the conflict in burma is not just about freedom or just. it's also -- freedom or justice. to china and russia. both of have helped the kathmandu. beijing has its eyes on critical infrastructure projects it sees as expanding its strategic reach into the indian ocean, foremost among these is a $7 billion port in rakine i would encourage my colleagues to look at the map and consider just where this complicated country of more thants. geography may not exactly be destiny, but it certainly matters. the outcome of the conflic in a competition unfolding all across ashe -- all across asia. throughout my career i've been proud to be a voice for my friend aung san suu kyi and for her advocates in burma. i've been proud to celebrate their remarkable progress and to call attention to their setbacks and ongoing struggle. and the american people should be proud that so many are willing to risk so much to follow their example of se self-government. as the people of burma begin to turn the tide conflict, i'll continue to stand with them against the kathmandu thugs who seek to snuff out th

typhus of the scrub by mite variety proved a serious disease hazard in the pacific, and the india burma theater. since much less was known about this form of typhus. extensive studies had to be made of the clinical disease. the request, the causing it and the animal hosts and insect vector carrying it. rodents and other mammals as well were investigated as the animal reservoir for this disease. ticks, mites and other surface insects of the common wild animals were studied as possible vectors. studies of birds and their surface parasites were also undertaken. these extensive studies added not only to our knowledge of scrub typhus, but also our knowledge of the habits of possible vectors of others. study of the insect. vectors of scrub. typhus involved serious hazards. since the disease is a dangerous one and occasionally carries a high mortality field, investigators had to observe strict precautions to avoid exposure to the mate which carried the disease. in general, laboratories in the pacific area had more problems. but because of the nature of the campaign, were able to devote more ti

, i’ll have time, i’ll have time, do you hear, golikov well, guess what, the second... the city in burmamandalay, no, don’t be offended , that’s the name of the city, don’t waste your time, i ’m saying until retirement, damn it, come on, come on, no, well, better look, i’m offended, well, hello, i just missed you. so, yes, well, now, dear passengers, the plane is preparing to land in the city of hero of moscow, it’s cloudy in moscow, +16°c with clearings, measles. kolya, kolya, the plane is descending, please fasten your seat belts, the crew is starting to descend, please fasten your seat belts. please, please, please, please, please, please, please. yes, come on, we're going down, cool off the steam. right five, i do it, right five, right five, vyacheslav yuryevich, there lysko asks that the landing was soft, well, since he asked, anya, but how is he there, he’s not sleeping, he’s not sleeping, vyacheslav yuryevich, he hasn’t slept for a long time. and he doesn’t eat, drink, drink, what are you afraid of, and this eighteenth one went to land, which is beautiful, yes, where, you fool, yo

the chp helicopter crew found the injured woman on a section of the south burma trail, just west of highway 12. officers lowered a crew member nearly 135ft to the patient. they managed to put her into a harness and then lifted her from the trail before taking her to a waiting ambulance. the chp says she was taken to a hospital for treatment. there is still no word tonight on her condition. >> today, five people were shot in san francisco's tenderloin. one of the victims has since died. ktvu zac sos reports on whatrillionesidents would like to see. in order to bring down crime in the neighborhood. >> honestly, it does not surprise me and that's really sad. >> many, many incidents like that happened here in the tenderloin. >> just a few of the reactions from neighbors learning about the mass shooting that happened here in the tenderloin early thursday, right next to a playground citizen video showing san francisco police officers arriving at the corner of hyde and turk streets just after 230 in the morning. >> this would have happened in the daytime. it would have been horrific because that p

titled burma to myanmar, the exhibition features hundreds of objects from the ancient kingdoms of southeastrse of 15 centuries, they went from thriving kingdoms to whose markets traders from all over the world sought to enter. to the british colony, which gained independence only 75 years ago. the central exhibit is a golden statue of buddha, which was made in one of the kingdoms of myanmar at the end of the 18th century. gold letters, caskets, silver bowls, inlaid offering vessels, chairs ivory artfully woven wall hangings. during british colonization, many unique artifacts were taken out of the country. for many years they were hidden in museums, not exhibited or studied. finally they left the vault to remind the general public of the once rich, almost forgotten kingdoms, and we are sure that these wonderful cultures with such a history have a wonderful and bright future, right maryana? i'm sure, i see how beautiful it is, some kind of delicate work, you know, i saw gold objects, gold, it shines so much, shines, you know what i remembered, about whom, about alexandredukh, very soon... bel

the european union are here, plus countries like switzerland, norway, others, by the way, from there burmal members, that is , we have a much wider opportunity to discuss the issue, and well , the opening of the january session of the parliamentary assembly was literally just now, and it was agreed that the debate will be held on thursday. about the situation of ukrainian children with the participation, with the online participation of the first layee, and well in fact, it will be a continuation of the special committee that periya created for ukrainian children, and it is not only about deportation... it will be, well, the main issue, i think, is how to return ukrainian children, how to attract the red cross there, better how to punish russia, but we would also like to raise such practical issues as helping children in ukraine, with educational projects, with medical projects, or the stay of children seeking asylum in various countries outside of ukraine, and there are simply many issues practical, how are the educational ones there? combine and so on, some kind of psychological help, an

government representative discuss second site independent role in investigating sub postmaster is burmar ministers. a former sub—postmistress who was wrongly prosecuted and jailed while she was pregnant. we have got these documents to show you. she survived a traumatic 13 year struggle to clear her name.— a traumatic 13 year struggle to clear her name. every time new documents” — clear her name. every time new documents, , the _ clear her name. every time new documents,, the main - clear her name. every time new documents,, the main thing - clear her name. every time new documents,, the main thing is l clear her name. every time new. documents,, the main thing is we have got this now in black and white, what is next now? you have got a whole list of people behind the scandal and the people accountable need to be there. irate accountable need to be there. we need full accountability. today we finally caught up with one of the top executives in the project sparrow meeting, but she was not having questions. we contacted alice perkins and paula venables but didn't receive a response. richar

issues including relating to russia's war against ukraine, the middle east, the dprk, the south sea and burmathey also discussed other issues related to that. i'll take some questions. reporter that initial reports suggest that the attack drone that killed the that base?s was mr. kirby: i cannot. reporter: can you update us the of the attack beyond vaguely iran, do you have a spefng militia group? mr. kirby: we are still working our way through that right now. reporter: you say the president is weighing options. so has the president not made a decisionn how to respond? mr. kirby: i won't get ad of the president's decision making. he has met twice with the head of national security, when we have something we'll speak to it. reporter: when there's a decision will we hear directly if the mr. kirby: he mentioned it yesterday in south carolina. i don't have anything on his schedule but i have no doubt he'll continue to communicate with the american hue howe important it is that these actions continue. reporter: has the president directed any c to force posture in the region? mr. kirby: we don't ta

of times and wanted us to do all of world war two because his war was in the pacific in the china, burma, india theater. distinguished flying and we'd agreed to do the deeds of the pacific because there were all those islands in the pacific also d-day landings and higgins boats were were part all of them but he came by and i think boise was at a fundraiser with him a week before we opened on sunday. he came by for private tours. he had something in alaska so he could not be at the grand opening. so he calls us after his tour. he pulls me and steve into my office and off his staffers and sat us down and said, this is the best museum in america. world war two, he says i know it's d-day and i you're doing the pacific days, but if you boys will take on all of world war two, all. and nobody else could hear this. me and steve. steve was exhausted that i was too. he rolled his. oh, god, nick, don't say yes. of course you know, if i had said no, he had walked out and it had been fine, that would have been it. and i said, well, we'll try and boys. he said, yeah we'll try and went to i went to i m

of times and wanted us to do all of world war two because his war was in the pacific in the china, burma, india theater. distinguished flying and we'd agreed to do the deeds of the pacific because there were all those islands in the pacific also d-day landings and higgins boats were were part all of them but he came by and i think boise was at a fundraiser with him a week before we opened on sunday. he came by for private tours. he had something in alaska so he could not be at the grand opening. so he calls us after his tour. he pulls me and steve into my office and off his staffers and sat us down and said, this is the best museum in america. world war two, he says i know it's d-day and i you're doing the pacific days, but if you boys will take on all of world war two, all. and nobody else could hear this. me and steve. steve was exhausted that i was too. he rolled his. oh, god, nick, don't say yes. of course you know, if i had said no, he had walked out and it had been fine, that would have been it. and i said, well, we'll try and boys. he said, yeah we'll try and went to i went to i m

including relating to russia's war against ukraine, the middle east, the dprk, the south china sea and burma. they also discussed other issues related to that. i'll take some questions. reporter: can you confirm that initial reports suggest that the attack drone that killed the u.s. forces was misidentified for a u.s. dro that base? mr. kirby: i cannot. reporter: can you update us they confirmed attribution of the attacks beyond bagley iran backed musicians? -- militias? do you have a specific group? mr. kirby: we are still working our way through that right now. reporter: you say the president is weighing options. so has the president not made a decision on how to respond? mr. kirby: i won't get ahead of the president's decision making. he has met twice with the head of national security, when we have something we'll speak to it. >> will the president speak to the american people about this? >> he mentioned it in south carolina. there is nothing on his schedule to speak to but i have no doubt he will continue to communicate with the american people about how important it is that these missi

, predates my time as foreign _ recently in burma, predates my time as foreign secretary.ith what africa — approach, and we don't agree with what africa is doing. i approach, and we don't agree with what africa is doing.— what africa is doing. i actually a . ree what africa is doing. i actually agree with — what africa is doing. i actually agree with you _ what africa is doing. i actually agree with you that _ what africa is doing. i actuallyl agree with you that sometimes what africa is doing. i actually - agree with you that sometimes it's not about the technical definitions and at around that good feeling of is it right or wrong. can i pivot to another issue around the west bank? what is your view of the increase in violence there? have you had conversations with the israeli government to try reduce that question yes, what is happening in terms of violence is unacceptable. we are working with the home office, we have _ we are working with the home office, we have put— we are working with the home office, we have put in place travel bans on those _ we have put in place t

issues including those related to russia's war against ukraine, the middle east, south china sea and burmay discussed crossing the street issues. >> a couple of questions, can you confirm the initial report suggesting that the attack drone the killed u.s. forces was misidentified for a u.s. drone returning to the base? has the u.s. definitively confirmed attribution of the attack beyond vaguely iran backed militias, is there a specific militia group? >> we are working through that right now. >> the president is still weighing options, does that mean the present has not made a decision? >> i won't get ahead of his decision-making, he met twice with the national security team including not long ago when we had something to speak to we will speak to it. >> will be here directly from the president? will he speak to the american people? >> you mentioned yesterday in south carolina. i don't have anything on his schedule to speak to but i have no doubt he will continue to communicate about how important it is that these missions continue and troops are safe. >> has the president directed change t

too, about 10 years ago i went on a journey from siberia to... and back by steamship through china, burmato him, but that’s not what he’s talking about, he asked me about russia, i asked him about the islands, that’s where the tribe lives, thanks to the dwarf savages who hunt with the help of these small poisoned arrows, very similar to what you describe. and this tribe had some peculiarities, maybe a congenital deformity or not all their toes, how do i know, but it’s very possible, because they live extremely poorly, they say that they even sell their children to the british as sunu, gentlemen, of course very entertaining, let's finally talk about business, anton pavlovich, i apologize, anton pavlovich, your new the play seems to be a comedy, not just a comedy, even a farce, i really like the name i came up with, the cherry orchard, excuse me, maybe it’s still cherry, no, no, no, no, no, no, exactly cherry, cherry orchard, well it sounds beautiful, yes, well, by the way, how is the work going on... vladimir ivanovich, don’t think it’s too much trouble, grab the play, what can you say, st

shelters in the cox's bazar refugee camp where nearly a million rohingya refugees live after fleeing burmand into,, washington, dozens of asylum-seekers from india gerald have been -- jailed have been on hunger strike manning to release an affair due process. strikers have been denouncing their indefinite detention another dangerous conditions at the detention center. many of the seat -- asylum-seekers said immigration and customs enforcement officials have threatened them with forced feeding unless they ended the peaceful action. north west is run by geo group and has seen a wave of recent hunger strikes, most recently one that lasted over 50 days. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. happy new year. juan: happy new year. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show with a breaking story, an update on the boeing 737 max nine jets that remain grounded after a re

on global and regional issues, including the war in ukraine, middle east, dprk, south china sea and burma> a couple questions, confirm the report suggests that this -- the attack drone that killed the u.s. forces was misidentified for a u.s. drone returning to that base? >> i cannot. >> can you update us, has the u.s. confirmed attribution of the attack beyond vaguely iran-backed militia. >> we are working through that right now. >> you said the president was weighing his options. the president has not made a decision how he wants to respond? >> i won't get ahead of the president's decision-making. he met twice with the security team not long ago, when we have something to speak to, we will speak to it. >> will we hear directly from the president, will he speak to the american people of the attack and response when it happens? >> he mentioned it yesterday in south carolina. i don't have anything on his schedule to speak to but i have no doubt he'll continue to communicate with the american people about how important it is the missions continue and our troops and facilities are safe. >> an

related to russia's war against ukraine, the middle east, of course, the dprk, south china sea and burmad cross-strait issues. questions. >> can you confirm the reports that suggest that the attack drone that killed the u.s. forces was misidentified for a u.s. drone that was returning to that base? >> i cannot. >> had the u.s. definitively confirmed attribution of the attack beyond vaguely iran-backed militia? do you have a special militia group that launched the attack? >> we're still working on that. >> you said the president is weighing his options. is that that the president hasn't made a decision -- >> i don't get ahead of the president's decision making. as i said, he met twieps with the national security team, including not long ago. when we have something to speak to, we'll speak to it. >> speaking of speaking to it, will we hear directly from the president? will he speak to the american people about this attack and his response when it happened? >> he mentioned it yesterday on south carolina. i don't have anything on his schedule to speak to. i have no doubt he'll continue to co

but further than the further, then there's no measures we saw in the burma my i'm our app. well here's your case . they have said that they must, the state of israel, most facilities, all necessary humanitarian aid. em restore basic services. so that is rebuild the health service that has been destroyed and 5. gov, and i think that's a very strong statement as well. and their boss is ralph report back to them in one month to let everyone know and what progress they've made and bought what they're doing in order to enact these matters. so i think it's really a strong job and from the course. right, thomas, what did you make of what the other if you had the south african minister and the lady pandora of international relations saying about the, the lack of a ceasefire. she said that actually in affecting the 1st or exercises, the 1st part of the order that is where i must take full measures to stop coming members of the group by the palestinians. they would have to be a sci fi, as well, as we've discussed just before. and the provisional measures ran the cases. i didn't think

the jungles in colombia , the in burma , in borneo. , the in burma, in borneo. >> they're not as bad.uncomfortable. they're not as uncomfortable. they're not as sticky. and bitey as this is. >> this is tough . this is really >> this is tough. this is really tough. i think this is going to be. we are going to be very, very lucky to see bonobos here. i hate to say it. but then suddenly we do get lucky . lucky. >> yay yay yay yay lucky. >> yay yay yay yay yay yay- noises ahead . i think we might noises ahead. i think we might have heard some bonobos up ahead i >> -- >> and then just in front of me, i can see shapes moving in the trees . trees. >> that's just a sample of the bbc's wilderness with simon reeve and simon is with me. welcome very much to gb news. great to see you. your directors must have loved you at that moment because they absolutely adore when the presenter is in jeopardy in discomfort. but jeopardy and in discomfort. but they they? they do, don't they? >> and sometimes dry >> and sometimes they they dry and gently create a situation where that's likely to happen. >> oh d

if the humanitarian crisis is devastated 80 burma yemen and in africa seven coups in the sahel and west africa in thein past three years in addition to coups in gaza. it stretches across the continent to the atlantic on the red sea. the trapping and irregular migration affects cities and communities in nearly every in america. the demise of democratic governance which would humanize abuses in venezuela and haiti require increased attention. at the same time that states must not only respond to crises but must lead with a proactive agenda. whether it's nurturing her alliance with nato and g7 partners promoting an agenda for economic growth advancing solutions to climate changeli ae improving -- global helper department state must operate at full capacity to tackle these challenges remains fully staffing her mission african making sure our nominees have the relevant regional experience to lead effectively. it means being ambitious and consistent with our resources and that means making sure the department takes notable progress on diversity, equity and inclusion from every bureau to every

anymore. all these burma anymore.on to the next thing, people living busy lives. >> but in i think what >> but in a way, i think what that me is we've got that tells me is that we've got a political class who are reacting to the media the reacting to the media all the time, all very well time, and it's all very well that as the media are working that we as the media are working out what is going to hold people's attention, that in people's attention, be that in a newspaper on a broadcast. but newspaper or on a broadcast. but surely, therefore, politicians should be looking in other places, looking under stones that at. that we aren't looking at. >> yeah, should be. but >> yeah, they should be. but politicians are human too and i think it works. it actually works ways, because if you, works both ways, because if you, you you're you know, from what you're saying, absolutely right. saying, you're absolutely right. yesterday in parliament, it was nearly chamber as we nearly packed the chamber as we were exact were talking

you should ask for asking because your ancestors came from burma.should ask for something because your ancestors came from brazil.early the marxist want to this because this is a way to destroy america. to set people against each other. to say every promotion every hiring, every government contract is a contest between groups. and in every election we should vote for the par look out for o. i beg the president to rescind his drive towards d.e.i. bureaucrats runningntagon. i wish we would do something about the current head of joint chiefs who has just brazenly comes to promotions. and get back to the wonderful america that we had 20■ or 30 years ago. and i hope because examples this d.e.i. occur not only in the military but other governmental agencies in the■s s negotiate the budget for the calendar year, october 30, all of these d.e.i. bureaucrats are kicked out of the american government and we get back to where we are americans first and foremost and back to a time when merit determines who is promoted. those are three issues i hope the press wou

the chp helicopter crew found the injured woman on a part of the south burma trail just west of highwayter crews lifted her from the trail before taking her to a waiting ambulance, and she was treated at a hospital. >> okay for 21 is the time. hopefully we don't need some more rescues. i always think about the russian river, you know, when the storms moving in, we think about a lot of water areas and thankfully we haven't had a lot of rain in a short period of time, so i think we can handle that. >> i hope. but the heaviest rain will be up towards sonoma county. although i when everything's said and done, i still think santa cruz mountains are going to be in the mix here. uh, we get a little bit of a break. the wind has picked up. there's no doubt about it. but the system is coming in pretty impressive when it is lining itself that way. when they line themselves this way. hold on right there. like that. that's better than doing that. doing this. so anyway, i'm getting ahead of myself, but rainfall looks pretty good. starts later, not sooner. it might be some light overrunning, but more.

what was burma originally? tradition. so it's just driving people, more patriotic. >> yes, exactly. white brit and i mean, point is, if you got i mean, the point is, if you got rid of it, what would you replace with? replace it with? >> would be endless >> there would just be endless debates. never get debates. yeah you'd never get moving on, would you? >> you'd end up with something really in middle the really dull in the middle of the road one disagree road that no one could disagree with. of vaughan williams, >> a bit of vaughan williams, and then that'd weird to and then that'd be very weird to put lyrics to. >> well, i mean, he wrote a thing on, um, british folk music, didn't he? the greensleeves everything. and greensleeves and everything. and yeah, most yeah, we have got the most fantastic they're fantastic songs, but they're not quite as rule britannia quite the same as rule britannia and the flag. and waving the flag. >> and if you did traditional lyrics, about, you lyrics, it'd be all about, you know,