right now the philippines needs more people to be vaccinated. it's one of the countries in southeast asia, hardest hit by cove at 19, with millions of infections, and more than 40000 dead. but a recent study found the dang vaca controversy has led to a decline in vaccinations. my advice the galaxies, let the front liners have themselves laps any. if the doctors themselves are showing the way, then others will follow. i think there is the level. i think that we can always rise from the tragedy. if we were a bad example of or the world of what could go wrong. maybe we could be a good example of standing up and writing the rooms. ah, today, dang back. she has been approved in 20 countries and is on the w. i chose list of essential medicines. the philippines is now a leading example of what not to do when introducing a new vaccine. allan carlos to lost her 2 kids to a preventable disease, paid a tragic price for this lesson. papa will not, but what was it that and the present been put on without generally got to plug it back and let us hopefully it w

when dang vex show was rolled out in the philippines. the vaccine, which reduced cases of severe dingey by about 93 percent, was developed by french pharmaceutical company sanofi pastor la pressure to solve the problem was so huge that everybody was glimmering for you. it was a sense of bride for every filipino mary anne castilla remembers how excited and relieved every one was by this medical breakthrough. 2 of her children had already had dingey. no, all our whole, not in the give me something boxer there while on a monthly let them up on a do ali. what marianne didn't know was that concerns about the world 1st. vaccine had been raised before it was launched. a leading dingey expert warned that children who hadn't been infected with dingey could be at risk of a more severe form of the disease after receiving the vaccination. but the secretary of health decided to press ahead. after speaking to experts from sanofi and the world health organization, she says they reassured her, the vaccine was safe for those over 9 years old. so i came ba

now the philippines is trying to encourage coven 19 vaccinations. but it's government faces an uphill battle, convincing people to take it. the impact on public health we'll be reversible. maybe for the next 5 or 10 years. one i one east investigates how the philippines lost faith vaccine. mm oh. ready ha. ready it's a long and difficult journey to work this morning for all fell mariano. but nothing will deter her from her mission. for fail is the red cross administrator in the remote rugged province of carina in the northern philippines. i . this is one of the final days, the polio and measles immunization. dr. good girl in them. no one said little about the panama, yet on our main objective is making sure that no children is left behind. and so i like thinking that would put the health systemic into it because it might be one of the course of an outbreak. thank you very much. so he had a little boy the law. thank you mommy. but i felt his notice that parents are increasingly wary of vaccines in recent years. public trust and vaccines in the philipp

i was in taiwan and that reports are in the philippines. was telling me a like, ah, look, santa fe just came out for the breast statement, saying that it can cause severe danger for those of not been infected with dan gay . though that was when media started calling me. then when i arrived home, i didn't expect that it was spreading like wildfire. minutes after sanofi announcement, one of dang vexes chief critics posted this on line. our heart bleeds for more than 600000 philippine the children who received the dank of vaccine without the assessment of prior infection. what's happened to them now? the post was shared widely and social media fueled public outrage. just 2 days later, the government pulled the plug in the light of this new law disease, the deal which will place the den get vaccination program on hold. while dang, fact, she continued to be used elsewhere. for the warning attached in the philippines. angry parents began burning pictures of the former health secretary. i saw that but not in nottingham. this thing down on this thin

vladimir putin in russia, rodrigo duterte in the philippines. e polls, for what they are worth, show that both those individuals command well over 60% approval. in duterte�*s case, it goes far beyond 60% approval from the public. are you as journalists — and this is a strange question — but are you somewhat disappointed in the public that you write for? no, i'm not. they�* re being manipulated! we are being manipulated, starting with the technology that delivers the news. 100% of filipinos on the internet are on facebook and yet, the social media platforms that deliver the news are literally biased against facts and they're biases against journalists. the information operations, the delivery of news weaponised, right? shifting reality, pushing the idea that president duterte is the best president ever in the whole wide world. all of these meta narratives have been seeded, so i don't blame our people, but i also don't think they literally that those surveys are accurate. i think that the truth is somewhere in between. but you both in different way

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maria ressa is founder of the rappler news website in the philippines. dmitry muratov, the long time editor in chief of novaya gazeta in russia. now, this is a fight for freedom of expression. but is it a fight they are losing? maria ressa, dmitry muratov, welcome both of you to hardtalk. thanks for having us. thank you. i must begin by congratulating you both on this award. congratulations. but also, how strange does it feel for you to to be here? you are experienced journalists, used to reporting on the activities of others, aand here you are the centre of this story yourself. how strange does it feel? dmitry? maria, winner of the nobel peace prize? you know the painting the scream? that's it! i too. what does it mean, do you think? notjust for you personally, because of course, there must be enormous satisfaction, but you sit here as the first journalists to win this award since 1935. what do you think it says that you've won it this year? maria, dmitry�*s answer took in the fact that over many years he has seen journalists working for him and for nova

here's what happened in the philippines when facebook we came to toxic. i watch alexa ranking every day, which is a website, ranking of olga, where do people, the pino scope, and before that, it's alexa. oh, you have alexa. it doesn't require ish finding this information in the use of your daughter. and yet you have alexa. how can you plan for the future of what we can become if you don't try it? part of the problem with old power right now is they don't understand new technology. and part of the problem with the people who build the new technology, they don't understand old power. that's what needs to merge. mm hm. facebook changed. ah. and in the philippines, it really is the internet for the journalists role as gatekeepers. that's dead in the ed. it comes down to the tech platforms. social media in particular, will determine what gets delivered to people. mm hm. in january of 2018, the government of the philippines tried to shut raptor down, were being investigated. and then we're, we're facing legal cases, one on ownership that could land me in prison

the philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. it is constantly battered by storms and volcanic eruptions. dive when a young in 2013 holds the record as the strongest anywhere in the world. it killed at least 7000 people and displaced millions more. since then, the government has institutionalized emergency and disaster response. but even in a country long affected by around 20 storms, each year siphoned right comes at the most precarious time. those evacuated can stay in temporary shelters for too long because of cobit 19 restrictions. while those in coastal and farmland communities say they are already bearing the brunt of an economic recession and fear that the typhoon could obliterate whatever livelihood they have left. the philippine government has pre positioned aid and military as 1st responders across the country. but the typhoon is expected to impact so many provinces. it has warned local officials to prepare for the worst jamal alan dorgan. i'll jazeera manila, the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped

the philippines is no stranger to natural disasters. is constantly battered by storms and volcanic eruption stared -- eruptions. the typhoon in 2013 holes the strongest -- most of record -- holds the record of the strongest in the world. since then, the government institutionalized emergency and disaster response. even in a country long affected by 20 storms are year, this typhoon comes at the most precarious time. those evacuated can stay in temporary shelters for too long because of covid-19 restrictions. those in coastal and farmland communities say they are already bearing the brunt of an economic recession and fear that the typhoon could obliterate whatever likelihood they have left. the philippine government has people position to aid in military as first responders across the country. but the typhoon is expected to impact so many provinces. it has warned local officials to prepare for the worst. anchor: the remaining 12 american and canadian missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in haiti have been released. the group adopted

i think the philippines is also at strategic ally, our south china sea or the west. what we call the west philippine sea is, are in many ways critical to us interests. so there's a lot of our pragmatism must have moral boundaries. and i think that, you know, when you take the philippines right now, which way will we go? ah, there's an assay, an idea of constructive engagement. this seems to be the route that the biden administration has taken largely because of the conditions that are needed. is that good for me and for the journalist there at this point in time and the 5th year of the deterred administration? why not? okay. isaac versa, we found him. right. your question, i think, yeah, the question for both of the alerts are, since history has shown us that democracy is closely linked to war and peace, or what do you think is the greatest threat to democracy to day? maria, when lies become facts. because that brakes are shared reality, and that allows the manipulation of the public. dmitri, i want to ask you about social media and the effect of it in russia, becaus

is typhoon re makes land full in the philippines. ah, hello, i am emily. angling. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up for the scope of scale. this 2 structures is almost beyond belief. joe biden promises to help communities devastated by some of the most powerful tornadoes ever seen in the us. the army con variant and tensions with russia high on the agenda as european latest mains in brussels and bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence. baptism is split from pakistan, remains a painful memory. ah, we begin the program with some breaking news and one of the strongest storms in the world. this year has made landfall in the philippines. tens of thousands of people, a being moved to emergency shelters in the southern and central parts of the country. officials say about 10000 villages or in the projected path of the typhoon . let's get more in the system with whether presented jeff harrington at. jeff, tell us more about what's happening. this is going to be bad. emily. there have been a few storms quite like this in the western pacific. in fact, t

do you think that that is going to make a difference to the future of journalism in the philippines? we've seen because we have electrons next year. but it is not benny. encouraging because we're leaving in the spring and pose the spots to my sound of the big paper, marco's so many people be in the big 3 could live and do. mike was into power and could bring back it back. memories of marcelo, 30 years ago. we really appreciate your joining us and i'll just so thank you very much indeed manual legato the state department has called for other democratic countries to expand their engagement with taiwan after nicaragua, government decided to cut diplomatic ties with the island nation and the chinese foreign ministry welcome to move in a statement and praise. nicaragua was commitment to the communist parties, one china policy. i was expressed pain and regret at the decision. only 14 countries in the world recognized one as a country. ryan, who is the founder of new bloom magazine and a writer for the diplomat he done played in nicaragua was move and says timelines, unofficial allies such a

ah, tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes is typhon re make to land full in the philippines. ah, hello, i'm emily angland. this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up. the omicron variant and tensions with rush hour are on the agenda is your pain, latest mates in brussels. press freedom at risk reporters without borders say at least 46 journalists have been killed. this ca, doing their job. and bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence. but to some, the split from pakistan remains a painful memory. ah, we start with some breaking news rescue operations are underway in parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the strongest storms in the world. the c, tens of thousands of people are being moved to emergency shelter in the southern in central pines of the country. officials say about 10000 villages are in the projected path of the typhoon. shamella alan dugan has more from manila what we're seeing basically, whatever dates that are made available at this point, i just snippets of what's actually happening at the moment. um, no, typhoon ry made land for o

that will keep an eye on what scale certainly in the philippines over the next few days. certainly as eddie from that she allows to will under gonna force in manila the to the us. now we're a new storm system is sweeping across the midwest. tornadoes in the states of nebraska and iowa have cut powder hundreds of thousands of homes. high wind warnings are in place from new mexico to of michigan. gus have already whipped up dustin, kansas, making it dangerous to drive. now the storms come as president joe biden visited communities hit by last week's devastating tornadoes. ha, castro has mall this street in bowling green. kentucky once rang with the sounds of children playing young families lived here. but then on friday, the tornado came and some neighbors shelter together. they decided to get in the 1st house together. and unfortunately, house was just a mileage for the ground. 11 people died here. 8 of them were children or i don't know what to say, man is retired when somebody's gone and you're shot. you know what happened to visual as recovery work or sift through the d

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again. soldiers joined the major clean up in the philippines as the scale of the damage and destruction from super typhoon right becomes clearer. also, russia less demand to ease tensions with nathan ukraine. the us says it's prepared to talk on what to do about the wave of undocumented migrants in chile could determine the outcome of sunday's presidential election. and i'm to send that with the school where casa, have won the food played play off against egypt at the era cup will also have the filled up to the final of that tournament. that support struggle gone among the 3 of the amik on various glory a beat because of itself. while the nfl postpone game for the 1st time the season. ah welcome to the news. the highly transmissible mccomb very and has not been confirmed in 809 countries. the world health organization is warning that it's also spreading in countries with high levels of population immunity and significantly faster than delta. the united kingdom is seeing another record number of k with 19 cases for the 3rd day in a row with 93000 confirmed nationwide. there has been an i

mm hm. facebook changed and in the philippines, it really is the internet. mm. the journalists role as gatekeepers, that's dead. in the end, it comes down to the tech platforms. social media in particular will determine what gets delivered to people. mm hm. in january of 2018, the government of the philippines tried to shut raptor down, were being investigated. and then we're, we're pacing legal cases. one on ownership that could land me in prison for anywhere from 5 to 15 years. the court of appeals came out with a decision after midnight. they denied our appeal harassment. it is to distract this. it is to stop us from reporting. it's to intimidate us, so we don't so we don't challenge with i think the, the biggest waco call for the government was the day after they, they tried to shut down raptor. there was a global reaction to which i don't think they counted on that. they also didn't count the raptor would fight rattler was a dream in 2011, a group of friends. and i kind of thought that there's this new technology that is, that we can't completely try out in

the government of the philippines tried to shut raptor down. we're being investigated and then we're, we're facing legal cases, one on ownership that could land me in prison for anywhere from 5 to 15 years. the court of appeals came out with a decision after midnight. they denied our appeal harassment. it is to distract us . it is to stop us from reporting. it's to intimidate us, so we don't so we don't challenge. i think the, the biggest waco call for the government was the day after they they tried to shut down rosler there was a global reaction to which i don't think they counted on that they also didn't count the raptor would fight wrapper was a dream in 2011, a group of friends, and i kind of thought that there's this new technology that is, that we can't completely try out inside traditional networks because everything that made traditional media successful will go against what we wanted to do. i can i tweak what's your post. 1 1 let's do that story next semester bateman. glenda. yeah. we started with 12 people. 4 or 5 of us were about 40

the philippines, off to it was slammed by one of the most powerful storms this year. first, johnson, the parties either and pressure, gro, was on the british prime minister. this is parties self as a crushing defeat in a, by election. ah, g 7 nations of warning the on the con variant as the biggest current threat to global public health is calling for better coordination among countries to fight. the corrosion of ours, pandemic, or president george biden's as the spread of the variance in the u. s. will accelerate into the new year, and he says the unvaccinated will be worst effected. it's here now, and it's spreading, and it's going to increase for own vaccinated. we're looking at a winner of severe illness and vaccinated for themselves. their families and the hospital will soon overwhelm. but there's good news. if you'd raxon a had a booster shot you're protected from severe illness and death. well, the u. k has reported a record number of infections for the 2nd day in a row with more than 80. $8000.00 wales was close and nightclubs. to help flow the spread from his

now one of the most powerful tropical storms to hit the philippines. this year is now weakening after slammed into the caused on thursday, one person has been killed while hundreds of thousands have been displaced in southern and central regions. winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour, knocked down power lines and ripped roofs of homes. heavy rains triggered floods and land slides. well, let's speak to our correspondent german island build and now she's joining us live from the capital. the manila jimmy, what do we know so far about the impact and the rescue mission? well unfortunately, elizabeth, many here in the capital, manila and other areas are not getting enough information to figure out the extent of the damage of type one, right. almost 24 hours since it's 1st made land fall in. so to go in chicago island, for example, many of the areas hit since then actually have lost power communication lines. so there are very little information coming out from provinces like late there, for example, saudi go, behold, province. and even earlier at the press

robin in doha, reminder of our top news stories and rescue operations are underway in parts of the philippines that have been hit by one of the strongest storms in the world. this year. not tens of thousands of people are being moved to emergency shelters in the southern and central parts of the country. officials say about 10000 villages are in the projected path of the typhoon to will alan duke and has more from manila. what we are seeing basically, whatever dates that are made available at this point, i just snippets of what's actually happening at the moment. um, no typhoon right. made land for onshore, go island, you know, i don't tourist destination on the eastern part of them in our region. and it is a slow moving typhoon, which means that it's going to batter a lot of the coastal and agricultural community and this part of on, of, of, of, of the philippines. and we know that a lot of the 8th, usually already pre positioned in a country like the philippines with more than $7000.00 islands. but again, the cleaning restaurant people operations, there will be an additional response teams t

we heard maria herself from the philippines. they're talking about the destruction that has already happened. she said, and no was the time to build the world. we want to set a world of peace trust and empathy. russian journalist imagery motto was awarded alongside that i. so for the nobel peace prize, he's the editor in chief of the independent newspaper. no via gazette, up. it's reported extensively on corruption in president vladimir putin administration and rights abuses in chatham, 6 or mater tubs, colleagues have been murdered for their work is dedicated his prize to them. what it has been awarded at a time when russia has been expanding. it's cracked on, on the media. numerous outlets have been forced to close this year. other journalists have been forced to flee or labeled foreign agents by the government. you can join us here at 1600 g m t for our special nobel interview live from oslo. we're going to have maria vasa and dmitri moderate of speaking with al jazeera, as volleyball and our diplomatic editor james base. now,

also in the show, more than 30 people have been killed as a powerful typhoon batter's the philippines, leaving massive destruction in his wake. and a collection of looted african art has a final showing at a museum in the german city of hamburg. the benign bronsons will soon be returning to nigeria. ah, a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. the dutch government has announced that the netherlands will go into a hard lockdown beginning on sunday morning. dont' prime minister margotto said the lockdown was unavoidable due to a 5th wave caused by the army kron variant. last minute shoppers, phil city, streets ahead of the announcement. all non essential shops will close as well as bars restaurants, schools. your facility is hairdressers, and cinemas. the restrictions are planned until at least the 14th of january when joining us now from brussels is did over your correspondent, bad and eager advance get to see you. so what exactly do these new restrictions in the netherlands mean for the dutch public? i mean, we've already seen very tight restrictions in place for a week, so

we're talking about, aside from that, hit the philippines on friday. and until now there are still many areas that remain cut off. now the government is able to conduct reconnaissance flights to get out led by the philippine military, but reconnaissance flights is not enough enable to be able to fully assess the situation on the ground. personnel needs to be on the ground. they need to be able to clear the debris in order to be able to send the most immediate supplies and that would be food, water, and medicine. we're getting reports of people who have died in many areas, that it's very hard to verify because even the government themselves be themselves admit that those work in the emergency response cluster of the office of the president did themselves say that it's very hard for them to verify information. so like i said, there is that they bought it hit the philippines on friday. it covered a huge swath of area to regents in the philippines and yet many communities remained cut off. at this point, we are in davos city. this is one of the main major d

the philippines was able to in a way, institutionalize disaster and responds operations. but the pandemic has made that difficult. for example, all of those have been evacuated. residents from many communities can not really stay in evacuation centers in temporary shelters for too long. that's because of the government's self imposed minimum health protocol because of the cobra, 1900 for them. that makes it very difficult to provide social distance thing in february shelters like schools for example. that's one and also many of the area of pit since last year, for example, around this time typhoon van call. these areas are coastal and agricultural communities that continued the ferry, the brunt of last year's devastation. and of course, the impact of this recession, which has been seen as the worth in decades for the philippines. so many of these communities working are just about survival now. but how they can actually go back to working again because they fear that many of their farm lands their boats for fishing, have been destroyed. and they are now very much dependent

the philippines news website rattler working in a country rank 13810 freedom of the press and where more than 20 journalists have been murdered for their work since rodrigo to tirty became president 5 years ago. her acceptance speech was powerful and passionate railing against the digital giants, which she said are twisting democracy with that surveillance capitalism. her co lauretha dmitri murderer tells, has been one of russia's most prominent independent journalist since 993. when he established the newspaper, novak ozetta, fearlessly criticizing the kremlin and exposing human rights abuses and option, the 6 of its journalists have been killed since the year 2000, including the top investigative reporter, anna pollock of sky was that there were tears in the audience as he listed the names of the dead, those but he used an old fable to explain his steadfast refusal to shy away from tough investigation. surprise was come young, please come if dog, if he is a car, there is a sang in russian and english and other languages that when the dogs bark the caravan keeps walking. one explanation

and freedom of expression were resar is co founder of the philippines news website wrapper. working in a country ranked 138 in freedom of the press. and where more than 20 journalists have been murdered for their work. since rodrigo de tirty became president 5 years ago. her acceptance speech was powerful and passionate railing against the digital giants, which she said are twisting democracy with what she described as their surveillance capitalism. going back without facts, you can't have truth. without truth, you can't have trust without trust. we have no shared reality, no democracy. her co laureate dmitri murder tough has been one of russia's most prominent, independent journalists since 1993. when he established the newspaper and avaya ozetta, fearlessly criticizing the kremlin and exposing human rights abuses and corruptions, emer, 6 of its journalists have been killed since the year 2000 at this meeting. there were tears in the audience as he list of the names of the dead was used, an old arab proverb, to explain why his newspaper perseveres will come here on greece. come if dog

the philippines still went, but they could've maybe left hawaii alone. >> the philippines don't go, they don't attack hawaii, and they really make no difference. it was the first six months of the war, probably the first year the war, and it is pushing the sleet across the pacific. and they went with that. it is advanced basis, and it was to service hundreds of ships. that capability did not exist in 1941. did not exist in 1942. it was really until 1944. it was a very rapid growth of the service squadrons, and who is a set up in these pacifica tolls in these places. there was many of these areas. these huge floating naval bases, essentially, where they were able to supply the fleets, where they have been, and in these provisions. there are some pretty major repairs, where there are floating dry docks. none of that capability, existing, at all. really, not until the second half of the war. so, our ability to project naval power, into the western pacific, absolutely, did not exist. so, battleships, impartial harbor, is in the way the war of the world would unfold. in the first half of the

hi, elizabeth, it is christmas morning here in the philippines. and this being a majority catholic country. you can imagine how special and important this holiday is. but last year, filipinos were not able to celebrate christmas the way they would have wanted to because of severe coven, 19 cases. and also a lot of restrictions that were imposed of by the government this year is a totally different story. especially here in metro manila, a capital as well as into rounding areas. because scott could be the 1900 cases have been low in the past several weeks, only in the 100 daily compared to our peak of more than 20000. just a few months ago during the height of the delta wave of infections. and so people have now been more confident to gather and be together with their families and friends. we have what we call here, the notch of wenna, which is the meal that families and friends share in their homes. during christmas eve going into christmas day. and a lot of families were happy that they were able to do this last night last night was the christmas

the philippine village. she invited a steward recognizance flight over the eastern part of the mid in our region to see for ourselves the damage caused by super typhoon. right. sure. go island is where super typhoon re 1st made landfall in the philippines. what was once a popular tourist destination reduced to this, the pilot then turned towards the nugget island, even from afar. the damage was distressing to see. it didn't matter whether their house was big or small. after landing in sooty go city, general admiral's order is clear, aid must reach those devastated areas as soon as possible, the magnitude of the damage discreetly b. it is because the one that was affected our island robins, if you will address this problem. and for me, what's your problem? release logistics night beer? we job around the mean county city gal, storm damage like this is a familiar scene here. now at the ports area, we found more than a 100 families forced from their homes. they are from the jo, sufficient community, once lived on