watch your head! and i m journeying into the realm of the stingless jellyfish. humans are not part of their diet, so you re fine. this week i m in the philippines, on the island of siargao, some 700 kilometres south east of the country s capital manila. named after a native mangrove, the island became famous for its surfing scene, considered the best in the philippines. but the main draw for many is siargao s largely unspoilt natural environment. and when you are zipping around on a bike it s easy to see how stunning this place is. in 2019 siargao was voted the best island in asia, and was dubbed the next bali, with plans for further development on the horizon. in december 2021, everything changed. category 5 super typhoon 0dette hit the island off guard, with wind speeds of up to 195km/h. these winds caused huge amounts of damage, while storm surges flooded coastal areas. oh my gosh. so it has been a little over a year since super typhoon 0dette hit this island, but you can
the wobble, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you just ahead on cnn newsroom. a major earthquake has killed hundreds of people in syria and turkey. the strongest earthquake in 100 years or more of record keeping.h and rescue operations, of course, very, very difficult. how and when president joe biden was informed about the suspected chinese spy balloon. china s now accusing the u.s. of overreacting. in fact, it s not just the balloon. it s the message to send the world that we can do whatever we want and america can t stop us. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. this monday, february 6th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 12:00 p.m. in turkey, search and rescue crews are working desperately to find people trapped in a major earthquake that struck in the early hoursch this morning. turkey s vice president said as least 280 people have died. 2200 are injured. and thousands of rescue engineers are headed to the region.
kate forbes by four percentage points. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, i m in the philippines, finding out how the island of siargao is bouncing back after being hit by a super typhoon. we went through the worst in our lives, and we kind of helped each other bounce back. ok, so this leg down, this leg up. oh my god, are you serious? striking a pose for the human drones. watch your head! and i m journeying into the realm of the stingless jellyfish. humans are not part of their diet, so you re fine. this week i m in the philippines, on the island of siargao, some 700 kilometres south east of the country s capital manila. named after a native mangrove, the island became famous for its surfing scene, considered the best in the philippines. but the main draw for many is siargao s largely unspoilt natural environment. and when you are zipping around on a bike, it s easy to see how stunning this place is. in 2019, siargao was voted the best island in
surged 10% last year to $150 billlion. they have moved to reduce reliance on the us dollar by setting up payment clearing in the chinese currency, the yuan. former brazilian president dilma rousseff is to be sworn in today as head of the new development bank a rival to the world bank and imf set by by the so called brics countries of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. let s speak now to william jackson, who is emerging market economist at capital economics. xi has been signalling the post covid reopening of china by hosting a series of world leaders. what can we read into the fact that brazil s leader has been among the first? you are absolutely right. as china moves into its postcode environment it seems to be wanting to spread its international wings. we have seen talks between saudi arabia and iran recently, and now we have cordial words with president lula, hayes and china at the moment. there is a big political angle to this, to find a way to cement relatio
say they re looking for a key witness. officers want to speak to a woman who was wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram near the river wyre. now on bbc news, the travel show. advice to the courts has been given that warrants for the forced installation of prepaid metres in the uk could be waved through. more than 1000 once a day were approved by magistrates last year as the cost of living crisis put many customers into arrears. earlier this week the regulator, offer jam, asked firms to suspend the compulsory installation of the devices after a couple of times investigation showed british gas subcontractors breaking into homes of vulnerable people. 0fgem. this was into homes of vulnerable people. 0fgem. this was the footage that trust energy companies firmly under the spotlight. an undercover reporter from the times showed that collectors working for british gas breaking into the home of a single father with young children, to fit a prepayment metre. energy suppliers c