No im Maryanne Demasi and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up. In a russian response to a u. S. Decision to provide arms to ukraine saying it could lead to new bloodshed in the war torn east. Burying the dead funerals in gaza for some of those killed in the ongoing protests of u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. From a well footballer of the year george wiss stages a Major Campaign rally as he bids to become liberias next president. Well than a hundred people a feared dead in the philippines from flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao dozens of people a still missing. Now reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by Tropical Storm time the towns of to go on 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 now every day to figure out we can give help to so many people that are really there a day 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 and that there is a they said ok theyre out there not to rush and the areas pretty wide its not just in one province but in several provinces show we are having a hard time getting them to communicate why there are areas that may have been affected 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 rarely 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. Rushes one the u. S. Is encouraging new bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u. S. Says it will give kevin haas defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the conflict in Eastern Ukraine is claim more than ten thousand lives since two thousand and fourteen tom ackerman reports. Missile strikes hit a small town in Eastern Ukraine damaging homes a school and Medical Clinic in ukraine blamed the attack this week on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of a three year long conflict. The us has strongly opposed what he calls russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine blaming the moscow government 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 u. S. Has decided to provide ukraine and hants defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven Million Dollar weapon fact age which congress is expected to approve includes more than two hundred antitank missiles and thirty five launchers as well as light arms. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has said russias occupation of crimea which the u. S. Wants to return to your grain is a major 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 when one country invades another that is a different set its hard to look past. Or to reconcile it with a this clear to russia for the very beginning that we must address ukraine that saying it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blamed russia for continuing violence in the done yet region the Trump Administration decision marking a reversal from Barack Obamas resistance to supplying lethal equipment deal crane i think its not logical and size zero. Zero. Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. Zero. Zero. Zero zero zero zero zero one zero zero zero zero and both of russias response a warning that the u. S. Decision will embolden key have in the conflict and only increased the use of force tom Ackerman Al Jazeera washington. Well russian president putin says moscow is not seeking conflict with anyone but will stand up for its interests who can spoke at a conference of the Ruling United Russia Party which has pledged it supports in next years president ial election who to new is registered as an independent candidate is expected to win a fourth term as president. Well now in all the top stories protest as a forward Israeli Security forces in the town of bethlehem just two days ahead of christmas theyre angry at u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital as any forces fired tear gas to trying to spurs the crowd some of whom were dressed as santa claus human Rights Groups have called for the israeli authorities to stop using what i calling Excessive Force three palestinians have now died in the space of two days after being shot by Israeli Forces a total of fourteen palestinians have been killed since the protests began on december sixth malcolm webb has more now from gaza. This the fear. Im a bass in was four years old was the latest people to die in the. Declaration on the sixth of the semi the jerusalem will be recognized by the west was because they say. He was among the protesters who for three fridays in the way was going through the day we have the friends in the woods around. To demonstrate trying to pounce palestinian flags throw stones and the price asked is each friday ive been met with some gunfire a little tear gas cried back by the israelis. The stuff in the jerusalem deserves second fires from our people and we confirm that its our eternal capital and that neither tribal or anyone else can change that our people will continue fighting for our rights until we stablish our independent state of palestine with jerusalem as the capital of photos and they also mccourts to show that. Its no move for the political factions an arm wings to sponsor the funerals of the people that are being killed in the protests this one sponsored by the armed wing of fox but no opportunities lost to make a political statement at a show of strength. The ministry well says mood in ten people are being killed since the onrush began oh and no need is the way past any infractions of crude for the price s. To continue speaking just a short while ago here in gaza the leader of hamas. Was of the Palestinian Resistance in the right. Side so theres no sign of any political factions giving up anytime soon the u. S. President donald trump is praising the United NationsSecurity Council from posing tough new song. On north korea in the latest attempt to force north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons and missile programs the resolution includes measures to cut most of pyongyangs practical imports in a tweet mr trump said the vote proved the world wants peace not death north korea is already on the u. S. U. N. And e. U. Sanctions after several Nuclear Missile tests this year well the new sanctions are aimed at cutting deliveries of refined petrol products by nearly ninety percent all north koreans working abroad will have to return home within two years they wont be able to send foreign currency back home either theyll be a bag on exports of north korean goods like machinery and Electrical Equipment and theyll also be a crackdown on ships smuggling banned goods aimed at preventing the transport of coal and oil well south korea is saying that it supports the sanctions but insists that dialogue with the north remains essential florence lou reports from seoul. South korea says it welcomes this latest round of sanctions calling its an indication the world will not tolerate north Koreas NuclearDevelopment Program relations between the two koreas are at their lowest point in decades previous south korean administrations have taken a more hardline approach when it came to dealing with north korea but president mungy in who came into office in may leans more towards the liberal side so hes stressing dialogue as the way forward now south korea is also due to host the Winter Olympics in february and its keen to not do anything to heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula ticket sales for the event have so far been slow with concerns that the the security situation is keeping spectators away so while south korea supports International Pressure on north korea in the form of sanctions it says dialogue has to be the way forward now how its north korea likely to respond to this latest round of sanctions while in the past north koreas previously third that sanctions will only have the effect of hardening its resolve and accelerating its Nuclear Program in august when the un s. C. When the u. N. Security Council Voted to ban north korean exports of coal i n n seafood among other things it responded with testing a Hydrogen Bomb in september when the u. N. Security Council Passed another round of sanctions in september north korea launched a missile test in november and we havent yet had any official reaction from north korea but we can expect a statement perhaps in a day or two put out through official state media we can also expect to hear from north Korean Leader kim jong un himself whos made it a tradition to deliver a new years day speech. Liberias president ial candidate george with held a Campaign Rally head of the countrys runoff on tuesday former world footballer of the year will at the first round of polling in october with thirty eight percent of the vote is main challenger is the current Vice President joseph because i the runoff vote had been delayed because of a Court Challenge by the third place candidate the winner will replace Ellen Johnson sirleaf who was president of liberia for twelve years and im going to do reports now from monrovia. Kundu dates in liberias run of president ial elections in a last minute hunt for votes here at the some old bowl stadium in monrovia supporters of george weah form a in Time National football have got that they see him as a man who can bring hope and change to this country one of the poorest in the world where hostile himself as a mom who is pro poor and i was promised the people of liberia so many things from Infrastructure Development to improvement in the question on health care yes the can a former wife will exclude all these countries Charles Taylor dewalt ala as his running mate perhaps to get the votes off a section of liberians who still goes for Charles Taylor hes facing joseph more kind the current Vice President the man who was on the Ellen Johnson sirleaf the first elected female president in africa just a bookcase currently complaining in brutal liberia and the styles himself as the come to date of transition the month most qualified to take over from president Ellen Johnson sirleaf however the for outgoing president also has not given how boxing to have Vice President and instead chosen to georgia where this elections are crucial to liberia it will be the first time in forty four years but there will be a constant transfer of power. And watching out there and much more to tell you about this. The agonizing wait for reunions we need a has eighty families stranded in greece who spent years apart from their loved ones in germany. And has diplomatic relations with the u. S. Turns out this Cuban Dance Company is taking back the american terrorists in stride. 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 the south asia weather 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 falling conditions expected were looking at quite pleasant conditions in chennai though twenty nine degrees and weve lost the showers for the time being across much of show like of the still a chance of some more coming back as we head on through into monday but otherwise looking fine mumbai coming in a thirty two degree celsius across into the Arabian Peninsula and here in qatar its looking 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 mint real issue but it 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 respects and a high of thirty three. Underserved. Monument towards destructor pollards. Theres amid the ruins the foreign student resist. The super. Power investor child a suburb of damascus. Crumble under the march over there so its only. Part two of this time. Back with aljazeera the top stories this hour more than one hundred people are feared dead in the philippines from flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm tembin most of the casualties are on the island of mindanao. Russia says the u. S. Is encouraging new bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine by providing weapons to kiev. And protests have fled up in bethlehem of the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital at least three palestinians have been killed in the last two days. Now the u. N. Has begun flying african refugees stranded in libya to italy more than one hundred sixty arrived on friday night as an airbase close to rome human Rights Groups have condemned the conditions and Libyan Detention Centers describing them as inhumane more flights are expected to follow. Well our plan for the next year is to resettle to third country or two of our great from libya between five thousand and ten thousand refugees well it depends on the countries which will be generous enough like italy now to offer places where we can sell direct. When i was twenty seventeen is approaching its and will be looking back at some of the biggest stories through the eyes of five families course up in them in the First Episode we talk to a family of refugees waiting to reunite with their relatives in germany arent seeing reports from now apollonia camp in northern greece compared to the squalor of the camps on the greek islands refugee life on the edge of this lake in the increase looks bearable because all is desperate with worry she lives here with her youngest son and her husband her oldest boy mahmoud is in germany with his nine year old brother. Hasnt seen them for two years and the best she can do is see their faces on her phone my son every time he get away with the with foreign war when he talked with me he got a mom when did you come to germany but its very difficult. Because all fled single in iraq four years ago but it was overrun by ice and her family has been on the move the since two years of camps in turkey before she got to the greek islands then it was athens it to many on the Macedonian Border the notorious picture camp on Mount Olympus and now here mahmoud had left them and has begun to build his own life in germany both he and his brother are in school but as he says hes having to be a parent as well as a brother. Because it has all the papers she needs to be in germany as well but she isnt and its tormenting her thats not the right for the government government gentlemen its not the right there where we have the. Right humans where we dont see the children in every every children if its in the future but i dont know why you stop with this. So this is where the new german politics is collided with the legal rights of refugees under pressure from the far right germany clamp down hard on his previously liberal policy of reunifying families during coalition because he ations right