was robbery just too. instead of cultivating its culture its roots in language and brought forth a rookie force of nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin a call for help six hundred thousand muslim or hinges playing persecution me and mar are now in bangladesh they desperately need food medicine and shelter will the

world given up at today's donor conference in geneva to help them also coming up. to pounce prime minister pledges to get tough with north korea after a landslide election victory is out specter to pursue reforms to the country's pacifist constitution could japan's military take on a more muscular role in the region. and catalan leaders consider their next step after spain moves to take direct control of the region's government we'll talk to people on both sides of the divide who want an end to the political brinksmanship. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we begin this program with what the united nations is calling a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds. of thousands of rohinton muslims

facing persecution and violence in myanmar have been fleeing to neighboring bangladesh a steady stream of refugees crosses their border each and every day and bangladesh's and dire need of help a un donor conference is now underway in geneva calling for pledges of international aid let's take a look at the scale of this crisis nearly six hundred thousand hand you have fled to bangladesh from in mars' rocky in state since august now more than half of them are children the u.n. says more than four hundred million dollars is needed to help provide them with clean water food and shelter but so far only a quarter of that mount has been collected. thousands of people still flee me on our every day nearly six hundred thousand rwanda have left for bangladesh in recent weeks almost all of them have experienced great suffering. not a big home wanders through the refugee camp and cox's bazaar clearly traumatized

the eleven year old tells us what happened in myanmar. my father was murdered by me and mary's soldiers thankfully i wasn't their neighbors had hidden me and then they brought me into bangladesh. then i think janet is now searching for her mother she hopes she also made it to bangladesh doesn't even have a tent she sleeps out in the open. more than half of the refugees here are children the relief organizations and the government of bangladesh aren't able to support them fully. everything is in short supply tents food and medicine there's just one hospital in the camp where a handful of doctors work around the clock. when they are on the run the heat and the long track are very hard going for those driven from their homes most people

arrive here in very poor condition most of. the most serious cases are treated in the hospital in the provincial capital gong many refugees have been maimed by landmines were carry the scars of bullet wounds all of them accuse the myanmar is soldiers of brutality. we want support for them just like on drugs medical support and most of. that initial call me bishop of myanmar to stop these type of inhumane walks me and maher and bangladesh have formed a joint working group to discuss the repatriation road injure refugees but very few actually want to return joining us out in the city to talk about the ranger try sis's ventile michel ski director of human rights watch here in germany thanks so much for being with us this morning as we heard that report there's a question about how many were hinge you want to go back right now to me and maher

on sunday we saw a buddhist a demonstration of the demonstration of the buddhist majority against the return of the right hinges you know how long can they stay in the bangladeshi camps and and can they go back well the problem is that they actually congo back to where they come from to their villages because they are not recognized by. the citizens so they ceased all the land. the land they will be in danger of being detained in. detainment camp with pop-y. a around inside myanmar maybe inside me and ma and that's nothing that's not a solution we we can't want this and regina want to go back to their villages and anyway every resettlement for the regime has to be voluntary volatility. should be forced to go back ok no united nations is saying that their homes are

facing a campaign of ethnic cleansing is that an accurate description of what's happening that's absolutely accurate we report to for many yes atrocities against this muslim minority in the north of but in the recent two months this the systematic ethnic cleansing by the me and by. groups who are helping the burmese army to drive the ruling out of the country ok burma of course being me and maher right ok you know the government in myanmar is denying that there's any rights violation all it's saying is fighting is a must insurgency how much is that fighting fuelling the refugee crisis where there is some fighting or was actually some fighting because now this group the ruling group they announced a cease fire a unilateral cease fire. but you know i mean they were.

persecuted killed for many many years so there's no wonder that there will be a resistance and there is a resistance but it's not comparable to any muslim groups like al qaeda is they don't even have connections to the international donor conference today is appealing for four hundred thirty million dollars are you confident that that some will be brought together we often see pledges and the money never appears that's right the dangerous this well of course for now the most imminent problem is the eight. already there how does it reach the people it only reaches the beginning of the camp but how is it being distributed you've seen those thousands of people on a kind of down small then strips are surrounded by water it's very difficult and the danger of an outbreak of terrible diseases is imminent you know that danger is being faced by

a lot of children sixty percent of the refugees have crossed into bangladesh are children fact what do they need most right now they need help they need medical help they need fresh water lots of troops. very thin they suffering from hunger and if this doesn't happen fast if eight doesn't reach them very fast we will see many many people dying what about bangladesh it's not really in a situation to cope with all of this. what can it do right now but back in the dishes one of the poorest countries we often needs humanitarian aid that as well so this is probably the most unlikely country to cope with such a huge immigration we've seen now almost six hundred thousand was in two months that is a huge number then so michelle's the director of human rights watch here in germany thanks so much for being with us this morning. is to japan our prime minister

shinzo ave has swept to arizona in victoria after taking a gamble with snap elections its coalition government set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament now that give him a free hand to push through reforms and time to persuade reluctant public to change japan's pacifist constitution. carnation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo abba has many carnations to pin for the resounding victory of his ruling coalition he pledged to tackle what he called japan's two national crises the military threat from north korea and japan's aging population. i believe this election was about firstly the north korean threat you can even say the north korean threat is the biggest threat ever it was also about the declining birth rate if we don't do something now it will be too late this is a national crisis that cannot wait but how. does all of the lower house less than

a month ago forcing a snap election he's move looks like it's paying off his ruling coalition has easily retained its two thirds majority in japan's lower house this majority is important it means that the has the two thirds of votes needed to amend japan's constitution a piece clause in the constitution bans japan from having a military japan has so-called self-defense troops who are unable to fight something out there wants to change in his third term. in face of the tension over north korea i aim to discuss whether the presence of the self-defense forces troops who are working hard twenty four hours a day three hundred sixty five days a year is constitutional or not. once passed by parliament however constitutional changes would have to go into a referendum which could prove difficult as a leader is deeply unpopular and his victory is being seen as a reflection of a lack of alternatives rather than support for his push to change the constitution

. the spanish government says it is set to temporarily impose direct rule on catalonia to prevent it from declaring independence now if spain senate approves this move later this week the council on president charlotte as opposed to mont will have to leave office spain's central government says it may choose a single representative to replace them meanwhile the regional government in catalonia is meeting to decide its next step a senior official said barcelona will not follow orders from madrid if it moves to reassert reassert control over the region. more on the catalog crisis let's join barber of ezola she's with us now in barcelona barber the catalan regional parliament meeting today if we heard from them yet and not yet the steering committee is just now getting together all this is on spanish time it takes a little while however what we hear from local sources is that parliament might

decide to meet again for a plenary session on friday that would then indicate that this parliament here in catalonia intends to sort of go down in flames shaking their fists singing national songs and re declaring independence because that is the exact same time when in madrid the senate will sign the papers to invoke the article one fifty five to set it going from that point in time then the powers will be exercised by madrid so that's the situation it seems the two sides are still circling each other but the trenches are being dug ever deeper ok part of those deep trenches include some veiled criticism of the e.u. catalan regional leaders have been saying that if spain seizes power that would undermine the credibility of the european union if brussels stands by and lets that happen. this is of course is the interpretation

by barcelona i mean if all the while to try to involve the european union interpret to new european treaties and agreements as something that sort of is supposed to hold up their rights basically of course the european union holds human rights and the rule of law however they treat is treaties that have been signed between brussels and all the member states are with madrid are was the spanish state and not was a region that all of a sudden figures out it rather would like to be independent and wants to become a satan or brussels help us so basically the e.u. officially is not going to touch this crisis was a bargepole they would rather it go away sooner than later barbara vai's will bring us up to date on the kelong crisis from barcelona thanks very much barbara well the government of the philippines says it has ended its battle against islamist rebels

in the southern city of morality the finance ministry claims its offensive immorality defeated supporters of so-called islamic state there took control of that city five months ago the fighting claimed more than a thousand lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people every shelling has left much of morality center in ruins. we have some sports now in formula one britain's lewis hamilton has taken victory at the u.s. grown pray the mercedes driver lost his lead from pole to main rivals boston federal rights to start but he recovered to overtake the red ferrari on the sixth lap and hold on to victory in austin while the overall championship celebrations were put on ice hamilton only needs to finish six than mexico next weekend to seal the title. while a french t.v. crew captured the moment president among all mccrone was rudely interrupted during a ministerial meeting by his dog the pet named emo sauntered into the room and

into it dozens of fireplace instead of pounding the pup a junior ministers in the hall laughed off the in this incident it is not known if the president's office is looking for a new dog trainer you get your reminder now of our top stories this hour the un has made an appeal to donors more than four hundred million dollars in aid work for him to muslims that money would fund relief efforts and so february nearly six hundred thousand range you have fled violence and million or more for neighboring bangladesh. that's a news update thanks so much for joining us here good of you news from berlin. surely that people of the world over.