Welcome to bbc news. The authorities in the philippines say more than 180 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by a major Tropical Storm. Scores of people are missing and tens of thousands have been forced to leave their homes. The countrys second largest island, mindanao, was worst affected. Local Officials Say many residents had ignored warnings to leave vulnerable coastal areas. 0ur correspondent andy moore has the latest. Clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. There was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. In a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. The authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. Many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. This man said houses were getting flooded but people couldnt escape, so they got caught in the strong currents a
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Jeremy corbyn urges those to think of the lonely and those incompetents. In conflict zones. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, says he is saddened by the loss of life in the southern philippines, after 200 died in flash floods and landslides. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the conditions, which were triggered by Tropical Storm tembin. President Rodrigo Duterte will visit some of the communities affected later on sunday. The island of mindanao is the worst hit area so far and the storm is now battering the island of palawan. Sarah corker has the latest. In the raging floodwaters, rescue efforts are frantic and dangerous. Ropes are all these villagers have to pull each other to safety. Storm tembin tore through mindanao, the philippines second largest island and home to 20 million people. Flash floods and landslides have cut off entire communities and washed away homes. And with more than 100 people missing, the death tol
Dont you understand english . Please, please, please, lets be respectul. It comes as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. And net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A Major International row has erupted after key images from the investigation into the Manchester Arena terror attack were leaked to the New York Times by Us Intelligence officials. Police here condemned the leak, which could have damaged the investigation. And said they would now limit the amount of information theyre willing to share with counterparts in america. Today, President Trump promised to root out the source of the leak, which he called deeply troubling. In other developments, officers investigating the attack have described the arrests made so far as significant , eight people remain in custody; 75 people injured in the attack remain remain in hospital, 23, including several children, a
Dont you understand english . Please, please, please, lets be respectul. It comes as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. And net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A Major International row has erupted after key images from the investigation into the Manchester Arena terror attack were leaked to the New York Times by Us Intelligence officials. Police here condemned the leak, which could have damaged the investigation. And said they would now limit the amount of information theyre willing to share with counterparts in america. Today, President Trump promised to root out the source of the leak, which he called deeply troubling. In other developments, officers investigating the attack have described the arrests made so far as significant , eight people remain in custody; 75 people injured in the attack remain remain in hospital, 23, including several children, a