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cool cool more school if you have room you've been to the school we're poor girl because i saw it coming 10 years before we're through it. does it take to change the course of history. raising the curtain start september 30th. you're watching news asia coming up militants spread fear among were injured refugees in bangladesh we take you into a camp that's in during the violence plus. blood red skies in indonesia as fires burn out of control we need a man who's battling the blaze in his region. and did evolution get it wrong researchers in japan say some people could benefit from a tail. i'm
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melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us in bangladesh there is serious concern about the growing influence of militant groups in revenge or refugee camps around 3 quarters of a 1000000 rippin just fled from myanmar state following a crackdown by the myanmar military in 2017 most of them now live in bangladeshi camps and militant fighters who crossed the border with them have brought along the violence. the era kind salvation army or ourselves for example is reportedly murdering and assassinating inhabitants who are already vulnerable and poor and engaging in criminal activities with relative impunity. night time in bangladesh strange accounts young men patrol the streets on the
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lookout for criminal gangs we've heard tales of murder but duction and rape. were defying the curfew on our way to meet a woman whose husband was shot dead nearby on the. moment. my husband used to fight for their own hinges he had no power near for everyone's problems and wanted to stop the lawlessness in the camps that's why some people felt insulted. to protect the woman's identity we cannot say who he was but one thing is clear he angered a powerful group operating in the camps would invite him out in a my husband was shot after evening prayers those who killed him are members of the our country hinges salvation army. the before we can ask any further questions about the militant group affix it tells us it's time to leave.
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the wrecking guides us along the back alley ways to make sure we aren't being followed. once we reach our car he disappears. we want to meet a member of the militants but our guides was so afraid all it took weeks for contact to arrange an opportunity in a secluded spot outside of the camps we can't verify if the man really is who he claims to be but his story checks out with other accounts he doesn't want to space filmed he's too scared his commander might find out he gave us an interview. some people came to our village and asked whether we want to govern ourselves they told us you don't have any rights in your own country we are here to help you take control of your land if you agree come and join us that's how they convinced us
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they also gave us arms training after that so i joined the group. that was in 2017 shortly after he joined the conflict between us and the me and my army escalated forcing hundreds of thousands of ranger to flee to bangladesh among them oscar insurgence like this man today they are trying to impose strict rules in the camp that is incredibly. finds informants from myanmar in the camps they are killed. women also threatened. if we see a woman dressed incorrectly and if we see her arms we can hit her. in the capital dhaka we confront the foreign minister with the stories we've heard. like it was a little bit like those in bangladesh there with him in miami not here if
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there's any big came up or hard up and we'll send that we're going to miami. today from the militant tells us some 3500 fighters live in the camps a figure we can't verify we want to know why he agreed to talk to us. if we cause trouble and kill people here the government of bangladesh will also start killing us that's why i disagree with us his actions here i want to fight in myanmar. faced with the might of the me and my army across the river this isn't a fight they are likely to win the stage is set for a refugee crisis that isn't going away soon. joining us is a tall islam who worked on the story our photo it seems like in the absence of a fighting photo are so who used to fight the military in myanmar wants to continue
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fighting now they were once considered by some as freedom fighters but have these sensually just become bullies with guns. it looks like some of the some you can see it becoming for us today day by day because they're not getting any chance to fight in me and my stock i missed it this is a pointer why one of those fighters decided to give us an interview he doesn't want to create any trouble in buying others he fears that bond of the security forces mr killing them if they do so in the country instead he said are such would concentrate on its fight in myanmar he told us that some 2 tones in 500 fighters or shooting in that if you can send that groups of say about a 100 fighters secretly cross to night putting men meant for the military training but he also considered there was little a school photo any larger scale at that it's given that to the group black immunization now it's very interesting because in the report the bangladeshi
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foreign minister denied ourselves presence in those camps why do you think that is especially because the evidence seems to show otherwise you guys spoke to someone who claimed to be part of our so one of the shelter too so trying to avoid conflict with any niebuhrian countries so the government doesn't want its studio to be used by any foreign militant group it insists on it these food solution to their going to crises this could be the reason why the foreign minister of one of this category of kelly unite any arts activities in his country. tell us a little bit more about the volunteer patrols how well equipped are they what happens if they meet a militant are they even properly armed and also is the government stepping in to stop any of the violence as well regardless of whether they say it's arson or another perpetrator. the volunteer side on our own they basically don't have any
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ability to a stand against any armed group what they can do in such a situation is to inform security forces so they can react quickly we here did so that direction and today in the camps and their involvement distance there that night and really give the fuses strength to have good going out of their games that night we saw the security forces frequent keep it crawling the idea there have been people are so frequent gun fights between criminal gangs and security forces to be sent to at least 13 going to the food chains have been induced to gunfights since the model for a look called politically active use don't quit the 2nd are ghost in courses buzzer allied groups have ecu is to bangladesh the use of stiffing gunfights as a covert for that extra judicial killings off mainly suspects in drug smuggling and the moderates in the area sauce incidents ransacked night ira flatow islam thank
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you. massive fires are affecting many parts of the world right now also in asia indonesia is facing its worst fires in nearly 5 years in sumatra province the haze from the burn left residents in some areas waking up to blood red skies it creates a stunning sunrise but all this means danger scientists say the color signals heavy pollutants in the air fires are also raging and calm entente province in borneo here's a look at the battle through one man's eyes. guarding the files frontline a police officer by trade toha spends much of indonesia's dry season battling blazes in his home province of kalimantan fighting fires isn't strictly in his job description says he's driven by a higher purpose about bungalow and it's what i call my soul's calling.
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about any information on the forest fire. i will rush to the scene straight away with my group of fire assault team for what i mean by need. but it's been a routine that happens here in mentoring village. every dry season there will be fire in the model but the pacific about that i can tell a coordinated tame move mainly volunteers on how best to hide these down opening areas he's well respected among his peers but force india to where it's a sense of he's loyal to friends he's a good parent we could always find him at any fire that has broken out here but about but edible you know. fires and nothing new in indonesia they happen every year which officials say is largely due to slash and burn farming practices but this year the blazes are particularly bad with an el nino weather pattern exacerbating the annual dry spell toha says he and his team will continue battling
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the blazes for as long as it takes. in japan a novel combination of a design and technology might solve a major problem for older people and it involves a tail researchers say their prosthetic version it could help prevent falls which are the main cause of death and disability among the elderly but the invention could also be useful for all ages. but it already we humans evolved to lose our tails but a team of japan's kayo university hopes they could make a return among 21st century homo sap eons or this is a tail that helps to balance when a human tilts their body like this the tail moves in the opposite direction the whole course of their cooling. fall off of the tail keeps balance like a pendulum on a congo this is our robotic tail for you and i should point out that. the
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researchers say the tail could have a variety of real life uses. for people who do work involving heights for example. or old people who've lost their sense of balance on the go to me that i've seen prosthetics being widely applied already on us and i think it would be nice to incorporate this prosthetic tail into everyday life when it's further developed as an option for those who need a little more assistance and balancing or use up or to you know to that are you know you know book over. for now the tail will remain in the lap while the research team look for ways to make it more like waste unportable. that's it for today you can find war stories on our website and on social media we leave you with pictures from china where spectacular light shows are being staged to mark the
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upcoming anniversary of the founding of the people's republic thanks for watching good bye. to. the terms of technology. with. the markets. made in germany. your business magazine d w. is going to. tell my managers to not go today.
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that would draw it over the diesel scoundrel but is it too little too late. welcome to the w business i'm joined on in berlin germany continues to feel the fallout of global trade wars the latest purchasing managers data showed german private sector activity shrank for the 1st time and 6 and a half years compounding worries about the economy there was however a glimmer of good news today the much awaited efore business climate index beat analyst forecasts september's figures came in at $94.00 higher than last month but it's not enough that to does that to dismiss growing recession fears now someone who has a few ideas about how to fix the problem is the o.e.c.d. chief economist spoon she joins me now welcome so the 1st thing i would like to ask you is what in your view do you think the german government has to do in order to.

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