No im in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up. In a rush a response to a u. S. Decision to provide saying it could lead to new bloodshed in the war torn east. Footballer of the stages a Major Campaign rallies events to become liberias next president. And diplomatic relations with the u. S. Turned sour this Cuban Dance Company is taking a lack of american tourists and its trying to. Come to the program our top story more than one hundred people are feared dead in the philippines from flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao thousands of people is still missing. Reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by Tropical Storm the tons 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 it out we can get we have 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 the three they said hey theyre out there not iraq and the areas pretty wide its not just in one province but in several provinces show were 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 while the worst of the storm tendon has passed it will take a long time before this area recovers indios a disease. Russia as well in the u. S. Is encouraging new bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine by providing weapons to can have the u. S. Says it will give kevin hans defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the conflict in Eastern Ukraine is more than ten thousand lives since two thousand and fourteen tom ackerman reports from washington d. C. The. Missile strikes hit a small town in Eastern Ukraine damaging homes a school and Medical Clinic in ukraine blame the attack this week on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of a three year long conflict. The u. S. Says 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 weapons package 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 it say 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 Drop Administration decision marking a reversal from Barack Obamas resistance to supplying lethal equipment deal planes i think its not logical and size zero. Zero zero. Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. Zero zero segments of the public. Was used. 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 aljazeera washington. Well the russian president Vladimir Putin says moscow isnt seeking conflict with anyone but will stand up for its interests who spoke at a conference of the Ruling United Russia Party which has pledged that support in next years president ial Election Commission has registered as an independent candidate is expected to win a fourth term as president. On our other top stories protesters have fought with Israeli Security forces in the town of bethlehem just two days before christmas their angry at u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital Israeli Forces fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowd some of whom were dressed as santa claus human Rights Groups have called for the israeli authorities to stop using what it describing as Excessive Force all three palestinians have now died in the past two days after being shot by Israeli Forces a total of fourteen palestinians have been killed since the protests began over two weeks ago michael ware has more from gaza. This the fear. Im a bass in was old was the latest people to die in the. Declaration on the sixth of the same by the jerusalem will be recognized by the west was because they say. He was among the protesters who put three fridays in the way it was going through the release of the friends in the woods around. To demonstrate that trying to pounce palestinian flags throw stuff. At the price just as each friday ive been met with some gunfire a little tear gas cry backed by the israelis. The stuff in the jerusalem deserves a second phase from our people and we confirm that its our eternal capital and that neither traveller 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 mccook to show that. Its no move for the political factions and o m wings to sponsor the funerals of the people that are being killed in the protests this one sponsored by the armed wing of the no opportunities lost to make a political statement at a show of strength. The ministry about says mood in ten people are being killed since the onrush began oh and no need is the opposed to 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 getting up anytime soon. As President Donald Trump is praising the United NationsSecurity Council for imposing tough new sanctions on know. Korea the latest attempt to force north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapons and missile programs resolution includes measures to cut most of Pyongyang Special imports in a tweet mr trump said the vote prove that the world wants peace not death north korea is already under u. S. U. N. And e. U. Sanctions after several nuclear and 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 and they wont be able to send any foreign currency back home either theyll be a ban on exports of north korean goods like machinery and Electrical Equipment and that also be a crackdown on ships smuggling banned goods things aimed at preventing the transport of coal and oil to vehicle pollan in hong kong has been monitoring the response from china while 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 sort of halting all field supplies beijings concern that will lead to a collapse in the regime and as tensions even further something not want heres the Chinese Ambassador to the u. N. Team here on new york he has continued to conduct Nuclear Tests and missile launches in defiance of the universal opposition by the International Community on the parties concerned have continued to expand military exercises and 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 interests of any party. Chinas compliance with all these sanctions is possibly the biggest blow to north korea most of the north korean labor outside of the country its 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 or conducted a nuclear test now not anymore analysts say beijing no longer has the sway it once had over north korea. Now liberias president ial candidate george ware is held a Campaign Rally ahead of tuesdays ronnell vote where a former world footballer of the year let the first round of polling in october with thirty eight percent of the vote his main challenger is the current Vice President joseph because i want to vote has been delayed because of a Court Challenge by the third place cant it the winner will replace president Ellen Johnson sirleaf who has led liberia now for twelve years im going to do reports from monrovia. Come to dates invited beauteous round of president ial elections in a last minute hunt for votes here at the some old bull stadium in monrovia supporters of george weah form a in Time National football our hearts go but they see him as a man who can bring hope and change to this country one of the poorest in the world told well hostile himself as a man whose probe poor honest promise the people of liberia so many things from Infrastructure Development to improvement in the question on health care yes the can a former wife also exclude all these countries Charles Taylor dewalt taylor as his running mate perhaps to get the votes off a section of liberians who still goes for Charles Taylor his phrase think yourself more kind of the current Vice President the man who was up on the Ellen Johnson sirleaf the first elected female president in africa just of work is currently complaining in brutal liberia and the styles themselves as the country date of transition the month most thoroughly fight to take over from president Ellen Johnson sirleaf however the for outgoing president also has not given how backing to have Vice President biden instead chosen to back georgia where this elections are crucial to liberia it will be the first time in forty four years but there will be some full transfer of power. And without is there much want to tell you about agonizing wait for unions we need a years eve the family stranded in greece who spent years apart from their loved ones in germany. And growing greens in one of the most and hospitable places on scientists claim a breakthrough that could help north american communities. Welcome back as we take a look at weather across the levant and western parts of asia you see a lot of cloud heading in across the mediterranean through across into turkey so some snow across eastern areas and really quite cold conditions weve got southwest of the ahead of this system most of the snow dies away but theres a lot of cloud around the region it generationally come as a bit of a surprise to iran though still getting eighteen degrees temperature wise now here in the Arabian Peninsula weve got folks around the gulf states at the moment as we often get at this time of the year water temperatures cooling so twenty seven and how once the mist info clears but a gloomy start today possible in places on the other side of the pinchers looking fine from mecca there at thirty four degrees as we head into monday some cloud across more northern parts of the potential of that so lets now head across into southern parts of africa where weve got some pretty heavy rain affecting parts of zambia particularly zimbabwes harare will see some big downpour some showers on the eastern side of madagascar a fine across much of the and south africa should be a decent thing cape town and here are expecting a high of twenty degrees. Back watching aljazeera lets update you on the stories making headlines 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 flared up in bethlehem over the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital at least three palestinians have been killed in the last two days. All in all the stories are following the United Nations are 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 in Libyan Detention Centers describing them as inhumane while flights are expected to follow. For the next year used to resettle their drugs or. The details of. The countries which the drug was it of late you could be guilty of for places where they were. Twenty seventeen is approaching its and will be looking back at some of the biggest stories through the eyes of five families caught 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 the camp in northern greece. Compared to the squalor of the camps on the greek islands refugee life on the edge of this lake in north increase looks bearable because al is desperate with worry 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 you see their faces on her phone my son every time he get away with their with phone when he talked with me he got a mom when did you come to germany. But its very difficult. Because ill fly in iraq four years ago but it was overrun by i still and a 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 petra camp on Mount Olympus and now here mahmud 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 is tormenting her its not the right for the government government jet money its not right there where the where there where did that in. Humans where i we do we dont see the tilted in every if it it didnt get i would say that if you start but i dont know why why dont you stop it. So this is where the new german politics has collided with the legal rights of refugees under pressure from the far right germany clamped down hard on his previously liberal policy of reunifying families during Coalition Negotiations right wing parties were demanding big caps on refugee numbers refugee aid groups say people had been promised they could leave greece and now not sure if they ever will i have the cases also fathers with children and the mother is in germany and the girls are with teenagers and they really need their mothers and they cannot go and the father really puts great theyre forced to support the children but still its not enough because art isnt alone in her camp there are more than a hundred years e. G. Women and children all with families already in germany if berlin wanted to be efficient tickets to the mall on a plane tomorrow but politics he has given the way. He was using their pull in iraq e. G. Company increase on sunday in our one year five family series well look at how the economic crisis in venezuela has hit families there so dont miss that story coming up tomorrow. Now twenty five people have been killed by a strikes in yemen a