moscow celebrates the life of kim philby — the soviet spy from the 60s.he bbc has heard disturbing accounts of sexual violence and brutality against rohingya women and children who've fled the military crackdown in myanmar. the united nations is warning of an increase in this type of violence and doctors say they've found that many of the women and children they're treating, have been sexually assaulted and abused by soldiers. the rohingya — a muslim ethnic minority — live in rakhine state in mainly buddhist myanmar but more than half a million are now living in refugee camps on the southern tip of bangladesh. you may find some of the details in sanjoy majumder‘s report distressing. the memory‘s still fresh, the pain very raw. a village inside myanmar was attacked two weeks ago, allegedly by the burmese military and a mob of rakhine buddhists. translation: i came out with my children to try and escape. two rakhine men pinned my arms to my side. then, they started raping me. after one finished, another one took his place, and then a third. when they let he

it is the successor to the kgb that kim philby served for three decades. translation: kim philby is a legendary man, an outstanding spy, a man who did much for the victory over fascism in the second world war and contributed to the fight for peace, justice, and freedom. and this is what philby is honoured for here — handing over a huge number of classified documents from british and american intelligence. some, including one describing an attack on hitler's life, are revealed here for the first time. it is over half a century since he was exposed and escaped to moscow... if there was a third man, were you, in fact, the third man? no, i was not. ..even longer since this virtuoso performance where the committed communist denied he was a soviet mole. he fooled everyone. his story is being revived and retold here, just as modern russia and the west are locked what many call a new cold war. he should not be regarded as a traitor, because he never betrayed anyone. he never betrayed. he was acting along with his beliefs. the double agent retained those beliefs un

british double agent kim philby spent three decades passing british and american secrets to the kgb until