war which ended in 2009 the human rights council passed the resolution at $22.00 votes to 11 sri lanka's foreign minister says it has no wait it's clear that the resolution has had nor mentor to be approval of the concept is the reality why do they want to see and you know these resolutions without the consent and that have been some of the country concern cannot be implemented that is the basic principle. in the u.s. senate demo