ah ah ah, this is deed of the news aisha coming up to date war crimes against civilians. this isn't about ukraine. this is in me and mom the u. n. has accused me and madison to of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. the question we're asking is when the world act and puts on the ground for peace, why the un says these women in india to play a crucial role in making its peacekeeping missions around the world more effective? ah,

i british energy, welcome to d, w. news asia, glad you could join us. it's not just ukraine where possible war crimes have been committed. it's also me and mar, the un has now accused a military junta of human rights violations, that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. and unlike in ukraine, these have been happening for more than a year since the military deposed and elected civilian government. the humans allegations are contained in a report by the office of the high commissioner for human rights. our next report sums up what the u. n. is saying, but a warning. it contains distressing images. ah, a continuing spiral of widens that is what the un has called military actions in man, much within the yield of the cool,

1500 people have died at the hands of the military. and that number does not even include civilians who were killed in the old ongoing conflict between rebel groups and the army. the u. end report is based on interviews with victims. i've witnesses and other verifications. oh, it finds that the abuse is systematic. the report sets out me and mars a military and security forces, flagrant disregard for human life. bombarding populated areas with air strikes and heavy weapons and deliberately targeting civilians, some of whom have been shot in the head, burned to death. arbitrarily arrested, tortured or used as human shields. the un also pointed to incidence where the army had peaceful protestants, or tortured people in detention. the un phase,

the military has also conducted mass killings. in december and kaya state soldiers burned the bodies of up to 40 men, women and children. villages described discovering the remains in several trucks, with the bodies found in positions indicating that they had tried to escape, and they were burned under the guise of clearance operations. the military has rated and bond houses in several villages. according to the un, the type and level of atrocities seen indicate that the command came from the top and so did bombs from the air. we're talking of airstrikes conducted against civilian populations. you had the un spokesperson talk of chaos, state and the military's atrocities there. this is what that looks like. air strikes by military plains, against civilian targets. this is sky state in the east of the country. and in

general, walker described it as some of the was fighting in the country since world war 2, the hunt up targeting anti co activists and ethnic groups. the latter have already been fighting the military for decades. the angio human rights watch has been monitoring the situation in the me and my and we can now talk to it's deputy isha director phil robinson for more fil a. talk to us a bit about the military's actions in chaos state. and if that in any way is representative of the home does actions across the country. what we're seeing i asked a is action to use the air force and the helicopters to attack civilians. this is part of an ongoing action by the time and all that we've seen across the country where civilians are being targeted. they are being hit in areas

where and certain are active. they are being treated as if they are insurgents and, and these are clearly war crimes and there are crimes against humanity being committed as well. now the un i did in the week referred to those crimes against humanity and wall crimes that the military allegedly committing a similar accusations have also been made against russia and it's ongoing water in ukraine. and we've seen the stringent sanctions and the global condemnation that has followed do you think something similar needs to be happening in the case of me in my is quite clear that the target to economic sanctions against ah, the military and its interests in myanmar have to be ramped up in a very significant way. ah, you know, it's been too slow. it's been too little. ah, so far the pressure really hasn't affected the military junta and myanmar the weight needs to come. and so we do a call for a much more comprehensive effort to expand sanctions against not only individuals,

but also the companies that are operating under military offices in the 2 major military can run conglomerates in myanmar to really target these interests and target them. the money flows that are benefiting myanmar generals and enabling them to continue this atrocities against their own people. why is it mean modified or to, or with the world? i mean, it doesn't appear to have been a priority on to law and do you, what are you that but the situation in ukraine, myanmar and father go into the background? well, it's quite clear that many people around the world are watching ukraine very closely and that anything else is being pushed out of the headlines. we saw a lot of attention paid during the 1st 6 months after the february, 1st 2021 military coup to what was happening in myanmar. but now it is essentially been pushed aside. the fact of the matter is that the people in myanmar are suffering, suffering grave abuses at the hands of the security forces. there is an economic

crisis. there's a manager in crisis. and all of this as been, as sort of pushed aside because of the news coming out of myanmar, is just more tit for tat violence, a slow descent into civil war. you spoke of the economic crisis and i do want to talk to you about that because we have some visuals of people facing electricity and water shortages. for instance, these are visuals when the commercial capital yang gone, where people are having to queue for water and are facing the rolling blackouts. i'd like to also play photo bureaus, finn, what some residents have been saying, and then i'll come to you for your views. i don't not modular on shortages of water and electricity often happened in summer, but it's already bad this year and food a lot of rod will move it out. if there's an electricity black out, we can use charcoal for cooking, but we can't live without water. even if there's electricity without water,

we can't cook anything about why, like, i'm like, well, you had some of the voices that we are minus to hear from people in a young gone. do you think that this misery of daily living is set to get was in the me, in my, under the military? certainly it is because there is an ongoing economic boy caught and up a mass right by many people in myanmar against the military. and it's of the government agencies that are controlled by it. and so, you know, there is an ongoing use of our economic power by the people to try to deny the legitimacy of the military junta. and the military junta is striking back very hard, not only with the physical violence of why shooting people and arresting people, but also by increasingly coercive efforts to force people to pay bills that they simply can't afford. you know,

that involves electricity bills and involves water bills, but it also involves no increasing prices on the use of the internet and an electronic services. so we're seeing now a real pressure that is coming against the people in myanmar, from the military who died. and the situation for them is getting much worse, including food security, health issues, or just the basic services like your people indicated for. and we'll have to meet with her for the time being, but thank you so much for joining us. ah . in india, a group of women is training to become un peacekeepers and their services are in high demand, the you and saves. as more women have joined it's peacekeeping missions, operations have become more effective. the w got exclusive access to the part of military center where they conduct their training. i'm without chima reports. these

them and have had several years. if police training don't, they're preparing for a special mission. they're heading overseas as piece content. they don't know as yet. ready to be deployed, but they want to be fully prepared for what they may cease. for example, dispersing a violent mob for these trainees see my dounia is a trailblazer. she lived the 1st ever all female police unit as part of the un peacekeeping mission in liberia in 2007. that's quite challenging for me because a. 8 commander of this, but to click on engine that was that i did not want to leave you on my shoulders. we knew what the old boy was watching god. the mission was seen as a success. an india has since said it wants to increase the number of women peacekeepers. the selection process is rigorous. thousands applied for this mission,

but only a $160.00 were chosen and sent to train at this camp run by a paramilitary organization. the day starts with early morning drills. fitness is key to their cleaning sunni, just as she was inspired by her father to join the police force. she was also part of the liberia mission and says, she'll never forget what she saw there. we could see their faces with fear their van victims of torture. so many ladies ugly victims somewhere with chopped arms, medalie mo, groups to langley reached their me how seen their eyes and they were hoping for help. we went home done and literally me had mellowed. most of the women in the camp have served in conflict areas within india. they're used to dealing with urban unrest or insurgencies in the jungle. here the are to undergo hours of physical

activity to ensure they can cope in any situation. they are also given classes on issues like human rights, 1st aid and gender violence. he what he got me if a woman is being ill treated at home or outside in her job, she must raise her voice. or no one will come and fight for her. but it's not always easy to take on this role. the vast majority of women in discourse are married, and most have small children. even though they're looking to of course, we feel very bad leaving the children. but once we are in uniform, we set aside these feelings and are ready to serve donation and do our duty. but without their un officials want to induct more women as peacekeepers because they believe women are more effective, especially in post conflict situations. they are rather women officers, they are trained, they are sensitized. so they are aware of the trauma that women, women, victims,

and children have undergone. they could relate to them. those who spoke to us said it was literally a leap of faith. they said they only to themselves and more importantly, to other women who are inspired by them. that's in front of every the cost more on our website back tomorrow at the same time, to best buy a every day for us and for our planet. a global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitats? what to do with all our waste? we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable

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a much anticipated move. the u. s. federal reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points on wednesday. as the united states seeks to fight off rapidly rising inflation, the move uh lifts the target rate to between a quarter and a half to say fit, had kept borrowing costs near 0 to help you economy recover from the pandemic. chairman jerome pal says, further rate hikes and likely in the near future woke center sorta following this story, forrest cassandra, there's a lot to keep up with, especially when we take a look at his gauge of future hikes that suggests another 6 all this year. yes, it sounds like a while, but they'll be coming at the same time as the already scheduled federal reserve meetings. so we just had the meeting this week, the march meeting this week. the next ones in may and the rest are split up over the summer fall with the last one in december. and yes, 7 total.