and george ciccariello-maher of drexel university speaking from philadelphia. when we come back, paradise papers. how to they implicate everyone from the current commerce secretary to the queenen of england? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show with a slew of shocking revelations about how the world's richest men -- ridges people stash away billions of dollars in wealth in offshore tax havens. the revelations, known as the paradise papers, implicate multiple members of president trump's own administration. among them wilbur ross, who continueued to invest in a after rossmpany even became commerce secretary. the shipping company, navigator holdings, is also linked to a russian oligarch subject to u.s. sanctions. the papers also show president trump's secretary of state rex tillerson was the director of a bermuda-incorporated oil and gas company, linked to exxon mobil, which ran a controversial scheme to export tens of millions of barrels of natural gas from the

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the five hundred thousand buddhist monks and the man maher have played a crucial role in the return to democracy. although traditionally barred from politics there is still active in all areas of public life. however a new generation of monks is now questioning the old order. three of them have opened up the doors to their monasteries for us. they all stand out for their willingness to get involved in public matters and are fighting their very own at times contradictory battles. but they're doing it in the name of buddhism. they have weighed up my name is. i'm thirty five and have been a monk for sixteen years building. that was. i entered religious life in my village. when i was ten. since then i've dedicated my life to the teachings of the buddha and to spreading the religion. sort of the political situation in my country is one of the main reasons why i wanted to remain among. just. look it was john don't i. was indeed a younger man when one son she came to power it gave people hope again. before that there was neither hope nor joy as people that stopped believing in a future. where

brutal crackdown today and for that she's been heavily criticized brault the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants. for more on this i'm joined by barbara below from brussels she is a german member of the european parliament for the green party with a focus on human rights is look we're it's good to have you on the show european and asian foreign ministers are meeting in vienna more this week do they have any leverage to help resolve this crisis yes they do i think they have the possibility to discuss with the chinese and with the myanmar government on this plan you just mentioned and it's good that there's a ceasefire and it's good that they agree that all of those refugees from a kind state that are us have the right to return to their place of origin but what is not in the plan of the chinese government is that we have to look who is responsible for this atrocities which the high commissioner for human rights face it amounts to ethnic cleansing so the e.u. foreign ministers and their asian foreign ministers do have t

and international has accused me and maher of trapping there were hendra community and a. humanizing regime that amounts to apartheid the new amnesty report is based on a two year investigation that aims to reveal the cause of the current revenger crisis and accuses me of segregating or henge and an open air prison by confining them to their villages and restricting their freedom of movement human rights organization also concluded me and mar authorities treatment of the henge amounts to apartheid describing rakhine state as a crime scene hence a living in myanmar also denied citizenship on the basis of their ethnicity many are deleted from official records making it almost impossible for those who have fled the country to return home now reporters covering the story tonbridge hawtreys and cox's bazar at a refugee camp in the us first though let's go to scott heiler he is live in yangon myanmar so scott this is perhaps the starkest language so far describing what has been happening to the roof and there's all this talk of repatriation but you know how realistic is that whe

not to some other stories making headlines around the world mean maher and bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of roh henge or refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes in man maher amid a violent military crackdown this year but key details of the deal have not yet been released such as how many refugees could be allowed to return. palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand and eighteen they'll be joined by eleven other factions the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six and were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war the two sides have been meeting to firm up a reconciliation agreement. argentina's navy says it is investigating a new lead in the search for a submarine that went missing last week with forty four crew members officials are looking into an unusual sound recorded a week ago in the ocean several hours after it last communicated with the vessel some have speculated it could have been an explosion. zimbabwe's former vice pres

mian maher is facing severe criticism from many governments and the international community as a whole. all the more so since sound suchi hasn't as yet said or done anything to defend their own engine eleven nobel laureates have written an open letter to the un security council voicing their concerns. i'll call it if it doesn't all the problems in the country have been caused by the military. but the responsibilities been laid at the current governments. the me is responsible for crime the civil wars and the condition of the muslim. nevertheless people blame i'm son to chinese government. but our own son tucci is really the country's head of state only in name according to the constitution she herself had a hand in writing the military has held on to some of its power it still has a quarter of all seats in parliament and the important interior and defense ministers are also army officers so the military alone is actually making all the decisions about how to proceed in iraq in. our own sons to cheese hands tied or if she sacrificed in the muslims as part of an arrangement with the gene

country without a license an offense punishable by three years in prison relations between me and maher and turkey have soured with turkey's president regift heir to want to kucing the me and maher government of carrying out a genocide against their own hinge a muslim minority over the past two months more than six hundred thousand have fled to neighboring bangladesh to escape what the un has described as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing nian maher have made significant progress on press freedom since the end of military rule in two thousand and eleven however with several journalists arrested this year and the government strictly controlling the coverage of the royal hinges there are tangible signs of those freedoms eroding . every year the french media watchdog group reporters without borders ranks countries in its index on press freedom eritrea has consistently been at the very bottom of that list the worst of the worst until this past year when it rose by one spot above north korea there was only state run media operating within the country so many eritreans have grown to rely

maher is a mix of peoples alongside the largest ethnic group the bomb our people. are is home to the shan the current the chin the rock and a large number of others particularly in the border regions. ever since its independence in one thousand nine hundred forty eight the republic of the union of myanmar has seemed an impossible undertaking. to g.'s father general and son a national hero in the war for independence didn't live to see that he was assassinated . after that the country went through a series of rebellions and guerrilla wars that were put down with increasing bloodshed. and you're going to. be with you. the rise of social networks has given new war lays missionary work a new dimension he writes about the events he's hosting and has no trouble finding donors who are willing to pay for a new buddha statues and monasteries burma's occasion is progressing ever more rapidly in the south of rockin state but a few dozen kilometers further north it's long ground to a standstill. these mountains hide an entire region that has been sealed off by the army it's a

maher is a mix of peoples alongside the largest ethnic group the bomb our people. are is home to the shan the current the chin the rock and a large number of others particularly in the border regions. ever since its independence in one thousand nine hundred forty eight the republic of the union of myanmar has seemed an impossible undertaking. g.'s father general and son a national hero in the war for independence didn't live to see that he was assassinated . after that the country went through a series of rebellions and guerrilla wars that were put down with increasing bloodshed. and you're going to. be what you are. the rise of social networks has given new war lays missionary work a new dimension he writes about the events he's hosting and has no trouble finding donors who are willing to pay for a new buddha statues and monasteries burma for cation is progressing ever more rapidly in the south of rockin state but a few dozen kilometers further north it's long ground to a standstill. these mountains hide an entire region that has been sealed off by the army it's a

are automatically limited is he more than we have seen in his papacy so far is he visiting me and maher as more of a representative of the international community maybe even of the you in more so than of the catholic church think that to some degree very much there in reverse and if the international community but i would like to emphasise that i think that way and he's talking to people that are where great beneficiaries of the international community efforts like a state counsellor at the very same time i mean so letting her know that this is him bringing the tension of the world over her to earth i think at the very same time is asking the international community well is this really what do you mean by the elements so in a sense i think that this actually many part conversation disfigure is one that has been extremely efficient in geopolitics mainly by underlying and bowing to issues without necessarily saying the words that people are waiting for him to say we know that this trip was planned before the the range of prices really exploded this piss test some or some of the vatican sa

sealing the deal bangladesh in man maher region agreement for the padre shin of hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya will it finally solve a decades long problem after a campaign of ethnic cleansing what's left for people to return to this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a done for nearly three months now hundreds of thousands of muslims have been fleeing me and mark their escaping a military crackdown in iraq and state the u.n. calls ethnic cleansing more than six hundred thousand have been living in makeshift camps in neighboring bangladesh now the governments of the two countries signed a deal to send the refugees back to me and maher it's a decision human rights groups are calling unthinkable they say refugees should not be sent back if their safety can't be guaranteed there have been extensive reports of abuse rape torture and killings in rakhine state the military says it's combating rangar fighters where the operation has been condemned around the world the government of aung san suu kyi strongly denies the accusations of abuse of the agreement is

subjected to apartheid the treatment of her head and man maher as described by amnesty international in a report just published a lot of live analysis. richelle carey this is live from doha also coming up. should have happened a long time ago should have been here's a go yes president says he's designating north korea a state sponsor of terrorism paving the way for more sanctions plus. i love my house with nothing. sixty thousand haitians in the u.s. the devastation of a powerful earthquake are told they must go home. and zimbabwe's ruling party began to impeachment proceedings against robert mugabe as calls for the president to step down. and this international has accused of trapping there are a hedge a community and a dehumanizing regime that amounts to apartheid the new amnesty report is based on a two year investigation that aims to reveal the cause of the current crisis that accuses. a segregated where henschel in an open air prison by confining them to their villages and restricting their freedom of movement given rights organization also concluded men are authorities treatmen

ethnic cleansing you mean maher for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on and on line. with us from his calls for countries to cut ties with north korea over its latest missile launch warning its leadership risk utterly destroyed. we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up as president hits out at u.k. prime minister theresa may after she criticized his three tweets of anti muslim videos but francis arrives and bangladesh live pictures there after a trip to neighboring me and margaret he preached a message of hope. and joy to. greece where thousands of asylum seekers are living in such appalling conditions that some a prepared to commit itself in the hope of getting out. of the u.s. is pushing for the international community to cut ties with north korea united nations security council has held another emergency meeting following pyongyang's missile test on tuesday or the korea says the launch proves it has the capability to reach the u.s. mainland president threatening more sanctions but not everyo

maureen maher investigates. >> i remember having a nightmare that jessie was-- was killed, and when ie up, it was just a dream. >> reporter: gary bardwell knew it was more than a dream. it was an omen. >> and i felt it. >> reporter: in may 2016, jessie vanished from her home in richardson, texas where she'd been living with her boyfriend, jason lowe. >> i was very determined to get to the bottom of what had happened to jessie bardwell. >> reporter: jason lowe told him jessie had left their apartment on the morning of may 8 and never returned. detectives searched the apartment. there was a line of cocaine on the table, but it wasn't the drugs they were interested in. it was an odor coming from the garage. >> it's a smell that you never forget. >> reporter: it was the smell of death, and it was coming from the back of jason lowe's black audi. there was no jessie bardwell, but even without a body, jason was charged with in order. >> i had no doubt that he had killed her. >> reporter: but he did doubt they would ever find her. >> there are 100 million different places you could hide a bod

journal i mean uncensored she's actually a very limited force she might be the poster face for me and maher but she has no control whatsoever over the military the military is not comptroller by the civil government so i think that to some degree which is welcoming his. really the question whether this not at welcome aid to actually push the cost of the mochrie see where everybody else is taking the position i mean we have seen it for the last couple of years everything is just fine in miami are now well there are huge a crisis has been going on for several years and now what we have is really the explosion marty get a religious affairs correspondent as always martin thank you very much it's ridiculous your insights. in politics the more things appear to change the more they stay the same now consider what is happening here in berlin last week two months after the national election coalition talks to form a new government collapsed the unlikely combination of conservatives the liberal democrats and the greens proved too much even for the magic of until america in fact the chancellor after t

yeah because of me guys for a guy who like maher. it's been a whole vessel blown nots. don't see as i knew from the film those who don't understand. lydia's overlayed or the in the. med media. oh. boy. oh. yeah. i mean all i hear. long. yes. only my only point. on the last thing you know. i was assuming you find all this. and i already. but. violence and discrimination are all too familiar to many women in india a reality too often reinforced by molly. but its leading star is throwing his weight behind the cause. of their duty and using his celebrity to advocate for gender equality. the snake charmers comic con witness at this time on a visit or. when. in the united states rights activists are still being targeted you have not found. one facing surveillance from both the police and the f.b.i. this is not law enforcement. faultlines investigates the scope of these agencies tactics and the impact on civil society. confidential surveilling black lives at this time. i really felt liberated as a journalist about. getting to the truth as i would that's what this job. and i wa

around child soldiers they're considered child soldier offenders well in twenty seventeen iraq man maher and afghanistan were removed from that list now we know according to a report from reuters that there were twelve different state department officials who signed a letter protesting that decision by rex tillerson so today at the u.s. state department the spokesperson was pressed on why this decision was made why is it that these three countries were removed from the list what changed their designation this is what happened when pressed on the issue do you mean rights report is completely different in the traffic we. do use we always try to keep interest to the security. institutions to. create ability in this regard there are countries that use lots and lots of children there are countries where maybe one source might say that they heard a child had been a border guard i'm just making that up we can't back up that information if it is a report that only lists you know one or two of the belief was on the secretary's to part to not put those types of countries on this list too many. so

craig roberts, edward maher and james dunsby, they were trying to join the sas, to do so they had to do so they had to complete a timed 16 mile march on one of the hottest days of the year, in the brecon beacons in 2013, and of course that was going to be tough, especially with heavy equipment, but neglect by the ministry of defence also played a pa rt ministry of defence also played a part in their death, according to an inquest held two years later. the army apologised. it is necessary to train our soldiers to the highest standards, to meet the secluded challenges we face in this country and overseas —— security challenges. to do this requires individuals to push themselves and take risk, however, we must make sure that those risks are carefully managed. in this case we did not do this and accept responsibility for the in march last year the health and safety executive said the mod would have faced prosecution for what happened if it didn't have immunity. several independent reviews decided not to bring any charges, against individuals involved here that day, but relatives of one o

and the united states holocaust memorial museum the report says the most recent violence in me and maher started in october two thousand and sixteen when a real hinge armed group attacked several police in outposts in iraq and state the man maher government say the army retaliated for the killing of dozens of people fortify rights says the army used the operation as an excuse to attack innocent row him just civilians me and more soldiers are accused of burning entire villages killing men women and children indiscriminately they're also accused of raping dozens of women the report says the situation amounts to ethnic cleansing that's defined as rendering an area ethnically homogeneous by using force or intimidation fortify wright says the rotunda crisis may even be genocide which is the intentional targeting of a community for destruction by murdering people and imposing measures to prevent births within the group manned mars military leaders deny security forces are guilty of all that now simon i want to ask you want to you make of matthew's reports and do you consider what's going on in

the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinges crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and maurice capital nightbeat all one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with the c.f.r. . the plan has won support of me and more in bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and as the negotiations go on the exodus of ranger looks set to continue. time now for football news and two german teams are in champions league action tonight in the penultimate round of group stage matches which could prove to be decisive dortmund are looking to save their season in their match at home to tottenham this week could prove crucial for coach peter boss with a game against fierce rivals this weekend a dismal run of results at home and in europe has left the dutch coach on the brink of dismissal and the other but other bundesliga side in action tonight are champions league newcomers like the bulls are th

the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinchey crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and mars capital not be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with a cease fire. the plan has won support of me and mine bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and as the negotiations go on the exodus of revenge a look set to continue. and earlier we spoke with laura high from amnesty international in bangkok we asked her what is driving the crisis in iraq on state yes i think everyone we've had. all rights glued to the t.v. screen over the last three months as we've seen the horrific images invited actually inject us let's this who got pink bitch rights in what crimes they were not records showing states that actually there is a root cause to dislike and that is a system of institutionalized discrimination and segregation those are hinge on iraq right states meaning that's actual

and has the latest developments now in their agenda refugee crisis thank you very much han i mean maher and bangladesh have signed a deal to allow members of the persecuted muslim minority group the revenge to return to their homes in me and maher hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border in the past three months to escape a violent military crackdown it's not yet clear how many refugees will be allowed to go home and many are wary of returning to a country that the international community believes has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them. they fled to relative safety here in bangladesh bringing stories of homes burned to the ground and family members raped and murdered at the hands of the security force says now they're deeply skeptical of going back. i don't trust the myanmar government they're always like this. this is my second time leaving home and my husband has left three times. they live in a massive refugee camp but despite the appalling conditions some say they'll only return home if myanmar meets their demands. if they stop harassing us. a

the latest from deanna maher who worked on his staff in 1997 to 2005. she says he created sexual culture in the office and made several unwanted advances toward her including showing up in her hotel room and taking his clothes off. that is maher and her reaction from what we heard in the halls of congress this afternoon. >> i'm so grate. as i have said to representative jackie spears and i don't think this could happen, all of this as far as congress is concerned without her input. she was a steady force. so i believe she is the hero. but i am awe struck by kathleen rice. hall lieu la to her -- hallelujah to her. she named it. >> martha: as uncomfortable as it is, tell us what did he do to you when you worked there? >> the first couple of years he was just, he was more subtle trying to hit on me. you have to know when i was hired i was 57. i was a mother with four children and grandchildren. i was not a young chicken. not anything like the young girls coming through who are so vulnerable. i'm really trying to stand up for them because they are vulnerabl

mean maher agrees to take back thousands of wrangle refugees who fled to bangladesh . then he said i'll be here with you this hour also coming up in the next thirty minutes exit deals and bob is former president is granted immunity from prosecution before he stepped up. to the asylum seekers food refused to leave the former australian run prison camp on man asylum plus. that's the excitement of exams but in south korea it's so competitive they've got to pass and pass well. in bangladesh have signed a deal for the repatriation of the refugees now it's hoped it will allow the refugees to return home once their paperwork is completed by bangladesh hundreds of thousands of rain fled an army crackdown scott higher than for me. after days of negotiating bangladesh's foreign minister abdul hassan mahmud ali and myanmar leader on song suchi reach an agreement on a repatriation plan for the ranger who fled rakhine state over the last three months the memo of understanding was signed in a foreign minister level working group created as the leaders reached agreement some of the h

bangle there says it's been go shooting with me and maher to arrange for their repatriation ever head to refugees who fled a recent crackdown announcement came after foreign ministers from europe and asia visited refugee camps and cox's bazar on the bangladeshi side of the border more than six hundred thousand revenge a half led northern me and maher since august at the us foreign policy chief frederica margaret said she wants to support the inmarsat or entente sochi in implementing a solution. more than thirty thousand runners have taken part in a half marathon in the indian capital that's to spite health warnings from doctors about severe pollution levels the city has been a lank at it and toxic smog for weeks. are in alba gosh c.e.o. of the council on energy environment and water says there is an urgent need to find permanent solutions to the problem. is that we have a quality that you know well it's just that it will be in the winter months. when the crops are harvested in the fall of the country understand it as well and that it's in the act already. so these spikes and it will b

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has met several times with authorities from me and maher urging them to basically change their ways and to make the situation involving the rohingya as safe and as stable as quickly as possible but so far there has not been any real change at least to the satisfaction of officials here in washington so now comes not just the determination that ethnic cleansing is underway but there is now also the threat of potential target u.s. sanctions against those people inside me amar who are responsible for the ongoing attacks on the rohingya it's now up to the people in me and mark both in the civilian and in the military leadership to try to see if they can actually comply with washington's demands it's a risk which they may not want to take leading palestinian political factions including hamas and fatah have agreed they need to hold elections by the end of next year that he just made the joint statement following marathon reconciliation talks in cairo right now what has been following the developments from gaza. palestine's two main political par

said that it doesn't matter what kind of arrangement is agreed between the bangladeshis and me and maher government he would stay here so as you can well imagine a lot of fear here a lot of distrust it's vital to say that it seems as if some sort of agreement is certainly beginning to form but the actual implementation of the complexities of implementing this agreement is going to be very difficult it sounds and charles thank you. so had analysis there are. the pictures pakistan's government doesn't want you to see privates t.v. channels our audience as hundreds of riot police on protesters. saying if we look at where. the u.s. presence playing too much golf. welcome back as we look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia we've got at least the flow across the philippines which is bringing some showers into the eastern side of many parts of the country a general share it doesn't look too bad as look at the forecast though coming further south scattered showers across borneo some really heavy rain across parts of java for the circulation of low pressure just the south and i think

me and maher and bangladesh say that they've signed a deal for the repatriation of range of refugees bangladesh officials say the refugees will start returning home in two months but many of our hasn't specified how many will be allowed back in more than six hundred thousand refugees have crossed the bangladesh since a military crackdown began in this at least eight people are dead and dozens more injured after a suicide attack in afghanistan's eastern province officials say the explosion in jalalabad that targeted a local police commander who was recently dismissed from his job the officer escaped unharmed but two of his children were killed there was no immediate claim of responsibility interpol says it's arrested forty people in a major operation against human trafficking in west africa five hundred people including two hundred thirty six children were rescued in raids in chad mali mauritania cher and senegal the un is urging history aliyah to protect refugees out of the tension center used to run in papua new guinea police amana silent have tried to evict hundreds of refugees who

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has met several times with authorities from me and maher urging them to basically change their ways and to make the situation involving the rohingya as safe and as stable as quickly as possible but so far there has not been any real change at least to the satisfaction of officials here in washington so now comes not just the determination that ethnic cleansing is underway but there is now also the threat of potential target u.s. sanctions against those people inside me and maher who are responsible for the ongoing attacks on the rohingya it's now up to the people in me and mark both in the civilian and in the military leadership to try to see if they can actually comply with washington's demands it's a risk which they may not want to take on more than six hundred thousand people have fled across the border into bangladesh facing widespread malnutrition. is that . one of the major challenge that aid agencies are facing is severe malnutrition among refugee children more than half the population among their idea refugees are children because o