the actions of the burma army on the ground because quite clearly are ethnic cleansing well. and i you know sorrowful i try to draw and i'm labeled all right against humanity as well before we draw to the end of the program until i mean that the problem is if you don't have someone like and son tucci who do you have do you think that's her strongest card at the moment you know what the problem with that would have only on it in it would have on some sooty but on terms which are already facing the problem many kind of challenges are so herself doesn't add quarter to show and some other element also who but i think international community must come up with the most important also sooty america more strong you know i think two thousand and eight got to do time is a need to be. i think very important to change that would at least goes to show where the possible is very much important i think we got to the constitution. if not. j h i think it's very difficult to her all right we're going to have their hands on a much thanks very much to all my guests phil robertson and abdul rashi

actions of the burma army on the ground because quite clear they are ethnic cleansing like. and i you know. drew and i labeled it all right against humanity as well before we go to the end of the program i mean the problem is if you don't have someone like. me who do you have do you think that's her strongest card at the moment. what the problem with that would have only one in twenty two hours would have gone sour sooty but already facing the problem many kind of challenge. and some other element also but i think international community must come up with the most important also. a strong you know i think two thousand is a need to be. i think very important to change that would reduce persecution where is possible is very much important i think we've got to the constitution. if not. i think it's very difficult to have. a much thanks very much to all my guests phil robertson and abdul rashid we look forward to hearing what she has to say thank you as well for watching the program again any time by visiting our website dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page at

reporter: i have two questions on myanmar, burma. it was said that president trump is not willing to fix this issue. [indiscernible] will you make any comments or remarks? [indiscernible] ambassador haley: i think the united states has been taken aback that so much has happened and gone in such a terrible direction in the last three to four weeks. i think what you are seeing is every member of the national security team is talking about it, and every member is calling their contacts and counterparts in burma, as well as making sure we are supporting bangladesh and what they are doing. bangladesh has been unbelievable in taking on these refugees. at the same time, we have to look at the refugees as now they have no home. it is no way for any one person to live. the human rights situation is terrible, and we want to make sure we are doing all we can. what i can tell you is it is all hands on deck in terms of the national security council trying to look at it and say, what steps are we going to take next? last question. reporter: after

burma's path -- burma's path to representative government is not at all certain and is certainly not over. and attacking the single political leader who has worked to further democracy within burma is likely to hinder that objective over the long run. one final matter, comprehensive tax reform represents the single-most important action we can take now to grow the economy and help middle-class families get ahead. it's the president's high priority. it's a priority we share here in congress, the work of the tax writing committees on tax reform goes back literally years, and it continues today. this morning the senate finance committee will hold another in a series of hearings on comprehensive tax reform. under the leadership of chairman hatch, the committee is working to simplify the tax system to make it work better for american individuals, families, and businesses. as chairman hatch knows, our current tax code is overly complex with rates that are too high and incentives that often make literally no sense. senator hatch understands how our broken code makes it harder for american b

weekend today show by looking at burma. united nations secretary-general antonio guterres has warned the brutal burmese military operation against rohingya muslims is at risk of spiraling into an ethnic cleansing campaign, as the violence against the long persecuted minority group continues. the u.n. says almost 150,000 rohingyas have fled the predominantly buddhist country into neighboring bangladesh in the last 12 days since the military operation began, with up to 15,000 more expected to flee every single day this week. amy: advocates say as many as 800 rohingya civilians, including women and children, have been killed in recent days. this is rohingya muslim, salma begum, one of tens of thousands who have fled to bangladesh following the army crackdown which began last month. >> they burned our houses. we could not take our belongings. we were hiding near a hill for two days in the rain without food and with my children. when we heard the sound of shooting, we took a boat to cross the sea to come here to bangladesh. nerm

they not considered citizens of burma. this, ithink they not considered citizens of burma.ilure burma. this, i think is a fundamental failure of the burmese government to recognise that fact, these people have been in burma for a long period of time and they deserve citizenship and they needed to be dealt with dignity and respect. they have been hated, persecuted and now they are facing these tactics that are driving them out of the country. it has been a pleasure, thank you. a 35—year—old man has been arrested after a crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch at the 0val cricket ground. here's how the incident unfolded on thursday to listeners on bbc radio five live sports extra. what is that in the field of play, they just pointed at what is that in the field of play, theyjust pointed at something, it is poking up out of the ground. some sort of meaty, what on earth is that? it has just dropped onto the field, by the looks of it and they are coming off the field of play. that is quite extraordinary. some sort of projectile, has dropped in middle of the field. it is sticking

and this is going to define the direction that burma will take. they need our strong support and should give them our strong support. reporter: secretary tillerson, on north korea, president trump described the u.n. council resolution as a small step. do you concur with that assessment? and do you still seek a full embargo against north korea? and do you think china would ever agree to that? and secretary johnson, on iran, the french have signaled a willingness to supplement the nuclear deal to extend sunset provisions. did that come up in today's conversations? and is britain open to such a suggestion? and secretary tillerson, would the u.s. be open to that as well? secretary tillerson: with respect to the u.n. security council resolution and the president's view it's a small step. i share that view. i hoped for a many stronger resolution from the security council. having said that, it did accomplish a couple of things. one, a complete prohibition on textiles, which does represent $800 re between 700 and million revenue to the regime. and i think

and i come to take you back -- amy: myanmar, the military has renamed burma. >> burma. taking you back to burma. she doesn't do that. you mentioned about 400,000 already coming in the dead bodies floating in the river. year,y the end of the millions of refugees coming from burma. by theimate given government of burma, about one million rohingya in the country. if you million coming to bangladesh, what is left? -- it is acleansing perfect example of ethnic cleansing. many leaders like president macron say this is genocide. a clear case of genocide taking place. -- he world council and wety have appealed to step in and do something so that people can go back to their own homes. if it is delayed, it will become more complicated in that terrorism and other things will flourish in this region. the whe stability of the region will be affected. amy: if aung san suu kyi said stop the ethnic cleansing, could you stop and alone with the military ash with the military listen to her? >> the rule of the meter leadership, you stand for something. you don't just given in and say, ok,

on burma and the tragedy resulting and the gross abuse of the human rights of the population. nobody should underestimate what is happening. 350,000 have fled. or are estimated to have fled. to answer directly your point, let's be clear. xi led verma after a period of decades of oppression by a military point to and my admiration and what she stood for in the way she fought for democracy, think many people around the world share that but i think it's not wise for her to use that amount of authority to make the point about the suffering of the people and i think nobody wants to see, nobody wants to see a return military rule in burma. nobody wants to see a return of the generals but it's also vital that the civilian government and that is -- for whom as i say i have a great deal of admiration but to make clear that this is an abomination and that those people will be at allowed back and those people will be allowed back to burma and preparations being made and the abuse of their human rights and the killings, hundreds perhaps even thousands of killings stop. >> first with respe

pressure has been mounting on burma's leader in recent days. the nobel peace prize wininner t with a foreign minister r in an attempt to mediate the crisis but she has so far remained silent and has refused to condemn the violence. >> kenya's main opposition hiser has outlined conditions for taking part in a presidential vote rerun in october. his conditions include the sacking of some election officials, a review of the electronic transmission of results, and for all eight candidates to be allowed to contest the rerun. the supreme court declared the hoover kenyatta's victorino endboard on friday citing widespread irregularities in the electronic transmission of vote results. 12 minutes past 1:00 here in the french capital. a quick reminder of the following stories. vladimir putin condemned north korea's latest and most powerful nuclear test but also want against using military force against the country. u.s. president donald trump is set to announce whether he will scrap a program getting work permits to hundreds of thousands of young people w

reporter: that one topic everyone has an opinion about is burma. the president gave an address to this global u.n. body, and he did not mention myanmar at all. [inaudible] ambassador haley: i can tell you he is very concerned about b urma, because he talked to the national security team and asked exactly what is going to be done. he asked the vice president to speak about it in his speech, and he has been very involved in the decision-making. i think he, like every leader, can tell you we're scratching our heads over burma. all this has happened in three weeks. half a million people have left, and the tragedies and abuse happening there is something a lot of people cannot stomach. everyone is trying to figure out who can move the officials in vermont, and where to go. reporter: [inaudible] ambassador haley: he is very concerned about burma. really he was speaking because the president asked him to. reporter: [inaudible] and when do you press her to do more in her role? ambassador haley: not only have we pressed her, we pressed the military. we had

they have been denied citizenship by the government of burma. we cannot sit idly by and let ethnic cleansing continue. one nation that has stepped up is bangladesh. as the leaders of burma have persecuted the rohingya and burned their villages and shot the refugees as they were fleeing, the government of bangladesh have opened their door. they have proceeded to allow humanitarian groups access and the united nations access. this is commendable, but more needs to be done. these refugee camps do not have enough supplies. doctors without borders says that they are on the brink of, quote, a public health disaster. unlike beng la desh, -- bangladesh, other countries have yet to step up. i'm concerned by reports that some fangses within -- p factions -- some factions have been seeking to express their own rohingya population. it's important for the international community to ask india to respect rohingya refugees. india knows full well that there is no place to send them. if they send them back to burma, there will be more persecution of the men, wome

burma.s -- human rights activists are protesting the in action. rohingya muslims have been running from what has been called a "textbook ethnic cleansing." the is more now from director of the crisis response. >> every day, i go out to the camps in the border region. there are more to documentary there are thousands of people spilling across the border. what is particularly disturbing is when you speak to people who show you that children are being , men and their families have been taken by security forces, there are thousands more behind us. genie: the situation has pushed britain and sweden to ask for an emergency meeting on the crisis to be held today. meanwhile, the de facto leader, suu kyi, says she will not go to next week's u.n. general assembly. she has been slammed over her in action. to talk more about this, let's go live to our correspondent, clovis casali. clovis, what about her decision not to go next week? : her critics say she is not going because she knows she will be facing

the un security council held a meeting, the first one, in fact, on burma since 2009.that meeting, the representative denied all deadly operations that are ongoing in the state. meanwhile, the u.s. representative nikki haley called on individuals from the thermese military involved in deadly campaign to be prosecuted. she also called on the community to call an arms embargo on the country. it must be noted that today the only country that continues to israel,pons to burma is a close ally of the united states. guterres of antonio are particularly strong, as he is a man who understands the difficulties on the ground and is talking about. his words are very strong, however on the side of berman, i i said before -- burma, as said before, there is a radio silence. no word from the country's de facto leader, and in fact on thursday, an internationalal diplomatic team was meant to visit the state for the first time since the august 25 attack and the deadly crackdown since then. however, that team, once they arrived at the airport, were blocked by burmese authorities, who went

does have a long face discrimination and violence in burma. where they're largely considered illegal immigrants by the country's buddhist majority? pressure has been mounting on burma's leader on sun suu kyi in recent days. the nobel peace price winner met with indonesia's foreign minister on monday. in an attempt to mediate the crisis. but she's so far remained silence. and has refused to condemn the violence. well they become route is an expert on southeast asia and the sales for university here in paris now earlier i asked him why he was taking us suck suci. so long to speak out about the plight of the working. quoting the constitution the military has control of all the peripheral regions the regions where there are insurgencies. secondly she's not going to spend her political capital on the ruined sure it's a sad thing to say. but her priorities in not there who approaches other develop economic development of myanmar burma. and also to the peace agreement a little of the that the other remaining ethnic groups who are considered. bernie c

however, who are the ones to put russia on burma?e possibility that all of those people, angela merkel, barack obama, should be shaming her into standing up to the military? what i would say is that she needs to stand up to the military, but the international community and western leaders need to stand up to burma's military. the united kingdom, i coordinated a letter to borisjohnson last year after the last episode of violence that resulted in thousands of people being killed and displaced and we got a response from a junior minister. this time he took a good few days before he made a statement, which was pretty tame, frankly. and we are still providing military training, spending hundreds of thousands of pounds, and those issues need to be reviewed. it's questionable whether that kind of effort is actually going to work, because it's not so far, the military are doing nothing but causing greater harm and prosecuting murder. do you think that now and forever more, ang sang suu kyi's reputation is tainted? absolutely, but the reputat

one of the topics that everyone had to talk about this week was burma. as we are dealing with the crisis there and seeing how much migration has taken place, every country is concerned. they are concerned that the military continues to be aggressive and they are concerned that the government continues to be in denial. i think you will see the international community continue to talk about that. i think you will only see them get more active on that as we go forward. finally, the security council took a great step forward. it was a measure that i think the international community has been working on for a long time. we worked with our british friends and that was isis accountability in iraq. if you look at the fact that mass graves in terrible conducts to women and girls in those areas, whether it is what is happening with christians are sunni and shia muslims, what we now have is part of the u.n. body that will go in there and collect evidence and make sure it can be used in trials so that the victims have their say and get their day in court, or at leas

. >> he was very concerned about burma.e national security team. why the vice president speak about it in his speech and why the vice president has and he has been involved in the decision making. he like every other leader we're all scratching our heads over burma. all this happened in three weeks. you have almost half a million people who have left and the tragedies and, the abuse that has happened there is something that a lot of us can't stomach. so, no, it is mainly, if you listen to all the leaders, everybody is just trying to figure out who can move the officials in burma and where to go. so -- >> [inaudible] hasn't spoke publicly about it. >> he is very concerned about burma. i did talk with the vice president bit quite a bit. that is why he was very passionate about it. really he was speaking because the president asked him to. >> did you or the president -- spoken directly with -- [inaudible] or anybody in the administration talk to her about what is happening and would you press her publicly to do more in her rol

after all these yea rs, burma's problems. after all these yea rs , we burma's problems. problems but if you want to talk about my father, probably the biggest issue was the economy went to see it, as he said. we stayed out of the vietnam war. how to you deal with them as a people living in myanmar‘s borders now? with them as a people living in myanmar's borders now?|j with them as a people living in myanmar's borders now? i think there will be a solution within a matter of months but this will be festering, it will continue going on. myanmar is enshrined. there is no religious intolerance. it is not a problem. pressure has been mounting on myanmar's defacto leader aung san suu kyi to do more to tackle the violence against myanmar's rohingya population. ms suu kyi is absent from the un general assembly meeting, but she is expected to give her first national address on the issue that has brought her much international criticism. as far as we know, the heading of the speech itself is national reconciliation and peace process. she will mainly emphasise the peace process and

leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open democratic burma. myanmar has however rejected claims of ethnic cleansing. the buddhist majority state says violence against the muslim minority in rakhine state is not based on religion but rather terrorism i wish to stress no ethnic cleansing and genocide. ethnic cleansing and genocide are serious charges and they should not be used lightly it would be a sad commentary of our times if we allowed emotions to grow our view and assert that what is happening in rakhine is ethnic cleansing without first undertaking a legal review and making a judicial determination as the un's most powerful body grapples for a solution moro hinge arrive at the border with bangladesh since august the number over him fleeing myanmar has stopped half a million. time now for a look at some of the other stories making the news this hour russian opposition leader likes in a volley says he's been detained by police in moscow he hopes to stand against president putin in an election next march that despite the election commission

some 214 rohingya villages in burma have been destroyed.efore-and-after satellite photos distributed by human rights watch show wide swaths of rakhine state have been destroyed in recent weeks. last week, the u.n. high commissioner for human rights zeid ra'ad al hussein accused the burmese government of waging a book example of ethnic cleansing. >> last year, i warned the pattern of gross violations of the human rights of the rohingya's adjusted a widespread or systematic attack against the community, possibly amounting to crimes against humanity. because myanmar has refused access to human rights investigators, the current situation cannot yet -- sorry, cannot yet fully be assessed, but the situation remains or seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. juan: on tuesday, human rights watch called on the united nations general assembly to condemn the burmese military operation. burmese nobel peace prize laureate, aung san suu kyi, who is now burma's de-facto president, is facing mounting criticism for her handling of the violence. last y

she's a course the bay facto leader of burma. two according to the u. s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell she has little control over burma's military. meanwhile their fresh calls for urgent humanitarian action to help save. the rohingya muslims of a four hundred thousand to fled rakhine state. implement the historic home. they said that being tugged bottoms army the army says it's been putting down an insurgency. human rights watch is calling for targeted sanctions unarmed embargo on burma's military. in every bangladesh there are fears of a crisis now spiraling out of control. after a long and arduous journey these are hinder refugees have finally reached bangladesh. but that troubles aren't over. they need to find a place to shelter a little cramped and unsanitary conditions the clocks bizarre refugee camp. after heavy rains the area is badly flooded raising fears that water borne diseases such as cholera could spread. really international agencies need to move very very quickly. to get these people out of a very vulnerable situation. because. cle

body and he did not mention the word burma at all. him to address verma in his speech? amb. haley: i can tell you he is very concerned about burma. he asked exactly what was going to be done. he has been very involved in the decision-making. i think like he and every leader can tell you we are all scratching our heads over verma -- burma because this all happen in three weeks. almost half a million people have left and the tragedy and abuse that has happened is something that a lot of us cannot stomach. if you listen to while the leaders, everybody is trying to figure out who can move the officials in burma -- reporter: he has not spoken publicly about it. amb. haley: he is very concerned about burma. i spoke to the vice president about it. he was speaking to get the president asked him to. reporter: president trump has and indirectly to the vp the last few days -- addressing publicly to do more. amb. haley: we have pressed her and the military. secretary tillerson did call her and discussed the situation with her but also general dun

in burma. nobody wants to see a return of the generals.ut it's also vital that the civilian governments and that is, for whom i say, i have a great deal of admiration, but it is vital for her now to make clear that this is an abomination and that those people will be allowed back. those people will be allowed back. those people will be allowed back to burma, and the preparation is being made, and that the abuse of their human rights and the killings... hundreds, perhaps even thousands, that the killings. first, with respect to the administrations of the nuclear deal with iran, the trump administration is continuing to review and develop its policy on iran. it's under way. there have been several discussions internally among our nsc along with discussions with the president. no decisions have been made. it's worth noting that, as the administration continues this review of the jcpoa, i think president trump has made it clear to those of us who are helping him develop this policy, that we must take into account the totality of iranian threat

the united nations says the number of rohingya refugees crossing from myanmar — also known as burma —as surged in recent days. the rohingya are a stateless, mostly muslim, ethnic minority who have faced persecution in myanmar. more than 123,000 are now said to have fled violence in the country's rakhine state since 25th august. the conflict was triggered by an attack by rohingya militants on police posts. this sparked a military counter—offensive that has forced a flood of civilians from their villages. answering an urgent question the foreign office minister said he'd issued a statementjointly with the international development minister alistair burt after the initial outbreak of violence. condemning the attacks by rohingya militants on burmese security forces. at the same time, the uk also strongly urge the security forces in rakhine to show restraint and called for all parties to de—escalate the tensions. the mp who'd asked the urgent question was unimpressed. i have to say, i'm a little bit disappointed by the response of the minister in the way he started by suggesting as if some

well, i think that they were hoping that burma, which had been a human rights basket case for decadesg to becoming a member of the international community with respect and standing and play an important role in asia. i think that their concern that this is all sliding backwards and i want to try to give the burma is a chance to pull out and they want to give on some sort to your chance. if we did not have her here, many people would have been far more willing to condemn the government. so i think there is a case where they are hoping to the best in preparing for the worst. they are looking at that and looking at what they need to do to put pressure on the military while encouraging the leader. the backdrop is the un report today. with a more satellite images release today of burning villages. what you think aung san suu kyi is likely to say today? will she see pressure to act? we hope so. i think that she needs to recognise that her international reputation is now on the line. if thatis reputation is now on the line. if that is important to her that she has to find a way to balance th

it is who can move the officials -- the officials in burma. the vice president was passionately was speaking because the president asked him to. reporter: [inaudible] ambassador haley: not only have we pressed her, we present the military. we had two things happening. secretary tillerson called her and asked the -- and discussed the information but he also said we have had a relationship with you but it cannot continue. you have said very vocal shortcomings of the iran deal and iran's behavior. from?does that come is this your own direct opinion after hearing about iranian behavior here? or did you have conversations president? ambassador haley: i conversations with the president and he was concerned about iran and the deal. i went to learn about it. information i looked at the resolution of violations. it was digging deep on the information of what we found and that is why i give this each on the scenario that the president is being faced with with the decisions to be made. situation is not easy by any means because you look at north korea an

and a mass exodus in vermont -- burma. over 1/4 million rohingya muslims have fled to glencoe -- in the last -- have fled to bangladesh in the last two weeks alone. emergency efforts are underway in mexico city -- mexico this friday as an earthquake struck off the southern coast. houses were toppled and tsunami waves triggered as the 8.1 epicenter sent people running into the streets in panic. "france 24's" catherine clifford reports. catherine: emergency workers feared debris some 1000 kilometers away from the epicenter. in mexico city, the earthquake sent people running into this -- the streets in panic. >> i grabbed a friend and i cried. i cried because it scared me a lot. i had never lived through anything like that. i had experienced tremors before, but never heard the walls creek, the lights go out. >> the avenue was full of people coming out of buildings, everybody in their pajamas, getting their dogs out and everything. it was very strong. the mexican president said some 50 million people were likely to have felt t

is that that will gain further whiter support dunga the un general assembly next week thirdly on on burma and the tragedy that is unfolding in the that is unfolding in the the gross abuse of the human rights of the. population and nobody should underestimate what is happening now three hundred seventy thousand. have fled are estimated to have fled in desperation that's almost half the ring population in northern rakhine and to answer directly or your point about door sue state cancer when so suchi let's be clear she led. after a period of decades of repression by a military junta and. i used to no one in my admiration of what she stood for in the way she fought for democracy and i think many people around the world share that admiration. but i think it's not vital for her to use that moral capital not all thirty to make the point about the suffering of the people of recovery. and i think you know of nobody wants to see nobody wants to see a return to military rule in bum nobody wants to see a return of the generals but it's also vital that the civilian government and that indeed that is t

and that the white house just issued a statement on the situation in burma. saying that's as president is deeply troubled set up on the roof hang at crisis ammo details. as yet now thousands of people have a marching in barcelona today demanding independence of those original catalonia. rallies take place on because lands national day or the other. this jay comes three weeks ahead of. a friend. and it's last week catalan will make his first to press ahead despite. madrid they say regardless of turn out is the answer is yes to spit in spain. region will declare independence within forty eight hours catherine it takes a president now but why this wealthy northern province. is seeking it. it's a region roughly the size of belgium and has its own language and customs. since the fifteenth century catalonian has been part of spain. when the kingdoms of castile and aragon united. but many catalans feel they have less in common with others spaniards. we've always been catalans if we have a very different way of thinking we have very different traditions. the real pus

in order to access those federal funds —— during burma to.deralfunds —— irma during burma to. in order to access those federal funds —— irma as well. it is make sure homes get repair and those who are left homeless get shelter, food, drinking water, mattresses, blankets, that is the sort of process we have seen across the region because at first irma and now maria to you on some of the smaller islands, we will see if that is true of puerto rico. when will you find out the extent of the problems created by this hurricane, what is the forecast? i think any time in the next two or three hours, we will start to see things turn nasty. people have already really started to hunker down. we can expect somewhere between 12 and 2a hours worth of the storm according to some perceptions before it starts moving back out to the, but yes, it is another big one, and it is the fa ct is another big one, and it is the fact that come so quickly on the heels of the last one of that is the concern. will, thank you. stay safe. many parts of this region are still re

you know as i walk around i can't find a single building that is not somehow impacted or scarred by burma and she went by even the buildings that survived quite well. still show the nicks and bruises of that particular storm i must also say that the folks there have done a fantastic job of trying to get things cleaned up. in the. maria starts to approach the region just yesterday. i saw members of the government walking around picking up debris things that we were very concerned about becoming projectiles in the next storm ok maria because always sorry to interrupt you there jeffrey what about the other islands in the region maria is still heading their way what are they doing to prepare. well you know i think everyone is doing exactly the same types of things that we did just a week or two ago with respect to burma it's really about making sure that you've got your plan in place that you batten down all the hatches and most importantly you've identified a safe room a safe place in your home somewhere that you will where you will ride out the storm . i will also tell you that i had the op

it's about events in miami one's known as burma the majority a buddhist and burmese but my own ma is a union of more than a hundred ethnic peoples and has a large muslim minority. the military ruled for more than half a century my and my was cut off from the outside world the generals then announced a plan to release political prisoners and call elections. my name is phil reese in this film we discover how former military leaders who claim to be ushering in democracy are in fact preserving their grip on power by triggering violence between put ists and muslims. you need a man they are. army on a was. that we will lose all. over the past year al-jazeera is investigative unit has obtained a cache of confidential documents this document here could potentially incite widespread violence against the muslim population so the phrase basically means. stinky muslims. it's just. the most prominent victims of government policies other ahind who live in west in my own mouth. their plight has sparked accusations that the regime is intent on destroying them as a people. we have shared our evidence

leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open democratic burma. myanmar has however rejected claims of ethnic cleansing. the buddhist majority state says violence against the muslim minority in rakhine state is not based on religion but rather terrorism which destroys no ethnic cleansing and genocide. ethnic cleansing and genocide are serious charges and they should not be used lightly it would be a sad commentary of our times if we allowed emotions to grow our view and assert that what is happening in rakhine is ethnic cleansing without first undertaking a legal review and making judicial determination as the un's most powerful body grapples for a solution moro hinge arrive at the border with bangladesh since august the number over him fleeing myanmar has stopped half a million. we had to spain now where the countdown is on for a contested referendum in the region of catalonia local authorities are determined to go ahead with the vote on breaking away from spain madrid says that sunday's referendum is a legal and cannot be allowed to go ahead wel

thirdly, on burma, you said la st held?ou regret saying that now? has your view changed as a result of the events of this week? and secretary of state, can i ask you, on iran, what actually is the position of the united states today on the koran nuclear deal? are you going to continue to waive the sanctions do you continue to believe that iran is fulfilling its obligations of that deal? secondly, what is your view on what is taking place in myanmar, and bangladesh, and the behaviour of aung san suu kyi? let me go first, rex. on your first question, james, i think anybody... i do not think anyone has seen the effects of a hurricane, but it is absolutely catastrophic, awe—inspiring. i've never seen anything like it. it is like the destruction you see in images from the first world war. i think anybody with an ounce of compassion would want to see spending by our government on getting those people back up on their feet, getting those people back up on theirfeet, and getting those people back up on their feet, and indeed gettin

with some of these naz demonstrations, ini burma as you mentioned.re is a little bit of pendulum swings that happens. certainly, economics can be part of the issue as well. but i think that you do and that in a dangerous loop we've seen before between sort of a public sentiment rising and and people coming to power that reflect that sentiment and then reflect that idea back to the larger population where it sometimes gets amplified. i do think this is a really critical moment for us to be paying attention to some of these issues. i would like to say that is why a lot of the book, but i started the book years ago before we hit this wave. at the time, i realized this was a phenomenon that went further back than the nazi camps and went back to the 1890's. i don't think people are aware deaths long, pre-nazi camp of concentration camps. looking back from the vantage point of today, the idea of a developed nation than in all of its modern might into the and election of a people is so huge still in the singular moment in history, that it kind of obscure's

seemingly defacto advocating the it's been called genocide against the range of muslims of myanmar burma. as a young member of parliament i went illegally into the qur'an states of the wrong two occasions and i wrote reports about it at the time and i detailed what i called a genocide that was being committed against the korean people i was able to go back there last year and although burma is not perfect nevertheless that war with the qur'an people one of the biggest minorities inside a very multi-ethnic country about hundred different minorities that war is over and in terms of the trajectory and also the cheers achieved over these last two or three years has been remarkable one little bearing in mind that this was a military dictatorship and where people like her were in prison for nearly two decades i campaigned for throughout the whole of that period she has not been able to work miracles she said to me you know i'm not mother to reason he said there is a limit to what i can achieve so far but i raise specifically with what i've seen only the day before in the village where muslims

policy on myanmar burma the meeting was called by the foreign secretary barra's johnson and it was held with a very senior level. leadership and it was made very clear during the meeting that there has been a substantial shift in the position of the u.s. and the u.k. in particular they no longer see it as a relief situation as an emergency situation they see it as a consequence of military action by the burmese government now this is a very important shift because it gives them it would appear greater leverage in terms of getting real concessions being made by their government they were very explicit as well in terms of what they wanted they want to be able to get access to the refugees gradually fleeing and had been fleeing for a number of weeks they wanted end to all of myanmar's military action against these refugees very specific points made to the senior leadership and this is a shift certainly in tone from the position that we've seen in recent days probably a direct consequence of the meeting between the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson and boris johnson last week in which t

burma had come up. and you talked about the $32 million to start to address the rohinghya situation in burma. i would hope as we move forward, as you're redirecting this, we've known about this escalating over probably the last five years and we've seen it build up. instead of investing the $32 million now which we have to, but i would hope that we'd have the foresight, as we see this arising and starting to become inflamed, that we do a better job on the front end so maybe we can de-escalate this. what are your thoughts on this? >> you're absolutely right. this is not a problem that just arose over the summer, this month. >> right. that's so true on many of the conflicts that we have around the world. that's where i hope with your leadership and secretary tillerson's, we can look at that and say, these are hotspots, we need to get in here now so we don't have 400,000 refuges in the last couple months and over a million displaced, that will be the next hot spot we need to do now. what are you thoughts w

burma, we arein taking that very seriously and it is of utmost importance that we get front and center on that. you mentioned the terror incident in london. the president tweeted this morning, they were people that of scotlandsights yard. prime minister may said it was not helpful to speculate. did the president share information that he was not supposed to? mcmaster: i the president was communicating, all of our law enforcement efforts are focused on this terrorism effort. for years scotland yard has been a leader as our fbi has been a leader. so if there was an attack here, got for bit, we would say they were in the sights of the fbi. he did not mean anything beyond that. generally, theg terrorists are in the focus of scotland yard, or was it a specific incident? mcmaster: i think he means generally, this kind of connectivity is what we are trying to prevent. so, these organizations responsible for it, whatever comes out of this investigation, it is likely law enforcement had been working on the problem. >> do you know about the call to prime minister may? >> i was not in on that cal