might try. to do the book on you too. this is news coming to you live from berlin bangladesh is calling it paradise but rohingya refugees says it's that it's for them it means death. the government in dhaka threatens to send tens of thousands of earthing of by force to a remote island. town children libby trial for them it's another trap and i'll lose them lines if we go they will time help us to stay here in atlanta. the government

though says the refugees have no choice a reporter was one of the 1st journalists to gain access to the subject also coming up. racism in italian football stadium fans taunt star striker romelu lukaku with braces monkey chants the belgian is demanding more be done to stop racist abuse. and not just one but to long for perth's tweens have been born sibling length of berlin's whose giant panda it's a 1st for the zoo and a major breakthrough for its breeding program. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the government in bangladesh is threatening to send tens of thousands of rohingya refugees to

a remote island by force despite warnings from environmentalists and rights groups accommodation on the island a bus on. char has been specially constructed for the refugees the government says will offer a new start for the ringing of what the low lying island in the bay of bengal is vulnerable to erosion and flooding and critics have condemned the plan our correspondent emma conrad was granted access to the site. in the world's largest refugee camp in southern bangladesh fear is rife 2 years ago the government welcomed the influx of refugees fleeing me and mom today it is planning to send tens of thousands of them to an island in an area prone to slightly. that that's not a matter that we don't want to go to. because it gets flooded and then people will die children will be drowned for them it's another trap where they'll lose their

lives if we go they will die help us to stay here and get it back you will let us but i don't we lost our parents here to save our lives don't send us to pass on char just kill us here. after lengthy negotiations with the authorities d.w. was taken to pass on charge by bangladesh navy which is overseeing the construction works throughout us day we were accompanied by naval officers it took us 3 hours to reach back on chart on a naval ship the sea was choppy but relatively calm for this time of the year. what is the longest period that you think ships might not be able to reach the i didn't didn't really bad weather conditions leave the 2nd biggest talking morning that maybe one or 2 days or 3 days max if not more that. we have. nobody will be evacuated from this island. that is because the navy says they have built sufficient protection against floods under roshan including

a 3 metre high embankment. inside this space 410-0000 housed in clusters of identical shelton's human rights organizations fear that refugees may be contained on the remote island for years. sometimes this island is described as a jail does that offend. yes it. of course. the people who makes comments like floating island and say yes but that they don't understand their island they didn't see the island and they don't know about us and if you are providing. the islands 120 cyclists in shelters can be used as hospitals primary schools and community centers to provide security there will be police posts and cameras monitoring the island we will provide something to the knowing they will remember it for be

a life and if in the crisis we help them if they come here it is paradise for burma is the no doubt about that from what we've seen conditions here do seem to be better than in cox bazaar but questions remain around what daily life might be like will there be secondary education for young people what will they do all day can the refugees earn their own living and will they be able to leave the island without a special permit and of course what happens here when a cyclon hits. didn't exist 20 years ago islands in the bay of being called by sediments and make up an ever changing ecosystem we showed the footage we took to an expert in sea irrigation. so. it can. be got there.

by my man. without an embankment but on char would be too dangerous for habitation experts t w contacted disagreed whether the barrier is high enough but the government seems adamant to relocate rohingya to the island. that. we don't have space. for them. and once the decision has been taken refugees could be relocated in a matter of weeks even against their will. and d.-w. sammy conrad who filed that report is with us here in the studio great to see you know me so what's your impression of the camp when you were there were you not thinking well this is going to be a lot better for the refugees than coxes bizarre were hundreds of thousands are

living in really difficult conditions well if you look at the settled the self yes it's an improvement the people would have more space the rooms the area they've come a stiflingly hot in the summer i mean i went inside some of the huts it's really difficult to spend for me to even just spend half an hour for an interview inside these huts so if you look at the settlement in itself yes the infrastructure is a lot better the security the roads are secured but then you have to look at the island itself and the questions that you know we try to. tonnesen the reports of whether this island is actually safe whether the flood embankment is high enough so the settlement itself looks a lot better but the bigger questions around the island and also whether there fiji's would be allowed off the island the they would have free movement those are the questions you spoke of bangladesh's foreign minister about the relocation plans he suggested that the room hinge or could be moved to the island even if the u.n.

objects listen to what he have said. what is the most extreme step you could take if the u.n. disagrees would you take the u.n. agencies out and. lou. that's what we will do so to be clear if they don't support your plan of by then char you will tell them to we have to make a decision them we'll talk to them and see. so it sounds like bangladesh the government is absolutely determined to send refugees to this island what is the un saying about it is i mean bangladesh built this settlement full the right thing go they spent a lot of money on it so of course they want to move the ranger there but it's difficult because the u.n. i mean the agencies the footing the bill of this multimillion dollar humanitarian effort i talked as was about cox's bazaars so they they depend on international donors to feed the refugees to provide schooling for the refugees to you know provide all the basic health tell the basic necessities that the refugees need say

it would be incredibly difficult to force the refugees to leave against the against the un's wishes it's difficult situation diplomatically very sensitive at this point apparently a number of the refugees really are saying that they do not want to go to the island they are afraid to go there for the reasons you mentioned what if not enough volunteers are found among the refugees how would the government go about forcing them to go yes it's very difficult to imagine them sending in tanks and soldiers of course but what they seem to be doing right now and this just came a couple of days ago is that they want to make the living conditions or difficult in quotes as bizarre so we just heard that they are forcing the telecommunications providers to turn off the internet not to sell some cars during any mall which would basically cut them off from any kind of communication so there seems to be that kind of pressure you know putting pressure on the refugees to make the living conditions even harder in cox's bazar which may then lead to

a certain number of 300 to maybe sign up voluntarily to move to this island which then suddenly looks maybe more attractive than it does now very quickly how soon do you think we could see those refugees move to the ah well and there was talk of after the monsoon so in the coming weeks ok naomi thank you so much of course one of the only conrad. sake a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least 5 people have been killed in the bahamas says hurricane dorian makes its way toward the southeast coast of the united states the storm has weakened slightly but it's still packing winds of over 200 kilometers an hour coastal residents in florida georgia and south carolina have been told to leave. british prime minister boris johnson faces a rebellion from within his own party today over his brakes a strategy that's despite his warning that he would respond to any defeat by calling an early election some lawmakers are pushing for a parliamentary vote that would ban a new deal breaks it and delay britain's departure from the. 3.

star football striker romelu lukaku inter milan has called on football authorities to do more to combat racism because it was subjected to racist chance before taking a penalty kick against in the tally in league match on sunday which interval on one to one other footballers have sent messages of support to lukaku dortmund jaden sent shows said the racism thanks players confidence and their love for the sport. racist taunting of a black footballer in the sardinia capital calgary a mistake of all but sadly not unfamiliar after interest scored a penalty for his side a chorus of monkey noises rang out. i am back in april more as the king received a similar treatment at the hands of the same spectators italian football's problem

with racism is a persistent 1 am in if you saw your post it was it but i can't comment on this episode because i didn't hear the chants and that you know many other situations i believe that in italy we must improve a lot and be more educated in respect faulty wiring who arrived in italy just under a month ago after his big money transfer from manchester united in a statement on instagram lukaku said it's 2019 instead of going forward we're going backwards he called for professional footballers to unite in the cause of anti-racism. in an e-mail to d.w. the italian league syria condemned the abuse of lukaku but failed to answer whether or not they intend to take any measures against the club or issue any penalty as a result calgary themselves say they intend to identify and ban the fans responsible for the racist abuse directed at lukaku italian football is under

pressure to show that it's taking the issue seriously. brylin zoo's giant panda has given birth to twins a 1st for the mother and the zoo and a major breakthrough for its breeding program bringing in the cubs are said to be doing fine. they are no bigger than the size of your hand but they are over 30 the new stars of the. after years of trying to pretend the cups without success. is now taking care of not just one new poems even though the moment have babies still be shielded from the public visitors at the berlin zoo i'm more than thrilled. i want to see them but i'm assuming i won't get to see them quite yet but so so exciting especially for the kids that are running around and being able to see these animals that you would only see on television or their rights actually be

able to see them is such a wonderful thing. and i think i think that in time as a born it's you know it's fantastic isn't it you know. the programs and the populace and all the rest. is good for the zoo as well it draws people in. here like i'm an animal lover so of course i'm just thrilled it's just a shame that we can't see them today they're probably too small. and like his young family members. cho ching is already out in sowing the sun and his daily portion of pam who shoots he's done his job because the pandas the mother praises the offspring. the management as happy to see her fulfilling her mother for the 1st time you offer me for me it was important mangling immediately did the right thing instinctively she got into a good routine of behavior from the very beginning and that's just a great thing that's what i'd like put on because. pandas are notoriously difficult

to prayed as females are only fertile 3 days a year that's why artificial insemination was used to compliment property personal efforts mom and dad arrived in germany 2 years ago on loan from china and they are due to return that in 13 kids just like the cubs who will only stay in berlin for up to 4 years but that they will ever be released into the wild is unclear. watching d.w. news coming up next our documentary the future of europe young visionaries i'm sorry martin thanks for being with us. i'm neal and i'm just i'm with a brand new w on the podcast it's personal it's divisive the topics that affect us all a lot of climate change and the return of the. only real sense check out.