that's not the aung san suu kyi i remember. ng herself off from reality. ♪ >> narrator: late last month, aung san suu kyi invited a un delegation to rakhine state. her government is now vowing to help refugees return to myanmar. but in the camps, the rohingyas are wary. 14-year-old abdulsalam ullah is from the village of chut pyin. he is haunted by what he saw there. >> abdulsalam ullah: ♪ ♪ >> got to pbs.org/frontline to learn more about the u.n.'s response to the crisis. >> and she looked at me and she said, "if you continue the narrative of the u.n. you might not get that access." >> read a q&a with correspondent evan eilliams about the making of this film. >> it's really hard to convey the sheer scale of this crisis. >> connect to the "frontline" community on facebook and twitter. then, sign up for our newsletter at pbs.org/frontline. >> he gripped my arm... >> and he started to massage my shoulders... >> ...in a forceful way. >> ...stories with uncanny similarities. >> he came back... >> in a robe... >> just like an open ro

however, there has now been a change in tone and message from aung san suu kyi. un to come in with their expertise and help her government. she says together they want to create the conditions whereby rohingya can come back and not live in fear, as she puts it. the un seems to think they pretty near the signing of some sort of agreement with the authorities here. we will have to wait and see. speak to human rights groups though, and they are sceptical. they say look at the 500,000 rohingya people who have not fled for their lives still in rakhine state, they don't have access to education or healthcare and they don't have citizenship. they think that they should be the priority before other people are. so a change of message from aung san suu kyi but for now, it is a change in words, not in actions. the president and religious authorities in the central african republic have appealed for calm following a new wave of killings in the country's capital, bangui. the situation there is very tense after at least 16 people were killed in clashes in and around a catholic

however, there has now been a change in tone and message from aung san suu kyi.ime is right for the un to come in with their expertise and help her government. she says together they want to create the conditions whereby rohingya can come back and not live in fear, as she puts it. the un seems to think they pretty near the signing of some sort of agreement with the authorities here. we will have to wait and see. speak to human rights groups though, and they are sceptical. they say look at the 500,000 rohingya people who have not fled for their lives still in rakhine state, they don't have access to education or healthcare and they don't have citizenship. they think that they should be the priority before other people are. so a change of message from aung san suu kyi but for now, it is a change in words, not in actions. let's stay with myanmar, because may the 3rd is world press freedom day. in myanmar, two reutersjournalists who were investigating violence against the rohingya minority, were arrested last december and their trial is still going on. press freedom

myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi met with the un's secretary council envoys to discuss the fate of 700,000 rohingya refugees who fled to bangladesh. ms. suu kyi pledged to investigate any credible claime of abuse by anmar military. that is according to diplomats of the meeting, but earlier at a visit to the migrant camps in bangladesh, the delegation was surrounded by people begging for help. rebecca lee rerts. rebecca: abandoned, afraid, and with uncertain futures, these rohingya women broke down and pleaded for help as they shared their stories with members of the un security council visiting the refugee camp. >> the delegation came yesterday. ey've seen our sorrows. we want their support so that we can get justice from the torture and if wee military, get back out property and land, we want justice.. otherwise, we will not go there. rebecca: rape, murder, and arso attacks are ame atrocities suffered by hundreds of thousands of rohingya people forced to flee myanmar's rakhine state and now stuck in makeshift camps on the myanmar-bangladesh border. >> we are standing here to demand justic

how did you find at this point aung san suu kyi, the de facto leader of the country, who's come underous criticism for failing to stand up for the rights of the rohingya, the muslim minority there? >> we had an hours-long meeting with her, the state controller, as she is. she has now said that the burmese government will allow in the u.n. agencies. because only they can really deal with the scale that's required. and they also are very used to assessing what sort of things would help the refugees go home so that they can live safely, they can live securely, they can pursue their livelihoods. it's not something that can be done without the u.n. >> did you find her receptive? i ask you because we interviewed the former ambassador to the u.n., bill richardson, on the special committee looking into this, who basically resigned because he said he could not get through to her, that she wouldn't listen to any of the kind of representations that you're talking about. this is what he told us. >> what led to my resignation was a perception i had that aung san suu kyi did not want to listen to f

officials from the united nations have met myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi, to discuss thevestigation into the alleged crimes committed against the muslim minority group in rakhine state. and they‘ve expressed concern about the conditions in the refugee camps in neighbouring bangladesh, ahead of the rainy season. nick beake has more from myanmar‘s capital, naypyidaw. with monsoon season fast approaching, the number one priority for this trip was always going to be the welfare of those rohingya refugees in the makeshift camps across the border in bangladesh. there was no sense of togetherness among the members of the un security council. they want to bring home as soon council. they want to bring home as soon as council. they want to bring home as soon as possible as many refugees as possible. when they get back in new york city they will discuss the details of what they see on this trip. division may emerge. it is likely to be over the crucial issue of in the future how do you bring to justice those responsible for the crimes against the rohingya people? the british ambassa

myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi met with un security council envoys on monday to discuss the fate offugees who have fled to bangladesh. she pledged to investigate any credible claims of abuse by myanmar‘s military. rebecca lee reports. abandoned, afraid, and with uncertain futures. these rohingya women broke down and pleaded for help as they shared their stories with members of the un security council visiting their refugee camp. translation: the delegation came yesterday. they have seen our sorrows. we want their support so that we can get the justice of the tortures by the burmese military, and if we get back our properties and lands, then we will go there. we want justice. otherwise, we will not go there. rape, murder, and arson attacks are among the atrocities suffered by hundreds of thousands of rohingya people, forced to flee myanmar‘s rakhine state and now stuck in makeshift camps on the myanmar and bangladesh border. translation: we are standing here to demand justice as they have killed our men and tortured our women so much. so we are compelled to seek justice for those abu

myanmar's aung san suu kyi seemed like a lock in 1991. she had been living under house arrest by the military junta. buter amid criticism over h handling of the rohingya crisis, some say she no longer deserves the award. perhaps one tops them all.op >> for what he will be the final phase of the negotiations to end the war in indochina. porter: henry kissinger shared the prize in 1973 for negotiating an armistice in the vietnam r. nixon's right-hand man, history also knows him for the secret bombings of cambodia and laos. sometimes the world too violent for any peace prize winner. >> no nobel peace prize year. why not? it is that man again. reporter: the nobel committee decided not to award anyone during the height of world war ii.th 's right, no one was peaceful enough, anywhere on earth. then again, why should we be surprised? this mixture of war andaneace, bombas virtue. alfred nobel made his fortune in part from inventing dynamite. and no one has had a more explosive impact on the global stage rajini: that is it from me, but remember,

the burmese leader, aung san suu kyi, says her priority is bringing peace. it seems a long way off.wsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: media reports that meghan markle‘s father needs heart surgery cast more doubts over his attendance at the royal wedding. also on the programme: malaysia prepares for a pardon. jailed opposition icon anwar ibrahim is hours away from his royal reprieve. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed ove

they will meet aung san suu kyi before visiting rakhine state. thousands of people have protested in moscow against the blocking of the messaging app telegram. authorities began blocking the service earlier this month. the company is refusing to share the keys to its data encryption come with authorities citing privacy concerns. iran has joined russia in blocking telegram. all right, as we asked how close are we tonight to a trade war. reporter: it always has to go down to the wire in washington. really high octane. right now the countdown is upon us. from tomorrow, european counties could face u.s. tested the tune of 25% on steel and 10% when it comes to aluminum, unless an exemption is extended and becomes permanent. that is what the eu leaders are hoping for. both france's macron and a germany's merkel pleaded with trouble last week, but came home without any assurances. reporter:u.s. and eu representae scrabbling to find a last-minute agreement to avoid introduction of punitive tariffs that the u.s. the americans expect concessions, saying th

the burmese leader, aung san suu kyi, says her priority is bringing peace. it seems a long way off. under president reagan — has died at the age of 88. he began his career as a reporter, becoming one of the leading figures of newjournalism, which mixed literary techniques with a more subjective approach to writing. stephen smith, looks back at tom wolfe's impact on modernjournalism. this is how tom wolfe began a book—length essay on las vegas. the word or sound hernia repeated 56 times, meant to capture the "running singsong," as he called it, of the dealers at the crap tables. that kind of detail had always been there, wolfe liked to suggest, but people hadn't been paying it close enough attention. i love to find things that are really extraordinary that everybody knows about but they haven't been written about. whenever a young writer pays me the complement of being asked, "how did you get started in this field of writing?" i always say, "first, leave the building!" "take a look at what's out there." the writer's probably best known for the bonfire of the vanities, his prescient a

the burmese leader, aung san suu kyi, says her priority is bringing peace. it seems a long way off.ction in geneva for $6.7 million after spending the last 300 years in european royal houses. the 6.1 carat diamond, mined from india's famous golconda mine, was given as a wedding present to elisabeth farnese, the daughter of the duke of parma, when she married king philip of spain in 1715. it passed its estimate by more than a million dollars. it managed to remain in the hands of the ruling family of spain, france, italy and austria until today. so we have 300 years of history completely mapped for the diamond and what is even more exciting is that apart from the family, and obviously the jewellers who looked after the family's possession, nobody knew about it, so it's not one of those diamonds that's been recorded in the list of the very special, very historical diamonds. the american author, tom wolfe, best known as the chronicler of the united states under president reagan, has died at the age of 88. he began his career as a reporter, becoming one of the leading figures of newjourn

me and maurice part of an investigation into alleged ethnic cleansing muslims they met leader aung san suu kyi before visiting record state an estimated seven hundred thousand were injured i have fled me and more following a military crackdown. on us adult film actor stormy daniels has filed a defamation lawsuit against president trump she chooses the president after presenting her as dishonest in the comments he posted on twitter daniels has claimed she was threatened not to discuss an alleged sexual encounter with trump a claim he tweeted was quote a total con job. thousands of people have protested in moscow against the blocking of the messaging app telegram authorities began blocking the service earlier this month the company is refusing to share the keys to with data encryption with authorities citing privacy concerns iran has now joined russia in blocking telegram . israel says it has new proof of a secret iranian nuclear weapons program on primetime t.v. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu presented what he called evidence that iran had lied about its nuclear ambitions analysts sa

council is in myanmar to assess the range of crisis fifteen delegates met me on mars leader aung san suu kyi in the capital before traveling to reclaim state some seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown last year the un is putting pressure on me to allow the refugees to return safely. funerals have been held for a fourteen year old and two senior rebel commanders from indian administered kashmir is largest group. they were killed in the indian government siege in the southern village of. several soldiers were also injured during a gun battle which went off for hours police are called the killing of the rebels a major success but separatist leaders a call for protests by the government shutdown on tuesday. the e.u. is chief breaks at the go cac is calling for a deal to preserve the invisible border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland michel barnier was in the irish republic on monday and as long as leader reports he took a hard line on the issue of the soft border. if anyone needed proof of ho

controlled by the government now the un envoy is we know also had meetings with myanmar leader aung san suu kyi and the military commander in chief so this press conference on tuesday follows on from these two events now at the press conference the delegates chose their words rather carefully they talked about how they wanted to see a repatriation agreement between myanmar and bangladesh implemented with the u.n. overseeing it they talked about how they will continue to evaluate how they can improve conditions on the ground that facilitate the safe return of refugees but there was very little discussions of what sorts of conditions will need to exist for that to happen. refugees have said they want justice for the people who've been killed by the military during the crackdown that began in august they want compensation for lands seized houses that were burned down and of course most importantly basic recognition of human rights they want freedom of movement they want to be able to access government services like health care and schools but this will be the main sticking point and this will be t

security council is in myanmar to assess the crisis fifteen delegates met me and my leader aung san suu kyi in the capital before traveling to rakhine state around seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown last year the un is putting pressure on me on mine to allow refugees to return safely pigeon racing seems has taken off of the tropical either the sri lanka many locals have found a way to unwind and feel the one with nature but it smith has met breeders and their birds as they took to the skies in justice first pigeon race. now they're reaches for his favorite book that irene won the first of a pigeon race here earlier this month and this one. a hindu priest would like more pigeons but says his wife has drawn the line at the hundred or so he has in his yard. i have hundred this bridge and from the time it was twenty one days old i feed and look after it so it identifies recognises us we spend a lot of time with the birds even when it's flying in the sky we can recognise which is our list. it takes a couple of months to train a homin

facebook and twitter. tten, sign up for our newser ar pbs.org/frontli. e,>> narrator: nobel laure aung san suu kyiseen as now, she's accused of standing by as the army waged a violent campaign against the rohingya minority. >> she had gone from a human rights heroine to a politician not taking the military on after these atrocities the committed. >> narrator: with secret footage, frontline investigates. >> we believe the numbers of people killed are in tens of thousands. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.by anhe corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to buildmore just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the abrams undation: committed to excellence in journalism. the park foundation, dedicated p to heightenilic awareness of critical issues. the john and helen glessr family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fun

controlled by the government now the un envoy is we know also had meetings with myanmar leader aung san suu kyi and the military commander in chief so this press conference on tuesday follows on from these two events now at the press conference the delegates chose their words rather carefully they talked about how they wanted to see a repatriation agreement between myanmar and bangladesh implemented with the u.n. overseeing it they talked about how they will continue to evaluate how they can improve conditions on the ground that will facilitate the safe return of refugees but there was very little discussions of what sorts of conditions will need to exist for that to happen. refugees have said they want justice for the people who've been killed by the military during the crackdown that began in august they want compensation for lands seized houses that were burnt down and of course most importantly basic recognition of human rights they want freedom of movement they want to be able to access government services like health care and schools but this will be the main sticking point and this will

it is said that aung san suu kyi does not control the military and there is a danger that the military would use the present crisis as a way to dismantle the civilian government. it is said that the civilian government is working within a deep traditional bias against the rohingyas, and some see them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh. others have suggested that pressure on the civilian government could lead to burma moving closer to the chinese. still others point out that talks about the rohingyas returning to burma must be afforded time to work out, and the process has only begun. none of this, none of this can undermine for a moment the realities of the persecution of the rohingyas. the pbs documentary, myanmar's killing fields, left no doubt about the extent and nature of the atrocities perpetrated against the rohingyas. as a u.n. official has stated, it is, in quotes, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing, end of quotes. until the burmese civilian government and military openly acknowledge their role in these atrocities, protection and justice for the rohingya muslims will re