Philippines news

British warship HMS Daring arrived on Sunday at the crisis zone in the Philippines as part of the emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan.

A belated offer of support to victims of deadly typhoon is published on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website after criticism of initial paltry financial pledge

Congregations across the Philippines offer prayers for survivors and bereaved following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan

British military arrives to help in aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, while international aid reaches isolated areas

The men stayed behind in Candahug while the women escaped to higher ground when Typhoon Haiyan moved in. Now it is a village of widows

Number of Britons missing are unaccounted for, says William Hague, in aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Cameron announces extra £30 million for appeal as RAF carrying aid arrives and Lynx helicopter begins surveying Palawan Island

Prime Minister says there is 'growing evidence' that extreme weather events could be associated with man-made climate change

A British man and his young family are among those missing in the storm-hit Philippine city of Tacloban, relatives say

Climate change played a part in creating the surge of water that swept through Tacloban, says Geoffrey Lean

The outpouring of international aid to the Philippines makes China's contribution for typhoon relief look like a trickle

Tom Phillips meets distraught family members of a man who drowned after managing to save his daughters in an area of Tacloban where as many as 2,000 people lost their lives

Families have been literally living among the dead in Tacloban, a week after Typhoon Haiyan hit

UN says 4,460 have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan as President Benigno Aquino faces pressure over speed and effectiveness of response

US blackhawk helicopters and USS George Washington help ramp up delivering aid to worst affected areas in Philippines destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan

Charlotte McGlade, of the British Red Cross, says the need on the ground in the Philippines is "huge" following Typhoon Haiyan, as a UK plane is loaded with aid at Stansted Airport

Portable network carried in just four suitcases has been dispatched to the Philippines

Tacloban's deputy-mayor says 'armed conflict' will not help feed Haiyan survivors, as US aircraft carrier arrives to help relief effort

Residents and officials in Tacloban appeal for urgent aid for survivors who are struggling to cope amid the ruins of the city, which bore the full brunt of last week's typhoon

Supplies of food and water running dangerously low in hardest-hit areas, as the mayor of devastated Tacloban City urges its residents to flee