Philippines. The storm, known as ursula there, has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013, the most powerful to hit the archipelago in a long time. Tens of thousands have been stranded at ports, many unable to join their families for christmas. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. Typhoon pha nfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour, terrifying local people. Woman screams. And leaving a trail of destruction. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded. More than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. In this majority catholic country, the typhoon, which has damaged infrastructure, stopped many people visiting their families for christmas. Filipinos are well used to tropical storms and typhoons, with around 20 hitting the island nation each year. The most deadly in recent times was typhoon haiyan in 2013, where a massive storm sur
And coming up in half an hour from the cricket world cup to a Game Changing summer for women s sport. We look back at the biggest sporting moments this year. Good morning, and welcome to bbc news. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines, which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour, tearing roofs off houses, and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. The storm has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013 the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. Typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour. Terrifying local people. Screaming. And leaving a trail of destruction. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded. More than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. In this majority ca
For the 1st time in more than a decade details of their match against sri lanka later in the program. The upper house of Indias Parliament is voting on a bill that will grant citizenship to minorities who face religious persecution in pakistan and bangladesh and a gonna stand bought the bill has stood controversy because it excludes muslim refugees from the 3 neighboring countries opposition politicians and Rights Groups say the exclusion of muslims as part of the governments hindu nationalists agenda defending the bill the home minister says Indias Muslim citizens have nothing to fear. It is a question of giving citizenship to people who have come because of religious persecution the minorities or any muslims need not worry i want to say this clearly nobody needs to worry if anyone threatens you or scares you dont get scared this isnt their interim government that is moving with the spirit of the constitution so the minorities will get full protection well a curfew has been imposed in
A political solution to the public anger. Well its been hailed as a historic agreement turkey and russia reaching a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from Northern Syria and korea launched its offensive in the area last week but suspended the operation following a u. S. Brokered cease fire well start with this report from step vasant in sochi. With only hours left of the u. S. Brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in president put an offer to help to remove and this goodish fighters at the turkish Syrian Border together with Syrian Border troops it was delayed we share turkeys concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region east tensions and the separatist mood in recent times where in our opinion artificially created by outsiders. Goodish fighters have until next tuesday evening local time to clear turkeys 30 kilometer socalled safe zone Russian Military police will then start joint patrols with Turkish Forces along almost t
Killed millions contending with floodwaters and buildings collapsing his monsoon rains sweep across the whole india and bangladesh plus the congo is Ebola Outbreak spreading with the death toll already at 1600 the virus reaches the crowded city of goma on the border with rwanda the World Health Organization describing the new case as a potential game changer. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome germanys arsal of fun and has announced that she will step down as the countrys defense minister and a big gamble for her hope is that the European Parliament will vote tomorrow to give her a new job as the 1st. Female president of the European Commission now that outcome is far from certain underlying faces skepticism from parliamentary groups angered at the way she was forced on them by National Leaders as a 3rd choice candidate so she has been on a Charm Offensive making promises to win over. Keeping up with. Not an easy task last week. She