aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages as stop. has stopped. there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight, well after she said it had finished. human rights campaigners are critical. at times it was a mixture of untruths and victim blaming. i think for us, really, it seemed like an attempt to downplay the situation when we have people across—the—board in bangladesh who are documenting the most horrific abuses as part of this campaign of ethnic cleansing. for the refugees, a question. are they safe to go back? are they welcome? on this, from aung san suu kyi, they heard nothing. jonny dymond, bbc news. well, let's speak to our correspondentjonah fisher who's is in myanmar. you were there when aung san suu kyi made her speech earlier. she is clearly in a difficult position. she is in clearly in a difficult position. she isi

they were in place for many years when aung san suu kyi was a political prisoner. s, the ads in it for many years when aung san suu kyi was in prison but nobody is talking about it at this point. if you go to the interview by the un secretary general he is saying this is the last chance for aung san suu kyi to come out and stop the violence and establish peace. but if the world opinion builds up in the united nations in the next week, what the bangladesh premised is going to say, almost 800,000 people and what turkey will say because they are concerned about the muslim population of rohingya's. but china isa population of rohingya's. but china is a security council member, a permanent member and they have been standing on the side of myanmar. it's difficult to predict at this point but definitely the world is looking at what is happening and they have been urging aung san suu kyi to stop the violence and they expect her to say something in this regard tomorrow. and we'll have full coverage of that statement from aung san suu kyi tomorrow night. stay with us on 0utsi

clearly not aung san suu kyi making a speech, it wasjonah trying to speak with aung san suu kyi, butnage to speak with a very senior figure within the burmese army. you can find the bbc reality check article online, looking at some of these claims. jonathan is on the border between bangladesh and myanmar. we asked him to assess the speech. it was a real sense of unreality. all the things she talked about, deep—rooted problems, in racking state, reconciliation, long time development, that is all well and good, but there was no acknowledgement of the scale of what her own armed forces have done in rakhine state. the un has called it ethnic cleansing, anybody who has seen ethnic cleansing, anybody who has seen it would call it that, a deliberate strategy of wiping out muslim villages and driving people are across—the—board. a00,000 people in the space of three weeks, that does not happen for no reason, every single one has given the same account, the villages were attacked by military, told to leave, chased out, other abuses took place, in some places they have been shot, carrying very

in the past, aung san suu kyihas fleeing. in the past, aung san suu kyin investigation calling it unhelpful and has vowed the government will not cooperate. at the moment in geneva, the un is holding a press conference saying in the last few minutes, they now have a team of investigators on the ground. we now have a team on the ground to look at the situation more closely than before, a week ago. let mejust the situation more closely than before, a week ago. let me just say that we have had initial reports from the fact—finding mission on a whole range of issues. and it would seem to me that what they have come up seem to me that what they have come up with, reflects in general the reporting of the media so far, the international media, on what is happening there in myanmar. primarily on the border with bangladesh. the rohingya community being pressured to leave their land and habitat, to seek refuge on the bordering country. that's the latest from the united nations in geneva when they have in giving a press conference and continue to do so on the invest

yes, to some extent all of the talk of aung san suu kyi in this crisis is a sideshow. what is happening in rakhine state is the burmese military. whatever aung san suu kyi says to them, it is very unlikely that it will listen, the burmese army will listen to what ms suu kyi is saying to them. so the question that follows on is who can influence of the burnie is army, who can force them to stop this offensive and, i am afraid, the reality for many —— from many decades of abuses in this country is that there are very few people, few countries, who can have very little impact on what the burmese army is doing here and the abuses it is committing in this country. history simply shows that they do their own thing and they are oblivious to almost all attempts at outside intervention. thank you very much for that. it's full coverage on the bbc news website with reports from correspondents on the ground, plenty background too. hurricane maria has strengthened to the maximum category five as it bears down on the leeward islands in the eastern caribean. ferocious winds and heavy

the un secretary—general has urged myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi to end the military offensive. guterres, said myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, had to reverse this. this is a situation where the military have the upper hand. you are blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and would be able to reverse the situation. she has a last chance to do so because she will be addressing the country and i hope it corresponds exactly... she will have a chance. it corresponds to our high—level session in the general assembly. she will have a chance to reverse the situation and if she does not reverse it now, the tragedy will be absolutely horrible and unfortunately i don't see how this then can be reversed the future. you don't see how this can be reversed? i think it still can be reversed, i think she still has an opportunity next tuesday. but can she tell the mili

aung sang suu kyi will give in a couple of days will be a key moment. i'm sure antonio guterres realises the limitations and restrictions on aung san suu kyi's power.nd it does not take its instructions from the civilian government. the operations in the northern rakhine state that has driven so many of the rohingya into bangladesh, that is being carried out by the burmese army, not on the instructions of aung san suu kyi. the criticism made of her is that she has not spoken out, she has not really reflected on what is going on in rakhine state in public, in terms of the tremendous suffering of more than a00,000 rohingya who have crossed the border into bangladesh and are now in pretty dire conditions. on tuesday, when she speaks here, she is giving an important speech in front of diplomats here, and she will speak in english — clearly tailored for an international audience. the diplomats and international audience watching around the world will listen closely to see how she calibrates that message and people will listen in to see if there is an acknowledgement of the tremendous suffering, the awful things that have taken place. there have been hor

what we have been able to do with aung san suu kyi was ata able to do with aung san suu kyi was at ain moment to come to an understanding of this problem, the problem of the rohingya muslims in myanmar, it should be solved. we came to an agreement on what needs to be done. unfortunately, now, with the situation, being much more difficult, when it is to be done is to recognise these people have rights, to allow, even if the nationality of myanmar is not perfect, to allow them to receive the nationality according to their law, to receive it, and to allow all others to receive a legal status aiming at freedom of movement, possibility of access to labour markets, and to allow them to have a normal life. what did she say to you? the problem is that the impact that was necessary on the ground to make this happen never occurred. u nfortu nately, make this happen never occurred. unfortunately, this was compounded by the terrible grammar after the attack by these military groups on installations. there was violent repression, notjust by the army, as you mentioned, but radical groups. that has

miss suu kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? there was no reply, that's aung san0 rohingya muslims have fled her country, and she has said very little. miss suu kyi, do human rights still matter to you? this televised address to diplomats was miss suu kyi's chance to state her case to the world. we feel deeply for the suffering of all the people who have been caught up in the conflict. those who have had to flee their homes are many — notjust muslims and rakhines, but also small minority groups. this was miss suu kyi giving the "both sides" defence. overwhelmingly, the victims in this crisis have been the rohingya. as to who was responsible for burning villages, she refused to point the finger. then, to many people's surprise, there was this. we are concerned to hear that numbers of muslims are fleeing across the border to bangladesh. we want to find out why this exodus is happening. we would like to talk to those who have fled as well as those who have stayed. the speech will not satisfy miss suu kyi's many critics. a generous reading of it is that she is badly o

this week, aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders surprising and confounding their supportersis it politics or principle? in iraq and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls itself islamic state? my guests this week, the founder of the first rough draft of history podcast, michael goldfarb, dr vincent magombe, director of the african journalist network, nesrine malik the sudanese writer, and bronwen maddox, director of the think tank the institute for government. welcome to you all. good to have you with us again. aung san suu kyi, prisoner of conscience for years, the gently persuasive campaigner who helped bring a peaceful end to myanmar‘s decades of military dictatorship. why is she so reluctant to speak out against a military operation seen by many as bordering on ethnic cleansing? tens of thousands of myanmar‘s rohingya minority population, who practise islam, have fled to neighbouring bangladesh. the nobel peace prize winner and de facto leader of myanmar will deliver her state of the nation address this week. how will she address this particula

you azeem ibrahim, could explain this process and also talk about the significance of aung san suu kyia number of nobel peace prize winners, have called for her peace prize to be revoked. >> aung san suu kyi simply evolved from a campaign into a politician. she is the plea made a political calculation the issue of the rohingya simply not worth utilizing any political capital over, simply no point in her alienating the military or the british clergy. she is went through immense sacrifice and struggle to get to where she is to become leader of our country, and she's not willing to give that up for the human rights of this minority group. the clip you just played in terms of the rohingya having access to health care, education, and verification process for citizenship gek? that is false. they are confined to these massive concentration camps which they have immense restrictions. this idea to have access to health care is totally untrue. i have seen myself approximately one doctor to about 80,000 people in those camps. approximately 3% attend school. what she's referring to is from 1993. i

i think people will be listening closely for an acknowledgement from aung san suu kyi about just how serious things are and bleak for the rohingya population and her challenge will be how to calibrate that message so she maintainsa how to calibrate that message so she maintains a relationship with the burmese military. she helps to work with them day—to—day, while also satisfying and international community that has become harsh in its criticism of the way in which she is responding. anti—terrorism officers are questioning a second man in connection with the attack on a tube train at parsons green station in south west london. the man — who's 21 — was arrested in hounslow, in west london, before midnight. an 18—year—old man who was detained yesterday morning at dover is still being held. the uk terror threat level remains at critical. we can speak to raffaello pantucci — director of international security studies at the royal united services institute. good to speak to you again. let me ask you first about the threat level remaining set as it is. a number of other instances we have se

you spoke to the civilian leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, about ten days ago or so, what did you did you say to her "this is unacceptable? " i think what we have been able to do with aung san suu kyi was, at a certain moment, to come to an understanding of this problem, the problem of the rohingyas in myanmar, called muslims by the government that doesn't accept the designation, it should be solved. we came to an agreement on what needs to be done. unfortunately, now, with the situation being much more difficult, what needs to be done is to recognise these people have rights, to allow, even if the nationality of myanmar is not perfect, to allow them to receive the nationality according to their law, to receive it, and to allow all others to receive a legal status aiming at freedom of movement, possibility of access to labour markets, and, at the same time, to education and to health, to allow them to have a normal life. and what did she say to you? the problem is that the impact that was necessary on the ground to make this happen never occurred. unfortunately, this was compounde

so we appreciate the difficult and complex situation is aung san suu kyi finds herself m, is aung san expectation is towards the treatment of people, regardless of their ethnicity, and that we must... this violence must stop, this prosecution must opt. it has been characterised by many as ethnic cleansing. that must stop. —— this persecution must stop. james landale was listening to that news conference. what do we take from some of those comments in terms of any international pressure, james?|j any international pressure, james?” think this represents a substantial hardening of the british position. until now, the british government has said the violence must stop, but they have also said that they continued to praise aung san suu kyi because of her past record in fighting for democracy there, and they had done their best, in their view, not to undermine her by putting too much pressure on her to indemnify the islands. i think the point has been reached now —— to condemn the violence. they are now saying the situation is so bad that pressure needs to go on her now. there was some cri

aung san suu kyi's star has fallen fast. the darling of the west, feted after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. "it's not because of the soldiers", he says. "the rohingya are lying on purpose." "in fact, our people," he said, "are the ones facing ethnic cleansing." "the rohingya were the ones who started attacking the security forces." aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages has stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september, and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight, well after she said it had finished. human rights campaigners are critical. hundreds of thousands of people are suffering, amn

if she says something, it could hurt. —— aung san suu kyi is worried.t an option for her. she needs to speak out about this. and how she speaks will be scrutinised by the international community. at this point, what is important to her is her popularity at home, rather than the jeers from the international community. but there is heavy pressure from the international community, phil, including a un official calling at ethnic cleansing. so what is the next step from the international response? well, our view is that we need to focus more attention on the burmese military, as these are the people who are carrying this out. frankly, this is a tactic the burmese military has used many times in the past against many ethnic groups. it has been an effective strategy, and very brutal, especially targeting civilians as an attempt to get to insurgents. we want to call for a global arms embargo against burma, to make sure that they realise they will lose support if they continue with this ethnic cleansing policy. we have delivered there. thank you for your insight

thank you for joining us, much more on aung san suu kyi's national address on the plight of rohingyawhich has been described as an ethnic cleansing by the united nations, on the programme. hurricane maria has strengthened to the maximum category five as it bears down on the leeward islands in the eastern caribean. ferocious winds and heavy rain are expected to hit dominica and the us and british virgin islands in the coming hours. many caribbean islands were already devastated earlier this month by hurricane irma. sarah corker reports. the french island of martinique has already been battered by strong winds. hurricane maria is strengthening rapidly and this is just the start. packing winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour and torrential rains, residents on the east coast are being told to leave. coming hot on the heels of hurricane irma, the caribbean is braced for more fury and misery. on st kitts, they are preparing for the worst. we know that the winds are going to be quite strong. we are expecting the seas to get up to around 20 feet, they are on high alert, as it were. us f

the un has warned myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, she has one last chance to end the military offensivet has forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee. a third night of protests is under way in the american city of st louis following the acquittal earlier this week of a white former police officer who killed a black man in 2011. the demonstration began peacefully, but police say some protesters have turned violent. kulsoom nawaz, the wife of the ousted pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif, has won a by—election that was triggered when he stood down after being disqualified from public office. unofficial results show she had a comfortable win in her husband's heartland of lahore, to claim parliamentary seat. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. welcome to dateline london. this week, aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders comprising and confronting their leaders. in iraq and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls itself islamic state? my guests, the founder of the first rough draft of history pod cast. the director of the afghan journalist network. t

so in your view, do you think that aung san suu kyi has lost her credibility as a leader?” lity as a leader? i mean, it is true that, although she is the so—called state council, which is kind of ahead of the government, she is not controlling the military. but i think, you is not controlling the military. but ithink, you know, she is not controlling the military. but i think, you know, she is one of the most popular leaders of the country. imean, most popular leaders of the country. i mean, loves her in the country. so if she doesn't use her political capital now, in the face of such massive crimes against humanity, when she going to use its? i hope she is going to change from being in denial to taking hard action immediately. we have the kofi anant commission recommendations, she said they are going to implement them, and let them do it in its totality now. thank you so much forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. still to come: at least 100 people are dead after a devastating earthquake hit mexico. we will have more on this devastating story. 30 hours after the earthqua

the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the militaryed 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also in the next hour. anger and controversy in las vegas. the hotly anticipated fight between as saul alvarez and gennadi golovkin ends in a surprising draw. and in half an hour here on bbc news, foreign correspondents based in london analyse this week's events on dateline london. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the london tube bombing have made a second arrest. it follows intense police activity in sunbury on thames overnight, where armed officers searched a property and evacuated residents. 30 people were injured in the attack at parsons green tube station during the friday morning rush hour. scotland yard says a 21—year—old man was detained in hounslow in west london last night. detectives are continuing to question an 18—year—old man who was arrested in dover yesterday, on suspicion of planting the bomb at parsons green. the uk terror threat level remains at critical following the attack. an

let's move on to the guardian, desmond tutu break silence to attack aung san suu kyi, and we have hada yousafzai also expressing consternation that aung san suu kyi seems to be presiding over these military led operations against the rohingya minority in the wacky —— rakhine state. teller macro the difficulty of aung san suu kyi being in this position, it is challenging to all of us, we have held up as a heroine for the stand she took for democracy and the sacrifices she made for myanmar, but i think the really big questions are being raised about how she is tackling this issue. it was an issue raised before she was elected, and she batted it aside, and suddenly it is real, and it is disconcerting to discover that the people you set up as heroes have feet of clay. and desmond tutu saying he is breaking his vow to remain silent on public affairs out of sadness. and it will cause affairs out of sadness. and it will ca u se co i'it rove rsy affairs out of sadness. and it will cause controversy as well that he has been breaking ranks almost amongst the nobel laureates, but you can see the

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. he stability of the government comes before the rohingya and what's left of her international reputation. this is what aung san suu kyi did not talk about in her speech today. it's a rohingya village being burned down by rakhine buddhists, in the presence of the police. i filmed this 12 days ago, two days after the date that ms suu kyi says all military clearance operations had stopped. as i watched those burning buildings over in rakhine state in that village, i wondered what had become of the inhabitants, looking at the clothing strewn on the path. now i'm over on the bangladesh side of the border and we've met up with a man called abdul majeed. he's brought his family here from that village to build a home in a new bamboo and plastic sheeting community that's sprung up just behind these rice fields. abdul majeed took me up to his new home, where a village is being hacked out of the muddy hillside. so many rohingyas have arrived over the past two weeks that there is no room in the ex

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you're watching the to view news live from berlin myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi breaks her silence on the road refugee crisis she condemns the violence but human rights groups say she's burying her head in the sand over the crisis look at the latest from our south-east asia correspondent also coming up hurricane maria devastates the small caribbean island of dominica and is now sweeping towards puerto rico in the virgin islands they are still coping with the aftermath of hurricane earl. and will they vote more than a million turks living in germany have the right to take part in sunday's general election but many aren't sure if they will find out why. i have to be so much gonna get to have you with us me and mark de facto leader aung san suu kyi has broken her silence on the ranger refugee crisis an army led crackdown has driven more than four hundred thousand minority muslims into bangladesh triggering a major humanitarian emergency so cheese national address was highly anticipated she's been facing intense criticism for remaining silent on what the u.s. . then is now describing a

aung san suu kyi's sta r‘s fallen human rightings. aung san suu kyi's star's fallen fast.litary rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. reporter: have you become an apologise for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. translation: it's not because of the soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. infact, our soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, our people are the ones facing ethnic cleansing. the rehint see ya started attacking the security forces —— rohingya. rehint see ya started attacking the security forces -- rohingya. aung san suu kyi said the burning of the rohingya villages have stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we wa nt to operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within th

suu kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? there was no reply. that is aung san suu kyi's style these days. in the last three weeks, 400,000 rohingya muslims have fled her country, and she has had very little. ms. suu kyi, do human rights still matter to you? this televised address to diplomats was her chance to state her case to the world. ms. suu kyi: we feel deeply for the suffering of all people who have been caught up in the conflict. those who have had to flee their homes are many, not just muslims and rakhines, but small minority groups. reporter: this was ms. suu kyi giving the "both sides" defense. overwhelmingly, the victims of the crisis have been the rohingya. asked who was responsible for burning villages, she refused to point the finger, and then there was this. ms. suu kyi: we are concerned to hear that numbers of muslims are fleeing across the border to bangladesh. we want to find out why this exodus is happening. we would like to talk to those who have fled, as well as those who have stayed. reporter: the speech won't satisfy ms. suu kyi's many c

the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san suu kyi's government. of the rohingya, referring to them as bengalis. so i wondered how this monk felt about her response to the rakhine crisis? that is not an endorsement she will cherish. there are efforts being made here by some moderate buddhist clergy working with muslims to ease communal tensions, after attacks on muslims three years ago. the memory of that violence and the rohingya crisis has created pervasive unease. these muslims working with buddhist peacemakers, are worried. translation: i trust the current government not to let the violence happen here. 0n the other hand, i do not trust the army. there is an immediate crisis in rakhine, but wider questions too, about the power of the military and the hardline clergy, about what kind of country this might become. fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: trapped in hell — with no way out. we report on the plight of thousands of civilians, in the syrian city of raqqa. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and

particularly from the leadership of aung san suu kyi?im minority. that is correct. that is why we in australia are pleading the international criminal court to put an investigation to the leaders of myanmar who are doing this, as they have done in the past, for saddam, liberia, yugoslavia. —— sudan. briefly, what are members of your community here about loved ones back home? there are a lot of horrific things they are hearing. there are stories about their sisters and mothers being raped and actually killed after that. the men are being gathered a round and being shot at some point. this is systematic ethnic cleansing. the myanmar government are wanting to erase the rohingya race. how you getting the information? because there is a restriction in the media access in myanmar, most of the survivors over there on the ground have access to mobile phones and internet and they are sending photos and videos of whatever they can. even though they area whatever they can. even though they are a motion all, there is still true to it and nonetheless

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. tability of the government comes before the rohingya and what's left of her international reputation. this is what aung san suu kyi did not talk about in her speech today. it's a rohingya village being burned down by rakhine buddhists, in the presence of the police. i filmed this 12 days ago, two days after the date that ms suu kyi says all military clearance operations had stopped. as i watched those burning buildings over in rakhine state in that village, i wondered what had become of the inhabitants, looking at the clothing strewn on the path. now i'm over on the banglades side of the border and we've met up with a man called abdul majeed. he's brought his family here from that village to build a home in a new bamboo and plastic sheeting community that's sprung up just behind these rice fields. abdul majeed took me up to his new home, where a village is being hacked out of the muddy hillside. so many rohingyas have arrived over the past two weeks that there is no room in the existin

the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san suu kyi's government.nce of the rohingya, referring to them as bengalis. so i wondered how this monk felt about her response to the rakhine crisis? there are efforts being made here by some moderate buddhist clergy working with muslims to ease communal tensions, after attacks on muslims three years ago. the memory of that violence and the rohingya crisis has created pervasive unease. these muslim women working with buddhist peacemakers, are worried. translation: i trust the current government not to let the violence happen here. 0n the other hand, i do not trust the army. there is an immediate crisis in rakhine, but wider questions too, about the power of the military and the hardline clergy, about what kind of country this might become. fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay. i've been here for several days now and tonight we brought you two sides of the story. the view from myanmar and that of the rohingya here in bangladesh. it's a story where the two sides contradict each other entirely. but the plight of th

this week, aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders comprising and confronting their leaders. and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls itself islamic state? my guests, the founder of the first rough draft of history pod cast. the director of the afghan journalist network. the sudanese writer. and the director of the think tank the institute for government. welcome to you all. aung san suu kyi, prisoner of conscience for years, the gently persuasive campaigner who helped bring a peaceful end to myanmar‘s decades of military dictatorship. why is she so reluctant to speak out against a military operation seen by many as bordering on ethnic cleansing? the de facto leader of myanmar will read a state address this week. how will she deal with this particular issue? i would be surprised if she said a lot more to condemn this than she has already. she's pulled back from doing that. even though the un and human rights chief has explicitly called this ethnic cleansing. the military crackdown on the rohingya population. she does not want to use the word rohin

for heaven now i welcome your thoughts on aung san suu kyi but what i ask you if you think peace prize recipients who later violate the principles for which they were recognized should have their awards revoked or rescinded to the nobel committee retain responsibility for the prizes that it awards and hold recipients to the highest standards in the future life as well as on airing past achievements i think they committee a sec i'm pleased they are right in their not going into the. later. emission chief of. the n.c. that would be an impossible situation i agree that many should have their prices revoked and variances in particular dr kissinger but. this is not the practice but you started out with silly wait a minute they question whether the. issue of birth the of the price that depends because this is a legal instrument it also has to be treated like that has to be interpreted in the. i.b.o. interpretation is to try and the intention of the just state or when he. made the testament in this case what went on in the mind of the nobel in november eighteenth i'm depriving you signed the

world's most prestigious awards is often controversial the one nine hundred ninety one recipient aung san suu kyi is being criticized for ignoring the plight of the hinge a minority in me and as this year's nominees announced the other questionable winners from the past this is inside story. welcome to the program in doha i'm adrian finnegan it's anyone's guess as to who will win this year's nobel peace prize no less than three hundred eighteen people and organizations and nominated and the announcements to you on october sixth but on the nations are supposed to be secret but on the list are expected to be the white helmet search and rescue in syria pope francis and donald trump previous winners have been controversial including trump's predecessor barack obama vietnam war diplomats and former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger and now. reports. a nobel peace prize winner silence on the military crackdown of the rohingya in myanmar. is under international pressure as hundreds of thousands of the long persecuted raheem just steamed into bangladesh they told her stories their villages burned w

more on our top story, the un warning to aung san suu kyi over the plight of rohingya refugees. stin wintle about the pressure aung san suu kyi is facing now. she is between a rock and a hard place, the rock being the army and the hard place being the international censure she is having to take at the moment. she is not doing what we expect to do, that is stand up for human rights. this recent bout of violence was because the rohingya attacked police. that is what the military are saying. there are some outside groups that are taking an interest. my groups that are taking an interest. my sense is that the army are quite pleased about that, once these attacks take place. it was small scale, that gave them the excuse to go in hard and what is clearly ethnic cleansing. nobody wants to see that islamist violence, or attention is creeping up, and we're seen it all around the world, even there had been reports of saudi arabian influence which is an unwelcome development. the army would say that if you catch it in the bud and deal with that very harshly and quickly, there is not genocid

the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the militaryhat's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also in the next hour, we'll take a look at this morning's papers. this morning's reviewers are caroline crampton of the new statesman and the broadcaster, john stapleton. and anger and controversy in las vegas, as the hotly anticipated fight between as saul alvarez and gennardy golovkin ends in a surprising draw. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the london tube bombing have made a second arrest in the past hour. detectives are also continuing to question the man who was arrested in dover yesterday on suspicion of planting the bomb at parsons green station on friday. the uk terror threat level remains critical. andy moore reports. on a saturday afternoon in a london suburb, people looked out of their windows to find heavily armed counter—terror officers in their alleyways and streets. many residents were evacuated as the police operation continued. the centre of their attention was the h

myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi has spoken for the first time but the exodus of rohini anduslims from myanmar to bangladesh. vladimir putin, the russian president, has called for diplomacy to resolve tensions with north korea, saying sanctions can do the job alone. and we will look at the murder of a prominent indian journalist, a critic of the bjp party. welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours we have received confirmation that two people have been killed in hurricane irma, that was given by the french overseas minister saying we are talking about two deadened in two seriously injured for now, obviously the situation can change very quickly. the category five hurricane has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding is attracts another group of islands in the caribbean, packing winds of up to 300 kph. the eye of the storm is sitting close to puerto rico at the moment, with the dominican republic and haiti next in line. it is passed over the leeward is

the world looked to aung san suu kyi to intervene, but she was conspicuously reticent.bout the violence against the rohingya muslims. can you promise that if your party wins this election, the human rights, the civil rights of all people who live in this country, whatever their religion, whatever their ethnic background, that those human rights will be respected ? so if we are able to form a government, certainly we'll abide by our commitment to human rights and democratic values. what hope can you give to those people in this country who have been discriminated against, targeted on the basis of their religion? it's not going to be easy, that they must understand, because prejudice is not removed easily and hatred is not going to be removed easily, but we can work at it together. do you ever worry that you will be remembered as the champion of human rights, the noble laureate who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country? no, because i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on. aung san suu kyi doesn't control the powerful military elite, but her wor

for fear of want to be critical of aung san suu kyi forfear of being at want to be critical ofon. and that could open the door to the military taking back full control in myanmar, which they don't want. at the same time, i think the scale of what is happening, by the myanmar army, and the failure of aung san suu kyi to condemn what has taken place now has changed the calculus now, and the scale of criticism within the international community that has been levelled against has reached a point where other countries who have been defending her now feel that they can't hold the line, so they are putting greater pressure on her to act. plenty more going to be said at the un general assembly on tuesday in new york. james, thank you very much. let's get more on the devastation caused by hurricane irma. the caribbean was hit incredibly hard, and while many islands look to their european or american partners, cuba is finding itself isolated. the country has fewer friends to rely on, with its strongest socialist ally, venezuela, experiencing deep economic problems of its own. as our cuba

yes, aung san suu kyi decided not to come to the un general assembly this year.in her speech yesterday, she talked about how she did not fear international scrutiny. that has raised a lot of questions here about the woman many expected would do more to help the price —— plight of right—wingers. joining me is the un high commissionerfor joining me is the un high commissioner for human rights. joining me is the un high commissionerfor human rights. you have spoken to aung san suu kyi many times in the past year, what did she say she could do about this crisis? on the penultimate occasion when i spoke to her in november of last year, i asked for access to rare kind state because the first attack on the border facility had occurred. —— right kind state. nothing came out of that. we waited for three weeks. i decided to dispatch a team to take down testimony in bangladesh from those who were fleeing. when we produced the report in early january, which was horrific and its content, i spoke to her again and they appealed that she used are emotional and moral understandin

what you make of aung san suu kyi's speech. yes, and i think it might be a combination of both. you know, aung san suu kyi wonders why people are fleeing to bangladesh. we'd be happy to share information about that. the whole world can cyp plus lean to bang the dash. i think right now, what myanmar needs is leadership on this issue, but we are seeing is anything but that. she is obfuscating the fa cts , but that. she is obfuscating the facts, and essentially continuing this process of misleading the international community. not to mention the speech was an english. right now, the people of myanmar or in desperate need of guidance on this issue. the tensions are very high throughout the country. and those tensions are not being calmed down through not only the civilian leadership but of course the militarily to ship as well. mark, people watching this may be familiar with aung san suu kyi. she has won the nobel peace prize. they may be scratching their heads and saying, if she has won the nobel peace prize, why is she not speaki

miss suu kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? there was no reply, that's aung santter to you? this televised address to diplomats was miss suu kyi's chance to state her case to the world. we feel deeply for the suffering of all the people who have been caught up in the conflict. those who have had to flee their homes are many, notjust muslims and rakhines, but also small minority groups. this was miss suu kyi giving the "both sides" defence. overwhelmingly, the victims in this crisis have been the rohingya. as to who was responsible for burning villages, she refused to point the finger. then, to many people's surprise, there was this: we are concerned to hear that numbers of muslims are fleeing across the border to bangladesh. we want to find out why this exodus is happening. we would like to talk to those who have fled as well as those who have stayed. the speech will not satisfy miss suu kyi's many critics. a generous reading of it is that she is badly out of touch. but the idea that she put forward, that she does not know why hundreds of thousands of rohingya ha