hello. you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news". i'm tim wilcox. our top stories. driven out of syria. tens of thousands of kurds attempt to cross the border into turkey to escape a massacre by islamic state. battle ready, struggling to cope with more than a million syrian refugees, turkey begins to close some of the crossings. these are the scenes live. downing books for democracy. students in hong kong begin a week of protests, pushing for greater control over who rules

the island. and pulled towards mars. a nasa spacecraft enters the orbit of the red planet. just what are scientists after this time? also in the program, jamie takes a look at what's happening in business, and trouble in the isles for tesco. >> it is something of a humiliation. the world's second biggest supermarket group, but there's this shock revelation that tesco had overstated its profit forecast by more than 250 million pounds, about $400 million. and its shares have plunged around 10%. hello. it is midday here in london. the authorities are struggling to cope with another huge influx of refugees, have begun to close the country's borders against

syrian kurds fleeing the murderous advance of islamic state. in the last two days, more than 130,000 syrian kurds have crossed the border into turkey, on top of the million-plus syrian refugees already there. most of the recent influx have come from the predominantly kurdish town of kobane. but turkish security forces are also clashing with kurds who are trying to get into syria from turkey to fight islamic state. all of this threatening a fragile peace with the kurdish leadership after decades of conflict over autonomy in turkey. >> reporter: they're desperate to escape syria. tens of thousands of kurds driven from their homes by i.s. militants. they come with stories of terrible atrocities, of stonings

and beheadings. the fear is intense. this woman said they ransacked all our belongings, we had to flee. this man said the situation is grim, there's no safety for anyone, we have no place to go but turkey. this is one part of the border into turkey now open. temporary camps have been hastily set up to cope with the new influx. >> it's the largest number of people to cross since the syrian emergency erupted three and a half years ago. people are arriving very traumatized. they are so concerned about what the future will hold for them that they are trying to bring all of their belongings, even their livestock. people report separation from family members, and fleeing extreme circumstances. >> reporter: this is what the kurds are fleeing from. for a month now in northwest

syria, there's been bitter fighting between these poorly armed rebels and the i.s. forces. these fighters once fought against the regime in damascus. now they're pitted against the islamic militants. this rebel fighter said, with the help of god, we shall liberate the northern parts and the whole of syria from this criminal organization. we're most grateful for any help we can get. back on the border, turkish soldiers concede the syrian town bearing the brunt of the i.s. advance. they watch the steady flow of refugees. these kurds say they narrowly escaped a massacre, and are calling for the sbrshl community to protect them. all this only adds to the pressure for western air strikes inside syria.all this only adds pressure for western air strikes inside syria. emily buchanan, bbc news. >> our correspondent mark lowen is on the border. this is what he has been witnessing in the last few hours. >> reporter: the turkish

authorities are now beginning to close sections of the border, which had been open last friday and saturday, and which saw tens of thousands, the u.n. says perhaps as many as 100,000 syrian kurds crossing here into turkey, fleeing the city of kobane, a syrian border city and fleeing the advance of islamic state militants who are now by all accounts very close indeed. some reports saying ten to 15 kilometers away from that city. they've come here into turkey and some of them staying with family, others being housed in municipal buildings like schools, which are very overcrowded and basic. when we were on the border yesterday, we saw serious clashes between the turkish authorities and some kurds here. tear gas, water cannons, stones thrown against kurds who wanted to cross from here back into syria in order to join the fight against islamic state militants. turkey fears that. why? because it fears that they will join the kurdish militia in syria, which is allied to the kurdish fighters here, who are still seen as a terrorist

organization by turkey. and so turkey fears that a renewed kurdish militia on the other side of the border will try to join with kurdish fighters here and launch attacks here in turkey and shake a very fragile peace between turks and kurds. you can see that this onslaught of islamic state fighters is reawakening all these hold hostilities between turks and kurds, which are coming to the surface as i.s. fighters push on towards that border city of kobane. >> we can hear now from carol batchelor. what do you understand to be the impact of the turkish authorities closing some of these border crossings now? does it mean that some kurdish refugees are now trapped on the syrian side? >> well, in fact, there are two main border crossings where people are being channelled. the entire border length had been opened and people were coming across, and up to nine

different locations. it's made it very difficult on the turkish side of the border to receive people, do security checks, health checks and proper registration so that even the number entering turkey could be known. we understand that the estimated number is now over 130,000 people. people are being held with families in the area. one of the existing 22 refugee camps in turkey, two more camps are being built. but going through the fourth year of this crisis, with what such numbers are bringing, over 3.1 million syrian refugees in turkey, with hundred of thousands of iraqis as well. so this is an enormous strain on any state, on any community, and

we very much appeal for increased solidarity and international assistance to these refugees. >> you say increased international solidarity and assistance. what sort of assistance do you need? >> very practical. kitchen sets. blankets. winter clothing. bed mats. it's just the core relief items. if we receive enough support for some of those items, we can go through another layer of items, such as help with receiving people, registering, outreach communication, dealing with trauma survivors, support. so a vast range of needs. >> these people have witnessed some awful things, as we were hearing in that first report, but are you concerned about the fact that unless islamic state is pushed back, unless something happens there, these refugees

might be living in camps for months, if not years to come. >> well, indeed. it's the fourth year for some. i was visiting some ladies in their tents in the camps here in turkey not too long ago. they said in the camps, they are protected. they are assisted. they have shelter. they have food. all of this is provided by the turkish state. with support from u.n. agencies. but in their words, they said they were losing their minds because they don't know what the future holds, because their families are separated. they don't know when they'll be able to go back to their country. and these are people who have already been there and now we have people coming in such a traumatized state. this was not the case three and a half years ago. so the situation is deepening. it's becoming protracted.

people are desperate. we need them to understand that they have solidarity in this moment. that we will assist them with their situation until they're able to return and rebuild their country. >> thank you very much indeed. when in power, he was known for his certainty of moral interventionism. well, now the former british prime minister tony blair has said sending in ground forces to help fight islamic state militants shouldn't be ruled out. on saturday, president obama repeated his promise that no american combat troops would be deployed against islamic state, but tony blair pointed out that local ground forces may be needed. >> it means someone's boots on the ground, for sure. now, that can be the local fighters. so iraqi forces. the kurdish forces. they are people who may be able to do this. so that's why i'm not saying necessarily in this situation it has to be the u.s. or the uk.

but what i am saying is if you look at the responses that we have, we're already giving significant help on the ground. we're already conducting air strikes. this is the broad alliance of nations. if necessary, we shouldn't rule out as this evolves, and if it's necessary, rule out the use of some particularly special force capabilities. my point, though, is very simple. all of our experience teaches us that unless you prepare to fight these people on the ground, you're not going -- you may contain them, but you won't defeat them. >> tony blair, former british prime minister there speaking to the bbc. now, amid the threat from islamic state, iran's president rouhani had a speech marking the anniversary of the iran-iraq war. on friday, john kerry said iran had a role to play in tackling

islamic state militants. it is interesting what the threat of islamic state is doing in forging potential new alliances. how much should we read into this. >> well, as you said, john kerry a week ago basically said something to the effect that iran doesn't have a role, and then on friday, he changed his mind saying iran does have a role, can play a role, but not exactly obviously in this coalition. but obviously iran has an important role to play. iran is an important ally of iraq. and has great influence over shiite militias in iraq who are fighting the isis. >> and in syria of course as well. so what do we read into what

seemed to be green chutes in this relationship perhaps between saudi arabia and iran meeting in new york at the moment? what should we read sb that? >> well, saudi arabia and iran have been at odds for a very long time. and the differences came into sharp focus since the syrian war. the two sides are supporting the two sides of the war there. iranians supporting the president bashar al assad. but with the recent developments and the advance of isis in northern syria and northern iraq, they find themselves fighting on the same side. so obviously they have to discuss what needs to be done there, and it seems that this crisis has brought iran, saudi arabia closer, at least, if not all the way there.

and also, iran and the west and the americans, also they are talking about some kind of sort of a joint cooperation between iran and the coalition forces, and obviously iran has great influence, as i said, with the shiite militias in iraq, who are fighting on the ground. >> it follows, of course, the sacred defense week in teheran. was there anything different about that this time? or were the messages with the language very much as has been in previous years? >> mostly the same. but the difference was to deal with the fact that this year is anniversary is coinciding with all this going on in northern iraq and northern syria. president rouhani said today iraq is a cornerstone of stability in the middle east in the face of terrorists and he goes on to say that the people of the region are defending

themselves and we will continue to defend them against the terrorists. president rouhani is trying to say that we have a major role to play and we'd better find a solution to this issue of how we're going to cooperate. >> thank you very much. stay with us here on "bbc world news" to allow me time to kill that fly and to find out what else is coming up in the program. sierra leone declares its three-day lockdown a success. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪

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the twist you can't resist. tens of thousands of students in hong kong have begun a week of strikes and rallies against the beijing government. they're angry at china's plans to vet candidates ahead of hong kong's next leadership election in 2017.

demonstrators say china is backing out of a commitment to give the territory greater democracy. the bbc reports from hong kong. >> reporter: the beginning of the boycott. thousands of students have gathered at the chinese university of hong kong to take part in a week-long strike. students from more than two dozen universities and vocational schools are here. they say it's much more than just skipping classes. they've organized a series of rallies and public lectures on the future of democracy in hong kong. their man goal is to put pressure on the chinese and hong kong governments to loosen restrictions on who can run for the position of chief executive in three years. the chinese government outlined those rules at the end of august. everyone in hong kong will be able to vote. but the candidate must be approved by more than half of a nominating body that is expected to be filled with beijing

loyalists. only two or three candidates will be allowed. >> translator: i believe when china made their decision, it crushed the dream of some hong kong people, who have been fighting hard for democracy for the past 30 years. >> reporter: but not all are convinced the boycott will work. >> translator: i think it will achieve very little. maybe close to nothing. i think after the chinese government made its decision, it will not be affected by hong kong's decision. >> reporter: the city is deeply divided between those who want greater democracy and those who do not wish to antagonize the chinese government. some believe having any kind of say at the ballot box is better than having no say at all. the striking students don't agree. many support a civil disobedience campaign called occupy central, which plans to stage a sit-in in the central business district as early as october. after the week-long strike ends.

the authorities in sierra leone say a three-day curfew has been largely successful in helping them tackle the ebola outbreak. officials say the lockdown allowed health workers to contact households and identify people who might have been infei infected. 130 new cases have been identified. here are some residents in sierra leone's third-largest city talking about how they have coped with that lockdown. >> we are trying to cope with the sit-down, as it is very barring for us, because we don't have time to go to town, as we used to go to the market, sitting down at one place is very difficult. >> even before the lockdown, we had the road blocked, so i have prepared myself because i knew there is coming a time for this. so i gave my wife some money so that she can purchase food items

that will take us through the lockdown. >> for the families, it's really difficult. >> they say it was a relative success. is it going to be repeated? >> so far, we do not know what the next plan is. the head of the emergency operation center says their focus now is on treatment. he has called on boots on the ground. he says the country needs nurses and medics, and the treatment centers across the country. that is what it says the focus is. the figure that has just been released will give one the impression that that is needed. 130 people in those three days contracted the virus and that is a very startling figure.

>> i was reading, i think 30,000 medical volunteers taking part in this lockdown as well. is that a sufficient number, or are more people needed? >> more will have been needed. the organizers themselves could only reach about 30% of households in the country. a lot of people with telephone calls saying they cannot visit their homes. it is unclear -- there is talk now that they will deal with a country district by district. those areas where they could not attain 90% of the households. they will find some way of reaching those homes and encouraging them to step forward and report themselves if they are showing any signs of symptoms of the disease. >> this is the worst outbreak ever in the world in west africa, in particular, badly affected. are people now realizing -- is the education campaign getting

through to remoter areas there about quite how dangerous this is to try and remove some of the stigma and taboos that people may feel about it as well? >> the stigmas and taboos still persist. there is some effort being made to let people understand what ebola is about, but the more messages are churned out, the more there is less understanding of it in some areas. for example, people still keep washing dead bodies of people who could have died of the disease. and in one incident, they washed the body of someone who died and used the water to wash the faces of children because it's said that it was a learned islamic scholar and those kids should become the islamic geniuses that that man was. people still need a lot more information to let them respect the rules that will save them from contracting this disease. >> terrifying. thank you very much indeed. now, a nasa spacecraft has gone into orbit around mars

after a journey of more than 700 million kilometekilometers. the maven explorer will try to find clues as to why mars went from being wet and warm to cold and dry. and whether the same thing could happen to earth. laura westbrook reports. >> ignition, and liftoff. >> reporter: it's a journey that's taken ten months from liftoff last november, traveling more than 700 million kilometers through space. and with a final push from the thrusters, nasa's maven spacecraft has finally reached its destination. mars. a roar of approval from the engine room, as this 7 -- $671 million journey finally paid off. the spacecraft is now in orbit around the red planet will it will remain for a year. it's the first mission devoted to studying the upper martian atmosphere. so why mars?

well, this is what we think it looked like billions of years ago, much like earth. scientists hope that by studying its atmosphere, they can find out how it went from this, to the dry, baron planet it is now. and by discovering how mars lost its water and atmosphere, they hope to learn more about how planets evolve and whether the same thing could one day happen to erlt. -- earth. nasa's curiosity rover is already exploring the planet's surface and digging below it, looking for clues of whether there was ever life on mars. maven will have some more company. that's set to arrive just days later as india looks to join that select group that's reached the planet. all this interest in mars is aimed at building up to another, bigger objective. >> all our missions really add up to enabling us to figure out

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now, that's progressive. welcome to "gmt." i'm tim wilcox. in this half-hour, kenya marks a year since the westgate shopping center came under attack. nearly 70 people died when militants stormed the busy shopping mall in nairobi. one year on, questions remain as to who the gunmen were. we talked to a man who witnessed the attack. also coming up -- she was known as the environment's guardian angel. could this woman oust brazil's

president to become the country's first black president? also in the program, jamie looks at climate change and the global economy leaders of all around the world meeting. >> we'll be meeting to discuss the ever-growing problem of climate change. we have special series on this. you could call it a hot topic. today we look at how farmers in india are adapting to change. hello. kenya is marking the first anniversary of the westgate shopping mall attack by the somali militant group al shabab. at least 67 people were killed. more than 200 injured in one of the worst terror attacks in the country. well, since the 1998 u.s. embassy bombing in nairobi. the government had initially named the four gunmen, but a year later, it says it can't be

sure they were, in fact, the attackers. the president also promised a full inquiry, but this still hasn't happened. bbc's dennis acari has this report. >> reporter: it was a saturday afternoon and the busiest shopping mall in kenya was packed with over 1,500 people. suddenly, everything changed when gunmen stormed in. the unfolding horror turned this busy shopping complex into a war zone that changed kenya forever. al shabab had brought its fight to the very heart of the country. one year later, the westgate mall remains closed to the public. however, there are plans to rebuild it. but some of those who were caught up in this killing spree are not too enthusiastic about it reopening. this woman was attending a children's cooking competition on the rooftop of westgate when two gunmen walked up the ramp leading to the area and started

shooting everyone in sight. she grabbed a boy's happened ndy ran for their life. the gunman shot her twice on the back. >> i went down on to my side. i think he came across me, the little boy, and it's quite sad because he died in my arms. >> reporter: initially, a few police and members of the public tried to repel the attack. after a few hours, the government decided to send in the military. one of those involved in the operation who didn't want to be identified told us that's where things started to go wrong. >> the police think that they were undermanned. the military think the police did not give them enough information. so everything went wrong. >> reporter: the siege finally ended after four days when the military blew up part of the mall. the government quickly named the

four attackers and claimed they were kill fed in the blast. but we're told they can still not be identified. the president promised to set up a commission of inquiry, but to date, nothing has happened. in the face of continuing criticism of the security operation and subsequent investigation to westgate, the country's interior minister remains defiant. >> there's a lot of work that needs to be done to improve the response, but given the circumstances, we are happy they did what they did. but we definitely will want to see that being fine tuned further to make it more efficient. >> reporter: a year on, the government's response has done little to assure kenyans that the security forces can keep them safe. bbc news, nairobi.

>> well, rajesh shah witnessed the attack from his car. he joins us back now. it must be bringing back some very difficult memories for you today. >> yes. i was on the rooftop in my car. and what i witnessed is gunfire at about 12:45. lots of gunfire. and i was just sitting in my car. suddenly two people walked in from the rooftop, and they started just firing point-blank, firing. i could see people just falling down. i could not get out of my car and run anywhere, because i was a disabled person, so just trying to lie low in my car. >> and you obviously saw people being shot. were you able to go and help anyone, or did you just stay in

your car until the authorities came? >> no, i could not get out of my car, so i had to wait for authorities to come and help me. >> what do you think about the fact that the government still cannot confirm that they have identified the gunmen involved in this attack one year later? >> -- a terror through all this. >> sorry, we missed some of that in terms of the sound. are people angry that the terrorists or militants behind this haven't been identified? >> well, it's a mixed feeling. people are angry and not satisfied with what the government has done so far. >> do people believe that there must have been some sort of inside knowledge that these gunmen had to be able to hide the weapons in there, and no

names have come forward on that front either. we're having terrible problems with the line here. can you hear me now? >> yes, i can hear you. >> okay. so what are people saying to the government about the fact that they haven't been able to identify categorically who was behind this? >> well, it's a mixed feeling. you see, people think what the government says is they got all the terrorists killed in that act. >> i'm afraid our line is proving rather problematic with you, but thank you very much indeed for joining us here on "gmt." let's see if the cameras in the studio work a bit better. jamie's here.

>> thanks very much indeed. getting your numbers a little wrong is forgivable. who hasn't had a problem making some of the columns right. but not if you're a multi-national retail giant and the numbers run into hundreds of millions. the world's second biggest food retailer is tesco and it has admitted it, overstated its profits for the half year by a quarter of a billion pounds. it's about $400 million. it has got investors running scared as well. shares fell 10% at one point to an 11-year low on monday. tesco said four employees have been asked to step aside to "facilitate a full investigation of the supermarket change." dave lewis spoke to the bbc. >> this is an investigation about one event which happened we think in the first part of this year. i've scaled it to the tune of 250 million and i will update the market when i know more. we've taken foreign employees and asked them to stand aside so we can do a full and frank

investigation. it's very important that you understand that's not a disciplinary nor an indication of guilt. this is about getting to the bottom of a full and frank inquiry of what happened here. the market share tells you that we have not excited customers in the way we would want to. so what i would want to do and where my focus was was getting us back to being absolutely customer focused. putting customers at heart that everything we do is what made tesco great and it will keep it great and i will lead the business towards that. >> david lewis of tesco. as we heard earlier, this week is the start of the new york climate week and the u.n. climate summit. global leaders from politics and industry are meeting to discuss economically viable solutions to climate change. it's been marked by the largest ever single protest over the issue. 310,000 marchers on the streets of new york, three time what is was expected. hundreds of thousands more in over 2,000 cities around the world. and on monday, another protest on wall street itself to draw

attention to the role of finance and climate change. also, in a highly symbolic move, the rockefeller family fund, which, of course, built its multi-million-dollar philanthropic organization from oil, announced it was going to sell its fossil fuel assets to avoid profiting from the carbon release, which is associated with the risk of global warming. so, to start off our week long series on the economic impact of climate change, we are traveling today to india to look at how agriculture is rising to the challenge. we went to the northern state where farmers are changing the way that they work. >> reporter: it's the end of the monsoon season in india, but it's not been a good year. during the sewing and planting season when water was needed the most, rain was largely absent. now it's nearly harvest time and it's been raining heavily. but for this farmer, all is not

lost. he has been turning to technology for help. this is just one of the gadgets he uses to measure the health of his crops. >> translator: using technology has helped us a lot. i get a better weather forecast so i can plan when to sew seeds or spray the plants. while my profits haven't gone up dramatically, technology is helping me reduce my losses. >> reporter: you can already see the impact of planet change in this region. once known as the green basket of india, farmers are worried about the lack of fertility in the soil and water levels dipping. experts warn that in the coming years, climate change impact means that the yield is going to go down significantly, so one way to combat this is to reintroduce traditional crops like this. this is one of the dozens of villages to start adapting to

things. people have been helped to move to so-called climate smart technology by a global research group, trying to mitigate the impact changing weather patterns are having. >> a number of people think it's too high, so we definitely need to do a lot, managing agriculture better. >> reporter: the local government is slowly changing its agricultural policy to recognize the effects of changing climates. and while not all farmers here have yet to switch to new techniq techniques, seeing neighbors who succeed when they do so is bound to be a strong incentive. some other news in business. two big strikes going on in europe today, likely to affect consumers across the continent. tirs in france, air france is purported to transport the minister at stake.

pilots are unhappy about plans to develop its budget carrier, where pilots are paid less and that plan, though, could be postponed. the strike is costing about 20 million euros a day. they called it catastrophic and the consequences could be disastrous for the company. meanwhile in germany, workers for amazon.com's distribution centers have started a two-day strike in a long-running dispute over beige wages. the union argues that amazon workers receiver lower orders. amazon, on the other hand, claims staff already earn wages on the upper end of that industry. general motors has recalled more than 220,000 cars can, in order to create a brake defect. gm says it's not aware of any deaths or injuries resulting from this defect. the recall affects gm's cadillac xts model from 2013 to '14, and

some recent versions are the chevrolet impala. most in the united states and canada. that's the business news. we'll have a lot more later. stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come, the daughter of amazonian rubber tappers and the grandson of a former brazilian leader. we meet the candidates vying to become president in the country's forthcoming elections. . guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question is, why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance.

hello. you're watching "gmt." i'm tim wilcox. our top stories this hour. turkey says more than 130,000 kurds have syria have crossed its border since friday to escape advancing islamic state

militants. but tension as turkish officials now close most border crossings using tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds. in just a fortnight's time, brazil will choose a new president, and the race is entering a thrilling end. last month, the polls suggested that dilma rousseff was on track to stay in power, but all that changed when a plane crash tragically killed her socialist party rival edwardo campos. since then, his replacement marina silva has surged into contention. she could now become brazil's first black president. it would be a remarkable turn of events for the veteran environmental campaigner, who was raised in a community in the amazon and only learned to read and write at the age of 16. well, in a moment, we'll be talking to bbc's reporter who is in rio de janeiro. but let's give you a taste of

what this campaign is looking like in terms of the advertising. >> marina silva! >> marina! marina! ♪ ♪ ♪

>> well, as you'd expect, a lot of music in those political ads. let's go to rio. it was great fun watching and listening to them, but underlining this, though, it's quite a serious point about how much television time these candidates can get. just explain that. >> yes, it's a very tight race, and we're seeing this battle every day on television. according to brazilian law, ahead of the elections, all the candidates have free air time, but it's not an even playing field. according to how many congress -- how many seats the candidates have in congress, or actually their coalitions, so this actually explains how alliances are formed. this is what determines how much

air time this one gets. so dilma rousseff, who is currently president, has over 11 minutes for her video to be shown, but marina silva has only two, which only proves -- she's proving in a very strong contender even so. so these ads are seen every day on television by families getting together to have dinner, to watch the soap opera, and they're very carefully produced in order to try to win over voters' preferences in this race that's very, very tight for now with dilma coming first and marina coming second very close to her according to recent polls. >> was there any bounce which came from the football for dilma as the incumbent and what has gone wrong for her to lose that lead that she had up until six weeks ago? >> well, she still has the lead. what happened was when marina silva got into the race, there was this very big shift.

she suddenly -- her predecessor edouardo campos, who died. but marina silva, two weeks after she was announced as candidate, she went up to 34%, so it was really a major surge and it changed how things were looking for the other candidates. now things have stabilized a little bit and marina is coming second. but when it comes to the second round, it seems very clear that these elections will be taken to the second round. then there really is a draw between the two of them and it's really not clear what the outcome will be yet. >> is it just a fight between these two, and how big a factor would the fact that brazil could end up with its first black president be in the minds of brazilians? >> that's a big factor, but it's also very emblematic that the two contenders will be women. marina silva, also, she's been

presenting herself as someone who will bring change. we saw last year the demonstrations in brazil with millions of people taking to the streets, really unhappy with the political scenario and she's coming forward as the one who will bring that. but it's still a moment of voters trying to understand what the next president will really do and if she really will convince people that she's that person. >> julia in rio. thank you very much indeed. could an end be in sight to 65 years of civil war and aethnc conflicts in myanmar? a nationwide cease-fire agreement may be close. not everyone, though, is keen to sign up. many of the rebel groups have agreed to cease-fire in the past. our correspondent jonah fisher has met some of the reluctant arms groups and his special report comes from the mountains of northern myanmar in the shan

province. >> reporter: to avoid the rebel army, this is in one of the most remote parts of the jungle. in order to get there, you have to travel along the backs of motorbikes and walk the final part into the camp. this is the training camp of the tnla. like all of myanmar's minority ethnic groups, they have long wanted greater criminal over their own affairs. as long as anyone can remember, there have been burmese up risings. many of the fighters decided to join up after tasting army brutality at firsthand.

>> translator: the tnla came to our village to carry out eradication and the villagers ran away and the burmese soldiers broke into our houses and took everything they could. even small amounts of money. >> reporter: the ta'ang rebels are no saints themselves. they admit falsably recruiting local villages and we see new fighters being trained who are clearly children, not men. over time, most of myanmar's ethnic conflicts have kbround to a halt, but there are still regular clashes with the army near here.ground to a halt, but there are still regular clashes with the army near here. i'm told that in july, four ta'ang rebels were killed and 28 soldiers. >> translator: when the old ta'ang rebel group made a cease-fire agreement in 1991, nothing was formalized about what will happen next, so things dragged on, until the burmese

army disbanded them in 2005. >> translator: we formed the tnla because we learned that each ethnic group needed its own army. >> reporter: ten, 11, 12. so this is 13 bags of opium. this table is covered with drugs that the rebels have confiscated in the last few months. the region is awash with opium and methamphetamine and the ta'ang blame both the burmese army and local militia. this package of opium has split, so you can see a little bit inside. that's raw opium there oozing out. local people here eat that or smoke it, or the whole package can be sold on to be processed to make heroin. the burmese government says the signing of a national cease-fire

will lead on to talks on a new federal system. the ta'ang have heard it all before. they and myanmar's other armed groups still have to be convinced that the times really are a-changing. that's it. jonah fisher reporting there. see you soon. a hotel. hey, razor. check this out. we can save big with priceline express deals. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool. we're cool. priceline express deals really are legit. thousands of people book them everyday. now it's your turn. to download the priceline app text the word deals to 68277 and start saving today. look - saving you money makes us happy.

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