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of the philippine economy, with primary attention focused on agriculture and industry. ♪ the philippine government, with the assistance of the u.s.-born a program, tackle the job of helping the farmers to increase the produce of of its land, and raise the standards of living, to lead a healthier life. ♪ knowledge of the proper use of fertilizer is how to control and destroy plant pests. ♪ how to raise better, sturdier farm animals has been made available to every farmer in the country. ♪ many children in the philippines , future farmers of the republic , are given early agricultural instruction in four h club, which have been organized and was all rural communities. ♪ this is the agricultural credit cooperative and financing administration. here, the small farmer can get long-term loans at low interest rates and finance improvements on his land. here too, he is provided with cheaper warehousing and handling facilities for his crops. the philippine national bank also offers easier, more-liberal terms for farm and crop loans. small, privately-owned rural banks like these bring fin

the philippines when he left the philippines early in march of 1942. he promised i shall return and of course he had this long family and personal background with the philippines and he was determined to go back and liberate that area from japanese occupation. now from 1942 until the summer of 194. american forces gradually essentially gain the initiative over the japanese winning key battles such as midway in june of 1942. and the guadalcanal campaign, which in august of 19 to and we began to march in what is called an island hopping campaign. back to take the war directly to the japanese home islands. island hopping was designed. essentially bypass japanese strong points if we could. gain, control of the water in the pacific with our submarines and surface ships and our naval aircraft. then any isolated japanese post no matter how large could not really threaten us. we could just bypass and they would wither on the vine because they couldn't receive any supplies from the japanese government the japanese armed forces back in japan. so this was the str

he loved manila loved the philippines and he began to serve as the advisor of the philippines and here he is advising the i guess. the philippine scouts in 1935 while he was there. he was promoted field marshall by manuel quezon. who was the leader of the philippines and the hat that he would wear throughout pretty much the rest of his career was the hat of a field marshal in the philippine army. given to him by key zone while there he talked about the danger of war with japan. he would be brought back on active duty. by roosevelt in august of 1941 to take over command of american armed forces in the western pacific in east asia. he was however at that time confident that the japanese would not attack the philippines. so here he is the new commander in the pacific appointed by roosevelt just on the eve of the outbreak of the war in 1941. now world war one world war ii, excuse me came in 1941 to the united states with the attack surprise attack on pearl harbor on december 7th that year macarthur was in the philippines. he was the commanding officer there at the time. and right at the be

philippine seas, it is an exclusive economic zone of the philippines. under the ruling, and under international law, we can conduct naval drills because there is freedom of navigation. the freedom of navigation operations have fully enforce the ruling. it is the strongest enforcement of the ruling. they do this every 45 days. because of that, china cannot take possession of the -- eez of the philippines. rishaad: there have been some attempts with these countries working together. how can you make them more concrete and a more concerted effort to leverage pressure in china? >> unfortunately, our president is not doing that but we are waiting for the next administration. you can easily join the freedom of navigation operations in the u.s.. conduct patrol operations and joint patrols with malaysia and vietnam. so in the three countries, malaysia, we have our own eez in the south china sea. and you cannot take that away from us. we will do that in the next administration after may, 2022. rishaad: what can you do with approaches to the new american administ

philippines finance secretary carlos dominguez. >> we will get more on the philippines now. manila is lashing out at beijing over tactics in the south china sea with chinese fishing boats. let's get the details from our southeast asia government reporter. why are the boats there? >> good morning. the vessels, officially numbering in the hundreds, were taking shelter from the wind according to beijing. countries view this differently, perhaps as a form of coercion at a time china is becoming more assertive over its claims. china claims more than 80% of the south china sea based on a 1947 map. beijing has rejected a resolution under the u.n. this could partially be a way for china to get the philippines to give up on its claims of sovereignty through the area or more simply as a way to get the philippines to work with them on joint exploration deals for oil and gas, one thing they are discussing. >> what has been the response from the philippines? >> the language has been a bit more brusque. has been more than two weeks with this development. while the number of boats has decr

defense secretary lloyd austin spoke with this counterpart in the philippines secretary they'll feel there in zinah to discuss the situation austin proposed measures to deepen defense cooperation but many here believe this will prove difficult unless the visiting forces agreement is fully restored dogon al-jazeera manila. right let's get some analysis from dr graham on webb he's the adjunct fellow at the us rajaratnam school of international studies he joins us from singapore graeme great to see you there again in singapore give me your thoughts on the top line on the story the united states says there's 3000 ships in this region what's your reading of that my reading is that there's this assessment by the united states are against century is an accurate one are there has been a quiet expansion of china's maritime in the shark all of the last decade alone this is not a new concept for the chinese military in particular the people's liberation army midi which feels this capable it's a concerted attempt by the chinese military to try and create a force multiplier sorts over the wide ex

the highly qualified and trained human capital it's coming from the philippines is coming to help us with our staffing shortages in the us that's one of the reasons why they experience poverty when they arrive because when you're new you're really just trying to get settled and you don't really have a lot while you're trying to get on your feet during comit a lot of things happened there were there were a lot of solutions that hospitals tried to use to mitigate the staffing shortages using our domestically trained nurses and by that i mean nurses educate in the united states we tried unlicensed nurse interns who cared for covert 1000 patients we try to learn nurses and doctors who were already retired to come back to us to try and practice but in that sense we also relied on this immigrant nursing workforce that either has been here for a long. long time or was recruited to come here to help us resolve some of our staffing solutions in that period and that's why there may be poverty experienced by the filipino community even before the pandemic i want to play a little comment this is

the philippines has a long history of inflation targeting. we have the credibility, and inflation expectations, we are not worried about it, the change, the mood in inflation expectations. it is because they have confidence in the central bank of the philippines. kathleen: i think a lot of people don't realize the philippines is one of the leaders in this path of inflation targeting. you have been doing it for so long. thank you for joining us. benjamin: thank you. kathleen: that was benjamin diokno. >> great conversation. let's talk about developing nations around the world, like the philippines and other countries. we are seeing the toll the pandemic has brought forth towards a global middle class. we are talking about new numbers that now shows the middle class globally has shrunk last year for the first time since the 1990's, 150 million people falling down the socioeconomic ladder, and india has the biggest chunk of the losses when it comes to this middle-class income population. south asia, sub-saharan africa as well. where can we see t

imperialism and colonialism in the philippines a recent study by jennifer nazareth know of the brown university filipino health initiative done that instead of addressing insufficient staffing and unsafe working conditions in the u.s. for decades policy has led to an exodus of mainly white our ends from the acute in-patient an i.c.u. settings and has led to the direct recruitment of immigrant labor primarily filipino of these crucial roles that now have a ever dangerous and life threatening role in cope at 19. go ahead. there is just really a lot of things to unpack from her state man her really powerful statement to start off i feel there is really historical ties to what brought to philip you know nursing the asper here and in the united states. american colonialism had established the nursing profession to be what it is what it is now in the philippines and in turn have to have prepared many filipinos nurses to be nurses in america instead of their home country so as so over the years as more and more shortages have happened through different pandemics and its different health cri

which is already being rolled out philippines of 30 same to vaccinate up to 70000000 people this year. please to say that i'm joined live on the line now by jr who is the secretary of foreign and foreign affairs for the philippines very good to have you on r.t. mr secretary thanks so much 1st of all you tweeted that you were turning every stone to get sputnik the in you said it's the one that you would even trust your life to the review of spin even the lancet has been pretty definitive they called it safe and effective why do you have such high confidence in it. well it came from there from the original interview there's a. friend of mine who's a businesswoman she's a one of the biggest. liqueur manufacturers in the country and she's got on her businesses and she's a very close relations with the russians and she says that you've got to talk to them get a book to become a lawyer groups etc so then they put us and zoom and their government their group on the other side of the screen and the screen and me here and they start talking about the militias features and then suddenly i'm loo

just growing tension in the south china sea the philippines increasingly concerned by chinese vessels in the disputed waterway. imus board one of my just a city's most entrenched players signed a new deal. the trial of derek shaven a former police. officer accused of killing george floyd is continuing in the us city of minneapolis forensic scientist mackenzie anderson of the minnesota bureau of criminal investigation has been testifying she's described her search of the car floyd was in before being arrested as well as the police car the officers tried to put floyd in into before he died. when only the court heard testimony from a use of force expert regarding their decision to kneel on george floyd's neck during his arrest. sir you have an opinion to a degree reasonable professional certainty how much force was reasonable for the defendant to use on mr floyd after mr floyd was handcuffed placed in the prone position and not resisting. yes. my opinion was that no force should have been used once he was in that position. 100 ms live in minneapolis and john not to most of the highlights

the philippines is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in asia the government has extended restrictions on movement in gatherings in the capital manila and 4 nearby provinces for another 2 weeks those hardest hit are the poor many have turned to community run food banks to feed their families. for granted like the porter said that this community pantry is very important because this is a big help to us i'm lucky it's here and i'm very thankful ever since help started coming from here corona virus is making a resurgence elsewhere in southeast asia cambodia had one of the world's lowest number of infections in the 1st year of the pandemic. but it's now locked down its capital phnom penh a nearby town and the coastal town see how to fill. neighboring vietnam reported its 1st community transmission in more than a month on thursday the new cases come ahead of a 4 day holiday weekend health authorities have warned against mass gatherings and ordered state agencies to tighten screening and contact tracing efforts. thailand recently added more measures including a ban on dining in

indonesia, philippines, thailand even. they really do need that tourism to come back and before they can really start to close the never -- negative outlook after they were experiencing this for over a year and until we see international borders reopen, they will continue to underperform even if they do get domestic demand. without the sector underground role, they will continue to -- under control, they will continue to underperform. katrina ell from haidi: haidi: moody's analytics, we appreciate it. let's get to karina mitchell. karina: good morning to china has set a target of vaccinating 40% of its population by the end of june. that's about 560 million people. as part of the rollout, beijing is pushing communist party members and staff at state owned firms to get the shot. they are now administering an average of 5 million doses a day . mumbai has instructed all private offices to work from home through april amid another surge in virus cases there. all nonessential services including malls and places of worship will

emergency use in the country along with china's sign of back chop which is already being rolled out philippine authorities aim to vaccinate up to 70000000 people the shit we spoke to daughter looks ingenious the philippine secretary foreign affairs about the importance of the deal. although from the start we had the control 'd 'd of the. measure of control over the undead but i already turned to russia because let me heard about a government there split nic i knew that was the one thing. that all of that started. my friends who are witnesses interest. transactions with russia build nirvana about it also in civilian connections dumbell if you're so interested if they did. the government they have him in russia. and i was on the other end and we talked and and asked to explain code good dominator was saying that it's going from very young to the very old like your cell this you know i've had heart surgery and people like yourself it's very good and he looks at my face then he said i don't really think you believe what they're saying and he says well i don't really care if you believe what i'm sa

alliance but it's true also there's never the size of that when the height of the cold war it was the philippines who reached out to russia the soviet union and established definitely. because we knew that's were the only chance. because he has been imposed in brooklyn sent to minnesota until morning have to violent riots broke out some of the fatal shooting of a black man by police. well the man was shot while in a car after being pulled over for a traffic violation people flocked to the local police department it was looting in the area as well as clashes the national guard was reportedly deployed tear gas used a consensus just 10 miles from minneapolis where last year the death of a black man at the hands of police led to nationwide protests it was race related unrest seen in california as well. draw a large mirror it would. be all over larry. a white lives massive rally been organized online was met by a large group of counter protesters from black lives matter confrontation descended into violent clashes with bloody fist fights. over the way you hold. it was a heavy police presence too and s

for emergency use in the country along with china's sea nowak chop which is already rolled out the philippine authorities aim to vaccinate up to $70000000.00 people this year and we talked to a daughter looks in jr the philippines secretary of foreign affairs about the importance of this deal. although from the start we've got the control 'd of the. measure of control over there and deadly turn to russia because let me her. government in a split nic i knew that was the one thing. if you look at all of that started. my friends who are this is interest. transactions with russia told me of all about it also in civilian connections don't know if you're so interested and they did their government even in russia zoom and i was on the other end and we thought and and asked to explain code good dominator was saying that it's going from very young to the very old 'd like your cell this you know i've had heart surgery and people like yourself it's very glib and he looks at my face then he said i don't really think you believe what they're seeing and he says well i don't really care if you believe what

government the philippine foreign affairs office said it will launch diplomatic protests about the whitson raef occupation of president why why the goal against a member of our cabinet who is simply defending national. standing order that it bordering. on international law across asia other countries are also protesting china's military expansions china held the view jill's involving an aircraft carrier battle group near taiwan while japan criticized what it called chinese coastguards aggressive behavior around the scent caco islands meanwhile the u.s. navy carrier theodore roosevelt and its strike group we enter the south china sea over the weekend its 2nd appearance this year china says this is a highly provocative but the u.s. navy says it has a right to operate in the south china sea underlining the importance of freedom of navigation in international waters in the full of ways though much of the blame is still there rect towards the government people here say that territories under the control of the philippines in the south china sea have never been more threatened and the president

and the philippines are longtime allies. how do we make sure we have interoperability with wartime technologies for our respective armed forces? rep. smith: that's an important part of the authorization act. israel been the most prominent. we have a lot of partnerships between our national security companies and there's. we are developing partnerships, building a more robust relationship with india right now. and a whole bunch of countries. that is one way to build the partnership and strengthen both of our militaries and relationships. there are a lot of opportunities to do that. i would be remiss, and i apologize in this format, part of the problem in the philippines references back to one of the questions asked upfront, which was human rights. -- human rights records. i have a fairly substantial filipino american community in my district, and they are deeply concerned about the human rights record a president to tarsier -- president and what is going on in the philippines. for the moment, i am not arguing that, i know you

sea it's not expected to make landfall in the philippines but we could have some damaging winds and heavy rain in eastern areas there and that's likely to edge off into the sea as we go into next week looking to india not things are looking rather hot and dry for many central areas there will have some storms in the southern coast. qatar airways. welcome. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax joy break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know what he's done qataris welcome to. the all. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera mind to our top stories this hour russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he'll os 10 u.s. diplomats to leave the country it's in response to diplomatic expulsions and sanctions against russia announced by the u.s. on thursday says russia is also looking at targeting american businesses with painful measures. police in the u.s. city of indianapolis say it's still premature to establish a motive behind the state's mass shooting a gunman killed 8 people and injured several others at a fed ex facil

sea it's not expected to make landfall in the philippines but we could have some damaging winds and heavy rain in eastern areas there and that's likely to edge off into the sea as we go into next week looking to india now things are looking rather hot and dry for many central areas there will have some storms in the southern coast. jump into the story there was a lot going on in and join our global community when i thought of all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever think anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we've been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you and you too could be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is there a. well again this is al jazeera the main news this members of mayhem us asked to political parties ethnic leaders and antique who protest is a form of what they're calling a national unity government it will operate in exile as possible resistance to the ruling generals. 9 pro-democra

signal-two alert has been issued for parts of eastern philippines. let's go straight to derek van dam. derek, what can you tell us about this? >> yeah, robyn. this is an absolute monster of a storm. but the most important information we need to get out to anyone watching, who have family or friends or perhaps you live in the philippines. the brunt of this storm, the worst impacts of the storm will stay offshore. that is good news. we want to hear that. but this is still a storm that needs to be taken very seriously. it is a formidable typhoon. a supertyphoon. it was at winds of 305 kilometers per hour, about-six hours ago. now, down to 280. so, some weakening taking place. this is the official forecast from the joint typhoon warning center. you can see it is moving at a northwesterly rate and it is expected to change to a more north to northeasterly direction over the coming days. and that is good news because that is going to help steer it away from the coastline of the philippines. nonetheless, you can see, the forecast wind gusts. they are weakeni

philippine businesses called on china to withdraw, calling it undisputed territory belonging to the philippines. the philippines has authorized the emergency use of johnson & johnson single use coronavirus vaccine after the u.s. suspended it. the country may buy up to 10 million doses of j&j as it tries to increase the pace of inoculation. according to data, the philippines has ministered 0.2 doses for 100 people. that's compared to 2.4 in indonesia and 1.1 in malaysia. india imposed a weeklong lockdown in new delhi to prevent the collapse of its health system, authorities say has been pushed to the brink due to a surge in covid cases. in an effort to hold the crisis, the company says expanding vaccinations will go to all adults starting may 1. india has administered 120 million doses to its populations of nearly 1.4 billion people. global news, 24 hours a day, on air, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. haidi: still ahead, new viruses threatening to derail the progress on vaccines. we will discuss with the cofounder and director. coming up next, it ha

excuse me in the philippines moved in and started attacking the rest. there were some that did escape. um out of the camp. and so some of the accounts that i've read say some of the filipino gorillas then moved into the brush into the jungles and hunted down those japanese guards. so from the angels perspective, the gorillas disappeared but in truth they were moving to eliminate the japanese guards and so forth and then a lot of them didn't come back to the camp. so they just did that and then they went back to the barrios and so forth. but so i guess you know in a long-winded answer that's kind of the truth of it. you think the company got, you know, they landed it. oh 700 and and some accounts say about 15 minutes to assemble and get to the camp and so forth. so by the time b company got there, you know a lot of of those filipino gorillas would have you know already taken off or already in the jungle was hunting the japanese so from their perspective. there are not a filipino a lot of filipino gorillas taking part. one thing i do when i say is that it

. >> diaz: we end tonight at the bottom of the philippine sea, where this week, explorers got their first upclose look at a long-lost american warship that sarchg to the depths after a heroic fight. here's david martin. >> reporter: at 20,000 feet, visibility is very limited, even with a spotlight. but that whole number leaves no kowt-- this is the wreck of the disoir uss "johnston," 75 years after it went down in the last 48 naval battle of world war ii. >> the "johnston" is one of the most famous wrecks in all of naval history. >> reporter: operating a submersible with an unlimited diving depth, victor vescovo found the "johnston" four miles beneath the philippine sea, the deepest wreck ever discovered, much deeper than the "titanic." >> out of the murk, we could slowly see the bow. >> reporter: what was that moment like? >> oh, my goodness. the guns of the ship were still pointed in the proper direction of where they were firing when they went down. >> it's one of the most valiant actions in the entire history of the united states navy. >> reporter: retired admiral samuel cox, director

and how lockdowns in the philippines have given rise to a growing poor make coffee sector. alone welcome to the business of monica johnson berlin good to have you with us and america 1st must never mean america alone that is what janet yellen said in her 1st major speech as u.s. treasury secretary in it she called for a global minimum corporate tax rate for companies that work internationally and former presidents donald trump had rejected such efforts fearing that it would put u.s. companies in a worse position the biden administration on the other hand is seeking a compromise solution within the framework of the negotiations of the organization for economic cooperation and development the republicans still warn that high of corporate tax rates would prompt companies to leave the united states in response to such fierce yellen insists a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world's major economies would make moving away less of an option is what she had to say. another consequence of an interconnected world has been a 30 year race to the bottom on corporate tax rates co

the philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list — international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. the trial resumes of the police officer accused of killing george floyd in minneapolis last year —— with the prosecution questioning a city police sergeant. 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan. oxfam suspends two members of its staff in the democratic republic of congo following allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying. wildlife conservationists warn people to keep their distance from seals this easter weekend, over concerns that disturbing and scaring them can lead to harm. good afternoon. more than 70 mps — across parties — have warned against the introduction of vaccine passports in england, which could mean people have to show they've received a jab before they're allowed into some venues. the idea has been described as "divisive" and "discriminatory". the government is reported to be considering testing a scheme for so

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vaccine is on the rise in india and regulators gave approval today while 20000 doses will arrive in the philippines this week in fact manila has ordered 20000000 doses in all month and was approved for emergency use in the country along with china's scene of job which was already rolled out the philippine authorities aim to vaccinate up to 70000000 people this year the country's secretary of foreign affairs told us about the importance of this do you. although from the start we had the control 'd 'd of the. measure of control over the undead and i already turned to russia because when i heard about a government a split nic i knew that was the one thing. that was unusual initially resistance because there is a filipino or a shallot the for western medicine their own western brands. and them and those who are in charge the vaccines are wonderful man general has said you know there's going to be resistance or the like there is resistance but the chinese vaccines because we're not they're not known for for for medicines to decide to be the public but i kept pressing and pressing and and you know we wer

for emergency use in the country along with china has seen nowak job which is already rolled out the philippine authorities aim to vaccinate up to 70000000 people this year and the country's foreign secretary told us about the importance of this deal. although from the start we had the control 'd 'd of the as a measure of control over there and then i already turned to russia because let me her about governor split nic i knew that was the one thing. there was unusual initially resistance because there is a filipino or a shallot the for western medicines and the old western brands. and then those who are in charge of the vaccines are a wonderful man general has said you know there's going to be resistance or the like there is resistance to the chinese vaccines because we're not they're not known for for for medicines to the filipino public but i kept pressing and pressing and and i know we were a little late or i don't excuse myself i think we would not be in this situation if we had some ain't. firm commitments when we joining the whole cold war we never took sides well it's truly belong to the

they hold the philippines accountable so are you still doing this leave me the philippines is not the only country where they have a challenge. i hate this, i can't look at you but we need to work together to talk about how we can address those issues to maintain that relationship. i don't like, we are talking up the relationship, other countries look at us and say what about what you are doing? this is an ideal either. you will have to have that conversation to figure out how to build these partnerships and relationships even with human rights concerns. >> i'm told we have one more question from minister counselor from the embassy of honduras. how's the united states committed to build capacity in parnas like honduras and fighting transnational organized crime groups and resources and a 95% reduction of drugs in the country. my question is, how do we help them fight. >> that's a good example of partnerships we need to do. i am more familiar with columbia. it was really controversial when we engaged in it in the early 2000. i have supported that in the partnership we formed in the col

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saying to vaccinate up to 70000000 people this year chance to speak to tier door locks ingenius the philippine secretary of foreign affairs about the significance of this deal. although from the start we had the control 'd 'd of the undead. a measure of control over the undead but i already turned to russia because when i heard about a governor split nic i knew that was the one to get. there if you want but all of that started. my friends who are witnesses interest. transactions russia told me about about it also in civilian connections in the mill if you're so interested and he did and they put the government they have him and russia and zoom and i was on the other end and we talked and and asked to explain code good dominator was saying that it's going from a very young to the very old like yourself because you know that i've had heart surgery and people like yourself it's very good and he looks at my face then he said i don't really think you believe what they're saying and he says well i don't really care if you believe what i'm saying but i'm telling you he is in 2 days you read the lance

, he basically becomes the point of contact for the philippine president quiz on. and anytime there's a he actually has a office right next to the president. so that anytime there's a question or issue that he can go and really work between macarthur and and kazan and help. build up the philippine army as they're trying to prepare to become an independent nation. and frankly his skills of diplomacy are honed quite well while serving under macarthur who was probably not the easiest of bosses to work with. world war ii rolls around it's already been by the time the united states invades north africa on november 8th 1942. it's already been a roller coaster for fried. he's gone from being a colonel just two years prior to being in a general in charge of a major offensive. and the difficulties are set right off. when they land they're not landing as an army of occupation. they're landing saying as once who are trying to free. the french people in colonies so that they can join the allied effort. and this difficult is it arises from the military head of the vichy french

major typhoon has moved away from the philippines remember it started near yap well there it is over open water and it's left behind quite weather from most of the philippines as a line of showers you with out of the central philippines back through cambodia bit to thailand since you're malaysia and sumatra and that's the main rain belt at the moment the south is that we got a good scratch on your share as you always will do in the tropics but you can't really call it rainy season for indonesia anymore it's a dry spell now there's been significant wetness in tropical queens in these showers are still wandering around quite slowly having had some flooding overland near cairns it could well be we see a bit more because this is whole area that could see the slow move again persistently repeating sunder storms otherwise a straight is quite fine reasonably warm for most and dried it perswade heading up towards the certain mark where you have got a change of seasonal type whether it's this breezy stuff across tasmania for the bass strait just catching victoria really in here you still have

the president of the philippines is warning that the worst is yet to come in the coronavirus pandemic. say says it some serious and when in effect scenes will be available for everyone so it's likely people will die the philippines has received more than 3000000 doses most of which originated by china feel most 1000000 people infected in the philippines since the pandemic began and 16 sons and have died. the head of russia's foreign intelligence service says new u.s. sanctions against the kremlin are poorly considered and willie rhodes international stability washington has imposed a broad array of sanctions in response to what it says is moscow's election meddling and cyber attacks the kremlin has denied all the accusations and says a response is inevitable didn't specify when u.s. president joe biden says dialogue is still possible now is the time to deescalate. the way forward part of dialogue in the writing process. the u.s. is prepared to continue constructively to move toward that process my bottom line is this was an interesting united states to work with russian we should and

is pushed out to sea we could see one to 2 showers in a kaido as we head to southeast asia now the philippines a see plenty is settled weather sunshine and showers for manila at 30 degrees as we go into cheers day the south could see some heavier rainfall you can see those yellow peaks there but much of the intense downpours are going to be across cambodia and thailand we could see a few showers in malaysia too. sponsored paul qatar airways. to see. a family. politicized by the forces of nature. will know before you and. i can name pharma documents his struggle for his community survival and builds a template for global action on climate change. to see the climate dial east a witness documentary on. it with al jazeera these are the top stories this hour india recording the world's highest number of new covered 9000 infections for the 4th consecutive day almost 350000 cases have been reported in hospitals are struggling to cope with. the u.k. u.s. and e.u. are promising to deliver medical supplies to india president joe biden says the u.s. will help india just as india help america for the wors

much of malaysia missing some wet weather just pushing back into southern and central parts of the philippines what's the weather will continue there for thailand around the middle a potential as we go on into sunday see some heavy showers from time to time into cambodia also pushing up into allow further south the showers there she can see into indonesia joining up with some heavy rain that we have just around the northwest of australia we got 2 tropical cyclons are rolling away here we've got odets to the north and then a little further south we have some roger that's going to continue making its way further south was given some course concern here because these 2 gradually going to link up interacting with one another through the roger affects us as it snowed in the trade that will continue to make its way towards that western coast of australia as we go on through sunday gradually making landfall late in the day. the usually margin in life but the world of sumo wrestling is shrouded in secrecy when east gets rare access inside a sport where ancient tradition meets modern scandal on al-jaze

hello heavy concentration of rain over parts of the philippines has produced some pretty impressive rainfall totals i'll show you that but 1st let's start with the rainfall in kuala lumpur or 24 hours 59 millimeters it's not in standing a mound but a lot of rain to be sure and a short period of time now for the southern philippines $172.00 millimeters of rain you guessed that that is a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours and the heavier bouts of rain do continue on thursday for the southern philippines also getting into some good rounds of rain for indochina on thursday while for australia it's a switch up of weather patterns here queensland has been dealing in parts of queensland has been dealing with about 9 days in a row of wet weather but that pattern has now beginning to change and look at this western australia which has been dry we watch this frontal system come in eclipse down the temperature in perth to 19 degrees and introduces some showers we've got settled conditions across both islands of new zealand the north island and the south island christ church getting up to a high of

kathleen: are you concerned of getting new taxes in the philippines to pay for this? carlos: at this point in time we don't have any plans to introduce new tax measures. although i must say yesterday i spoke to our staff and i said, we have to start thinking of winding down this debt. and by sometime next year we have to look at the potential revenue sources. so they are working on it right now. kathleen: what do you expect to see with inflation this year? carlos: first of all, we hold onto our target of 2%-4%. right now we are slightly over 4% year to date. i believe the inflation numbers will be announced today. and i am hoping that they show a decline in our inflation rates. we are not using price controls as the only means to hold back prices, but we are actually increasing supply. this is the supply agreement issue. haslinda: that was philippine finance secretary carlos dominguez speaking exclusively to bloomberg's kathleen hays. let's take a look at where markets are now. asia swinging with gains and losses at a positive start. even after u.s. stocks had another

got some nasty weather very close to the philippines it's the strongest typhoon of the year so far super typhoon sort of guy making its way further north which we have already seen some very heavy rain just around those eastern parts of the philippines not if they millimeters of rain in 24 hours we could easily see the same again maybe up to $200.00 millimeters of rain it one or 2 spots. sustained winds of around 275 kilometers per hour so that is equivalent to a category 5 hurricane so very powerful system the good news is it will stay offshore and make its way further north which incurred away out into the open waters of the northwest pacific as we go on through the coming days but still some very strong winds coming in across the eastern side of the philippines big waves there is the risk of flooding damaging winds and we could see wanted to landslides mudslides as a result of the system passing very close to the country there you can see it does make its way further north which as we go through cheese day russia showers elsewhere in india china across malaysia russia showers to comin

what would this do to countries like the philippines, like indonesia? >> so, look, higher rates are a very tough choice. but don't forget also that countries have thought long and hard, emerging markets have also thought long and hard, to have occurred ---- fought long and hard and emerging markets have fought long and hard. and inflation is very regressive in emerging markets, hits the poor hard and its food prices, which make up a big talk of the basket of lower income households. so it is a very tough environment, because you do not want to raise rates in the midst of what is still a downturn. and at the same time, you cannot sit back and say ok, we are not going to worry about inflation. because that also, in itself, is quite a regressive setback. kathleen: did you worry about policy credibility of central bank independence among emerging markets as they try to navigate these very tricky waters? and they run the economy hot and echo the fed, a temper a burst of inflation, and is that potentially undermining them in the long run? >> you know the idea