military, but poor at holding the burmese military and burmese government to account.h, do you think this will be a step on the way to the international criminal court? well, the proof will be in what the international community does as a response. we have seen our foreign office minister putting out a statement but he is deferring responsibility back to the burmese government. now, that isjust not to the burmese government. now, that is just not acceptable, to the burmese government. now, that isjust not acceptable, because they are the perpetrators of what the un has two scripting as genocide. and to put it back to the burmese government to use its commission of inquiry, to hold itself to account, when it has been responsible for the mass murder, the rape, the burning down of villages, is just ridiculous. and that's what's shocking about some of the responses of governments like ours and so what we need to do is see our government ta ke we need to do is see our government take a leadership role and ensure that there is a coalition built up around europe but also with

burmese government we have seen leaked documents this is totally without consultation of rohingya. and there is no really presentation of. the full and there is no transparency so international community must stop that you know with the tree present and call the sultan with growing that this is a very important issue we are a big team we cannot suffer much more than any movie you know this is very important iraq or templer can brought up a lot of very important points there one of which is the fact that when you're in bangladesh i've been in bangladesh cox's bizarre twice now in reporting trips and i hear more and more from him to refugees that they feel that they were already marginalized and that they are now even further marginalized by the international community one thing in particular that seems to bother a lot of the activists i've spoken with is the fact that when it comes to these memos of understanding that have been signed between the u.n. and the government of myanmar that the regime to have not really been consulted that they don't have a seat at the table so do you th

this worked so well, and betty hired a little burmese staff and paid him with a slice off -- a burmese assassin and paid him with a slice off a brick of opium and he delivered the mail propaganda in it. in example of correspondence going the other way, a young wife would write to her husband and basically say, describing the necessity of sleeping with a local corrupt official because the children had already notched up their belt three times and they needed the rations. youhis just went on, and know, she would never know how effective it was. that is the thing about psychological warfare. it is opaque on both ends. you do not know -- sometimes you do not know who your target is. you do not know if they get what you send, you just keep working. it is not for the faint of heart. this is a faked photo reporting to be scenes from a bombing raid over tokyo. they did a lot of this stuff, where they would get pictures of awful battle scenes, cut and paste them and act like it is happening in japan. this is a threat letter. when the japanese were on the offensive and they went through these vi

burmese government we have seen leaked documents this is totally without consultation of rohingya. and there is no really presentation of. the full and there is no transparency so international community must stop that you know with the tree present and call the sultan with growing get this is a very important issue we are a big team we cannot suffer much more than any movie you know this is a very important iraq or templar and can brought up a lot of very important points there one of which is the fact that when you're in bangladesh i've been in bangladesh cox's bizarre twice now in reporting trips and i hear more and more from him to refugees that they feel that they were already marginalized and that they are now even further marginalized by the international community one thing in particular that seems to bother a lot of the activists i've spoken with is the fact that when it comes to these memos of understanding that have been signed between the u.n. and the government of myanmar that the regime to have not really been consulted that they don't have a seat at the table so do y

here's the editor of bbc burmese.cause the government and the public are protruding this asa and the public are protruding this as a one—sided, international big power campaign, especially some of the comments that they had seen. the islamic countries, the powers that be are trying to impose on her, and people are still supporting her. we do not know that what she is thinking, what she's doing or anything like on these issues. here'sjonathan head in bangkok. this is the first time that she should've considered resigning, rather than defending a military of such terrible abuses. but to be honest, i don't think any of the diplomats inside myanmar would have suggested that even though they would have been this disappointed by it. and had on songs and she stepped and she stepped down, it will been the only entity that would have stepped in. as for criticism for her failure to speak out more, a lot of people share that and i doubt that human rights commissioners who have already been outspoken, were leaving office that the

should have freedom of movement they should have citizenship a whole long list of thing where the burmese government has even started on this and in fact you know what they're really doing is they're trying to play games with the international media they're trying to create the image that they're serious about bringing people back with this group of sixty two that we documented who had been imprisoned and then finally released of this reception center you know they want to say that they're serious they want to blame bangladesh for not sending people back when in fact it's it's burma that is not prepared to receive them and no one should forget that. you can look there are rights groups that have started. saying out the case by which they say that what happened in iraq kind should be considered a genocide and should be considered that by the international criminal court the un says that it's a textbook example of ethnic cleansing there are u.n. officials who have said that what happened bears the hallmarks of genocide but they of course that designation has not been made what do you do wha

the conflict between me and mars ethnic minorities and the ruling burmese majority that controls the army is one of the world's longest ongoing civil wars the united nations and other agencies have repeatedly accused me and maher of widespread human rights violations and genocide. madman. arrived in the gone the country's largest. to find a large demonstration in progress. the military government was dissolved in twenty eleven and sends to cheese party then won a majority in both houses of parliament in the twenty fifteen elections but has not yet succeeded in addressing the country's long standing ethnic conflicts. on monday. given the time that you know we've got a government that we're going to be best government that we all that what we all want will we all believe that this time we don't have to fight each other we have to do have a dialogue to you know to have little to debate a better country for the for the time that you know that we all the people standing up together to all. but there didn't seem to be any sign of the real hinge at this demonstration. so send us protesters

she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband. her 13-year-old daughter disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. what happened to my daughter, nobody knows. only allah can say.n' i't think i will ever see her again. it has been one year.my aughter would have come back to me. reporter: thcrimes inflicted the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15-year-old. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and now says it is the only way toe. surv >> i want nothing else but to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back.t i have lts of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back anget married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. reporter: aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. the fear is they will be forgotten, and the dangers they face ignorat the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life. bbc news, on the myanmar-banglad

burmese government we have seen leaked documents this is totally without consultation of. there is no really presentation of. the full and there is no transparency so international community must stop that you know with the tree present and call the sultan with growing get this is a very important issue we are a big team we cannot suffer much more than any movie you know this is very important iraq or templar brought up a lot of very important points there one of which is the fact that when you're in bangladesh i've been in bangladesh cox's bizarre twice now in reporting trips and i hear more and more from him to refugees that they feel that they were already marginalized and that they are now even further marginalized by the international community one thing in particular that seems to bother a lot of the activists i've spoken with is the fact that when it comes to these memos of understanding that have been signed between the u.n. and the government of myanmar that the regime to have not really been consulted that they don't have a seat at the table so do you think that

burmese government were trying to drive the rohingya out.'t get worse than genocide, and there were warnings, the international community did nothing to prevent it so now will they hold those responsible to account? do you believe that will happen. it doesn't look like it it. even today the british government is still talking about are investigation that to herself has set up and you would have to be naive to believe any justice will come from that. the ohus justice will come from that. the onusis justice will come from that. the onus is now on the international community to react, the british government should be supporting the international criminal court and if they tried to build a coalition of countries supporting that, that is the best chance of overcoming opposition from china and would worry the generals. at the moment they have got away with genocide and they have got away with genocide and they are stepping it up. if a series of countries led by the us k —— the uk said they would back icc referral, that might end the impunity. the

she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband.aughter then disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows. only allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would've come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else but to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life.

she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband.ld daughter then disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows. only allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would have come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else but to be able to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precariou

she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband.abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows. 0nly allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would have come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else but to be able to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life. nick beake, bbc news, on the myanmar—ban

the conflict between me and mars ethnic minorities and the ruling burmese majority that controls the army is one of the world's longest ongoing civil wars the united nations and other agencies have repeatedly accused me and maher of widespread human rights violations and genocide. madman. arrived in the gone the country's largest. to find a large demonstration in progress. the military government was dissolved in twenty eleven and sends to cheese party then won a majority in both houses of parliament in the twenty fifteen elections but has not yet succeeded in addressing the country's long standing ethnic conflicts. on monday. given the time that you know we've got a government that we're going to be best government that we all the what we all want will we all believe that this time we don't have to fight each other we have to do have a dialogue to you know to have little to debate a better country will do for the time that you know that we are all the people standing up together to all. but there didn't seem to be any sign of the real hinge at this demonstration. said now mass prote

that have happened over the last twelve months if we go back to the situation twelve months ago the burmese authority the civilian administration mind mark did not even recognize that this kind of ethnic cleansing was taking place if we fast forward twelve months on we've seen no use being signed between bangladesh and the government of mine maher we've also seen memorandums of understanding being signed with the u.n. agencies and i think that is a positive step forward but there is much still to be done in terms of the refugees themselves when you look at the plight anyone who visit visits cox's bizarre indeed as we heard from cate blanchett directly from her experiences from the testimonies of young children young girls who have been raped who have been subject to the worst kind of crimes against the person it's important that we provide the psychological support the health support they need to ensure we can create the climate where their testimonies can be actually recorded effectively and indeed over the medium term that those who committed these atrocities the perpetrators of these cri

the perpetrator was the burmese military and security forces the whole world is watching what we will do next and if we will but one point of agreement that the security council must act in a united part of the issue the problem of china it is perceived as being against immediate action based on the un report earlier the chinese foreign ministry issued a statement saying that myanmar does not cope well with pressure. well momma jump june joins us live now from cox's bazaar mohamed so what's been the reaction there to the issues being discussed outside the camps borders. there and there's a lot of frustration from the revenger refugees we've been speaking with not just in the last few days over the last several months they've you know particularly marginalized when it comes to bodies like the u.n. when it comes to different countries that are discussing issues that affect them so deeply but are not including them. have a seat at the table whether it's with the united nations or whether it's with the government a bundle of dash negotiating about possible repatriation of ringette with th

amy: meanwhile, a burmese court has postponed the verdicts against two reuters journalists charged with violating burma's official secrets act. at the time of their arrest, kyaw soe oo and wa lone were investigating a massacre committed by the burmese military targeting rohingya muslims in the village of inn din nearly one year ago. they are facing up to 14 years in prison. their verdict will now be announced on september 3. in afghanistan, authorities say the head of isis in afghanistan was killed in an airstrike in nangarhar province saturday night. abu saad erhabi and 10 other members of isis were reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by the afghan military and u.s.-led coalition forces. in more news from afghanistan, a suicide bombing outside an election commission office in the eastern city of jalalabad killed at least seven people on saturday. in argentina, a corruption scandal has engulfed the country as prosecutors investigate an alleged kickback scheme involving government contracts under former president nestor kirchner and his widow and successor, cristina fernandez

clovis: it will soon be ooe year since the burmese army cooducted operations, a crackdown against what it called terrororists of e mumuslim mininority of the rohi, operations that led to a mass exodus here in more than 700,000 andngya fled to bangladesh, bangladedesh is just behehind ma fefew metees away. i am standing on a bridge that separates myanmar and bangladesh . here is the border b between the countries, who hhve had o ocky relations in recent months due to thihimass crisis of the rohingya. in a p part of myanmar thatat is under t total lockdow. the army conttolsls who comes i, freely or bring much-needed aidd to the rohingya in northern raqqa. jojournalists are forbidden n fr coming ere unless they are inviteddby authorities..6 c13 c1 today.ur case myanmar hasn't bided us and wee1 are on a a so-callld guided tou. -- as invited us,s, and we have taken on a so-calleded guided tour, including to venues such as so-called "transit camps." set of authorities have these camps to welcome the rohingya who might wanant to coe ckck from bangladesh, come back to their villages in norther

burmese t.v. and all the other you know media where the missing form all the time is really. is really getting on to the people you know because as a whole country you know government and military is their military is quite a strong institution in burma you know and then the government also participating through the you know what to say through the media department is even saying that roving gangs are illegal bangali and still with me and rescue workers are struggling to reach thousands of stranded people after a dam burst four people are confirmed dead more than sixty three thousand people in the back of our region have been forced from their homes after this watching them collapse on the reports now from neighboring thailand. repair work is underway at the dam site to try to stem the flow of water the breach happened on the dam spillway a structure that was once one hundred twenty meters high vast areas of big-o. region remain submerged beneath muddy water in some places it's starting to recede but it will be a long time before once fertile farmland can be used again severa

the perpetrator was the burmese military and security forces. programme. i will see you tomorrow at the usual time. i buy. —— goodbye. a pretty disappointing start to be weak. many places saw some heavy rain. temperatures really struggled to climb above the mid—teens. it felt almost autumnal light. i can hear you sighing as we speak. it does look as though it is a potential for does look as though it is a potentialfor summer to does look as though it is a potential for summer to return as we move into the early part of september. albeit briefly, we could see temperatures in the southeast climbing to 27 degrees. that is in the 80s yet again. more in just a moment, but let us get back to the here and now for wednesday we have got weather fronts crossing the country. one producing sharp showers in the southeast and another very wea k in the southeast and another very weak affair as it brings a band of cloud, shower early bits and pieces of rain as it sweeps its way through the south and east. behind is somewhat brighter and fresher conditions with

the ringette live in huts here they say they fled their homes after being persecuted by the ethnic burmese they allege that buddhist monks were among their attackers they relied heavily on non-governmental organizations and were restricted in the. movement their ability to marry in their educational opportunities and their access to health care. for the money. but. not something that the are you going to get it was just a lot i. never heard of the lamb with. much of that among us can manage a candlelight. dinner and i. met the camp's so-called doctor but it turned out he had no medical training or qualifications. but that it would be. a money. not. sugar you didn't show what you money that in the me over the movie show would you do i just. want to see the. money. on the lawn with. but. military or. are they on the list but it. will divide the family by the neverland if. they are the. sort of million. in the connecticut with the. governor was in the right then when they are out again and again. i don't mean. it doesn't matter young. whatever but i want to go to the busy home schuchat i migh

and the execution the range every seed from the burmese government over the last 5-6 the burmese governmentrs in particular but also 30 years or more, this is not a surprising conclusion. anti-range of prejudice has existed in burma for decades. —— anti—rohingya. there are those who say politicians have done little or nothing to discourage it. what do you make of the role of the civilian leadership, particularly woodland, who was regarded by the west, many anywhere, but the kind of champion of liberal democracy? —— particularly woodland. —— aung san suu kyi. we perhaps that for political perspective rather than her father who helped found the country. i myself even campaign for her release, years ago, and it's beena her release, years ago, and it's been a huge disappointment to see aung san suu kyi's reaction to the treatment of the rohingya. but she hasn'tjust remained treatment of the rohingya. but she hasn't just remained silent, treatment of the rohingya. but she hasn'tjust remained silent, she's actually come out, using the political capital that she has built up political capital that

we'll travel to burma to follow a story of one woman's involvement in the burmese uprising.ead to italy to hear how one of europe's most daring engineering projects helped bring the french and italians together, just 20 years after the second world war. but we start with an individual whose mission has been to make the world a better place for animals. up until 1998, an horrific tradition, that was centuries—old, could be seen in town squares across bulgaria — chained bears being forced to dance to music. after this horrendous practice was finally banned, the retired and often alcoholic bears needed a place to go. dr amir kamil has been telling witness how he convinced his government that he could rehabilitate the bears. in 1998, it was clear that they announced that brown bears are a protected species. but to protect them, where to put them? for me it was a huge challenge. in the heart of the bulgarian capital sofia's commercial and political centre, a sight from mediaeval times. a 1a—month—old brown bear. she's muzzled and chained by rings through her nose and upper lip to

the conflict between me and mars the ethnic minorities and the ruling burmese majority that controls the army is one of the world's longest ongoing civil wars the united nations and other agencies have repeatedly accused me and maher of widespread human rights violations and genocide. and. that the man. arrived in gone the country's largest. to find a large demonstration in progress. the military government was dissolved in twenty eleven and sends to cheese party then won a majority in both houses of parliament in the twenty fifteen elections but has not yet succeeded in addressing the country's long standing ethnic conflicts. on monday. given the time that you know we got a government that we're going to be best government that we all that we all want will we all believe that this time we don't have to fight each other we have to do have a dialogue to you know to have little to debate a better country for the for the time that you know that we all the people standing up together to all. but there didn't seem to be any sign of the real hinge at this demonstration. so so now mass prot

another to address the genocide against the rohingya community in rokan, burma, orchestrated by the burmese military. last saturday, august 25, marked one year since the outbreak of violence in the western rokan state which resulted in a mass exodus of over 700,000 rohingyan to neighboring bangladesh. in response to this violence crime against humanity perpetrated against the rohingya community, senator mccain and i introduced the burma rights and freedom act. senator mccain would stand up for people anywhere in the world who were victimized by human rights violations. russia dissident vladimir karamiso wrote yesterday about john, as an idealist, he believed in his principles and was prepared to stand up for them, regardless of party, convenience, or political advantage. mr. karamiso has been poisoned twice in russia as a result of him standing up against mr. putin. i remember john doing just that during our foreign relations committee 2013 debate on whether to turn arms -- whether we should arm the rebels in syria. he passionately argued that we should do more to support them against basha

the conflict between me and mars ethnic minorities and the ruling burmese majority that controls the army is one of the world's longest ongoing civil wars the united nations and other agencies have repeatedly accused me and maher of widespread human rights violations and genocide. and. that the man. arrived to me and gone the country's largest. two finds a large demonstration in progress. the military government was dissolved in twenty eleven cents to cheese party then won a majority in both houses of parliament in the twenty fifteen elections but has not yet succeeded in addressing the country's long standing ethnic conflicts. on on monday. this is the time that you know we've got a government that we're going to be best government that we all that what we all want will we all believe that this time we don't have to fight each other we have to do have a dialogue to you know to have to debate a better country for the for the time that you know i'm john that we all the people standing up together to all. but there didn't seem to be any sign of the real hinge at this demonstration. cin

suppressed, and over the course of the year, thousands of people were killed in what became known as the burmesemerged as a national icon. the bbc‘s witness programme has been speaking to ma thida, who was then a young doctor in yangon. archive: the main cause of the rioting is burma's economic crisis. the demonstrations are led by students demanding economic reforms and a return to democracy. at that time, i was in my final year of medical school. it was like the whole country is in the mood of the protest. today, there have been more clashes with troops in the suburbs of rangoon. several times, troops have opened fire on the crowds... the way the government took action against this was very violent, very militant. some students have been killed. one of my friends was shot. the medical professionals, they were taking the lead, and then the rangoon general hospital became the central place of the protests. it was a very big rally inside the rangoon general hospital, and the truck arrived, and the government army shotjust randomly into the hospital. we tried to help some injured people. i never t

many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. these camps are not their permanent homes and they want to return with safety and dignity. the first anniversary rallies are a reminder to the international community about their existence. 0n the first day of an historic visit to ireland, pope francis speaks of his pain and shame over the child sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church. tens of thousands turned out to hear the pontiff address the crowds on what is the first papal visit there in four decades. translation: the failure of the ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others, adequately to address these repugnant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage. he also met — in private — survivors of abuse, and told them that there would be consequences for those who covered it up. also tonight... questions remain over the deaths of a british couple in egypt as the country's leading prosecutor dimisses claims that poisonous gas might have been to blame. tensions increase as venezuela's economic cri

many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. permanent homes and they want to return with safety and dignity. the first anniversary rallies are a reminder to the international community about their existence. the headlines on bbc news: pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. he's been addressing a crowd of over 80,000 at croke park in dublin tonight. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. sport, and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. hello, jeanette. good evening. we begin with football. 3113 the liverpool who go top of the premier league thanks to a most seller strike against brighton. —— mohd salleh. it didn't ta ke brighton. —— mohd salleh. it didn't take too long for last season's top scorer to find the back of the net and he found it in style. his second goal o

many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. camps are not their permanent homes and they want to return with safety and dignity. the first anniversary rallies are a reminder to the international community about their existence. the united nations has called on eu countries to urgently take in more than a hundred people stranded on a ship off the italian port of catania. the country's populist government has refused to let the passengers come ashore unless other nations commit to taking them. tom donkin reports. saved at sea, but now stranded by politics. more than a week ago, these migrants we re more than a week ago, these migrants were picked up, in trouble, in open waters off the coast of sicily. while the sport is no stranger to processing thousands who survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean, italy's new government are determined to take a stand and illegal migration, and are using those on board this ship as an example. i italian television, the country's deputy prime minister luigi demao said no one would

however, ms suu kyi made no mention of the allegations of massive human rights abuses by the burmeseion, blaming what she called terrorism for the crisis, which she said still posed a threat. the danger of terrorist activities, which was the initial cause of events leading to the humanitarian crisis in rakhine, remains real and present today. unless this security challenge is addressed, the risk of intercommunal violence will remain. it is a threat that could have grave consequences, not just for myanmar, but also for other countries, in our region and beyond. she also blamed bangladesh for failing to send back the rohingya refugees. her government was ready to receive them, she said. it was up to bangladesh to decide when they should come back. the two countries have signed a repatriation agreement, but this stipulates that the refugees must return voluntarily. most refugees say they do not feel safe enough to go back. the timeframe can be decided only by our two countries working together. the idps have to be sent back by bangladesh, the returnees have to be sent back by bangladesh

however, ms suu kyi made no mention of the allegations of massive human rights abuses by the burmesee called terrorism for the crisis, which she said still posed a threat. the danger of terrorist activities, which was the initial cause of events leading to the humanitarian crisis in rakhine, remains real and present today. unless the security challenge is addressed, the risk of intercommunal violence will remain. it is a threat that could have grave consequences not just for myanmar but also for other countries, in our region and beyond. she also blamed bangladesh for failing to send back the rohingya refugees. her government was ready to receive them, she said, it was up to bangladesh to decide when they should come back. the two countries have signed a repatriation agreement, but this stipulates that the refugees must return voluntarily. most refugees say they don't feel safe enough to go back. this can be decided only by our two countries working together. the returnees have to be sent back by bangladesh, and we can only welcome them at the border. that is part of our agreement. a

there was no need for to be the spokesperson of the burmese military.n iceberg of misinformation, a fabrication, she could have stayed quiet or, even better, resigned. she could have said, look, you know, iam prepared to be the nominal leader of the country, or prepare to be the sort of de facto leader, but not under these conditions. while you were in office, what kept you awake most at night, and now that you are living, what you will miss about it? the greatest pressure on me and my staff, my extraordinary staff, and people don't believe this, it is really not from the member states. you know, you can withstand the pressure of governments, they can call you all sorts of, you know, use all sorts of expletives, and in my case they have. the pressure is coming, or where you feel you need to do more to help the vulnerable communities. and the thought that you could be letting them down, or that they think that you could be letting them down is the real pressure. what i have found in this job, imogen, is the greatest leaders are human rights defenders at

people assume that is the reason they were prosecuted, there has been a great deal of pressure on the burmeseat least questioned the trial. she has refused and she has backed it is indeed she has backed the security forces in the way they acted in rakhine state, and that has only added to a veritable storm of international criticism which has not abated. 0ne international criticism which has not abated. one year after those attacks on the rohingya, in response to attacks by rohingya militants last year, and the diplomatic environment for aung san suu kyi is getting more difficult and will indeed get more tricky later today, as the un fact—finding commission on human rights which has been researching for more than a year is due to issue a report which could put another nail into the rather battered cough and of myanmar‘s international reputation. uk prime minister theresa may will fly to south africa on tuesday, before travelling to nigeria and kenya as part of a trade mission, her first trip to africa since becoming prime minister. joseph sternberg from the wall streetjournal joins me now. go

many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions.they want to return with safety and dignity. the first anniversary rallies are a reminder to the international community about their existence. italian prosecutors are investigating the country's interior minister over his refusal to allow more than 100 migrants off a rescue ship docked in sicily since monday. an inquiry will look into possible illegal confinement and abuse of power. tom donkin reports. saved at sea but now stranded by politics. more than a week ago, these migrants were picked up in trouble on open waters off the coast of sicily. while this port is no stranger to processing thousands who survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean, italy's new government are determined to take a stand on illegal migration and are using those on board this ship as an example. on italian tv, the country's deputy prime minister luigi di maio, said nobody would be allowed to come ashore until other european states promised to take them in. he threatened withholding billions of

believe she has been part of the problem, she has been part of the problem, she hasn't called out the burmesecities but she also has gone along with the cover—up. people in her office have essentially been perpetrating some of the same lies as the military, so it's time for her to read this report closely and recognise that she is being lied to by the military and if she doesn't want to be part of the cover up she has to speak up. could she have spoken up and make things any different? we think so because there was a critical point when the fact—finding mission was being organised where she as foreign minister could have issued visas to the fact—finding mission and said go in and investigate, we want to know, it would have been up to the military to then refuse access to the areas where atrocities took place but she didn't do that, she has defended the military against the international community and has missed opportunity after opportunity to differentiate her position from the military. it's hard to reconcile what has happened under her watch with where she was before and obviously this rep

however, aung san suu kyi made no mention of the allegations of massive human rights abuses by the burmeseed terrorism for the crisis, which is said still posed a threat. the danger of terrorist activities which was the initial cause of the humanitarian activities in rakhine remains real and present today. u nless remains real and present today. unless the security challenges addressed, the risk of intercommunal violence will remain. it is a threat that could have grave consequences not just for that could have grave consequences notjust for myanmar that could have grave consequences not just for myanmar but also for other countries in our region and beyond. she also blames bangladesh for failing beyond. she also blames bangladesh forfailing to send beyond. she also blames bangladesh for failing to send back the rohingya people refugees. a government was ready to receive them, she said, it was up to bangladesh to decide when they should come back. the two countries have signed a repatriations agreement, but this stipulates that the refugees must return voluntarily. most refugees say they d