is struggling to cope six hundred thousand were going to refugees have crossed into bangladesh can bangladesh support this community alone no i mean these six hundred something thousand has been the influx of the last three months alone there were other huge refugees you know entering the country for that so you know if you look at the overall figures we're looking at over a million people that need to be supported and of course being stateless being refugees it means you have no access to schools to health. let alone talking franchise or anything like that so really they are totally dependent at the moment on international help and they hope that is given to them by the people of bangladesh . views asunder pictures money has just returned from reporting in bangladesh sandra thank you for your insight. now to some other stories making headlines around the world argentina's navy says it has given up all hope that the forty four man crew of a missing submarine will be found alive efforts to locate the vessel will continue in the ocean off argentina's coast it is believed an explosion on board c

pope francis celebrates mass in bangladesh ahead of a much anticipated meeting with muslim riga this is a live picture coming from there plus. the system will be returns will powerful than any system in the on earth. it could be the beginning of a new era in renewable energy the world's largest lithium ion battery is unveiled. crises around the world are pushing more people to the brink than ever before the numbers are staggering prompting the u.n. to launch a record annual humanitarian appeal of over twenty two billion dollars and here's why according to the u.n. more than one hundred thirty five million people across the world need aid yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis with over twenty two million people in need a severe food shortage and an unprecedented cholera crisis have put more yemenis at risk nigeria is second on the list with fourteen and a half million people particularly women needing assistance and protection because of fighting between the military and armed groups and over thirty. million men women and children in democratic republic of congo need humanita

turns out to be safe and voluntary it can't be forced and if you are thinking of it in bangladesh right now as dire as your circumstances may be why would you want to go back your villages and a been burned out the people who forced you out of burma are still in power and in fact the burma is government both the military and civilian government and are in complete denial about what they did they are not taking responsibility they are not saying even although some rogue elements committed these crimes the military launched an inquiry of itself and surprise surprise it said that we didn't kill anybody we didn't do anything and there is a media campaign in burma. that is saying that this is all fake this is fake news we've had our sons who choose. websites say that allegations of sexual violence were fake news and so i don't think anyone's going to be going back any time soon this agreement between burma bangladesh is just words on paper. it was cobbled together under pressure from china which wants to be seen as a regional power broker but no donor is going to support this now if people d

for decisive international action on the refugee crisis has been celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh for more than six hundred thousand will hinge are now living after fleeing from violence in me in march. i'm seeing me so much going to thank you for joining us today sees a key meeting of germany social democrats as they edge towards joining talks for a new coalition government senior party members are largely avoided media as they arrive for the meeting at s.p.d. headquarters here in berlin they need to decide whether they will ask the party's membership to abandon their post election pledge to go into opposition last night party leader martin schultz and chancellor merkel met with germany's. two it's been pushing the two to open coalition top. and political correspondent all over south has been following all of the latest developments for us hi oliver there is a report coming from the german daily billed newspaper that the s.p.d. has agreed to start coalition talks to start of exploratory talks we are waiting for a statement from martin schultz within the hour to confirm but if thi

but francis is in bangladesh where he's praised that country for giving shelter to re-injure refugees fleeing me and maher now he broke his silence on the muslim minorities plight by calling for decisive action to stop with the un is referring to as ethnic cleansing the pope's visit though is aimed at reaching the small catholic minority in bangladesh in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope or train sixty new bangladeshi priests that's a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom can't be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a million people have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims aren't even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties with his moral imperati

refugee crossed into bangladesh even after this agreement signed between bangladesh and leon maher and also important to know that there is a delegation there that up there with joint working committee in order to repair trade lot of this within generally or february. well next to little crime if you ox most of the ranges there are very serious apprehension in going back immediately unless there's some sort of security guarantee some sort of assurance can you imagine asking somebody to go back to their captors that they just came back so traumatized the children the woman i don't believe man and you asking them to go back immediately they sure is that me and my has a short bam this hardly builds a confidence on bam to go back immediately definite no you cannot force them either and that fact remains even today i'll come came up with a report that there's going to still coming across the border still believe there's been barn as human rights watch on the state since october a lot of villages were burn and the fact that riyadh assuring that will take you back is a very contradictory to t

to helping the rangers set tell us more about the impact of the crisis on bangladesh. well as i say it's putting a huge strain on the country a poor country that has been dealing with this crises for many many years let's not forget that there are around four hundred thousand range of refugees in here living in camps in this area before this recent crisis started and according to some aid agencies the government is spending around a billion dollars a year just to provide housing to those range of refugees so this sudden influx is put massively a lot more strain on the government i mean brac which is a bangladeshi ngo which is non-governmental has is the largest ngo in the world and we've been speaking to them there on the huge strain here interestingly with respect to trade the impact between the two countries and their trade deals myanmar and bangladesh understand it's a mouse around a billion dollars but the prime minister of this country was very keen last week to point out despite the magnitude of this crisis it wasn't going to affect that it's also having a huge e

very many markets in bangladesh are close to water. the buildings thatouse them are rarely able to withstand floods or cyclones. a shelter also has to be tall enough or built on high-enough ground that people can shelter above flood waters. this shelter is still under construction, but quality issues are already in evidence. foreign donors are threatening to pull out of climate-change-related projects in bangladesh unless the authorities clamp down on corruption. the international community and transparency international are also calling for better financial oversight and project monitoring. mahfuzul: government is actually also eager to learn from these sorts of things. and they are actually gradually taking these things into their planning, into their policy issues, in their documents. so it's actually helping bangladesh to get more money from climate funds. reporter: bangladesh is among the countries at most immediate risk from climate change and is in desperate need of all the help it can get to adapt. host: on particularly bad day

for decisive international action on the refugee crisis has been a celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh for more than six hundred thousand warheads are now living after fleeing from violence in myanmar. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us today sees a key meeting of germany's social democrats as they edge towards joining talks for a new coalition government germany's president has been pushing to get a chance long americal and social democrat leader martin shields to break the deadlock over forming a new government and they met last night at the presidential palace in berlin with discussions lasting more than two hours chancellor merkel has been trying to. put together a government since i mean election on september twenty fourth the social democrat leader martin charles had earlier ruled out forming another coalition with merkel's party but pressure is building on him to reconsider his position. and he's all over salad has been following the latest for us he joins us in studio hi oliver so martin schultz he's meeting with leaders from his party and we're expecting a stat

i am very happy that the pope is coming to bangladesh, he has selected bangladesh, he has selected bangladesh country, very minority catholics, but still he will come. at this park, it will be mostly catholics he will address. but pope francis will also meet people from other religions later in the day, particularly those from the muslim community, and even some rohingya refugees. all week here on newsday, we have been monitoring bali's volcano. mount agung is predicted to erupt imminently. more than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area around the volcano. thousands of tourists are stranded. flights have resumed, but the airport may have to close again if the wind changes direction. the bbc‘s rebecca henschke has this update from bali. well, yes, it's another day of watching and waiting. this has continued now for almost three months. there are tens of thousands of people who are living in temporary shelters not far from where i am now. they're living in bamboo and plastic rooms and, with the heavy rain, life there is uncomfortable. mount agung does remain on high alert, so p

pope francis is leading an open air mass for about one hundred thousand catholics in bangladesh he's the first pope to visit mainly muslim nation in more than three decades the head of the roman catholic church would also meet ranger refugees in dhaka more than six hundred twenty thousand rangers have fled violence from the neighboring bangladesh since all this to a child stratford joins us live now from cox's bazar so charles just talk us through what the pope is doing today. and i want to just that having some problems there with charlie. try and come back to him a little bit later if we can but you're watching live pictures there coming to us from that mass that the pope is having in bangladesh we'll come back to charlie if we can a little bit later. now russia is accusing the u.s. of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the u.s. warned pyongyang that it will be utterly destroyed if war breaks out early this week north korea tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile but russia says cutting diplomatic and trade ties isn't the answer to the standoff

martin bashir, bbc news, bangladesh.reds turn out to see prince harry and meghan markle on their first public engagement. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11:00 this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi over his contact with moscow. the british government has issued a fresh warning about the security

. also got, from both catholic leaders in myanmarand bangladesh.told that mentioning the rohingya might upset the government and military. if you look at some of the reports in myanmar, including the us commission on religious freedom, which brought out a report this year, it points out a report this year, it points out the problem the rohingya is our facing. but there are also instances where the pope has spoken out, even injune he made a clear statement that he was protesting persecution against the rohingya brothers and sisters. that was a professor speaking to as —— as earlier. more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate the area around mount agung in bali and thousands of tourists were stranded. flights have resumed, but the airport might have to close again if the wind changed direction. rebecca henschke has this update. it is another day of watching and waiting. this has continued now for almost three months. there are tens of thousands of people living in temporary shelters not far from where i am now. they are living in bamboo and pl

because he paid thanks bangladesh for helping the refugees. well the impact on this country has been massive let's not forget that even before this latest influx of refugees arrived since august the twenty fifth there were around four hundred thousand rangers that were here from previous crackdowns statistics supplied by experts here are saying that just housing those four hundred thousand refugees was costing this country about a billion dollars a year of course the military deployed very much in this operation so it's holding them back is costing a lot of money to deploy the military here it's indicative basically of the bangladesh government's generosity potentially drawing up here a plan that has been put forward by bangladesh and we are to start re patrie ating some of these refugees in the next two months and interestingly it was only last week that the government here signed off on a two hundred eighty million dollar plan to try and move some of the range of refugees to a coastal island to move them into temporary shelters there as well

there are a tiny number of roman catholics in bangladesh.make up just 0.2% of the population, but significant numbers have turned out to see him. joining me now from dhaka is our correspondent yogita limaye. obviously an historic visit. it doesn't come very often the pope comes to this part of the world, but with so much political resonance to it. that's right. i'm just outside that park where the mass is taking place. there are tens of thousands of people. it's a very tiny minority of people. it's a very tiny minority of catholic here and many people have said they can't believe he has actually decided to make a trip to this country, even though it there arejust a small this country, even though it there are just a small number of catholics here. earlier he went around and people were putting their hands out, trying to touch him. he comes from myanmar. this visit has been overshadowed by the rohingya crisis. many are hoping he would make a stronger message about the rohingyas. yesterday he spoke... inaudible. he lauded bangladesh's effort t

is following developments from cox's bazar in bangladesh where many are living in camps. pope francis is only the second pope ever to visit bangladesh he has been holding mass one of the large parks in central dakar the capital of the country he's been ordaining sixteen priests as well and is scheduled to meet a group of ranger refugees that have traveled from these camps now his visit was planned well before this recent most recent ranger crisis but there's no doubt that his presence here is drawing massive attention to what can only be described as one of the worst humanitarian crises crises in the world at the moment more than six hundred and twenty five thousand range of refugees arrived in these refugee camps in the last couple of months now the pope has been questioned for his decision not to use the word range during his four day visit in myanmar and also last night his first night here he referred obliquely to the ranger crisis here thanking the bangladeshi government and aid agencies for their generosity in trying to deal with this crisis and there's been some re

france is all stranger refugees in bangladesh for forgiveness for the world's indifference to their plight . why zimbabweans might be disappointed by the new president's latest cabinet appointments. u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia the charges were brought by robert mueller as boss of his investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's election flynn says he was aust to contact russian officials by a senior member of trump's transition team reported to be. our white house correspondent it reports. a ride to get federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald. rob pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before trump was even sworn in as pr

well frankly bangladesh is struggling to cope here we mustn't forget that even before this more than half a million rived in bangladesh in the last couple of months there were already approximately four hundred thousand ranger staying here as a result of previous crackdowns by the myanmar government and estimates that it's estimated that it was costing around a billion dollars a year just to house those refugees the biggest n.-g. o. in this country which considered to be actually the biggest n.g.o.s in the world of bangladesh called brac we've been speaking to them they've been struggling to cope we know that the u.n. and other aid agencies a struggling to get as much food and water and good sanitation and hygiene in these camps it's perhaps telling that bangladesh sees this situation as being a crisis that it's struggling to deal with but in terms of a long term solution does not necessarily want the ranger here in the long term it was last week that they set up this plan with me and mark to start as they say repatch treating some range of refugees starting in the next couple of mon

strafford al jazeera cox's bizarre bangladesh. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then more our top story the investigation into ties between donald trump of russia plus. one final talk. about fighting the. train of death and the fact that boy and i'll be reporting from the. sky by the time you are is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello again the weather across much of southern china is looking quite good at the moment really all the way from shanghai then to on kong looking pretty good with sunshine now for vietnam we've still got fine conditions for high noise but you see more central areas there's a lot of activity there so flooding remains a risk moving on through into sunday that flow is still quite strong so the showers continue annoyed out in the sunshine across the rest of indo china for life for me in ma looking fine plenty of sunshine young gone look at my some of the two degrees set down into southeastern parts of asia we still got fairly heavy showers affecting much of the philippines or in the

he visited the rohingya camps in bangladesh just a couple of months ago. imagine. one of the most densely populated countries in the world having to accommodate a rapid influx of something like 650,000 refugees in miserable conditions. they came over during the rainy season. they are living in extremely challenging circumstances. it is as bad as you could possibly imagine, and the risks of communicable diseases are just overwhelming. and, in addition, the international appealfor the rohingya is tragically underfunded. it is a problem that merits so much more attention from international governments of the world. why do you think it is not getting it? well, that is a great question. it is tragic, because this is not one of those cases where we have the luxury of saying we did not know. 10 days after august 25 when the attacks started, my organisation accused the regime, the burmese, of crimes against humanity. many others have. the information is there. the government in ukraine, and rebels backed by russia, have completed one of the biggest prisoner exchan

, he has selected bangladesh to come. such a small country. but still here to this country to come. reporter: at this park, it will be mostly catholics he will address, but pope francis will also be meeting people from other religions in the day, particularly those from the muslim community. and even some rohingya refugees. bbc news, dhaka. laura: in other news from around the world, you and officials in urgentay 500 people need medical evacuation. they are warning that further delays will lead to more deaths in the area, which is surrounded by government forces. a humanitarian advisor says not a single person has been able to get out in two months. the oil exporters group opec has agreed to extend curbs on production until the end of next year. the current deal, which has has helped boost the price of crude oil by almost 30%, had been due to expire in march. now opec wants the support of key nonmember exporters of oil, notably russia. disney has picked a chinese actor to play mulan in a new film, following accusations th

>> and most of the businesses in bangladesh. why should people be unemployed because of the system that we built the job doesn't come so i cannot figure out why a young educated person at the time of his life sit idle and do nothing, as if somebody said they cannot do something. he cannot even think, i have all the opportunities to go on my own. a job is something else, i'm a person, i can do anything i want. that helps if you have the right kind of financial. if you put money on the table nobody would be unemployed person. and in the beginning not everybody will jump out at exit i can do better business than some woman took it and said my god like it better this is how the whole system works. that is nothing of the whole. the whole problem with the system is happening because of the failure of the institutions. one issue open racing for years is who would have been made with the poor peoples. nobody is connected. see connect them so there is good as everybody else. >> has anybody started this in the u.s. or europe? >> when i ca

my question is will you ever get into politics in bangladesh? >> no way. >> what is your role? >> not anything, i'm not holding any position with incoming banks, we work together for a lifetime, 40 years. they are all close to us. >> it is quite similar. i am talking about the government's role, how can this be a good strategy? >> we tried to explain let people do it because we have a history of government messing things up. it would be good for the government to keep a distance and the role i define for the government is become a cheerleader, somebody does something good you applied them and they do good work but don't try to help them. in the name of the help they do it in a strange way, taking command of you and so on but it is synonymous and you can do it your self. let government weight to see the cabinet and the government does all social distance because they don't always give charity for everything. they can create their own social business, venture capital for unemployed people blues not only unemployed but even employed people you can cut into that, doing something el

the suspect is from bangladesh but has lived in the us since 2011.indsey graham says authorities need to gather as much intelligence as possible. to find out how people get radicalized and inspired by isis. you can't do that if you treat them like an ordinary criminal. >> he was trying to commit an act of terrorism. he should be held as an enemy combatant and interrogated. >> the department of justice will, for the first time, have detailed numbers about the immigration status of people housed in the us. >> live this morning, a very busy day today. speaking of busy alabama, all eyes on the senate election as voters head to the polls just hours from now, roy moore and doug jones facing off in an unlikely nailbiter that has captured the nation's attention. group jenkins live in washington dc with a fight to the finish. how's it looking so far? >> it is looking like it is going to be exciting. alabama voters haven't elected a democrat in more than a quarter of a century, democrats have one are presented in washington dc but despite the deep red state ro

inside described as a no man's land where i think the refugees are stranded between me and ma and bangladesh. welcome to the program yemenis in the capital sanaa have been sheltering from the twin threat of saudi led airstrikes and fighting between former rebel allies the ebony based team of the international committee of the red cross is describing the situation as intolerable in a tweet i.c.r.c. the. the violent clashes and strikes continue in summer thousands are stuck in homes with little food or water too scared to go out for fear of getting shot pregnant women can't get to hospital the situation is dire we repeat civilians are not part of the fight. well as the situation gets worse astrid president. is calling on iran to help mediate with his former allies the hutu rebels and his forces have been fighting with the hooty since the coalition broke down. a missile launching from yemen. nuclear reactor at least that's what who the fighters say is happening in this video uploaded by the military media center. there's been a large a full range rocket of the crew towards a life military targe

or a problem with which he camp bangladesh the palestinian chief negotiator is warning that u.s. recognition of jerusalem is the capital of israel would be playing with fire cyberduck out was referring to reports that president trump could announce the change in policy on wednesday white house officials say a final decision hasn't yet been made the status of jerusalem has long been one of the most sensitive subjects of the israeli palestinian conflict both sides claim the city as their capital and hybrid points. the diplomatic status of jerusalem is one of the world's most contested issues israel calls the city its undivided capital and operates its government from there while palestinians claim east jerusalem which israel occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war as the rightful capital of their future state despite the unresolved status of the city which is important to muslims christians and jews u.s. president donald trump is reportedly considering recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel in the coming days a major potential shift in policy sharply criticized

a problem with bangladesh. still to come on the program. electrical waste. looking rather cold but dry across much of the middle east at the moment but some places a cloud sliding over towards the higher ground. but you see a fair amount of sunshine coming behind little bit of cloud northern parts of saudi arabia he wanted to show i was here over the next set of many as you can see settled in sunny temperatures now back up into the. fall baghdad well as you draw around the abides by road to twenty three degrees celsius over the next couple of days just starting to spin in this we go on into monday in the case for turkey but elsewhere across the region fine dry warm and sunny as we go on through the next couple of days went off and sunny enough across much of the arabian peninsula highs here in doha of around twenty six degrees over the next. sunny conditions the fine conditions lingering on something to the right see a little cloud coming in here maybe the to the gulf of aden but essentially it does look like the settled but i still say the. south africa. ro

pope francis has met with rohingya refugees in bangladesh, referring to the group by name for the firstime on his regional tour. and hundreds turn out to cheer prince harry and meghan markle as they make their first official royal visit since announcing their engagement. hello and welcome. president trump's sacked national security adviser, michael flynn, has struck a deal with the inquiry into russian involvement in last year's us election. he's admitted lying to the fbi about his meeting with the russian ambassador during the transition period between mr trump winning the election and assuming office. it's now being reported that mr flynn is prepared to testify that the president's son—in—law, jared kushner, was among those who directed him to make contact with the russians. from washington, aleem maqbool reports. it has sent political shock waves through washington. general michael flynn, donald trump's former national security adviser, turned himself in to the fbi, and to a judge admitted lying about his contacts with russian officials. in court, he was asked if he wished to plead g

he's the first pope to visit bangladesh in more than 30 years.f people that couldn't come over here. so i'm so lucky! i can see the pope so near. i was in tears when i saw him. when i saw him, i thought i'm seeing jesus. i was saying, "god bless you, papa. god bless you. i'm so happy to see you again." for this small community, the pope's visit is reassurance that they're part of something bigger. but for another minority, it brought hope that one of the most influential leaders of the world could help them. yogita limaye, bbc news, dhaka. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle are on their firstjoint official public engagement in the uk. we'll find out why the city of nottingham in the english midlands has a special place in the prince's heart. iam i am feeling so helpless. the children are dying in front of me andi children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the leader of the hippie cult who called sharon tate and at least six others in los angeles. —— killed.

he is the first pope to visit bangladesh in more than 30 yearsli am bangladesh in more than 30 years.ngladesh in more than 30 years.” am so happy and so blessed that i got to be here in the space. there are got to be here in the space. there a re lots of got to be here in the space. there are lots of people so i am so lucky. ican are lots of people so i am so lucky. i can see the pub so near.” are lots of people so i am so lucky. i can see the pub so near. i was in tears when i saw him. —— the pope. i thought i was seeing jesus. i said god bless you. i am so happy to see you again. for this small community the pope's visit is a reassurance that they are part of something bigger. but for another minority it brought hope that one of the most influential leaders in the world could help them. it is now time to go to salford for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. this evening we are at the mill farm stadium, home of non—league fylde for the second round of the fa cup. but our top story tonight, it's the world cup, the draw has been made for the tournament next year. england have h

be heard a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of injured have fled ethnic cleansing in me marva bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. yemen's ousted president asked iraq to help and fighting between his forces and the former allies of the rebels. so robert you're watching al-jazeera like my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes a clear message to north korea as the u.s. and south korea hold joint military exercises also. well i'd be careful for you mr president i've watched that. donald trump is warning against tweeting about a russian investigations and. i'm sorry i don't mind. i'll tell you what i did that was the my. job i want to thank you. welcome to the program the yemenis in the capital sanaa are sheltering from the twin threat of saudi led airstrikes and finding between former rebel allies the yemeni based team of the international committee of the red cross is describing the situation as intolerable in a tweet the i.c.r.c. says the violent clashes and airstrikes continue

i don't know we have very happy to be in bangladesh but we suffered so much pain and agony and that's what we want to tell the pope. this is only the second time the head of the catholic churches visited bangladesh the last was pope john paul the second in one thousand nine hundred six and this time it hasn't been easy the pope's visit to bangladesh comes as this country the united nations and international aid organizations struggle to cope with more than six hundred twenty five thousand range of refugees that have arrived here since the twenty fifth it's a visit that is proving a huge diplomatic challenge to the head of the catholic church. rights groups criticized the roman catholic leader for failing to say the name of angel during his three day visit to myanmar nor since arriving in bangladesh on thursday it's believed he refrained in myanmar to prevent a potential backlash against christians there the region has been persecuted for decades by the myanmar government which doesn't recognize the ethnic group just citizenship in what was then burma was drawn in one thousand nine hun

also coming out pope francis meets with rohingya refugees in bangladesh apologizing to them for the world's indifference but that's after he failed to to raise their plight publicly on his visit to myanmar. i'm so me so much kind of thank you for joining us we start with the political crisis here in germany the leader of the social democrats martin schultz says all options are still on the table for forming a government a speaking earlier today she said party leaders will consider the options and present a recommendation for you at a party conference later this month the s.p.d. membership will have the final word on whether to start talks with the conservatives shuls have ruled that out after september elections but he has come under intense pressure to help break the deadlock in forming a government. let's listen to what martin schultz had to say discover the. song if you are in but there was support for not ruling out any options when it comes to forming a government we have an active government in place we're not under any time pressure so i poke. there part time for a start there's plen

pope francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting where hanjour refugees in bangladesh it was a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with members of the muslim minority who have fled violence and persecution in the final day of his visit visit says a hospital in dhaka run by the order of mother theresa child structure because i am was never going to be easy to put from such a trip to a country to take us in a few a macuser ethnic cleansing reaching myanmar's leaders off to more than six hundred twenty five thousand muslim or hindu flip the latest military crackdown. rights groups say many young male soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through revenge of villages following attacks by revenge or rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word ranger in myanmar for fear of a backlash against christians there if. the future of me must be pace a pace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society respect for each ethnic group and its identity the avoidance by the pope of using the name of the ethnic group

he's the first pope to visit bangladesh in more than 30 yea rs. visit bangladesh in more than 30 yearsere in this space, so there are lots of people that couldn't come over here. so i'm so lucky! i can see the pope so near. couldn't come over here. so i'm so lucky! i can see the pope so nearlj was in tears when i saw him. when i saw him, i thought i was seeing jesus. i was saying, god saw him, i thought i was seeing jesus. iwas saying, god bless saw him, i thought i was seeing jesus. i was saying, god bless you. i'm so happy to see you again. for this small community, the pope's visit is reassurance that they are pa rt visit is reassurance that they are part of something bigger. but for another minority, it brought hope that one of the most influential leaders of the world could help them. yogita limaye, bbc news, dhaka. the argentine navy has abandoned efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine that disappeared two weeks ago, with 44 people members on board. the search for the vessel will continue, but there's growing anger at how the affair has been handled, as alexandra mackenzie rep

place described as no man's land where wrecking go refugees are stranded between me and mark and bangladesh. welcome to the program we begin with a new wave of saudi led airstrikes that have hit targets near the airport and interior ministry in the evans' capital areas which are under the control of hutu rebels people living near the airport say so. raids have shaken their homes late on sunday night and into the early hours of monday morning and on the ground there's been more fighting in sanaa between the former allies supporters of the ousted president ali abdullah saleh he's calling on iran to use its influence with the who tease to help mediate an end to the fighting reports. a missile launching from yemen aimed dubbing nuclear reactor at least that's what who the fighters say is happening in this video uploaded by the military media center. has been a large a full range rocket of the crew towards a life military target important to the coordination of the iraqi military internally the former president. and his militias aim to create division inside yemen despite the fact that they were

in recent months the refugee camp at the border between me and maher in bangladesh has swelled to the size of a major city it's become increasingly difficult to provide for the hundreds of thousands who fled here however aid organizations say that at the moment it is safer here than on the other side of the border. reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour divisions over migration overshadowing a meeting of leaders in brussels as european council president calling mandatory migrant pora was highly divisive in affective leaders are also expected to agree to . negotiations later today. and don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our app from google play or the apple store and you'll get access to the latest news from around the world. plus sort of occasions so you don't miss any breaking news. news today you're up to date and read it takes it from here thanks for watching. your homeland because of persecution. city five people found a new home in a foreign land with their stories and. they've built bridges to the past. and the future. after th

and publicly uses refugees in bangladesh. publicly uses the word rohingya in recognition of their identity. the eu will refuse to begin talks on a post—brexit trade deal if ireland is not satisfied with the uk's offer on the northern irish border. also in the northern irish border. also in the programme: prince harry and his new fiancee, meghan markle, a the their first public engagement since announcing their plans to wed. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contact with russia. mr flynn is the most senior former official to be charged so far in the investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's us presidential election. in response, a lawyer for the white house has said: "nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr flynn." this is mr flynn leaving court earlier — us media say mr flynn is prepared to give testimony that mr trump's son—in—law jared kushner was among the

is in cox's bazaar in bangladesh near the border with me to where most of the injured have fled. on the first day of his three day visit here to bangladesh the pope again not using the word that the entire region national community uses to describe the refugees here in bangladesh that were being ranger the pope said that it was time to take decisive measures to resolve the cause of the refugee crisis he referred to the refugees from rakhine state and said immediate material assistance was needed to help bangladesh deal with the refugees now we understand that the decision by the pope notes to use the word religious early during his four day visit to myanmar came from advice from the vatican over concerns for the christian community inside me and concerns of the potential backlash against them but certainly here on the first day of his visit to bangladesh it seems as if he is trying to avoid the politics as much as he can while the same time trying to draw attention to the plight of what is now around one point two million refugees sheltering in this country germany's president ha

for decisive international action on the refugee crisis he's been celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh where some six hundred thousand the hens are now living after fleeing the violence and me and mark. plus the countdown to next year's world cup in russia begins with excitement growing ahead of today's draw for the tournament groups. and. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show today sees a key meeting of germany's. social democrats as they edge towards a possible agreement on joining talks for a new coalition government now this follows a push by germany's president to get a machall and social democrat leader martin scholtz to break the impasse over forming a new government they met last night of the presidential palace here in berlin at bellevue with discussions lasting more than two hours council machall has been trying to put together a workable alliance since september selection the social democrat leader martin schultz had earlier ruled out forming another coalition with merkel's conservatives but pressure is building on phil's to reconsider that position. joining me now in the stu

in bangladesh i understand the journal approach to have been one of trying not to. torah t s i mean the myanmar of thirty's for the sake of both getting some sort of deal in being able to sort of undertake diplomatic effort but at the very same time to protect the catholic community of me and mario who would be left of course completely unprotected it must be understood that the term is actually a term that is seen with great suspicion by most people in myanmar not only by the government and i think that it is sort of in the repertoire in the domestic repertoire of this vatican to avoid their recall from tensions in the public eye and choose a path of negotiation that actually has brought them very good results in several other crises like cuba or syria. what exactly does that term mean well the term is how muslims mostly in the north of myanmar denominate their own people and. is rejected by myanmar buddhists by and large in favor of muslims from the north or east i mean in this sense i mean they understand this community to be as initially illegal immigrants into

strive for al-jazeera coaxes bazaar bangladesh. the united nations is not a record of pale for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and humanitarian crises around the world the u.n. says more than one hundred thirty five million people across the world aid and diplomatic as a james bays reports from geneva. the u.n. says it's the worst humanitarian disaster on earth in yemen the people are suffering from conflict and a continuing cholera epidemic the situation only made worse by a saudi blockade stopping much of the food and medicine from getting to those who so desperately need it the u.n. appeal for twenty eighteen estimates there are in the country twenty two million people in need the situation in yemen is atrocious the number of people in need of population in twenty of twenty million is approaching twenty million seven or eight million of those people are right on the verge of famine and starvation we need to get their ports fully opened so that the fields around the water systems can get in the fu