can they depend upon the burmese military to protect them or the military -- for the burmese military perm tax rated these crimes -- perpetrated these crimes. so it is important, repatriation is important, the ability to go back to their villages and rebuild them is important but time is of the essence. for it to work, the international community is going to have to be involved. let us understand that this assault that went from august even up till now is not a one-time thing. it is the latest in a long line of atrocious assaults on the rohingya people. in 178 burma's military launched operation team drag obviously, causing more than 200,000 rohingya to flee to bgladesh. there were similar campaigns of assault. in 1992 and in 2012 and in 2015 and in 2016. none as horrific as what was witnessed just a few months ago, august 2017, but terrible assaults nonetheless. time and time again the rohingya people to be subjected to persecution and violence and recognize this isn't just a tactic that the burmese government and burmese military have used against rohingya. they've used it against o

in the early 19905, the burmese government.among the first diplomats to visit aung san suu kyi when she was under house arrest. so, his sudden resignation from the board is a blow. and he had some withering comments about aung san suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it isa suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it is a whitewash. i thought it would be independent, that they would be independent, that they would take her advice on the rohingya crisis. the citizenship issue, human rights, but instead, it issue, human rights, but instead, it is just issue, human rights, but instead, it isjust a validation issue, human rights, but instead, it is just a validation of a policy. this is the headquarters of aung san suu kyi's party, the nld, and it is the place that bill richardson would have come to in the 1990s when he was campaigning for the then democracy leader's released. today, we have been unable to find anyone to respond to the extraordinary criticism the former us governor has made about her. bill richardson is not alone in his di

mishaps on both burmese planes and trains are not, shall we say, unheard of.the -- uh, that is the choice. so, that may be the signal to, uh, depart at some point. >> anthony: yeah. all aboard? whoa, we're moving. here we go. >> philippe: here we go. oh, that's it. we have reached our cruising, uh, speed. >> anthony: really? this is cruising speed, we think? >> philippe: just a bit. [ chuckles ] >> anthony: you could literally outrun this train. >> philippe: we couljog ea have a nice meal in some, uh, you know, recommended, uh, restaurant. >> anthony: we could catch up with it. >> philippe: it's like the digestive, uh, walk. there we go. this is stop number 1 of 75. >> anthony: heading north, the scenery opens up. the space between things gets wider, more pastoral, and more beautiful. looking around at my fellow passengers, it could be hard to distinguish between the 135-plus ethnic groups that make up the burmese population. the very name "burma" refers actually to only one of these groups. what they all seem to have in common, however, is thanaka, a face pai

haven't been talked to and many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the burmese military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former u.n. secretary general kofi anon it's members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advice on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member bill richardson resigned the former u.s. diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a heated exchange with her on her part richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and that on song suchi lacked moral leadership while government officials said that they dismissed him because he was here only to pursue his own agenda the remaining member of the commission rebuffed richardson's resignation saying the ma'am our government is both serious and listening to the commission will obviously didn't check with us before he made that statement and i think it's really unfortunate. he didn't join most of the proceedings. sinc

let's bring in our guests in kuala lumpur is too and kin he is the president of the burmese or hinge organization in the united kingdom and a leading voice for hinges in exile matthew smith is the c.e.o. of the southeast asia human rights group fortify rights and finally joining us from geneva switzerland is phil robertson who you just saw in scott's p.c. is the deputy director of human rights watch is asia division welcome to you all matthew i want to start with you we saw those clips from the film that fortify rights produced tell us about what are the ins and outs of this repatriation deal there have been so many questions for more questions than answers are there any more indications that we know what the nuts and bolts of this deal might actually be well we know that bangladesh has a enormous refugee population and desires to rid itself of the population we know that the memoir authorities have constructed basically what amounts to internment camps on the medium our side of the border to receive refugees but we also know that refugees are very reticent even scared as you mention

government and the burmese army as you know they're going back to a situation where they've been up rooted from their homes and they're also going back to a country where they have lived on the virtual apartheid conditions for for decades now disenfranchised. citizenship stripped denied movement denied employment you know this is not a place that any sane people want to go back to just briefly their way where should they come in they're stuck in awful camps at the moment is that is there another solution. i i don't know what the solution is i really really don't i mean this is a. you know a stateless people these are people who don't have a country and a home anymore you know these are the new kurds these are the new palestinians i don't know what the solution is but the solution certainly is not forcing the ranger back to. a situation where they could be attacked whether it's safe and where they have been stripped of this is a ship and stripped of their their property and their livelihoods and been innocent thank you very much indeed. thank you so come this half hour after meeting

they been accused thanks richard the journalists in question a while known and who are covering the burmese military campaign against range of militants in state they've been charged with possessing classified documents under myanmar's official secrets act which is a law that dates back to nine hundred twenty three when burma was still a british colony the issue at the core of the story seems to be the discovery of a mass grave containing ten dead ranger which was announced by the burmese military shortly after the journalists were arrested so what are we looking at here a clumsy attempt on the part of the authorities to control the narrative on the range a story well it was actually police officers who handed those classified documents to the journalists immediately prior to their arrest was that the police set up we simply don't know we may learn more on tuesday when there will be a hearing on the case but in the meantime the burmans army has admitted that security forces did participate in the mass killing which is a reversal of their original outright denial that is in itself a signific

he called a burmese investigation into the rohingya crisis a "whitewash" and said ms suu kyi "lacked moral leadership". donald trump has threatened to stop aid to the palestinians unless they engage in peace talks with israel. he was speaking in davos alongside the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. a former palestinian negotiator‘s accused mr trump of leading the region towards chaos. and this story is trending on bbc.com. casey affleck says he won't attend this year's oscars. he won the best actor award last year for manchester by the sea. he was expected to present this year's best actress category, as oscars tradition dictates. the actor has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on previous films, claims he denies. that's all from me for now. there's been a sharp rise in the number of serious violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. us president donald trump takes his america first agenda two davos. how will this message be received by the world's global league? in the indian premier league is set to hold its biggest eve

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so butterscotch is a burmese python. how incredible is she? hey, mate!t that beautiful kind of yellow coloration. they're normally kind of a dark brown. but this one is really beautiful yellow, and they're found all throughout southeast asia. >> jimmy: how big is this python? >> well this one -- they actually do get quite a a bit bigger. they'll get up over 20 feet in length. isn't that amazing? they're the third-largest snake ever. how cool is that? >> jimmy: i'm just thinking about just running away right now. [ laughter ] >> isn't that awesome? and they're really nice and smooth. they're beautiful animals. >> jimmy: you can just feel all that muscle. it's just all -- >> questlove: yeah. >> they're so muscular, and that's cause they're -- >> jimmy: oh, man. look at that. >> do you want to say hi. hey! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, we're more e-mail buddies. yeah. >> okay. >> jimmy: we don't really like seeing that in person. >> that's all right. >> jimmy: dude, i love you, and thank you so much for bringing all these great animals. >> oh, no worries. >> j

in a report published earlier this week, mps said it was clear that the burmese military are continuingsexual violence as weapons of war against the rohingya people. the chair of the international development committee gave the commons a graphic description of what has been happening. girls as young as five years of age have been reported to have been raped by multiple uniformed actors, often in front of their relatives. there are reports of rape being widespread, violent, and accompanied by mutilation. he was sceptical of the idea that the rohingya should be returned to myanmar. the idea that the rohingya could be returned to live in internment camps controlled by the military of burma is not acceptable. we welcome the commitment of the uk government and the swiftness with which that was pledged. the government of bangladesh has told us, however, that they expect the cost of effective provision of basic services for the displaced rohingya to total eventually more than £1 billion. particular attention must be made for a clear and decisive plan with regards to any repatriation — not just

richardson resigned from a burmese investigation into violence in rakhine state, calling it a whitewash. he was particularly critical of ms. suu kyi, saying she lacked moral leadership. casey affleck, who won best actor oscar last year for "manchester by the sea," says he won't attend this year's ceremony. he was due to present best actress category. the actor has been accused of sexual harassment by female crewmembers on previous films, claims he denies. scientists have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left africa. a fossilized jawbone found in a cave in northern israel indicates that they left africa thousands of years earlier than previously thought. the discovery has upended modern theories of human evolution. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has the details. pallab: in the distant past, the first of our kind evolved in africa. our ancestors then left the continent and spread across the globe. when and how that happened is one of the biggest questions in human evolution. this fragment of a jawbone has shattered the current theory. it has rewri

government and the burmese army as you know they're going back to a situation where they've been upgraded from their homes and they're also going back to a country where they have lived on the virtual apartheid conditions for for decades now disenfranchised. the citizenship stripped denied movement denied employment you know this is not a place that any sane people want to go back to libya's coast guard has saved refugees migrants from three boats in the mediterranean sea about three hundred fifty were rescued after trees responded to several distress calls large numbers of migrants are still trying to reach europe via libya despite the dangers. the french president has visited a reception center in northern france where refugees and migrants are waiting to have their asylum requests looked into emmanuel back home then went on to cali women the refugees waiting to try to cross into the u.k. is due to meet britain's prime minister to resign may later this week is expected to pressure her to allow in migrants stuck in cali thousands were evicted from what was called the jungle migrant camp

the veteran us diplomat resigned from a burmese investigation into violence in rakhine state, callingewash. he was particularly critical of ms suu kyi, saying she lacked moral leadership. scientists say plastic in the world's oceans is posing a growing threat to coral reefs. they estimate that there are 11 billion items of plastic waste on reefs in the asia—pacific region, and which comes into contact with plastic is 20 times more likely to develop diseases. contact has been lost with a european rocket carrying two satellites, after it suffered a problem during its latest launch. the ariane 5 couldn't be reached nine minutes into the flight from french guiana. the rocket has flown more than 80 times without incident, it regularly takes satellites into orbit. the oscar—winning actor, casey affleck, has pulled out of this year's oscars ceremony, where he was expected to present the award for best actress. the star won, despite having been accused of sexual harassment by two female crew members on an earlier film, claims he denies. for more on this story, i'm joined live from los angeles

that brings the total number of burmese rohingya refugees in bangladesh to more than 860,000.rohingya refugees in bangladesh are children, many of whom have been separated from theirfamilies orfled on their own. in august 2016 myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi asked the former un secretary—general, kofi annan, to head an advisory commission looking into tensions in rakhine state. a year after, the commission released its report, saying that communities in the region face a "real risk" of radicalisation if ethnic tensions are not addressed. laetitia van den assum, a former dutch diplomat, was one of the three foreigners of the nine member commission. she has been speaking to our south east asia correspondent, jonathans head, who began by asking her about the prospect of overcoming mistrust and fear between communities in rakhine. that is going to take time, it has gotten worse since 2012 when other camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before because if you don't know your neighbour, if

that brings the total number of burmese rohingya refugees in bangladesh to more than 860,000.ohingya refugees in bangladesh are children, many of whom have been separated from theirfamilies orfled on their own. let's go now to our correspondent justin rowlatt who is at the kuta palong refugee camp near cox's bazar. just in, over to you. —— just an. ——justin. iam in i am in the largest and one of the densely populated refugee camps in the world. if you look in to the camp, you can see there is effectively a drainage channel running, pretty much an open so were. have a look at the shelters that the bill have made. —— the people. quite extraordinarily strong shelters given the material they are using. very fragile when you consider this place is vulnerable to cyclones and has an intense monsoon season. this gives you an idea of why disease is such an issue. the camp is at the moment battling an outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly bacterial infection. a couple of days ago i was out with a team whose job it is to find the infection, hunt it down and stamp it out. this man is category

rather than addressing the roots of the rohingya crisis, the group was like a cheerleading squad for burmeser corresponentjonathan head told me more from yangon. this is a really damning statement by one of only five international members of this advisory committee which was set up by aung san suu kyi to show the rest of the world that she is serious about addressing the problems in rakhine stayed and is willing to carry out implementing the recommendations of the commission that was published last year to overhaul the situation. bill richardson was probably the most prominent member of the commission. it had barely started its work. rest of the members have been taken on a quick trip to rakhine to see the situation for themselves. he backed out and resigned, saying it does not believe he was listened to. he has described it as a whitewash, little more than a photo opportunity. he said that aung san suu kyi is when most of her time blaming international media and international media and international organisations like the united nations for the problems in rakhine stayed, rather than listen

he called a burmese investigation into the rohingya crisis a "whitewash" and said ms suu kyi "lackedal leadership." and this story is trending on bbc.com. casey affleck says he won't attend this year's oscars. he won the best actor award last year for manchester by the sea. he was expected to present this year's best actress category, as oscars tradition dictates. the actor has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on previous films, claims he denies. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. my guest today is one of the big beasts of british politics. known as the father of the house because he is the longest serving member of the commons, he's also held more cabinet posts than any other living british politician. yet, ken clark says we are now in the maddest situation of his lifetime and talks of a political system that is broken. it is one of the reasons he could not quite bring himself to retire at the last election, staying on to fight against brexit and for the conservat

the veteran us diplomat resigned from a burmese investigation into violence in rakhine state, callinge's been a long—standing friend and supporter of aung san suu kyi, but was particularly critical of her, saying she was blinkered and lacked moral leadership. scientists say plastic in the world's oceans is posing a growing threat to coral reefs. they estimate there are 11 billion items of plastic waste on reefs in the asia—pacific region, and coral that comes into contact with plastic is 20 times more likely to develop disease. controllers of a european rocket which suffered a problem shortly after launch say it has deployed the two satellites it was carrying. contact with the ariane 5 was lost several minutes after lift—off from french guiana. the rocket has reputation for reliability, recording more than 80 flights without incident. president trump has again threatened to withdraw american aid from the palestinians unless they return to peace talks with israel. he sparked anger recently among palestinians and beyond by recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel, and palestinians

that brings the total number of burmese rohingya refugees in bangladesh to more than 860,000.ngya refugees in bangladesh are children, many of whom have been separated from theirfamilies orfled on their own. former dutch diplomat laetitia van den assum served on a commission looking into tensions in rakhine state. she has been speaking to our south—east asia correspondent, jonathans head, who began by asking her about the prospect of overcoming mistrust and fear between communities there. that is going to take time, it has been made worse since 2012 when rohingya have been in camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before because if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't interact you are only going to distrust each other more than before. what has been missing for a long time is government voices are saying that this has got to stop. we cannot have this distrust amongst our different communities. i think aung san suu kyi has organised one or two interfaith dialogue sessions. i think that is

consulted they haven't talked to many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the burmese military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former un secretary general kofi anon members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advise on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member bill richardson resigned. the former u.s. diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a heated exchange with her richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and they. lacked moral leadership while government officials said that they dismissed him because he was here only to pursue his own agenda the remaining member of the commission rebuff to richardson's resignation saying the ma'am our government is both serious and listening to the commission will obviously didn't check with us before he made that statement and i think it's really unfortunate. he didn't join most of the proceedings. since through the years ago and. i

iguanas are one thing but what about those pesky, invasive species of burmese pythons that now populate sorry, kids. snake haters, well, even the current cold snap will not send their slithery ranks. they survive. and by the way i was reminded of this because my son held a python in florida last week at a reptile show and i almost had a heart attack. i almost melted down when i saw him. he is the one in the orange. yeah, he thought it was cool and he demanded to hold the alligator at the exhibit as well niko. he is not afraid of anything. i had to run. by the way, we'll be right back with some breaking reaction from the president on michael wolff's book coming up. ♪ ♪ was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! i wish my insurance company had that... wait! hold it... hold it boys... there's supposed to be three of you... where's your brother? where's your brother? hey, where's charlie? charlie?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. get ready for centrum micro-workouts. the bottle curl. the twist n' turn. the str

since last august, vigilantes backed by burmese soldiers have staged attacks on rohingya, unleashing rape and murder while burning hundreds of villages to the ground in what the u.n. high commissioner for human rights has called a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. at a sprawling refugee camp in cox's bazar, bangladesh on wednesday, many resisides said they will only return to burma if they receive justice for crimes committed against their community. >> they must give us compensation for the muslims they killed, for looting and destroying our fields and cattle. houses.t return our if they show justice to us, then we can go back. we, muslims, are ready to go back to the country but they must give us our rohingya rights. amy: former photographer with the department of energy is seeking whistleblower protection, saying he was fired for documenting collusion between the trump administration and a coal company executive. simon edelman says he was fired after he leaked photographs of a meeting between energy secretary march 29 rick perry and coal magnate robert murray, showing the two

haven't been talked to and many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the burmese military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former un secretary general kofi anon members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advise on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member bill richardson resigned the former u.s. diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a heated exchange with her on her part richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and that on song suchi lacked moral leadership government officials said that they dismissed him because he was here only to pursue his own agenda the remaining member of the commission rebuffed richardson's resignation saying the ma'am our government is both serious and listening to the commission will obviously didn't check with us before he made that statement and i think it's very unfortunate. he didn't join most of the proceedings. since through the y

the burmese military has admitted for the first time killing some ranger midlands.a rs old and this is kazuyoshi mura. he is 50 years old and he has just signed a new contract, having first signed a professional contract in 1979. now, an unexpected development on brexit today. nigel farage is a mp who did more than most to confirm brexit and today he asked for a second referendum on brexit. it is not a new demand but it is almost a lwa ys not a new demand but it is almost always made by people who want to stay in the eu. my mind is actually changing on this. what is for certain is that the cleggs, the blairs, the adonis is, they will never give up. they will go one whingeing through this process. so maybe, just maybe i am reaching the point in thinking that we should have a second referendum on eu membership, the whole thing, unless you want to have a multiple—choice referendum that would confuse people. i think if we had a second referendum on eu membership we would kill it off for a generation. the percentage that would vote leave next time would be very much bigg

two burmese journalist have been charged in officialth court with breaking myanmar‘s official secretsrn services have suffered the worst disruption of any rail franchise according to a highly critical report. the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the country's largest rail operator has failed to provide value for money. it says industrial action has been a factor for delays. the government admitted the disruption has been unacceptable and called on the rmt to cancel needless strike action. new measures to clamp down on plastic waste are to be extended by the government. retailers with fewer than 250 staff are exempted from the levy. the idea is part of a 25 year plan to improve the environment. all retailers in scotland and wales are already required to charge for plastic bags. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10.30am. thank you, reeta. thank you for your comments about free speech. a viewer tweets, "when free speech. a viewer tweets, "when free speech. a viewer tweets, "when free speech is sensored by the state, it is the start of a slipp

haven't been talked to and many of the refugees are simply too afraid to go back anywhere near the burmese military also this week the launch of a new commission to follow up from a group headed by former u.n. secretary general kofi anon it's members both from myanmar and abroad are supposed to implement recommendations and advice on the range of crisis but even before their first trip to recline the highest profile member bill richardson resigned the former u.s. diplomat described as a friend of leader on song suchi abruptly left after a heated exchange with her on her part richardson said that he left the commission because it was a whitewash and that on song suchi lacked moral leadership while government officials said that they dismissed him because he was here only to pursue his own agenda the remaining member of the commission rebuffed richardson's resignation saying the ma'am our government is both serious and listening to the commission will obviously didn't check with us before he made that statement and i think it's very unfortunate. you didn't join most of the proceedings. since

then burmese government stripped them of their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred to. me has destroyed hundreds of range of villages in recent months so the repatriation plan involves putting those returning into temporary camps. dealing kluges a role for the un but in what capacity remains unclear. at the present the situation by mark is not conducive for the battery issue hundreds of thousands of refugees here are traumatized i did psychosocial support regular feature the third coming to baghdad is on daily basis even. the bangladeshi government is estimated to be spending around four million dollars a day to help pals in feed the refugees and it's signed off on a separate plan to move around one hundred thousand refugees from the camps to temporary shelters on a coastal island that critics say is highly vulnerable to typhoons western governments including the u.s. say myanmar's government is guilty of ethnic cleansing of the predominately muslim ranger they ask who can guarantee the security of the refugees like to sleep family if they return to myanmar and how can

is there any program under the global magnitsky act that targets the senior most members of these burmese security forces who likely ordered these rapes and murders and acts of arson? have you identified any of these folks and when do we expect to see sanctions announced against burma? >> thank you, ranking member. i'm glad you mentioned the global magnitsky act. we appreciate congress giving us the authority to target human rights abusers and corrupt actors worldwide. as you mentioned this authority gives us the authority to target those that are responsible for such activity, serious human rights abuses, no matter where they occur. congress has given a mandate in that legislation asking us to report at certain periods and take action at certain periods. the next period comes up in december and i think the treasury department is working to make sure that we implement this statute fully. so it is something -- >> have you identified any people in burma? >> we have not under global. it's authority that has just been delegated to us. >> thank you for that. i was arrested hanging out with joh

albino burmese python. i'm ready to take it off.to find water more turquoise than this. >> now back to secrets. it's time to relax. that's what i'm talking about. that's what i'm talking about. boy, we're not done yet here. in the dominican republic, we're going to be giving away a trip in just a few minutes and i was promised a dance lesson. a dance lesson. >> okay. i need lessons, that's for sure. ginger, back to you. wish you were here. we're having a great time. >> we all wish we were with you. you deserve it. you've done a lot of tough assignments so you're getting paid back now. >>> coming up, expert tips to find love this year. who you can take to that secrets resort. valentine's day just two weeks away. stick around. >>> "gma's" island escape is brought to you by secrets resorts & spas, experience unlimited luxury where everything is included. s ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of ama