Philippines. Clubs a lot of you watching all this there along the headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next thirty minutes from russia was the u. S. Decision to provide arms to ukraine well worse of the cold like that. Also sharp limits on oil imports and a smuggling crackdown the un approves more sanctions against north korea. And protests continuing gaza over the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Welcome to the program more than one hundred people are feared dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by Tropical Storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao dozens of people still missing in. Flash floods and mudslides brought on by Tropical Storm tembin the towns of two baad n. P. R. Mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. We really want to go straight no and were going to figure out. What you have so many people that are really. At the height of the storm winds of up to eighty kilometers an hour uprooted trees and triggered torrents of mud and rock from a nearby mountain volunteers are digging with whatever they can to try and recover bodies power cuts and the loss of communication lines have hampered rescue efforts. There out there not iraq and the areas pretty wide yes in one province but in several provinces so were having a hard time getting communicate why there are areas that may have been. Last week forty six people were killed in the central philippines in a similar storm the philippines is hit by around two dozen major cyclons each year on average many of them deadly but mindanao island home to twenty Million People is where they hit the region is still recovering from type which killed more than seven thousand people and affected millions in two thousand and thirteen and while the worst of storm tendon has passed it will take a long time before this area recovers indios time zero now russia has warned washington its encouraging new bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine by giving weapons to kill have now the u. S. Says it will provide ukraine with enhanced defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists now the conflict has claimed more than ten thousand license twenty fourteen i shall have done this reports. Missile strikes hit a small town in Eastern Ukraine damaging homes a school and Medical Clinic just said. Ukraine blamed the attack two nights ago on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of the three year long conflict. The us has strongly opposed to what it cools russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine blaming russia for violence that has claimed more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven Million People now it will provide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the United States has decided to provide ukraine in hunts defensive capabilities as part of a if it to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression. Report suggests the support package if approved by congress would include antitank missiles. U. S. Secretary of state ricks to listen has said russias all keep ation of crimea or so the u. S. Wants return to ukraine is a may just stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. We can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but winds of one country invades another that is a difference that is hard to look past. Or to reconcile and weve made this clear to russia from very beginning that we must address ukraine that say it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to us renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blamed russia for continuing violence in the dinette screech and today we focus on as ukraine because thats where the level of violence is simply its risen this year as i and its up sixty percent we have to bring that to an end and this u. S. Defense package appears to be their own. But one military analyst suggested it will do little to help ukraine and as a tactic by trump to show hes not in bed with the russians the truth is that this is not a game changer on the ground in ukraine with a promise now really are just sniper rifles this is not going to change things on the ground in moscow knows that this is not striking fear and the heart of anybody in the Defense MinistryMoscow Russia issued a response warning that the u. S. Decision will embolden kiev in the conflict and only increase the use of force shelob ellis aljazeera now tom a command has more from washington d. C. This is the first approval of lethal weaponry to the ukraine government from the Trump Administration and marks a reversal from the position of barack obama who had resisted congressional entreaties to supply the ukrainians nevertheless these are as the administration as the state department explained entirely defensive in nature in the sense that these are antitank missiles and launchers and not for example anti aircraft weapons or or tanks for example some kinds of equipment that congressional proponents of more help to the ukraine had had advocated congress has thirty days to approve this sale and it is expected to go through without any kind of opposition or serious opposition here now the russian president says moscow is not seeking cold flicked with anyone but will stand up for its interests a lot of mia putin spoke at a conference of the Ruling United Russia Party which is pledged it supports in next years president ial election putin who is registered as an independent candidate is expected to win that would be his fourth term as president now the u. N. Security council has unanimously passed these sanctions in the latest attempt to force north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons and missile programs the resolution put forward by the u. S. Includes measures to cut most appealing young petrol imports north korea is already under a u. S. Un an e. U. Sanctions after several nuclear and missile tests this year mike hanna has more from the u. N. Well what has been a sometimes divided year for the Security Council draws to an end with a display of unity the resolution on north korea tightening sanctions passed unanimously and tighten the sanctions it does theres a massive reduction in the amount of refining the fuel that is north korea would be allowed to import also or trouble barrel an asset freeze on a number of individuals and one entity the north korean army well this resolution followed intense talks between the United States russia and china to ensure that all were in agreement with the text today for the tenth time this council stand united against a north korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace the camera seen continues to defy the resolutions of this council the norms of civilized behavior and the patience of the International Community their arrogance and hostility to anything productive has set their country on a destructive path the resolution also did not rule out dialogue committing members to pursuing the Six Party Talks north korea south korea japan the u. S. Russia and china coming together in some form of dialogue the u. S. Still insisting though that there must be a sustained to say sion of north Korean Missile development before discussions can commence russia and china for their part within the meeting insisting that there should be some kind of quid pro quo shown by south korea and the u. S. Perhaps suspending their ongoing joint military exercises nonetheless the Security Council coming to agreement a unanimous vote at the end of the year both of your pilot in hong kong has been monitoring chinas response. Well the fact that china has agreed to that level of could cuts and will be transparent about how much oil its sending north korea is seen as a major change in stance but chinas top short of halting all feel supplies beijings concerned it will lead to a collapse in the regime and as tensions even further something beijing does not want heres the Chinese Ambassador to the u. N. On new york is continuing to conduct Nuclear Tests and missile launches in defiance of the universal opposition by the International Community all the parties concerned have continued to expand military exercises in scale up their own shows of force the escalation of tension on the peninsula which has reached a point of risking spiraling out of control is not in the interest of any party chinas compliance with all these sanctions is possibly the biggest blow to north korea most of the north korean labor outside the country is in china the hard currency they send back supports pyongyangs Nuclear Ambitions and after the last round of sanctions in september all north Korean Companies and china will have to close in the next few days now with this round of sanctions on north korean workers will have to leave too though theyll have a longer time line pyongyang used to notify beijing in advance before it launched a missile are conducted a nuclear test now not anymore analysts say beijing no longer has the sway it once had over north korea. Three palestinians and died in the past two days after being shelled by Israeli Forces a total of fourteen are being killed since protests began over the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital is the third weekend of demonstrations in the occupied palestinian territory against the move now where it has moved from gaza. This this year to. A bass in was out of the latest people to die in the. Declaration on the sixth of december the jerusalem will be recognized by the u. S. Because they say. He was among the protesters here for three fridays in the way of the gun so where is the better we say all the friends in the movement surrounds was to demonstrate that trying to plant palestinian flags. And the price asked is each friday ive been met with some gunfire. Ask right back by the israelis. Whats the stuff in the jerusalem deserves sekret fires from our people and we confirm that its our eternal capital and that and the other tribe nor anyone else can change that our people will continue fighting for our rights until establish our independent state of palestine with jerusalem as the capital of photos and they are some of the books the show. Its normal for the political factions and the wings to sponsor the funerals of the people that are being killed in the protests this one sponsored by the armed wing a factor but no opportunity to last to make a political statement and a show of strength. The ministry around says ten people are being killed simply on arrest began and. Boston infractions of course for the price to continue speaking just a short while ago. The leader of hamas. The Palestinian Resistance in the. Side said theres no sign of the little factions getting out anytime soon. Still ahead here on aljazeera after months without funding a critical Childrens Health program in the United States gets a temporary reprieve and a new room to move commuters in manila a railing against the citys overloaded trains well tell you why straight after the break. Welcome back as we look at weather conditions across parts of southern and eastern china and through towards taiwan is generally looking pretty good at the moment for a few showers on the coast of vietnam but nothing on toward hanoi so should be dry and fine and as you move through to monday not a great to change a lot of clouds but it should stay a draw and fine so lets head further towards the west and across south asia where the conditions here generally also fine to see some patchy clouds weve got visibility problems across northern parts of india much as youd expect at this time of the year small conditions in delhi and elsewhere particular cross the punjab but to find conditions expected were looking at quite pleasant conditions in chennai though twenty. Degrees and weve lost a share of the time being across much of show like of the still chance of some more coming back as we head on through into monday but otherwise looking fine mumbai coming in at thirty two degrees celsius across into the Arabian Peninsula and here in qatar is a beautiful again although we have got problems with Early Morning mist and folk drifting around the gulf is the time of the year last couple of weeks of december first two weeks of general fog is a myth real issue but does tend to clear enough less elsewhere across the peninsula we have some a cloud across Northern Areas but it should be fine in mecca here a space in the high of thirty three. Thats not the real good while shooting people are not so sure to themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into a cult right open a war that the citys security people who pay the price clearly theyre right top been prejudiced setting the stage for serious debate up front at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back to aljazeera the whole robin a reminder of our top stories more than one hundred people are feared dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by Tropical Storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao. Also a ninety percent cut in pyongyang as petrol product imports and workers abroad to be sent home well these are the highlights of the latest u. N. Sanctions aimed at forcing north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons and missile programs and russia has warned the u. S. Its encouraging the bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u. S. Theres little give kiev and hands defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists. In liberia former football star george where c. D. C. Party is holding a major rally ahead of the president ial runoff vote next week where faces Vice President joseph book i choose states face which had been delayed for weeks due to a Court Challenge now the first trial was held a lot over the tenth but results were challenged by the third placed candidate who alleged fraud and irregularities top court later dismissed those claims and gave the go ahead for the runoff vote. Ago has more from the capital monrovia. Toward the way of a leading contender for the presidency of liberia is holding his last rally of the some will go to the im here in monrovia his supporters governing and hes expected to come on addressed them in the coming hours where is a form of into muscle football a form of. International football of the year and he is seen as the man who can bring change to liberia and hes been trying to market himself as such hes popular with the youthful the country form up to sixty percent of the population he got thirty eight percent in the foster round and hes cool. And the only month facing him in the Ronald Joseph walker is the Vice President and has been flies president for the last twelve years under the first female elected leader in africa Ellen Johnson sirleaf. Himself the candidate of transition the man most qualified to replace Ellen Johnson sirleaf this crucial elections in forty four years it will be the first time theres been a high peaceful handover of power but theyre not just about are they also about the money and needs of liberians one of the poorest countries in the world. Those involved ways the leader im assembling has named the former army chief as one of two Vice President s constantine led the coup last month which ended Robert Mugabes thirty seven year long grip on power the new president has already appointed several Senior Army Officials to his cabinet since he took office on november the twenty fourth. Now the french president manuel micro has told or has paid tribute to five hundred french troops stationed in the west african nation of the share he says the g five the whole force aimed to fight armed groups and traffickers in the region is growing and will enjoy more security in the future. Frances Largest Overseas military operation. Was African Forces to take a more prominent role because of that again mark i have noticed the growing gaijin of the countries of the sale they are on the front line and it is the alliance of their efforts there would ensure their own security. The philippine capital manila some of the worst Traffic Congestion in asia but its public well system is also under serious strain despite hundreds of millions of dollars of Government Investment and good reports commuters. Every morning z. A cruise lines up for over an hour just to get a train ride to work she says this has been her life since she graduated from school three years ago. It takes me three to four hours to get to work going home it takes me around five hours. We took the train ourselves and the experience is overwhelming. More than half a million filipinos take this train every day thats more than doubled the allowed capacity weve spoken to passengers to say the situation is the greeting i the trains the engine died twice they tell us that everything is all right. The metro rail transit