the release comes days before the aung san suu kyi's party is due to form a new government. what more can you tell us about the prisoner release and who exactly is being freed? >> reporter: yes. it's very difficult to confirm exactly who has been released or, indeed, how many numbers of political prisoner have been freed or will be freed later on friday, but it seems that around 30 have been freed already. the reason it's difficult to confirm is simply communication released from several different prisons right around the country, so it takes some time for ngos, for example, monitor exactly who has been released, but the latest is that around 30 political prison been released and they are-- prisonerers have been released and they are a group of 100 in total being freed, given amnesty by the government of myanmar which, as you say, is on its way out >>> this is all happening before aung san suu kyi's party is due to form a new government. >> reporter: yes. that's right. 1 february the new parliament will convene and most of those seats in parliament will be filled by the part

they brutally crushed descent and kept aung san suu kyi under house arrest. after an election in 2010 the government embarked on a series of reforms, including a gradual release of political prisoners. aung san suu kyi's party won last year's election and will form the next government on 1 february. after campaigning for democracy and human rights for so long, there is hope that she will finally be able to help myanmar move on from its dark past. >> translation: i highly believe that our problems will be all right because our country is now under our mother aung san suu kyi. this will be different as our mother is in power now >> reporter: there are still more political prisoner to be freed and problems for myanmar to overcome. the army will be power but it seems the government wants to set some things right >>> the committee of the oscars are to increase the minorities members. directors and others had threatened to boycott the events. the largest independent film festival sundance is underway. >> reporter: the rocky mountain air in this small resort town is

and they blame aung san suu kyi as a traitor of buddhism. >> reporter: they say it's intended to protect women but a founder of civil rights organization argues it will only act as friction. >> we want the government and parliament, the authorities to focus to eliminate violence against women. but now that these laws came and in place, it makes more confusing and more misunderstanding with the different religious. >> reporter: muslim leaders say the law is fueling their concern about discrimination. we talked to one who declined to show his face on camera, concerned about violence against muslims. >> translator: if the government protects people, no matter what their religion, ethnicity, appearance and skin color are under the rule of law, our fear will go away. >> reporter: the law would prevent couples like this one from making a life together. when they married eight years ago, he was muslim and she was buddhist and she later converted. they do not want to show their face on camera either. >> translator: i married my husband because i love him. and i converted to islam because my husb

ms aung san suu kyi was speaking at celebrations marking 68 years of independent from britain. myanmar has struggled to reach peace agreements with various minority groups which have fought for greater autonomy and recognition. giant size puppets are no longer used to ward off evil but are thriving in another way. >> reporter: this man spruces up his giant puppet. it is a tradition belonging to the people on java island. the frame is made of bamboo and hollow allowing the puppet master to kroul inside and-- crawl inside and bring his puppet to life. they were originally made to represent an says tores that could ward ward off evil spirits. they're still extremely popular and sought after at weddings, circumcision ceremonies, even for the inauguration of buildings. children get a kick out of seeing the puppets walk through the streets. >> translation: it is more fun and there is a lot of laughter. it is entertaining. >> reporter: on weekends and public holidays, puppets are usually at this square in the heart of the old city flanked by colonial buildings. it is where families co

aung san suu kyi is stopped from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that disqualifys the parent of a foreign national. her two sons hold british passports. but there's speculation the military might withdraw its objection in the new spirit of reconciliation. >> translation: whether you are in parliament or outside of it, we can all work together for the benefit of the people and the country. >> reporter: at this event for the outgoing mps at the military-backed government and their civilian successors, there was reconciliation in abundance. >> translation: now our time is up. we dutifully leave for the new people to come in. >> reporter: and then from one of the former generals an serenade. crooning to the most influential politician in myanmar right now and possibly its president in waiting. whose dreams may yet come true >>> now a young boy from afghanistan has become a global sensation after photos of his football jersey made out of a plastic bag stole parts on the internet. the five year old had been asking his family for a team jersey of his favorite football pla

the constitution bars aung san suu kyi from the role because her sons are british nationals. the new government led by her is to take power in march. her party won landslide victory in the general election in november. >>> stock markets in asia are falling after relief rally on monday. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. what is weighing on investors' minds? >> oil, again. wti crude futures did go below $30 a barrel at one stage, and stocks on wall street were heavily sold overnight. that came after the chairman of saudi arabia's state-run oil company said if oil and gas investments would not be cut. and share prices in tokyo opened sharply lower. the nikkei average fell below 17,000 one day after the index regained it. investors are selling a wide range of shares. the key index is now lower by just 2%, trading at 16,771. it's erasing all the gains it showed the previous day. oil developers, banks and insurance companies are especially lower. in other markets in the asia-pacific region, seoul's kospi also opened lower. it's now trading lower by about 1.3%. australia's

aung san suu kyi is stopped from becoming president pa by a clause in the constitution that disqualifys the parent of a foreign national. her two sons hold british passports. there's speculation that the military might withdraw its objection in the spirit of reconciliation. >> translation: whether you are in parliament or outside of it, we can all work together for the benefit of the people and the country. >> reporter: at this event for the outgoing mps at the military backed government and their civilian successors, there was reconciliation in abundance. >> translation: now our time is up. we duty fully leave for the new people to come in. >> reporter: then an serenade. crooning to the most influential politician in myanmar right now and possibly its president in waiting. whose dreams may yet come true >>> in senegal fashion is as important as anywhere else. there is a growing movement to ban the full-faced veil. >> reporter: designing clothes for the muslim women. th for this designer it is an opportunity that cannot be ignored. she started other own brand after working in paris. she

they kept opposition leader aung san suu kyi under house arrest. after an election in 2010 the government embarked on a series of reforms, including a gradual release of political prisoner. aung san suu kyi's party won last year's election and will form the next government on february 1. after campaigning for democracy and human rights for so long, there is hope that she will finally be able to help myanmar move on from its dark past. >> translation: i highly believe that our problems will be all right because our country is under our mother aung san suu kyi. our mother is in power now. >> reporter: there is still many political prisoner to be freed and many more problems for myanmar to overcome. the army will remain powerful, but it seems the old guard are trying to right some wrongs before they step aside >>> north korea says it has detained a u.s. student for committing a hostile act and wanting to destroy the country's unity. he entered the country on a tourist visa. >> reporter: this news came through on the north korean state media saying tha

prize for that cooperation could be a change in the constitution allowing their leader, aung san suu kyi, finally to become president. aung san suu kyi is stopped from becoming president from a clause in the constitution that is disqualifies a parent of nationals. her two sons have british passports. >> reporter: whether you are in parliament or outside of it, we can all work together for the benefit of people and the country. >> reporter: at this event for the outgoing mps of the military-backed government and their civilian successors, there was reconciliation in abundance. >> translation: now our time is up. we dutifully leave for the new people to come in. >> reporter: and then from one of the former generals a ser made-- serenade. crooning to the most influential politician in myanmar right now and possibly its president in waiting. whose dreams may yet come true >>> a german politician has provoked outrage with comments that police should be prepared to shoot migrants entering the country illegally. the chair woman of the right wing party says germany needed efficient controls to s

aaung san suu kyi is stopped from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that disqualifies the parent of foreign national. her two sons hold british citizenships. >> translation: we can all work together for the benefit of people and the country. >> reporter: at this event there was reconciliation in abundance. >> now our time is up. we duty fly leave for the n-- dy fully leave for the new leaders. >> reporter: then an serenade, crooning to the most influential official and possibly the president in waiting. whose dreams may yet come true >>> still ahead on al jazeera, the battle for iowa, why a state of just three million people is playing a big role in the u.s. presidential race. and in sport, former australian cricket captain michael clerk has a change of heart just five months after quitting the sport. >>> you're watching al jazeera. the top stories we're following, the main syrian opposition group is meeting with western and u.n. diplomats in geneva before talks aimed at ending the war in syria. they are threatening to walk away unless prisoner are release $and the bom

so comfortably that party led by aung san suu kyi who has long campaigned for human rights for democracy. so certainly if this current government isn't able to finish the job in the next few days, the expectation is that the new government will do that fairly quirkily after 1 february. it seems like it may be done before she takes office. it is believed there is probably half today's release about 100 political prisoners left in jail. so they could >> translation: when he came out of prison, we offered him to live here, although our house is very small. we tried hard to give him a new place. we even built a temporary small house for him, but he refused. so even if we would have been angry at him, if we would have tied him to a pole, it probably would be the same thing. >> reporter: he visited his family just ten days before the attack. during his years in prison, he managed to secure an early release. this case shows the failure of indonesia's present system to prevent radicalization of prisoners and also the failure to rehabilitate those convicted for terrorism. authorities admit they l

aung san suu kyi and her party take over on monday >>> iraqi government leaders are being urged to immediately intervene and liberate the city of fallujah from i.s.i.l. control. seven fighters were killed in the latest fighting. around a5,000 families are related to be trapped there. city leaders are demanding the u.s. led coalition intensify attacks on i.s.i.l. turkey says 20 fighters have been killed after they attacked the army in the southern cities in diyarbakir and another. they were 20 p.k.k. fighters. thousands of people have left the area, which is mainly kurdish, because of an extended curfew. nearly 600 people have died after the military launched an offensive in the region a month ago. heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in the occupied west bank in gaza. many had to be rescued from their flooded homes. flash floods have spread through geelong in australia. there will be a keen up in millions of dollars. more than 150 houses have been flooded and dozens of cars submerged. the australian bureau of metrology described it as a one in 50 year event. the system of processing refug

aung san suu kyi is the leader of that party. she has been a campaigner for human rights and then she became the leader of the largest opposition party. it is fair to say that while she was the leader of the opposition, she was silent on things like human rights, on the rights of ethnic minority groups and things like that. stl is a lot of-- there is a lot of expectation on her once her party forms the next government. that will happen on 1 february when that new parliament begins sitting. there is a lot of expectation on her to right some of the wrongs of the past and set this country on the right path >>> thank you for that. the south korean president has called for a meeting of five countries excluding north korea to discuss pyongyang's nuclear program. the international community is seeking to impose fresh sanctions on north korea in response to its fourth nuclear test on january 6. china, pyongyang's main ally, has been calling for a resumption of six-party talks to include north korea. u.s. oil prices rebounded on thursday

the verdict was overwhelmingly in favor of aung san suu kyi's national league for democracy. the leader of the armed group occupying a wildlife refuge in the u.s. state of oregon is asking supporting to stands down. ammon bundy and seven others were arrested during a shoot out with police on tuesday. another protester was killed. the group accuses the federal government from illegally taking lands from ranchers. the virus of zika has been top of the agenda. brazil's president says they have a joint responsibility to fight the virus. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: it wasn't on the agenda at the annual meeting of latin american and caribbean heads of state, but the spread of zika spreading across the americas couldn't have been foreseen. >> translation: we will all make a cooperation to share knowledge and experience in relation to this virus. >> reporter: the virus which is believed to cause severe neurological defects in newborns has had the most dramatic impact so far in brazil where some 4,000 babies have been diagnosed with microcephaly. a condition in which a chi

believe that we'll be able to work out our problems because the country will soon be under aung san suu kyi's party. things will be different. that's what i believe. >> the government is reportedly releasing about 100 prisoners in all. however, human rights groups say only half of them are political detainees. they say another 77 prisoners of conscience remain behind bars while 472 activists await trial for political activity. the prisoner release comes after u.s. deputy secretary of state anthony blinken earlier this week called on myanmar to free the rest of its political detainees. experts say the military-backed government hopes to create a favorable environment for lifting the remaining sanctions. a number of business people and companies linked to the former military regime are still on a u.s. blacklist. >>> work has begun on indonesia's first high-speed railway system. china secured the contract after a fierce bidding competition with japan, but problems have already surfaced, and the project is off to a rocky start. nhk world's yusuke ota has more. >> reporter: about 1,200 people atte

organic food for the residents hope that people become less dependent on imported goods >>> aung san suu kyi says building lasting peace in myanmar is a priority for her newly elected government. she has been speaking at celebrations marking 68 years of independence from british rule. myanmar is struggling to reach peace agreements with various minority groups which are demanding greater recognition. por democracy leaders in hong kong are urging the government to investigate the disappearance of a book publisher. he bo is the fifth employee of a company to go missing. steven vine says his disappearance has raised concerns. >> this is very, very chilling, indeed, because the assumption always was that in hong kong you could publish what you like and that there would be problems if you were on the other side of the border, but if you were here, nobody would come over here, nobody would arrest you. the hong kong authorities are keeping very silent. they say they're investigating what's going on. it's not clear, but the popular reaction here is one of quite considerable disquiet. the only reason

government that will be run by the opposition party, the national league for democracy lady by aung san suu kyi. they've really been doing this over the last few years. this came into power in 2011. it is made up of generals that ran the country for 50 years. they've embarked on a series of reforms including releasing political prisoners. it has been a gradual release and they have been happening fairly slowly. certainly far too who slowly for the international community. they've also been signing ceasefire deals, for example, peace deals with some of the rebel armies in the country. i think it's a case of the international community, certainly in the last few days, this week we saw the u.s. deputy secretary of state issuing a call to the president to free all remaining political prisoners before it's too late, before this government must leave office. so i think it's a case of trying to right some of the wrongs, certainly throughout that 50-year dictatorship of the military >>> thank you for that. indonesia's government is looking at ways to strengthen their counter terrorism measures after al

the law makers made up mostly of the members of military and many handover power to aung san suu kyi's party. they swept to victory. the leader of an armed group occupying a wildlife refuge in the u.s. state of oregon has asked his supporters to stand down. ammon bundy and eight others were arrested during a shoot out with police on tuesday. another protester was killed. the government accusing the government from illegally taking land from ranchers. >> reporter: a very interesting change for three and a half weeks now we've heard the governor of oregon, the f.b.i., local sheriff is the occupiers of the national wildlife refuge to leave, to just go home. today we heard the acknowledged leader of that group, speaking through his lawyer, saying it's time to stands down. this issue is in the courts now. please please stand down, go home, hug your families, legality us take it from here. clearly an indication that whatever happens here locally in south-east oregon at the refuge that has been occupied for so long, whatever happens here, whatever kind of resolution comes out, it's clear that

suu kyi is constitutionally barred from the role but said she will take a position above the presidency 150 bureaus around the world, this is bloomberg news. angie: let's take a closer look at what will be an historic day .or myanmar with david tweed do we know who is going to be president? david: no, we don't. the lady is keeping her cards very us to her chest. we do not know who the presidential nomination is going to be. probably, we will get that toward the middle of this month. the existing president, the military president, has to step down at the beginning of march. they need to have someone in place. we also don't know who is going to be the ministerial lineup, the finance minister, the minister of justice, or any of the minister positions. she seems to want to control the flow of information that is coming out. we had some speculation about certain names and she has come forward and said, no, they are not going to be the names. she seems to be very controlling at this stage. one thing we do know is that if you look at the parliament, it has the upper house and the lower house.

. >> nobel prize-winning democracy champion aung san suu kyi, after nearly 15 years in house arrest,an active part in politics. with the doors opening, our crew and i are among the first to record what has been unseen for decades by most of the world. meanwhile, this southeast asian country of 80 million people is collectively holding its breath, waiting to see what's next, and will this loosening of government grip last? of course, morning in yangon has always been about tea. it's black indian-style tea, usually with a thick dollop of sweetened condensed milk. you want it sweet? less sweet? very sweet? strong? less strong? everybody's got a preference, everybody's got a preferred tea shop, where they know presumably how you like yours. >> i want less sweet and a bit strong. >> journalist and publisher uthiha saw. we meet at the seit taing kya tea shop. >> anything can happen in a tea shop. this place means a lot of things. not just a place for breakfast and snacks. >> for 50 years of paranoia and repression, teahouses were also the main forum for guarded and not so guarded discussio

. >> it's led by aung san suu kyi. she's barred from becoming president, but i remember during the runup to that election, she said maybe there's a position above the president. >> we'll let you know. next here in "cnn newsroom," iran's car industry struggled while the country was under strict sanctions, but now automakers are getting back up to speed. we'll have a report from iran. e parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no networks, so you get t

. >> reporter: aung san suy kyi is stopped from becoming president by a cause in the constitution disqualifying the personality of a foreign national. her two sons hold british passports. there's speculation the military may withdraw its objection in the spirit of reconciliation. >> translation: whether you are in parliament or outside of it, we can all work together for the benefit of the people and the country. >> reporter: at this event for the outgoing m.p.s of the military backed government and the civilian successors, there was reconciliation in abundance. >> translation: our time is up. we leave for the new people to come in. >> reporter: and then from one of the former generals, a serenade. krooning to the most influential politician in myanmar, and possibly its president in waiting. whose dreams may yet come true >>> three people have been arrested in tanzania after poachers shot dead the british pilot. roger ga was tracking poachers in a game reserve when his helicopter was fired upon. more arrests have not been ruled out >>> in the drought stricken ethiopia over 10 million are in nee

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before the election in burma last fall i went out with the letters from him to aung san suu kyi and so, you know, that's an example not so much of having a different view or changing his mind so much as he very much supports what we're doing and has, you know, but it's keeping -- keeping a focus and attention on something that might otherwise not get that focus and attention. cuba was a bit, you know, someone had to do the talks with cuba but, you know, a lot of people had a lot of other things going on, you know? so, again, for me it's less of, like, changing his mind about something and more of actually i know that in cuba something he very much wanted to do and so, you know, i wanted to help him do that. but it's more, you know, how can you make sure that something is getting a sufficient amount of presidential attention and engagement because absent doing that, you know, it's not clear that there will be a normal, you know, focus on something like a burma. >> hi, my name is theo montgomery, i'm a sophomore here in the school of foreign service, and i'm very interested in climate ch

. >> cherri gregg from sister station kyy news radio 1006 is live in center city, where some folks areom work. or maybe head today work. i don't know. cherry what's going on out there. >> yes, good morning, jim, nicole. yes, at the wawa. at broad and walnut. it is the place to be for those preparing to go to work, a stopping point, because they have hot coffee. right in there. but as you can see, i mean, people are starting to wake up. the roads are still covered with snow, even though, plows have made multiple passes along this emergency snow route here on south broad street. but all along, as you can see, across the street there, people are getting up, shoveling the walkways, and that is not an easy job. but take a look at the video, the folks that have been out this morning, people walking their dogs, people who are preparing to go to work. people who are just want to get out and get some coffee. we even saw a jogger out here, running, i guess, rain, sleet, snow, blizzard, didn't stop him. and they're all doing this, and they're dressed with layers, trying to fight this cold weather