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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11pm: the united nations says military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. west midlands police name a man they want to speak to in connection with the murder of a mother and her daughter on the streets of solihull last night. food prices are expected to rise in the coming months as farmers feel the effects of this year's extreme weather. also, thousands of people join europe's biggest street festival on its second day. music and dancing came to a stop for 72 seconds at the notting hill carnival to remember the victims of the grenfell tower fire. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jo phillips and nigel nelson. stay with us for that. good evening.
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un human rights investigators say military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and have called for them to be referred to the international criminal court. in an unprecedented move, the investigators named six top generals, including the commander in chief of the armed forces and his deputy. un investigators interviewed hundreds of victims and found evidence of murder, rape and torture against the rohingya, predominately in myanmar‘s rakhine state. more than 700,000 of them have fled into bangladesh. but myanmar‘s un representative rejected the report, describing it as one—sided. 0ur myanmar correspondent, nick beake, sent this report from cox's bazaar in bangladesh. for a year now in this bleak
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landscape the rohingya have been suffering. bereaved, uprooted, lost, giving harrowing accounts of the brutality they say they suffered at the hands of the myanmar military. today we met rashid. he says they murdered 12 of his relatives. translation: they made the men stand and the women and children squat on the ground. then they opened fire and killed the men. then they took the women inside the house and set it on fire. he is convinced it was genocide and so while he welcomed today's call for the top generals to be tried for that crime, he thinks it is all too late for so many. translation: ifjustice is done then people who are living will see it. but what about those
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who were slaughtered 7 my mother, my brothers, my nephews, my uncles, can they bring them back? they can't do it. tula toli is the village in myanmar from which rashid fled. the killing, rape and arson here is said to be have been part of a co—ordinated campaign by the army. you know it's not only about justice for victims, but it's also deterring future activity. if we allow this to go without any kind of sanction, then every army in the world will think they can do this. this is the most detailed and blistering criticism yet of the actions of myanmar‘s military last year, actions which forced hundreds of thousands of rohingya people to flee across the border to these camps where they are still trapped. but there's also strong criticism of myanmar‘s civilian government, in particular its nobel peace prize
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winning leader, aung san suu kyi. she's accused of failing to use her moral authority to prevent the violence and that by ignoring the plight of the rohingya, her government made it easierfor the crimes to be carried out. tonight, myanmar rejected the un report as flawed and one—sided. the army has always claimed it was only clearing out militants, a claim now wholly rejected by the united nations. bringing commander—in—chief, ming aung hlaing, and his comrades to court will not be easy, but today feels like a significant step forward in the pursuit ofjustice for the rohingya people. nick beake, bbc news on the myanmar—bangladesh border. we can now speak to eric schwartz, president of the independent humanitarian organisation, refugees international. thank you forjoining us here on bbc
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news. first off, what did you make of the report from the un?|j news. first off, what did you make of the report from the un? i thought it was very well done, i thought it was carefully written and i certainly agree with its conclusions. it was largely a summary conclusions. it was largely a summary of just a conclusions. it was largely a summary ofjust a great deal of information, an enormous amount of information, an enormous amount of information that's been gathered over the course of the past year. frankly there was nothing shocking in here. the news is they've recommended that there be an investigation and prosecution for the crime of genocide, but the information has been out there for a year. i'm just looking information has been out there for a year. i'mjust looking at information has been out there for a year. i'm just looking at the us state department spokesman behind this, saying the investigation adds toa this, saying the investigation adds to a growing body of information indicating widespread human rights abuses by myanmar security. as you said, we know this is happening, we have this report, but how likely is
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it that action can be taken? well, look, we have to be honest and say, is it likely there will be a referral to the international criminal court? i would say more likely than not. .. it won't happen. but it's not impossible, it could happen and efforts should be made to pressure governments, especially governments on the security council who might be reluctant to accept such a referral, pressure should be made to get those governments to acquiesce in such a referral. a report like this is extremely important and even if it doesn't result in a referral, it's important because it continues to build public pressure and public education around just a critically important issue. 0ften it's your allies... 0r countries within the region that can apply that pressure, and in the case
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of myanmar, who would that be? well, you know, the most critical government from my perspective here is the government of china and the government of china, you know, has been far too prepared to defend the government of myanmar and pressure should be brought to bear on the government of china. there are also muslim majority governments in the region who are... who professed great concern over the situation of the rohingya and they can play a role as well, the governments of malaysia, indonesia and bangladesh can also be playing a role in bringing pressure to bear on other governments to take action to promote accountability for the terrible abuses that have taken place in myanmar. eric schwartz of
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refugees international, thank you very much for your time. my pleasure. police have named a man they want to question after a mother and her daughter were stabbed to death in the street in solihull in the west midlands in the early hours of this morning. detectives want to trace janbaz tarin, the former partner of the daughter. from solihull, dan johnson sent this report. where is janbaz tarin? he's the 21—year—old believed to have stabbed to death his former girlfriend and her mother late last night. raneem 0udeh was 22 years old. her mother, khaola saleem, was 49. their family says they are devastated by their loss. and this is where they died. a double murder investigation is now under way in this quiet suburban close. a peaceful sunday evening here was interrupted just after midnight when neighbours heard a man shouting in a foreign language, then there were screams. we heard some noises, but we thought it was animals, like a fox or something, because it is generally here that they come in the night, so we didn't come out, but after an hour, the police knocked the door and asked
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if we have seen anything. literally, i would never expect it from somewhere like this. like, i've lived here for over a year and a half now, lived in solihull for my whole life, never had anything like this happen so close to home. they'd been here for... guesswork now, six or seven years, something like that. they were quite a likeable family. they didn't trouble anybody, theyjust got on with their lives, the same as we all do. the main focus of the crime scene investigation work is that patch of grass that is screened off there in front of the houses, but we have been told that the family actually lived here in this house. detectives are questioning people inside. we've been told there are other younger children. the family's car has also been examined. because west midlands police had
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previous contact with the family, the independent 0ffice for police conduct has been informed. detectives say they are working flat out to find janbaz tarin. they have warned people not to approach him and appealed directly, saying he should do the right thing and contact them. danjohnson, bbc news, solihull. just two days after the death of senatorjohn mccain, president trump has been embroiled in a row for not continuing to fly the us flag at half—mast at the white house. it was lowered at the weekend, but raised again today, far earlier than would normally be the case. but tonight, the flag has been lowered again, apparently due to public pressure. from washington, nick bryant reports. washington withoutjohn mccain is a lesser place. he was a human landmark, an american hero whose broken body personified the land of the brave. flags at the us capitol remained at half—mast in honour of his sacrifice and service.
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but, at the white house, where the flag was lowered at the weekend, there was no such act of ongoing remembrance earlier on today. mr president, do you have any thoughts on john mccain? mr president, do you have any thoughts onjohn mccain? do you have any thoughts at all onjohn mccain? that presidential silence continued today. do you thinkjohn mccain was a hero, sir? with the american legion strongly urging the commander—in—chief to honour this war hero and former prisoner of war, there was finally a presidential change of view, if not heart. we just got this statement from the president, despite our differences on policy and politics, i respect senatorjohn mccain's servants it to our country and in his honour have signed a proclamation to flag the flag of the united states at half staff until the day of his
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internment. but it still doesn't call him a hero. so tonight the stars & stripes was lowered again at the white house in that rare thing, a presidential climbdown. but it symbolised a broader debate as to who best embodies the value of modern america, donald trump orjohn mccain. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. the united states and mexico have reached the outline of a new trade agreement after months of difficult negotiations. it would mark a success for donald trump's attempts to renegotiate us trade deals, including the north american free trade agreement, nafta. but a final deal would need a sign—off from canada, the third country in the nafta treaty. in new york, markets ended the day stronger on the news. i've been speaking to our correspondent there, nada tawfik, who explained why this is a significant moment. well, it is a major step forward in
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a possible future nafta deal. the united states and mexico had been negotiating tirelessly for months to try to get over some of the key hurdles. they've now made an agreement in the automobile industry, and some of the issues there, which president trump has really been pushing, so now they've agreed that 75% of auto components have to be made in north america, and that 40% of vehicles have to be manufactured in high wage manufacturing facilities that pay at least $16 an hour. donald trump really wa nted least $16 an hour. donald trump really wanted that to protect american manufacturers, to stopjobs from moving overseas, so this was one of the key issues. on the other thing is the united states has made a huge concessions, whereas an afterword automatically expire after five years. president trump had been pushing that —— whereas nafta would.
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there's a renewal every six years. of course another key part of this is it opens the door for canada to join negotiations. this is a huge success for president trump, it's been described as his belligerent strategy on trade. canada has expressed reservations as this news broke, how likely is it that canada will sign up broke, how likely is it that canada willsign up and broke, how likely is it that canada will sign up and are they needed? is that signature needed ?, will sign up and are they needed? is that signature needed?, well, it was really interesting because the mexican foreign minister said there would be an agreement with the united states without canada, although they did want canada to be pa rt although they did want canada to be part of a deal, a future deal, and president trump has said the same, he said he would send this to congress by friday with approval —— for approval with or without canada, and if canada doesn'tjoin they will impose tariffs on their car imports. the canadian foreign minister said she will be travelling to washington
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tomorrow to start negotiations but she said any deal would have to be good for canada and the middle—class and she said canada's signature is required. it remains to be seen if canada will be able to come to a swift agreement with the us and mexico, and if they don't, how that will play out in the united states and mexico. 0f will play out in the united states and mexico. of course, many in congress and the business community don't think an agreement with just the united states and mexico is sufficient to replace nafta. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has condemned violent attacks by far—right protesters in the eastern city of chemnitz, where police are tackling a second night of demonstrations. hundreds of people have taken to the streets and attacked anyone they believed to be foreign after a german man was stabbed to death. a syrian man and an iraqi man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. it has just called in a quarter past
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11. -- it has just called in a quarter past 11. —— dawn. — gone. the headlines on bbc news: the united nations says military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. west midlands police are searching for 21—year—old janbaz tarin in connection with the double murder of a mother and her daughter on the streets of solihull in the early hours of this morning. food prices are expected to rise in the coming months as farmers feel the effects of this year's extreme weather. we'll have more on that in a moment. the people's vote campaign, which wants a new referendum on brexit, is attempting to change labour party policy. that's according to an internal memo, setting out its strategy and leaked to the bbc. it wants mps and activists to submit a motion at the labour conference next month, committing the party to backing a referendum on the final brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster and explained the details. the people's vote campaign knows
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that the best way of getting any referendum on brexit is to get the main party of opposition to endorse it. for that to happen, it would need the support of some people who usually backjeremy corbyn at next month's labour conference of. there isa month's labour conference of. there is a snag, and conveniently, many associated with the people's vote campaign have been long—standing critics ofjeremy corbyn. this internal memo, it goes out of its way to make clear that any attempt to change later part of passionate labour party policy is not some kind of plot to change or undermine the current leadership. it further says that the people's vote campaign isn't some kind of a forerunner of an nt brexit centre party either. i am expecting something of politicians and maybe someone from the union to support it quite soon.
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butjeremy colburn prefers to keep his options open, at least until theresa may concludes negotiations of. motion is also been submitted to labour conference reflecting that leadership position. new research suggests that the price of meat, vegetables and dairy products will rise by at least 5 percent in the coming months because of this year's extreme weather. the centre for economics and business research said the winter freeze, followed by the recent heatwave, had put huge strain on farming costs and yields. duncan kenendy has this report. 2018 has been a year of weather extremes, from the beast in the east to the wilting temperatures of high summer. for many farmers, the buffeting of the seasons has brought pressures that will soon have an impact on consumers. we have fed this winter's silage, which we would normally feed
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during the winter, we've had to feed to the cows during the summer and so we're running out of feed and having to buy in a significant amount of supplementary feed to feed the cows today and we're looking at a huge feeding bill for this winter. that will put our feed price up by about 4p per litre. now an economics research group says farmers' costs and the struggle to produce enough food is pushing up wholesale vegetable prices and some dairy prices. between march and july, the farm gate price, the price of produce direct from the farmer, rocketed. carrots went up 80%. there was a a1% rise in the cost of onions. the wheat needed for bread went up 20%. and the price of butter climbed 24%. the researchers say all this has a knock—on effect and with some other products here and in europe also set to get more expensive, the monthly shopping bill will go up. we expect it will cost uk consumers £115 million per week and that equates to £7.15 per month, per household.
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so what do consumers think of that? we stopped by in winchester to ask a few. what do you think of the idea of putting up prices by 5%, £7 per month, because of all this extreme weather? it happens doesn't it? can you cope with that? well, we have to. it's absolute rubbish. rubbish. how did they work that out? i don't honestly believe it's just because of the weather. well, if you've got to support the british farming community, then that's what we'll have to go with. the department for food and rural affairs told us it's not only the weather that affects food prices. it says it is helping affected farmers and that some producers like high temperatures. but whether we swelter or shiver, we live in a climate dependent food chain and that has costs. duncan kennedy, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of people have
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taken to the streets of west london for this year's notting hill carnival. the event attracted a million people over 2 days. this year, police were granted extra stop—and—search powers in response to a recent increase in violent crime. the event also saw carnival—goers observing a 72—second silence in memory of the victims of the grenfell tower tragedy. greg mackenzie reports. the final day of the notting hill carnival, awash with the sound and smells of the caribbean and a prime example of the capital's diverse communities coming together. we basically got here for the end of the parade and we decided to make our own parade and walk along. 30 years, i have been here every year. we always come down once a year, we look forward to coming down to the
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london carnival and have a good time. and we do have a good time. drink too much. notting hill carnival stages and musical silence as thousands of people paid tribute to the grenfell tower vic and is at three p.m.. 472 in memory of the 72 people who died following a fire in june last year. yesterday, the police made 133 arrests and recovered 69. today there were a number of arrests mainly for public order offences. they also reimpose a section 60 order, which gives officers extended stop—and—search powers. the police planning issue has been much the same as others, we are has been much the same as others, we a re really has been much the same as others, we are really happy with how it has drawn. we have not been complacent and we have been using screening arches for people coming in as well asa arches for people coming in as well as a range of officers have been available to people to keep them safe. explained section 60, i
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understand that was richard used today. why is that? the section 60 has been in place throughout the weekend. what that has allowed us to do is delivered it more prevention in terms of people who might think of bringing knives to the carnival. what it allows you to do is stop people without any suspicion relating to that person and it is a helpful tool for us, as well as other things to keep people safe. what you think about seeing so many police here? it is overkill. i don't know why so many. but that is then. what is the one thing you got to do when you come to carnival? turn up! by when you come to carnival? turn up! by the end of today, more than an estimated 2 million people would have taken to the streets of west london, and i'm told plans are already under way for the notting hill carnival 2019. greg mackenzie reporting there from west london. scientists at bangor university have
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begun fitting miniature transmitters to bumble bees so they can track their movements. the tiny technology has taken several years to develop, and scientists say that by tracking the bees' precise movements,they can gather clues about why pollinating insects are dying—out. chris dearden has the story. 0pening opening the highest, but these men are scientists, rather than beekeepers. i tried to find out more about where the bumblebees are going and what they are feeding on. scientists say the number of pollinating insect have been hopping in recent years and they are looking for more detailed information as to why. what happens is in pollinating it affects the wider environment. we need to know where they go, what they eat and what impact that has. pollinators and these are feeding flowers that are contaminated with
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pesticides. we need to find those bees when they die to do a substance pathology on the bees and identify the causes. that is why they have begun fitting bumblebees with miniature transmitters. this tiny antenna weighs the same as a raindrop and uses the wings to generate electricity. is more than anything previously invented because it doesn't need a battery and it has taken bangor it doesn't need a battery and it has ta ken bangor scientist over three yea rs ta ken bangor scientist over three years to develop. a lot of sleepless nights, what of long night. is not your conventionaljob, it is something that has taken over my life in a sense, so my life is this project as —— at the moment as well. it has been very challenging along the way. and the next challenge is tracking that bees once they leave the hive with their transmitters. the scientists have been using in connection to get a good connection. there is still plenty of data to gather and the results of the b
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tracking will not be ready for a while yet. —— bee tracking. chris dearden reporting. from 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political commentator, jo phillips, and nigel nelson, political editor for the sunday mirror and people. now it's time for the weather and a look at the week ahead, with ben rich. hello there. say what you like about monday's weather, it was at least better than sunday. if you don't like the rain, that is. rain does not feature particularly heavy in our forecast for the week ahead. 0ver our forecast for the week ahead. over the next few days, not much rain, there will be some but not a lot. lucy stelzer sunshine. the system out in the atlantic will be ringing in to north—western areas on tuesday, some weather front gathering down to the south and those will come into play. tuesday
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isafine, those will come into play. tuesday is a fine, dry day. any early mist and fog patches clearing away, for it in scotland into wales it will stay dry. 0f it in scotland into wales it will stay dry. of cloud, the bridges it in scotland into wales it will stay dry. 0f cloud, the bridges 17— 21 degrees but the breeze across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland as outbreaks of rain pushing through the afternoon. during tuesday evening there is a chance with a seashell is breaking out across the channel island and southern parts of england. those showers tie in with an area of low pressure. is showers tie in with an area of low pressure. is some showers tie in with an area of low pressure. is some uncertainty about this but it looks like it will graze very close to the south—east of england, into parts of kent and east anglia there could be showery rain on wednesday. frontal system that would have been living to the north—west slopes of south—east, so many places try again on wednesday with sunny spells at heights of 17— 21 degrees. as various frontal systems slightly to the east during wednesday and it looks like high pressure will look its way back in thursday. across—the—board, pressure will look its way back in thursday. across—the—boa rd, a pressure will look its way back in thursday. across—the—board, a fine day. could eat fairly cool start and
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there could be the odd missed patch but then we will see sunny spells. very large areas of cloud likely to develop as the day wears on and there's the bridges ranging from 16— 21 degrees, not farfrom there's the bridges ranging from 16— 21 degrees, not far from where they should be at this time of year. pretty good strike for many, but is a chance that at least we will see frontal systems trying to push in from the atlantic. 0f frontal systems trying to push in from the atlantic. of uncertainty about how much progress they make, but they could be rain into the front of the south—west, but for most it is dry because i pressure is still sitting pretty close to the british isles at this stage. —— high—pressure. sliding from the west as they move tends to weaken. saturday is likely to bring extra cloud and some outbreaks of rain across western scotland, the south—west. further east, the drive you are. towards newcastle looking at temperatures in the low 20 celsius this topic has to get on to
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the end of the next week. what does the end of the next week. what does the jetstream do? the end of the next week. what does thejetstream do? this is what drives our weather systems around the world and it looks like we will see this bit in thejetstream having in our direction for the start of next week. dips in thejetstream bring unsettled weather, but if this debt takes out residence at us for a little while it could allow us to tap into this some pretty warm and in the south. temperatures could well climb for the end —— early part of the week. looks at the dip in the jetstrea m of the week. looks at the dip in the jetstream will slide eastwards bringing unsettled weather for a time and as it clears the way, i pressure is likely to build its way back in. so what can we say that next week ‘s weather? there is a lot of uncertainty, more than we would normally expect, but it looks like it will be very warm at first in the south, some rain, most of that in the north, but often it will be dry. not a lot of rain in our forecast for the next ten days. hello.
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this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: the un says military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. an estimated 700,000 fled the country to neighbouring bangladesh last year.
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