And i welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me and as the parana im also ahead saudi arabia says it will reopen some of yemens ports and holds much needed aid for millions of people facing famine. Donald trump made for the pain president or they go to that in manila but theres confusion over whether they talk about human rights abuses cancer scare of his more afraid of the Health System and Rio De Janeiro and. Woman three hundred eighty people in iran and iraq have been killed by the earthquake near the border where most four thousand were injured in the magnitude seven point three quake it caused widespread damage in both countries with. Tens of thousands forced from their homes and noncom reports from baghdad. First responders quickly deal with the wounded in western iran a seven point three magnitude earthquake bringing schools of the injured through hospital doors. I fell from the balcony it was so far. Pieces of glass fell on me and hurt my hand. You rivals from remote towns swell the hospital to capacity the injured continue in ever increasing number as more people are found in the rubble the death toll rises to the earthquake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of halabja striking at nine eighteen p. M. Local time the u. S. Geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then came the first reports of fatalities on the iranian side of the border in the town of consolation in people use their phones to record the devastation early reports suggest eight villages have been damaged by daybreak an estimated seventy thousand people were displaced iranian authorities quickly moved in field hospitals and emergency equipment the country has a history of dealing with earthquakes iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world several major fault lines across the country and in two thousand and three a six point six magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of bam twenty six thousand people died although earthquakes are common in iran here in iraq theyre much less common and thats led to a lot of concern from ordinary people who here in baghdad for example experience an earthquake for the very first time buildings swayed from left to right cars came to a standstill so there was real concern up in the kurdish reason we also saw shopping malls and homes being evacuated however the real damage the real concern is on the iranian side of the border people have been sleeping out on the streets and its likely theyll spend another night out in the streets of another earthquake how does their baghdad. Mark allen is a professor in the department of Earth Sciences at darley university in the u. K. And he says there will be more damage on the iranian side to sujit a lot geographical differences iranian landscape is much more mountainous than its counterparts on the iraqi side to the west but remember that that landscape and the location of the political border a lot of it comes down to these geological faults that shape the landscape so repeated earthquakes on these faults of lifted up the mountains in their present configuration and created that mountainous landscape on the iranian side whilst keeping the iraqi territory rather sort of subdued and flatter with consequently fewer casualties when an individual earthquake strikes aftershocks are inevitable fortunately each of the the ones recorded so far since the main shock have been much smaller on the mark and shoot of four and five we cant predict exactly when and where they will occur they could occur over the next days and even months in this region weve already seen with the first aftershocks that theyre occurring on a sort of broad north south distribution south of the main shock and thats probably indicating sort of further activity on the same fault system lets move on to other news now thousands of yemenis have marched in the capital pharma to denounce the closure of ports by the salving their Coalition Demonstrators held banners condemning the blockade while organizers call for unity in the face of the aggression they also called on the International Community to pressure the saudi government to reopen the ports and allow aid shipments through saudi arabia three and off yemens ports and airports after iranian backed fired a myth outwards the saudi capital lying days ago. But in Djibouti International aid groups are loading much needed supplies onto a ship to send to yemen but as our correspondent muhammad the reports theyve yet to get clearance to dock in the revel how port of the day that you are an official say theyre in a race against time to deliver a much needed aid to the people of yemen usually that will be taking these supplies with dollars to the ports. On the other and in yemen but because of the broke the impost on the country by the Saudi Led Coalition they havent been able to take anything from djibouti to yemen in the past week and a mouthful to use a much bigger ship to make the delivery they say they would ideally want to take the supplies which include. For the whole of a response as well as therapeutic food formal notice children to the point of the day that but they do not have access to the port yet djibouti has become an important hub for the yemen relief operation in the past few years and also stranded here about sixty members of staff of the United Nations and other International Organizations u. S. President donald trump has been meeting made is at the summit in manila including host president of the white house says human rights issues and that had his war on drugs were discussed but the Philippine Government says they werent genuine though has moved from manila. When he was sworn into Office Philippines president will be good to talk to says that could she will be cutting ties with the United States but now more than a year later and as chairman of the association of Southeast Asian nations critics a deterrent is now singing a different tune. Over the years we are going to you know. He promised to pursue an independent Foreign Policy veering away from the u. S. While building closer relations with china and russia those who want supported him now say deter the strong man image isnt quite what it. Really shows the kind of relationship there is between him and trump but with the philippines and the United States its a neo colonial relations all of many is for a truly independent Foreign Policy independent from the dictates of the United States of america its Donald Trumps first trip to the philippines since he took Office Security experts say top of his agenda are the growing tensions in the Korean Peninsula will also be meeting with leaders of as he and Member States all our diplomatic ties with north korea but have unanimously condemned pyongyangs Nuclear Weapons program over the weekend three was aircraft carriers carried out joint exercises off the east coast of south korea worrying many here that the situation shows no sign of the escalating the South China Sea dispute is also on the agenda together with the growing influence of i still in the region and the ruhi a crisis in me and mark the thirty and shop are meeting on the sidelines today a lateral discussion that is making many here nervous but trump says the two countries have a great relationship trump wants glossed over deterred to socalled war on drugs which has led to the deaths of more than ten. Thousand filipinos. And far from the glittering i see and protests continue in downtown manila. This is going on for more than thirty minutes now. Protesters are chanting the word coup which means. They say philippine state forces together with. Our stooges of the United States. More than two thousand people showed up and there is no shortage of zeal or anger. But the history between the two countries is so intertwined it will take more than a few protests to separate the United States from its former colony. Manila. Surrender or starve and this International Says the Syrian Governments method used against civilians constitutes crimes against humanity is calling for an end to what it calls the dark stain on the worlds conscience a new report says Government Forces surrounded and bombed to densely populated opposition controlled areas thousands of people were given an ultimatum to abandon their homes or die and the state has farms and Food Supplies were burned hospitals and clinics destroyed and people were deprived of medical care the report condemns not only the Syrian Government but also some opposition groups it says both restricted and blocked humanitarian help amnesty is asking for an independent body to investigate and prosecute those responsible well earlier we spoke to diana from on the Syria Research for amnesty international. And cafe and fall which is part of the four towns agreement we found that had a shot Islamic Movement at the had formerly formerly known as robot and responsible of besieging the predominately shia advantages and the countryside so civilians have described to was what i mean theyre going through the same horrific experiences as other besieged areas besieged by the Syrian Government so these two towns the armed groups have restricted and humanitarian access deprived them from food to water and even shed a great cultural field to prevent them from accessing the Agricultural Produce these gas conditions always have just proven to be a temporary cease fire but what weve seen in these former besieged areas that the government was able to recapture these areas from armed opposition groups by besieging them and you know forcing them or compelling them to surrender negotiating an agreement which basically has affected civilian population the most forcing them to give their homes to other opposition controlled areas such as government controlled areas now these civilians that are numbered and thousands are living in a dire humanitarian conditions theyre living in makeshift camps with no access to services and others i have to pay rent and pay for water and they tricity the disk additional zones havent lifted the sieges of the civilian population is to report to see its yarmulkes to besieged and the countryside supposedly theres a deescalation zone however weve seen a sever violations like attacks on civilians hospitals and other civilian objects so in effect these us couldnt shouldnt zones have been havent like protected civilians for that reason were calling on the government to end these on go for that tax especially their allies russia and iran and to lift the siege is on the remaining half a million civilians. Still ahead on the bulletin the North Koreans want to show on trying to defect the sound through one of the worlds most heavily guarded border. Hundreds of a strain politicians have been given a free way to prove they know you will tell you why coming up. How there was pretty quiet now across southern parts of china still a chance of one of the into the far south west of the country hong kong shell be fine and dry temperatures here at around twenty six degrees further north you might see wanted to showers for a time up towards shanghai but i think they will be few and far between but just guys come back into hong kong as we go on through wednesday a chance of wanted to showers towards high now and into the gulf of tonkin central as the vietnam also seeing some rather wet weather as winds continue to drive their way in as from the North Eastern that northeasterly wind also pushing a fair few showers into the southeastern corner of india plenty of cloud around here mostly see wanted to those showers creep in the way towards flag i think frankly should be largely dry basically. Just around the southern parts of under but that welcome cloud just making its way towards Northern Plains of india spilling out of the north of pakistan and that could help to clear the air in new delhi at least temporarily as we go on through wednesday meanwhile that wet weather will push east why right up that eastern side of india some heavy downpours pushing right up towards additional towards west bengal and maybe also some wet weather also stretching its way into bangladesh elsewhere is dry. Facing the reality the president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent ordered that order hasnt happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g. C. C. Will be and. Hear their story. On talk to aljazeera at this time. But have you with us on aljazeera these are our top stories hundred eighty people have died in a powerful earthquake that struck me a box border with another four thousand people in the magnitude seven point three quake and the state International Says the Syrian Governments use of surrender methods against civilians constitutes his crimes against humanity as released a report saying the bombing densely Populated Areas giving the residents an ultimatum to abandon their homes or die saudi arabias mission to the u. N. Has announced that the Saudi Led Coalition will begin reopening airports and seaports in yemen access to the ports of aden mccollough admin will be reinstated over the next twenty four hours they have placed a blockade on yemen after what the rebels fired a missile towards riyadh a week ago. Lebanons president says its positive that promise to solve the may take back his resignation i doubt he made the comment on his first interview since on expectedly resigning in saudi arabia more than a week ago saying to haul the reports from beirut. This is the first time saud how did he makes public remarks since his resignation announcement more than a week ago from the saudi capital riyadh he sought to dispel reports that he had been detained the well being of lebanons Prime Minister and his freedom of movement have been open to question in a live interview he denied he was forced to resign and said he is a free man and. I submitted my resignation i know its not a normal process for a Prime Minister but i had to take some security measures to return back safe and sound the circumstances behind his decision to step down united a deeply divided country earlier people used. To show solidarity with. Some lebanese may now be convinced that he is not under house arrest others however havent changed their minds it clearly was a comfortable situation physically look. What he was saying was very. Contradictory to many people in lebanon saying that hes free when i look but if and when it does return it doesnt guarantee that lebanons latest political crisis will be resolved if i withdraw my resignation as Prime Minister of lebanon we must respect the distancing of lebanon from the regional conflicts we should pull out from the interventions in the region with a few years ago lebanon officially adopted a policy of staying out of regional conflicts particularly from the war in syria hezbollah has been accused of ignoring that policy by sending troops to fight alongside the Syrian Government the iranian allied group has long resisted demands to withdraw its forces and it is unlikely to heed that demand now. Also singled out yemen accusing hezbollah of interventions that puts lebanon at risk heidi said he resigned to save lebanon but the political vacuum his resignation created has only destabilized the country heidi. He is the tops and the politician in lebanon replacing him will not be easy democracy here is about consensus and a candidate has to be accepted by all rival camps for stability to prevail appearance and comments did little to ease the tensions instead he looked more like a pawn in the Regional Power struggle between iran and saudi arabia so out of. Beirut. South koreas military says north korean troops have shot and injured a fellow soldier as he tried to defect to the south it happened near the border village of palm one john the soldiers being taken to hospital kathy novak has moved from salt. According to the south korean joint chiefs of staff a north korean soldier ran across the border just before four in the afternoon seoul time they say north korean soldiers shot the man in the arm as he crossed the joint security area within the d. M. Z. Running towards the south korean building known as the Freedom House they added that south korean soldiers did not fire any shots because those fired by the north did not reach the Southern Side the man was transferred to a hospital in the south now the joint security area or j s a is the area of the border jointly policed by north and south korean soldiers the two sides have held talks there and tourists regularly visit the area u. S. President donald trump tried to visit the d. M. Z. During his trip here last week but bad weather prevented his helicopter from landing most a north korean defectors use the border with china but other soldiers have crossed into the south over the d. M. Z. In the past mostly outside the joint security area involved in todays incident. Myanmars army has replaced the general in charge of operations of iraq and