how do you see aung sang suu kyi's role in this? ship and the question is, will she continued to stay there or tried to do something different? we believe she has been part of the problem, she has been part of the problem, she hasn't called out the burmese military for these atrocities but she also has gone along with the cover—up. people in her office have essentially been perpetrating some of the same lies as the military, so it's time for her to read this report closely and recognise that she is being lied to by the military and if she doesn't want to be part of the cover up she has to speak up. could she have spoken up and make things any different? we think so because there was a critical point when the fact—finding mission was being organised where she as foreign minister could have issued visas to the fact—finding mission and said go in and investigate, we want to know, it would have been up to the military to then refuse access to the areas where atrocities took place but she didn't do that, she has defended the military aga

quick check of some other stories making news around the world and beyond mars de facto leader aung sang suu kyi says that the threat posed by row him to terrorists in her country is raw and state remains present and real her comments came at a lecture in singapore suchi has been criticized for failing to speak out against the army crackdown on the row hinge of muslim minority a flash flood in a mountain gorge in southern italy has killed at least ten people and injured several others official say that hikers were swept away as raging water tore through colombia's rugged nello gorge rescuers worked throughout the night at least three hikers are still missing. and around two million muslims are carrying out the final rituals of harvest their annual pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia the last days of hard to coincide with the out of feast. when muslims remember the prophet abraham during the face to face sacrifice livestock and share the meat with the poor. words alone are not enough that is the reaction from many survivors and law enforcement officials to pope francis's letter condemning sexual

horrific tragedy a un report also criticizes the country's de facto leader aung sang suu kyi for not using her role all moral authority to stop the atrocities she previously want to nobel peace prize and a u.s. congressional gold medal throughout the last year she's repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing has taken place. when you use terms like ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme it just plays into the hands of extremists and not a fact finding mission appointed by the united nations would not help help the situation it does have created great hostility between the different communities do you ever worry that you will be remembered as. the champion of human rights the nobel laureate us who fail to stand up to ethnic cleansing in our own country no because i don't think that ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what's happening at the state council or. we're having a book who do more than what she has and. she was clearly. of her responsibilities and we were just a disappointment that if you don't use moral authority.

ovet the rakhine issue, but if this does go to a genocide prosecution and international form, aung sang suu kyiside, put in the same camp as pariahs like north korea and the syrian government. let's get some reaction on this from mark farmaner. he's director of the burma campaign uk and joins us by webcam. thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to this report? we have had the evidence now for a long time, we knew the burmese government we re time, we knew the burmese government were trying to drive the rohingya out. it's a damning report, it doesn't get worse than genocide, and there were warnings, the international community did nothing to prevent it so now will they hold those responsible to account? do you believe that will happen. it doesn't look like it it. even today the british government is still talking about are investigation that to herself has set up and you would have to be naive to believe any justice will come from that. the ohus justice will come from that. the onusis justice will come from that. the onus is now on the international community to react, the british govern

mean miles leaders facing questions about how commitment to democracy is thirty years since aung sang suu kyi game prominence during nationwide protests for political freedom when she finally entered parliament in two thousand and sixteen but a sense come under heavy criticism scott high the reports. it was an early august thirty years ago the protesters took to the streets of burma as it was called then taking their stand for democracy after decades of military control the movement became known as eight eighty eight the date of a nationwide general strike august eighth one nine hundred eighty eight a year before the country was renamed me in march thousands marched in there then capital rangoon and in cities in towns across the nation in its crackdown the military opened fire but the demonstrations continued and grew in the weeks to come three thousand protesters were killed another three thousand jailed and ten thousand fled the country. from these protests a leader for the movement emerged. and this was the really beginning of the growth of you know the image of aung san suu kyi as the gre

mean marci leader aung sang suu kyi is losing another international award for a fusing to condemn the violence against rohingya muslims in rakhine state will be stripped of her freedom of edinburgh on or a day after she defended her government's military crackdown the former nobel peace prize winner has lost six other accolades over the past year for her refusal to act she says terrorism triggered the violence that led to more than seven hundred thousand one hundred muslims fleeing into neighboring bangladesh around one hundred migrants from sub-saharan africa have jumped over a border fence in morocco and to the spanish city of so uta the migrants are said to have attacked spanish police with acid in the line injuring seven of them an unknown number of migrants were also injured last month more than six hundred migrants jumped over the same border fence trying to get into spain. it's estimated around eighteen thousand asylum seekers are now living on the greek islands that's well over the number officials say the region can cater for the surge in numbers has led to many taking matter

a man miles leader aung sang suu kyi will lose another international award for refusing to condemn the violence against range of muslims in a high end state will be stripped of her freedom of edinburgh on a day after she defended her government's military crackdown a former nobel peace prize winner has lost seven accolades over the past year for her refusal to act she says terrorism triggered the violence that led to more than seven hundred thousand range of muslims fleeing to neighboring bangladesh a saudi arabia is seeking the death penalty for a female human rights activist for the first time it. was arrested two years ago she took part in protests against the discrimination of the shia minority in two thousand and eleven she's one of five activists facing execution human rights watch says the charges against them don't resemble any crime. out of german city of cologne is hosting europe's largest video game trade show hundreds of thousands of people will descend on games kong inventors and publishes will rub shoulders with fans all looking for the next big thing in gaming domini cai

they include the army's commander—in—chief — seen here alongside with myanmar‘s de facto leader aung sang suu kyiprize winner. you wonder what the nobel committe think when they watch clips like this from today. we are deeply disappointed that state councillor aung san suu kyi has not used her position or her moral authority to stem, prevent or condemn the unfolding events in rakhine state. in bringing out this report, we hope the international community will act, not only to bring justice for victims but also to help deter future atrocities. but aung san suu kyi has always refutes accusations concerning rakhine. this was from a bbc interview last year — she was asked if she was worried she'd be remembered as a peace prize laureate who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing. no, because i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on. i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what's happening. facebook is also criticised. it's been claimed that it was used to spread hate and that its response was slow and ineffective. well today, facebook shut down the pages of about 20 myan

leader aung sang suu kyi will lose another international award for refusing to condemn violence against muslims should be stripped of her freedom of edinburgh on a day after she defended the military's crackdown on the minority group in the high end state the former nobel peace prize winner has lost seven accolades over the past and she blamed what she called terrorism for the violence that forced more than seven hundred thousand to escape to bangladesh a cleanup is underway in india's southern state of kerala after the worst floods in a century more than a million people are living in camps there aid workers say there could be further damage even as floodwaters go down some families are returning home as andrew thomas reports now from the town of minot we've met. in an evacuation camp fisherman rescued him from his home on friday now he wants to go back. but on tuesday morning the only way back was by canoe but if we can do it we can very easily from here go from there they go where we've already started. that if we're going to see. as we were paddled for kilometers across a broad over