military but the military says their operations are only targeting armed groups bangladeshi me and maher have reached a deal to voluntarily repatriate their revenge but implementation has been delayed in the u.n. says not enough is being done to guarantee the safety of those who returned scot heiler has more from him gone. we contacted a government spokesman about this is sociate a press video that shows these atrocities in rakhine state and he said that he had not seen nor heard of it yet and that he would get back to us that has not happened now if the track record serves as any indication we probably won't hear back or the government won't directly comment on this video footage that associate press has released there have been multiple reports from humanitarian organizations who have accused of the government of queues the military of systematic rape of violence against the hands of populations in rakhine state they have denied all of that and really haven't directly responded to specific examples like the one we're seeing from associated press now it's interesting when you look at ju

at least five mass graves have been found in me and maher which they associated press news agency says confirm the massacre of hundreds over henschel last year the video appears to show bodies and puddles that asset apparently used to destroy evidence of the killings agency spoke to villagers who say up to four hundred people may have been killed and go to pin last august in our government as declining to comment on the report it so far acknowledged one mass grave containing what it calls ten terrorists almost a seven hundred thousand my hand to have fled across the border to bangladesh since the me i'm army launched its crackdown on the muslim minority last august army commanders say they are only targeting armed groups bangladesh governments they have agreed to voluntarily repatriate the right engine but the implementation has been delayed and the u.n. says it's not. not enough rather spend the safety of her hand to her return has more from. the associated press news agency has released a video it says confirms reports of a massacre of revenge of muslims in myanmar last year a.p. say

mass graves found in me and maher video appears to confirm the massacre of hundreds of henschel muslims and attempts to cover up the crimes. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up what a mosque is calling a dangerous development the palestinian groups leader ismail haniya is designated a global terrorist by the u.s. government which. poland senate approves a bill that seeks to criminalize anyone who blames the country for nazi war crimes that is despite warnings from israel and the u.s. . at the f.b.i. publicly opposes the push by the white house and republicans to release a secret memo alleging bias in the agency. early release video appears to show evidence of a massacre of a henschel muslims and me in mar last year associated press says it's confirmed at least five previously reported mass graves the video appears to show the bodies of four half buried men it's thought the killings took place in group r.p.n. and august newsagency stick to villagers to say up to four hundred people may have been killed in mars the government has regularly denied that any m

we apologise to dr maher for this inaccuracy. angela merkel, says she's "not frustrated" by the brexit process, but is "curious" to know more about the uk's aims, after meeting theresa may in berlin today. the prime minister reiterated her desire to maintain the closest possible economic ties with germany and the eu, but said there would have to be a "new balance of rights and obligations". 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. political survival against the odds. something these two leaders know all about. both have been weakened by poor election results, but when it comes to brexit negotiations, not much will happen without angela merkel‘s approval. so theresa may came here keen to stress what binds germany and britain together. the uk and germany's shared history, values and culture, i think, makes us vital partners and strong allies both bilaterally and through nato, the g7 and the g20. and we'll continue to work together to strengthen these ties for years and decades to come. the german chancellor admitted there h

early release video appears to show evidence of a massacre of a hunch of muslims and me and maher last year associated press says it's confirmed at least five previously reported mass graves the video appears to show the bodies of.

security forces themselves now the two journalists behind the investigation have been detained in mia maher and they've been denied bail a warning the. report contains images that some viewers may find disturbing. it's a chilling and detailed account of what can only be described as a premeditated massacre the photographs provided to reuters by a buddhist village elder don't lie the first the news agency says was taken on september first and shows the ten ruhi captives lined up in a row the second taken the day after shows their slain bodies in a mass grave their ages range from seventeen to forty five among them were students fishermen farmers shop owners fathers they were all part of the same community from the village of indian in myanmar's northern rakhine state but a little bit about the building when they were taking them away they said they do not worry we will send your sons back soon we have taken them for me till i die hard on all that you know of indian six thousand rocking chair remained in the village as of october and surprisingly their relatives are reluctant to move back tha

george ciccariello-maher, respond to this.his shooter was apparently a white supremacist is also and has also been violent toward women in his life. this is something we have known. this is not a surprise. these things go hand-in-hand because white supremacy and patriarchy are violent structures of power. that when frustrated, lead to violent conclusions. yet when we say this over and over in the media, it is treated as if it is the first time anyone has heard it and all the data and the information we have out there has ever thing to tell us that this is actually accurate. this is what was said after the las vegas shooting when it came out to the shooter had been in public violently aggressive toward his own partner. it happens repeatedly in cases like this. it is really frustrating to have to say over and over again that this correlation exists, though violence towards women and towards animals and howard aggression in this person's life has to do with feelings of dominance that is also expressed in n what's from a c ideolog

me and maher says its military operations were a counter offensive to attacks. it's not known how many people have died in these operations since august but doctors without borders us to mates at least six thousand seven hundred were murdered in the first month of violence i've seen nothing like it in my life the hundreds hundreds of villages torched it's absolutely devastating and i think that what is needed now is is some leadership some calm but some leadership working with the u.n. agencies for johnson is calling on me in march to work with the u.n. and repatriate the refugees dr rakhine state but under u.n. supervision me and more has so far blocked un investigators from the region and a high ranking u.s. diplomat recently quit an advisory board saying he feared the panel would whitewash the crisis new reports and photos of mass graves are increasing international pressure on sochi under a government i believe she can still make a change and make a difference but to do that she needs to show get the agencies in get the refugees back home in a way that is sa

president bill maher's from savage still embroiled in a corruption scandal and pressure is mounting on the e.c.b. to formulate a response for his part montagne his innocence he's called allegations that he solicited one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes a smear campaign leveled against him by banks angered by tougher financial regulations he can't work all the probe is ongoing but he can't be fired either he's ignoring calls to resign. and not to resign today because i'm not guilty because it's the aim of mud slingers for me to resign and to prevent me from being able to defend myself i'm afraid that the legal proceedings would last for many years and i would not have a quick and fair judgement. the e.c.b. is also being called upon to respond to a crisis snowballing in lender in. its facing money laundering allegations the lab and commercial banking association urged the e.c.b. to help mitigate the chaos but so far the eurozone central banking authority has been quiet. south africans are facing the first sales tax hike since apartheid it's put a bit of a damper on the way for ho

anti corruption agency is starting a criminal probe against the country's central bank chief bill maher's run seven he's suspected of taking bribes calling it the rules of the game for successful banking in the country he allegedly demanded one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes from the owner of the life in bank morphic banka the financial institution then filed an international complaint not feel as finance minister sought to offer reassurances. welcomed. i can assure you that they're not then fine and system is stable banks don't have the credit he issues so depositors' can feel completely safe. because the order to protect the finance sector stability and reputation i think that rich savage should resign from his post while the investigation is ongoing. as a result of a second scandal the e.c.b. stopped all a.b.l. the bank payments on one of the country's biggest banks it was accused of breaching western sanctions on north korea. who will win the election in italy a lot of politics are competing on sympathies are growing for the five star movement especially among people who are

bill maher's. it says he's a victim of a smear campaign he's accusing private latvian banks of trying to get revenge for tougher financial regulations by accusing him of demanding bribes of one hundred thousand euros a month. i have become a target have an obvious and well coordinated campaign of some latvian commercial banks to discredit the latvian state. but one day after him ship which was suspended from office the defense ministry said the accusations appeared to be a foreign disinformation campaign in a statement it said there is a high possibility that this is a white information operation from outside and its aim is to show latvia as an untrustworthy ally. to ministry didn't say which country was behind that campaign but there's little doubt it meant russia the russian foreign ministry in moscow refused comment but the bribery accusations come from a russian businessman and with elections due later this year fears of us elections . his editor of the german language newspaper. let's start of

as a curtain closes on the berlin film festival actor bill maher he picks up the best director award for his friend west understand and in a surprise when romanian director dean up in t.v. takes home the golden bear for her film touch me not. as a winter olympics and killing chang come to a close group take a look back at the highest and lows of the games final thing. i needed to money welcome to the program the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria now russia agreed to back the deal at the last minute as long as no starting date for the truth will set the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern guta more than five hundred people have been killed in the rebel held area near damascus in the past week. the bombs have been running down intensely on a string good luck for an entire wake up as smoke. asheville the sky over this rebel held district need damascus those on the ground continue to pull victims from the rubble. they've been on the siege here for years the casual

things get a little mixed up in maher say the really interesting thing about this film though is that it's set in modern day marsay and i have to say the effect of watching a story we're all familiar with someone fleeing nazi occupation set against a modern backdrop the iconic images we know so well is really chilling christiane petzold is on home turf here his fourth film at the berlin film festival he's a german filmmaker audiences really like this film and i think it's safe to say it's probably at this point a favorite for the golden bear and i definitely want to see that and what about you what else are you looking forward to seeing out there. oh my gosh there's so much so to look forward to we're really just getting started we've got a whole week left of berle an hour and so many competition films yet to screen i mean it's probably a little early to start picking favorites but i can't help myself one film that's not in the competition that i'm quite looking forward to seeing is called songwriter this is a biopic about the british singer ed sheeran and you know ed sheeran his musi

me and maher says its military operations were a counter offensive to attacks. it's not known how many people have died in these operations since august but doctors without borders estimates at least six thousand seven hundred rohingya were murdered in the first month of violence i've seen nothing like it in my life the hundreds hundreds of villages torched it's absolutely devastating and i think that what is needed now is is some leadership some calm but some leadership working with the u.n. agencies for johnson is calling on me and mark to work with the u.n. and repatriate the refugees dr rakhine state but under u.n. supervision me and more has so far blocked un investigators from the region and a high ranking u.s. diplomat recently quit an advisory board saying he feared the panel would whitewash the crisis new reports and photos of mass graves are increasing international pressure on sochi under a government i believe she can still make a change and make a difference but to do that she needs to show get the agencies in get the refugees back home in a way tha

first duty of any responsible government it is the security of all your citizens and from my mind maher perspective that means irrespective of who they are what community they belong to and yes that means protests. thing the rights and the civil rights at the human rights of the written or muslim community many political observers might also taken issue with both the tone and content of the speech by egypt's foreign minister to the human rights council some a shockley boasted egypt created in record time a modern constitution in line with international standards to preserve human rights and fundamental freedoms but when it gyptian as go to vote in presidential elections in march they won't have much of a choice on the ballot or any real challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi has either been arrested or forced to drop out human rights watch says the crackdown is a violation of the same constitution their foreign minister was so eager to highlight and of course al jazeera has journalists more to say it has now been held in the egyptian prison for fourteen months and has still not be

evidence rather than on the trumped up charges of handling security and for mission as as what the man maher government claims if that is the case and twenty four hours ago i asked the author of an amnesty international report also on the same subject was an independent body listening to these horrific test of these governments that could take action against me and you've come up now with this report with photographic evidence with very specific testimony so do you think international capitals can remain silent. well there as you know for for the international community to act upon this so far you know we have had seven hundred fifty thousand were injured are being forcibly displaced and there's been absolutely nobody action from the international community whatsoever to take any sort of action and no we have consented to believe it and of massacres genoese a marriage ing not just of india and but also from other villages that too like tuli and. so this information is going to continuously camo him on a regular basis until the international community decides to step up and take action this w

bill maher's rim cheviot says he's a victim of a smear campaign he's accusing private latvian banks of trying to get revenge for tougher financial regulations by accusing him of demanding bribes of one hundred thousand euros a month. i have become a target have been all b.s. and well coordinated campaign of some latvian commercial banks to discredit the latvian state. but one day after him ship which was suspended from office the defense ministry said the accusations appeared to be a foreign disinformation campaign you know a statement it said there is a high possibility that this is a white information operation from outside and its aim is to show latvia as an untrustworthy ally. to ministry didn't say which country was behind that campaign but there's little doubt it meant russia the russian foreign ministry and moscow refused comment but the bribery accusations come from a russian businessman. and with elections due later this year fears are mounting that the kremlin could be attempting to sway the outcome the defense ministry says that decision from asian campaign closely resembles

envoy here malbon or maher is that is it was concerned with the constitution with refinements but there was no real power breaking power brokering arrangement to get everybody the main leaders of those who counted who had soldiers on the ground to agree on how they were going to share power once you need that first then you can come up with the most beautiful constitution you want and you should promote the new generation in yemen. but i'm afraid the time has not yet come and we are looking at a few more years of bloodshed in suffering would you agree with that there were long way off from any sort of resolution here and that the longer the war carries goes on the more likely we are going to see the breakup of yemen. well i mean i agree that i think we're not any aren't close to a. sense solutions so clear and sustainable. and sustainable solution the conflict the still still on going but again we cannot just wait. wait and see and say that's that's that's the other that's the end of it it wasn't a similar situation i was reminded that maybe in twenty twenty ten when everyone felt like

creation to me and maher where the military can continue its campaign of starvation rape and mass murder against the redemption this is a. the words of this person who tweeted matt we talked about impending repatriation where are we with that program and i think talk of repatriation is really premature repatriation needs to be rooted in the principles of being safe and voluntary and dignified and the reality is right now that the abuses being committed by the me and our military have yet to even stop as we reported last week they are in effect starving out the remaining population in northern rakhine state they have blocked access so people can't go out to the rice fields in order to harvest rice they have burned markets or blocked access to other markets they have with along with vigilantes they have looted cattle buffaloes cows basically all of the range of wealth has been taken away and it's been made impossible even to go out to harvest rice fields and so the result has been now you know growing food insecurity and people consistently telling me in recent weeks when i was in banglade

central bank governing council met today with a new double absentees central bank president bill maher's from savages still embroiled in a corruption scandal and pressure is mounting on the e.c.b. to formulate a response for his part rimshot has maintained his innocence he's called allegations that he solicited one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes a smear campaign leveled against him by banks angered by tougher financial regulations he can't work while the probe is ongoing but he can't be fired either he's ignoring calls to resign. surely this isn't president decision not to resign today because i'm not guilty because it's the aim of mud slingers for me to resign and to prevent me from being able to defend myself i'm afraid that the legal proceedings would last for many years and i would not have a quick and fair judgment or stop the e.c.b. is also being called upon to respond to a crisis snowballing out not in london or in. it's facing money laundering allegations the lab and commercial banking association urge the e.c.b. to help mitigate the chaos but so far the eurozone centra

one but some recent news has tarnished a previously stellar reputation central bank governor bill maher is rib civic's has been accused of soliciting a bribe and the nation's third largest bank a b l v is facing sanctions from the united states for money laundering and other financial crimes nonresident deposits in latvia have.

humanitarian aid the reuters news agency says an investigation into the massacre of ten row hendra men by man maher soldiers led to the detention of two of its reporters while alone and who are awaiting trial on charges of illegal possession of state secrets while reporting on the ongoing war hendra crisis and a seven of the tent tourists arrested for pornographic dancing in cambodia have been released on bail they were arrested in january after photographs emerged of people imitating sex acts at a party those out on bail cannot leave cambodia their passports have been confiscated. you're watching d.w. news still to come the presidential election in russia is fast approaching is it a done deal for putin we take a look at the other candidates. but first there's been now more trouble on wall street shares have dropped dramatically again their hearts that's true some of the dow plunged more than four percent last night combined with monday's losses it is down more than ten percent from its all time high last month of simply putting the market into correction asian markets followed shanghai closed four

anti corruption agency is starting a criminal probe against the country's central bank chief bill maher's run seven he's suspected of taking bribes calling it the rules of the game for successful banking in the country he allegedly demanded one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes from the owner of a luxury in bank morphic barca the financial institution then filed an international complaint not be as finance minister sought to offer reassurances. i can assure you that the knots in finance system is stable banks don't have the critical issues so depositors' can feel completely safe. of interest in order to protect the finance sector stability and reputation i think that rim cheviot should resign from his post while the investigation is ongoing. as a result of a second scandal the e.c.b. stopped all a.b.l. the bank payments on one of the country's biggest banks it was accused of breaching western sanctions on north korea. right who will win the election in italy on march fourth a lot of parties are competing and sympathies are growing for the five star movement especially people who ar

two imprisoned reuters journalists are appearing in amir maher court for another hearing they were arrested in december and have been charged with illegal possession of state secrets covering the violence against muslim rangan rakhine state human is calling for their immediate release. of his story joins me now on set obviously you know the story incredibly well the dynamics happening here on so many different levels talk us through the court case and how it's playing out well these two reuters journalists were arrested in december last year and they had been invited to meet police officers at a restaurant over dinner and they were handed some documents by the police and they were arrested shortly after that meeting so this entire case smacks of a threat up now of course reuters and the journalists have denied any wrongdoing or its president has called for their release saying this is a blatant attack on press freedom they have just been doing their case now they've also been several discrepancies that we've heard coming up during the hearing. apparently try to make these two boards as jour

one but some recent news has tarnished a previously stellar reputation central bank governor bill maher is rib civics has been accused of soliciting a bribe and the nation's third largest bank a b l v is facing sanctions from the united states for money laundering and other financial crimes nonresident deposits in latvia have nearly been on par with domestic depositors and some say the large out of country depositors give rise to heightened concerns about issues such as money laundering. and in other banking news last week you may recall we reported that the biggest bank fraud in indian history was taking place at roughly one point eight billion dollar highs of the pun job national bank or p n b well as an update indian federal police have arrested five bank employees and have closed down the mom by branch that appears to have laundered the money but the case gets even more interesting as it surrounds the purported crook one of india's richest people known for his lavish lifestyle jeweler nearby modi unrelated to prime minister modi although the last known photograph of the alleged crim

there are faults details conditions in one hundred fifty nine countries it says the authorities emir maher have created the worst human rights crisis in decades in southeast asia. the un security council is expected to vote on a draft resolution in the coming days demanding a cease fire in the rebel held syria long. on the three hundred people have been killed in government has strikes this week alone russia denies involvement. police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing after a bar harrar attack on a village in your state there are conflicting reports exactly regarding the situation and the number of people who remain unaccounted for in twenty fourteen block around the ducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of chip uk. now a philippine delegation is on its way to kuwait to talk about the condition of its workers in this gulf country the body of joana fair list's who worked as a maid was found inside a freezer in kuwait city last month hundreds of filipino workers are now being repatriated under the order of the presence of president. will the three hun

refugees were stuck at the time for border point while trying to escape violence in their native land maher said neymar reportedly began building bunkers and forced them to leave more than seven hundred thousand one hundred muslims have fled to bangladesh. i mean in thailand cannot be ordained as buddhist monks the religious leadership made the declaration nineteen years ago some women are defying that ban and their action is gaining popularity scott reports from bangkok it's a common site with an uncommon twist buddhist monks collecting all names during the pre-dawn hours in rural thailand but beneath these robes are women female monks are not recognised by thailand's buddhist leadership or by the government in one nine hundred twenty eight the thai buddhist supreme patriarch banned them even though the constitution guarantees religious freedom the government has always supported the ninety year old declaration. despite this the number of female monks is growing when. was the first to be your day she had to go to sri lanka because it's the only affair of a buddhist country that allows it s

reliving the horrors of the me and maher military crackdown against six months on al-jazeera revisit those who survived plus. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi addresses a rally as this party gathers momentum ahead of next weekend's elections. one of the cloud is about to build again in the middle of china we are a fine looking day for monday with average temperatures in hong kong at twenty one it will be above in shanghai the humidity will rise along with the breeze possibly the temperatures at least a feeling by the time we get to choose day with the cattle actually build in east to sichuan it'll build enough to produce a certain amount of rain once again not snow but rain we've had some significant rain falling recently in the middle east and iran is cloudy is creeping across to pakistan but i think more especially afghanistan will get most of the rain but if you get an occasional shot just a few spots anywhere from karachi northwards well i think you saw for lucky not much for this time the normally typically looks like a dry day on tuesday thirty three in karachi n

sanctions the report says north korea supplied weapons to syria and me and maher and shipped coal to countries including russia and china. russian warplanes of renewed airstrikes on rebel held areas of province and syria least seven people were killed when a car was hit in aleppo the opposition and it lives have been bombarded for weeks by syrian government forces and their russian allies jets also targeted the rebel long klaver of eastern alter near the capital damascus one couple is the director of policy analysis institute he says the syrian government is looking to recapture a number of areas. last year there was a big there was a big battle about about either but this is the second largest city of syria and the government by having been stalled or going to. almost all. there is along the east coast of the country except possibly of india which is still in the hands of so you're sitting in a position to that should be a very important target for the government most people actually are questioning what that i mean these discussions ones are actually the but today i mean there are

the ethnic cleansing for the potential genocide in myanmar away from the me i'm our army of the man maher authorities but the larger failure here we are six months removed from the beginning of this crisis and you referred to it earlier as a as a refugee crisis that's been referred to as a state was this crisis those are crises that then are more more appropriately labeled in times of peace but you still have people being being forced out of myanmar you have people being exploited in bangladesh and it's been six months since this has taken place over seven hundred thousand bridges have crossed the border have been forced across the border as grave as the as the commission of crimes against humanity potentially genocide has been by the b.m.r. authorities as great has been the international community's refusal to take to take action that the world is increasingly globalized there is no no longer is there is there the plausible denial or the plausible ignorance of what has taken place. so when it comes to international peace and security the very mandate of the u.n. security council it is ab

called for a fact finding mission to be given access to the sites were contacted by al-jazeera the man maher government declined to comment on those latest reports of mass graves where the six hundred and ninety thousand written jetta fled me in march since a military crackdown was launched in august last year scott hyder reports now from the angle. the associated press news agency has released a video it says confirms reports of a massacre of revenge of muslims in myanmar last year a.p. says the pictures of here to show the bodies of half buried men. its investigation suggest at least five previously reported mass graves have been found the news agency spoke to villagers who say the number of dead could be as high as four hundred. wherever was injured but still life after the attack was thrown into flames young men like myself managed to escape the attack but others like small children and women couldn't run away in time they were either killed or tied up and thrown inside homes by the military which they burnt down using launchers. it's not the massacre took place in dar pin rakhine state

their own homes the whole robin these are all top news stories the un special rapporteur to me and maher says violence against the regime go bears the hallmarks of genocide the associated press news agency says the discovery of five mass graves confirms the killings of hundreds last year than me and government has declined to comment kenya's high court has ordered the government to reopen several t.v. stations the country's top three t.v. networks were taken off the air when they tried to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony held by opposition leader. the move sparked outcry from journalists and human rights groups odinga says his party is united in that the government is undermining the rule of law. and that this is going to. go on different we're going to go through in this. rebel government the government deserves going to. its own laws and the cons. palestinian group hamas says u.s. sanctions against its top political leader will not stop it from resisting israeli occupation washington has designated melania a global terrorist and twelve thousand libyans displaced for the past seve