the un human rights chief said he warned aung saan sui kyi of appalling atrocities against the rohingyagiven the scale of the military operation, clearly, that have to be decisions taken at a high enough level. the white house confirms that the cia helped russia thwart a terror attack in saint petersburg, president putin has personally thanked donald trump. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a fierce battle to succeed presidentjacob zuma as the leader of south africa's ruling party, voting is underway. and french sailor francois gabart has set a new world record for the fastest solo round—the—world navigation of 42 days and 16 hours. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 6.30am in myanmar where the country's leaders could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. that's the warning from un's high commissionerfor human rights. it's estimated that more than 650,000 rohingya muslims have fled from myanmar to neighbouring bangladesh s

we asked aung san suu kyi for a response, but she has not replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.ands of anc delegates in south africa are voting to choose a new leader. the result is expected to be close between the two candidates vying to replace presidentjacob zuma, whose time in office has been marked by deep divisions within the anc. sarah corker has more. beneath the singing and shows of unity, this has been a bitter leadership battle. the anc came to power 23 years ago, and this election is seen as a pivotal moment for the party. soaring unemployment and allegations of corruption have fuelled frustration towards south africa's ruling party. two candidates are vying for the votes of nearly 5,000 delegates, to succeed president jacob zuma as the party's leader. as things stand, comrades, we have two candidates for the position of president — comrade cyril ramaphosa and comrade nkosaza na dlamini—zuma. nkosaza na dlamini—zuma is the ex—wife of jacob zuma, and is promising to put more of the country's economy and land back in black hands. she is a former foreign and health mini

we asked aung san suu kyi for a response, but she has not replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.ave more of that interview with the un's high commissioner for human rights later in the programme. and bbc world news will show a panorama special on the rohingya crisis this weekend, saturday 23rd december, at 09.30 gmt. our other top story. thousands of anc delegates in south africa are voting to chose a new leader. the result is expected to be close between these two candidates — the former foreign minister nkosazana dlamini—zuma, who is one of the president's former wives, or deputy president cyril ramaphosa. both are vying to replace president jacob zuma, whose time in office has been marked by deep divisions within the anc. sarah corker has more. beneath the singing and shows of unity, this has been of bitter leadership battle. the anc came to power 23 years ago in this election is seen as a pivotal moment for the party. soaring unemployment and allegations of corruption have fuelled frustration towards south africa's ruling party. two candidates are vying for the votes of nearl

this crisis is all unfolding in suu kyi's new democracy. nobel peace prize for her principled stance against tyranny. >> -- fundamental human rights are not only necessary, but possible for our society. >> reporter: but her silence now in the face of these atrocities has astonished her admirers in the west. her helicopter just landed -- >> reporter: our interview request went unanswered. we try to ask her a question at the airport. >> i just want to see the arrival. can i take a video of it? >> no photo. >> reporter: in myanmar, answers are hard to come by. news outlets are highly censored. most people get their news via facebook. judging by what people have told us, they are not getting the whole picture. can we ask about the rohingya issue? >> translator: what i know is i see them as terrorists who attacked the rakhine state, not rohingyas, they are terrorists. >> translator: i could gather information from facebook. >> what does facebook say about them? >> translator: they want to occupy our land and our people. >> reporter: that sentime

we asked aung san suu kyi for a response, but she has not replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.the other stories making the news. the british prime minister and her senior colleagues will meet this morning to begin settling on what the uk wants from brexit. eu leaders have been pressing theresa may to come up with a positive vision of the future. michel barnier, the eu's chief brexit negotiator, has again squashed any idea the uk will secure a bespoke new relationship with the eu. police investigating the deaths of a 75—year—old canadian billionaire and his wife say the couple died of "ligature neck compression" — they could either have been found hanging or strangled. barry sherman — who founded a major pharmaceutical company — was found dead with his wife honey at their mansion on friday. a powerfailure has caused massive disruption at the world's busiest airport — atlanta in the us. the failure seems to have been caused by a fire in an underground plant. three major airlines, united, american and south—west all suspended operations at the airport. one of chile's richest men,

we asked aung sang suu kyi for a response but she hasn't replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.l report for panorama, myanmar: the hidden truth. it's on bbc one this evening at 7.30, except for viewers in scotland. it will also be available on the bbc iplayer. votes are being counted in the election of a new leader of south africa's governing party, the anc. activists say the bitterly—fought contest remains too close to call, with delegates casting a secret ballot to choose either the deputy president cyril ramaphosa, or nkosazana dlamini—zuma a former cabinet minister and the ex—wife of president jacob zuma. 0ur south africa correspondent milton nkosi is injohannesburg. is there a result yet? not yet. we are all waiting with bated breath. the delegates, you can see around me, have been coming out of the dining hall. everyone is in speculating mode, speculating on social media. 0thers speculating mode, speculating on social media. others say they cannot ta ke social media. others say they cannot take the anxiety, they are waiting for this result because the leader of the anc wil

. —— with aung sung su kyi. 0k, chennai six, on the day, that would have been your lead, wouldn't it?aybe. let's face it, the interest in the harry and meghan engagement was extraordinary. 5.6 million watched the six 0'clock news on monday. that's the biggest audience we've had for a news bulletin all week. it was the most popular news story on the website by a long distance, nearly 7 million people read the main story. so, there really is the interest there in it. the other stories you mentioned, we have covered and we continue to cover in depth. i think, like a lot of viewers, you also had concern about the tone of the coverage of the engagement, didn't you? yes, it seems as though the royal reporters are fawning and sycophantic. i don't know how they get theirjobs. i thought nicholas witchell was quite a good reporter until he became the royal reporter, and then seems to have gone the way ofjennie bond. to be fair, bob, do you have an issue that you personally don't care for royal coverage? not really, no. to be frank. it was perhaps worth a mention. it would perhaps have been at t

we asked aung sang suu kyi for a response but she hasn't replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news. hidden truth‘; it's on bbc one this evening at 7.30, except for viewers in scotland. it will also be available on the bbc iplayer. the duke and duchess of cambridge have announced that their daughter, two—year—old princess charlotte, will attend a london nursery from january. the royal couple have also released a new family photograph of themselves and their children — which will feature on their christmas card. breaking news to bring you now. regarding an raf base that is in lockdown we are told. a spokesman for the 48th fighter wing of the us air force has told colleagues of... they have said there is a security incident, there are no further details at this stage, pity if you are familiar with that part of the world, it is a huge military base in suffolk. it is in lockdown because ofa suffolk. it is in lockdown because of a security incident, we will bring you the details as they come in. time frame look at the weather forecast, foggy for a lot of people! in fact it is forming earl

need to pressure suu kyi to end the crisis.suu kyi had enthusiastic support from the rohingya, and she has let them down. >> my heart is broken for her. from my heart, i want to say, she is a liar, number one. she don't have any justice. >> reporter: for now, the rohingya focus on building their lives in chicago. salamat says he wants to be a pilot one day. hasen wants to continue to improve at soccer. all of the rohingya students struggle to live a normal life, with the specter of ethnic cleansing in their native country weighing heavily on their minds. i'm paris schlitz for the pbs newshour in chicago. >> sreenivasan: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: from the newshour bookshelf, a work on the simple pleasures of life. and "carol of the bells"-- a special rendition by the u.s. armed forces. but first, before heading to florida for christmas, president trump signed the republican tax overhaul into law, ending the year with a big win for the republican majority in washington. john yang is here with a look back and a look

we asked aung san suu kyi for a response but she has not replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.t at 7:30 on bbc one. prince harry has interviewed barack obama for bbc radio a's today programme. did you start using long pauses between sentences on purpose? it's part of harry's guest editorship of the programme, and features the former us president sharing his memories of the day he left office, and his hopes for life away from the white house. now, with all the day's sport, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. samoa farrah has been averted in athlete of the year. we were watching in liverpool. a warning, the report contains some flash photography. the world superbike champion arriving in liverpool with the best entrants. the toughest question was all the champion cyclist. i have been an asthmatic since i was a child. i have never taken more of the drug than i am allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthonyjoshua allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthony joshua stood allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthonyjoshua stood on

we asked aung sang suu kyi for a response but she hasn't replied. justin rowlatt, bbc news.w figures show that one in eight people in the uk is projected to live to at least 100. that's around 8.5 million people. it's part of a global trend. but how do we make sure more of us remain healthy becoming so—called super—agers? in the first of a series of reports our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been to california, to a centre for research into ageing. on your marks... to me, i don't think about age as being a handicap. set... it's just a process. you live, you die. so, why not live? irene o'bera is 8a. she makes old age look like an irrelevance. irene's been breaking world records for four decades. it takes effort. when she's not training at this track near san francisco, she's in the gym. her philosophy is simple. live the life you love, and love the life you lead. and a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits. and i want to be a winner. we're living in an ageing world. by 2050, the number of people aged 65 and over is projected to triple globally to 1.5 billion.

the un human rights chief said he warned aung saan sui kyi of appalling atrocities against the rohingya have to be decisions taken at a high enough level. the white house confirms that the cia helped russia thwart a terror attack in saint petersburg, president putin has personally thanked donald trump. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a fierce battle to succeed presidentjacob zuma as the leader of south africa's ruling party, voting is underway. and french sailor francois gabart has set a new world record

including freeing aung san suu kyi. today that must include the rohingya. this is a moral issue and a national security issue. no one is secure when extremism and instability is growing in this part of the world. i'm going to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this measure and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: let me first thank my good friend and fellow new yorker, mr. crowley, and our former chair of the asia pacific subcommittee, mr. chabot, for offering this important resolution. i also want to thank ed royce, chairman of our foreign affairs committee, for his sustained focus on this tragedy and his leadership in quickly bringing this measure to the floor. mr. speaker, we continue to see reports of rohingya refugees fleaing -- fleeing the bangladesh and widespread hunger and malnutrition for those left behind. the burmese military

we approached aung san suu kyi and the chief of the army and they have not replied he had.y. but what the un human rights chief thinks is she should have at least spoken out, she could have at least spoken out, she could have spoken out, she didn't. she won't even use the term rohingya. the human —— the un say that is dehumanising to the extent you believe anything is possible. extraordinary language for a senior un diplomat. you must be so angry when you see this? it does make you very angry. when you hear what has happened to people... as a reporter you have to remain objective, but it's hard not to feel angry and incredibly moved by what you see. i've got to say the other thing is, in bangladesh you a ride of the middle of the monsoon season, they have got absolutely nothing, and yet they had the resilience and strength to build homes for themselves. the world community wasn't ready for them to arrive. the un, the aid organisations, want there to provide food and shelter. they had to do everything for themselves. it was quite inspiring to see how strong these people were

we asked aung san suu kyi for a response, but she has not replied. institutional racism was a factor in the feelings of avon and somerset co nsta bula ry the feelings of avon and somerset constabulary and bristol council. the report says they repeatedly sided with the abusers of the man, after wrongly been accused of being after wrongly been accused of being a paedophile. bijan ebrahimi‘s sisters have been giving reaction to their brother‘s death. sisters have been giving reaction to their brother's death. we were shocked, after all these years, there is institutional racism still existing in the council place or other organisations, but they should never see this sort of behaviour. it's never see this sort of behaviour. it‘s really disappointing. i acknowledging that is a huge relief. we have been looking for over four yea rs we have been looking for over four years to tell people we believe him and he was always saying this was happening to him and now this report is out saying the race was at an institutional level in both the police and the counc

kyi and whether she entered government knew what was going onlj spoke to her on the phone and i appealedwhat? she said, this is awful, we want to look at it. a couple of days after that, we began to question the methodology we had chosen, they began to chose the right question whether facts were correct. this was her government. that was a policy you think was sanctioned by her? that's what i'm supposing. this is what i assume. this comes as myanmar has been authorised to proceed with the case against two reporters who were arrested last week. this is a picture released by the ministry of information. they are accused of violating the country's colonial area official secrets act and have been covering the crisis in myanmar. here is the chief operating officer of reuters. we know very little. we've not been given any contact with them, we don't know where they are being held, we've had very little official information about why they are being held. we don't know what condition the either well—being. it is a terrible situation. these are two professional journalists and situation. these ar

the spectacular fall of anthony scare new kyi as communications director. no small part, because he communicated with a reporter using language we can't repeat. a big day on day one for the new chief of staff. the 11th hour gets underway now. day 193 of the trump administration. anthony scare new kyi is out as white house communications director ten days after he first walked into the briefing room podium announcing his arrival. yet it's not even our lead story here tonight. laushs wanted the the statements to be truth. the post is reporting that trump personally dictated the statement while on air force one as he flew back from the g 20 summit in germany. he had just met with putin for the first time as president. the piece reads in part, the extent of the president's personal intervention in his son's response the details of which have not previously been reported, adds to a series of actions that trump has taken that some advisors fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. it goes on to quote the deputy special prosecuto

it's a question that's of acute interest to stephan kyi and from the swedish museum of natural history in stockholm. the stein on this mare or rocky see is a plateau in the back to scotland alps here he finds layers of stone that were once home to masses of brachiopods another group of hard shelled animals. and one of these valves open up a little they reveal arms covered in fine hairs called cilia and when water streams into the shell they serve as a filter separating particles of food from the water not once but she could hold. their range of similar finds across the line stone alps their sheer numbers can't be a coincidence so what explains their prevalence steffen killed believes that the brachiopods were dependent on one particular source of nutrition in the depths of the testis ocean methane. oregon in the u.s. state of oregon we found mass occurrences of the same brachiopods in deep water sediment from the same area called we were able to confirm that this was connected to a former methane deposit as the methane emerged from underground it would be ingested by bacteria which gre

the countries leader, aung san suu kyi, has promised repatriation of refugees and reconstruction, but has pointedly refused to a knowledge the abuses. she is supported by much of the burmese population and by her country's neighbor china. laura: the united nations warns that a reduction in the number of he's keeping troops in the democratic republic of congo could lead to even more instability and loss of life. as we reported last night, nearly 1.5 million people have fled their homes. it began last year in the kasai region after a conflict between government troops and rebel fighters. fergal keane has traveled to kasai. you may find images in his report distressing. fergal: the grass grows over, it conceals. day by day, the truth recedes from view. but the u.n. patrols knew where the bodies had been dumped. one of 87 known mass graves in kasai. "some bones here," the soldier says. fragments of atrocity. the clothes of the dead. at least 3000 people have been killed -- shot, hacked, beaten to death. nearly 1.5 million displaced. >> the blood is speaking. fergal: the blood is speaking?

the un's human rights chief said he assumes the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, sanctioned their repression. some 650,000 rohingya muslims have fled to bangladesh since august. south africa's governing anc is voting to choose a new leader to succeed presidentjacob zuma. nearly 5,000 delegates are expected to vote. deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, appears to be leading the nominations. president putin has acknowledged the help of the cia in preventing terror attacks in st petersburg. he told president trump the information had helped to track down and detain a terrorist group preparing blasts in kazan cathedral and other public places in the city. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london, i'mjane hill. this week we reflect on some movement, finally, in the brexit talks and ask whether the election of a democrat in alabama really is a blow to donald trump. my guests this week, the american writer stephanie baker from bloomberg markets. suzanne lynch, washington—based for the irish times, the british political commentator yasmin alib

aung san suu kyi who had little campaign against the military was elected to parliament two years later and when her party want to majority in two thousand and fifteen she was named state chancellor and thereby solidly becoming the leading member of the new government meanwhile the rohingya throughout this period they were living primarily in the western state of rakhine. but i like many other ethnic groups and there are hundreds of them they were never considered part of the myanmar population you say that discrimination and persecution of the weighing of people in myanmar has been going on for fifty years do you still have hope that this government of on time to cheat will reestablish to citizen rights of the ring of people also an issue that nobody laurier see or were stroking for the justice and we believe i think there is some telling this in front of her. i think international community should have. closed this issue the government has said that if a group of extremists of militants who are behind the attacks of october ninth and even call them terrorists with help from abroad do

a few days earlier at a meeting with the country's t factor leader, aung san suu kyi, he had skirted a piece based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity. respect for the rule of law and respect for democratic order. it has been a tightrope walk for one of the most influential leaders in the world. in myanmar he was advised to be cautious, to ensure there were no repercussions for the christian minority in the country. but in bangladesh, face—to—face with people who have gone through extreme loss and persecution, he decided diplomacy was no longer an option. he decided diplomacy was no longer an option. a driver is recovering from a terrible ordeal which saw his band teacher over a bridge. emergency services were called to the scene on the northbound carriageway before six yesterday morning. pc martin willis tweeted about how he had to grab the vehicle stopping it from swinging. glad it all ended well. it could have ended so much worse. thanks to his effort to prevent a terrible follow one. the christmas period

the un's human rights chief said he assumes the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, sanctioned their repression. some 650,000 rohingya muslims have fled to bangladesh since august. south africa's governing anc is voting to choose a new leader to succeed presidentjacob zuma. nearly 5,000 delegates are choosing between the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, and former foreign minister nkosazana dlamini—zuma. president putin has acknowledged the help of the cia in preventing terror attacks in st petersburg. he said he had told president trump the information had helped to track down and detain a terrorist group preparing blasts in kazan cathedral and other public places in the city. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to our look back at the week in parliament. from triumph to defeat: theresa may's had a roller—coaster of a week with brexit. we are going to leave but we are going to do it in a smooth and orderly way. but smooth and orderly was not how it turned out in the commons. but i have to say, it is too late, i'm sorry, you cannot treat the house in th

the un's human rights chief said he assumes the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, sanctioned their repression. some 650,000 rohingya muslims have fled to bangladesh since august. south africa's governing anc is voting to choose a new leader to succeed presidentjacob zuma. nearly 5,000 delegates are expected to vote. deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, appears to be leading the nominations. president putin has acknowledged the help of the cia in preventing terror attacks in st petersburg. he told president trump the information had helped to track down and detain a terrorist group preparing blasts in kazan cathedral and other public places in the city. sir mo farah has won this year's bbc sports personality of the year. the motorcyclistjonathan rea was second, and the paralympic athlete, jonnie peacock, was third. it's the first time sir mo has won the award. the announcement of his victory was made in liverpool's echo arena but the four—time olympic champion was in a studio in north london, with his daughter rhianna, who eventually presented him with his award. but things didn

. >> growing criticism of nld leader aung san suu kyi over her handling of human rights abuses over theandling of rohingya muslims. >> coming in at number two, the fall of isis. some thee years after the terror group surged to infamy with staggering concontests across iraq and syria, its defeat came with a wimper, not a bang. >> the syrian forces taking to the streets and officially claiming the terrorist group of raqqah has been totally liberated. now they replace the black flag of terror. >> the historic syrian city of p palmyra reclaimed with the help of russia. in iraq, isis desperately tries to hold its ground in the country's second largest city of mosul. >> senior commanders take us in in the calm before their final storm. >> there are ambitions to build a caliphate crumbling as small pockets on of isis militants are flushed out. >> the iraqi prime minister is declaring full victory over voice and mosul, saying the entire war-torn city has been liberated from brutality and terrorism. >>> >> in 2017, isis loses all of its major strong holds. lone wolf attacks in the maim of isis e

official is investigating whether burma's military and the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, committed genocide against burma's rohingya muslim minority. speaking with the bbc, zeid ra'ad al hussein said an international criminal campaign. >> giviven the scacale of the military operation,, clearly, these would have to be decisions taken at a h high enough level, and then there is thehe crime of omission that if you camame to your k knowledge that this wasan cocommitted anand you do nothino stop it, then you u could be culpable as well for that. amy: insula, -- in chile, billionaire former president sebastian piÑera easily won a new presidential term sunday in a run-off vote that pitted him against senator alejandro guillier. during his previous term, piÑera sparked massive protests by unions and student groups over his moves to privatize public services, including education. back in the united states, nevada democratic c lawmakerer n kihuen said saturday he will not seek reelection next year, as a fourth woman stepped forward to accuse the freshman congress member of unwante

the spectacular fall of anthony scare new kyi as communications director.part, because he communicated with a reporter using language we can't repeat. a big day on day one for the new chief of staff. the 11th hour gets underway now.

this powerfully but again the fact that he didn't raise it while he was meeting with aung sang suu kyi with the generals does that show at least let me put it this way that in this instance he chosen to be diplomats before head of the church. of course he was invited as a guest in part of that welcoming ceremony as such that is a gracious guest he didn't want to touch the most sensitive wound there in among the authorities and therefore he didn't directly explicitly raise the delicate issue which is also disputed some of the details regarding the nomenclature to be used to refer to the rohingya but he did speak about the principles and now just afterwards in fact raising the suspense around the world will the pope use the word rohingya or not now he has and he's done so in a place where he won't be ruffling the feathers of the authorities in a country that has a minuscule small catholic population that pope francis is also concerned about protecting in the face of possible retaliation from the government would you say father to those who would say about ruffling the feathers is somethi

situation on tuesday, when the pope actually did not mention them by name in the meeting with ang sung su kyi the six o'clock news on monday. that's the biggest audience we've had for a news bulletin all week. it was the most popular news story on the website by a long distance, nearly 7 million people read the main story. so, there really is the interest there in it. the other stories you mentioned, we have covered and we continue to cover in depth. i think, like a lot of viewers, you also had concern about the tone of the coverage of the engagement, didn't you? yes, it seems as though the royal reporters are fawning and sycophantic. i don't know how they get theirjobs. i thought nicholas witchell was quite a good reporter until he became the royal reporter and then seems to have gone the way ofjennie bond. to be fair, bob, do you have an issue that you personally don't care for royal coverage? not really, no. to be frank. it was perhaps worth a mention. it would perhaps have been at the bottom of page eight in the guardian or something like that. but, apart from that, no. you know, richard,