as far as indonesia and malaysia this policy comes in effect immediately. >> indonesia and malaysia agreed to provide humanitarian sentence. to those regular migrants at sea. we agreed to offer them temporary shelter, provided the settlement and repatriation process would be done in one year by the international community >>> the statement talked about the strain endured by the three countries dealing with the migrants and called on the international community to help. many people in this part of the world will see it as a reasonable request to share the burden given the global nature of this crisis. others more critical may sense that it is a further shunning of responsibility to some degree. what is most important for the thousands that are still at sea is that from today there appears to be a refuge. >> thank you very much. that's rob mcbride on the latest developments from kuala lumpur. thank you. >> the commute to israel for palestinian workers is about to get complicated. palestinians from the legally occupied west bank must return home on segregated buses and through the same checkp

so malaysia has a special possibilities. think malaysia and indonesia has a special responsibility to impress upon the government of myanmar to respect the rohingyas and not discriminate based on race religion and skin color. >> thank you from malaysia. still ahead in al jazeera in a state where capital punishment is unpopular a jury gives the boston marathon bomber the ultimate penalty. plus: ♪ ♪ >> paying tribute to the king of blues, award winning musician b.b. king has died. >> and your back's against the wall... >> i have a problem... i don't speak english... >> hard earned pride... hard earned respect... hard earned future... a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america >> part of our month long look at working in america. hello once again you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. doctors in burundi has accused police of entering an emergency room and shooting soldiers. pierre nkurunziza is back in the country. >>> i.s.i.l. fighters have taken control of the government's hea

as far as indonesia and malaysia is concerned, is comes in effect immediately. >> indonesia and malaysia agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to those 7,000 migrants still at sea, and we agree to offer them temporary shelter provided the settlement and repatriation process will be done in a year by the international community >> reporter: in their statement the three countries spoke about the strain they are under in dealing with the influx of migrants and called on the international community for assistance. many people in this part of the world will see that as a reasonable request to share the burden for what is after all, a global phenomenon. others critical of the three governments, will see it as shunning to some degree their own responsibilities. what is important for the thousands of migrants at sea is that from today at least there'll now be a refuge >>> a palestinian man who drove his car into a crowd in east jerusalem has been shot dead by israeli police. he was said to be driving towards a group of border patrol officers two israeli officers were wounded >>> a plan to ma

says nearly 1,000 migrants died trying to flee myanmar, as malaysia, indonesia and thailand tackle ways to handle the crisis. >>> i'm darren jordon, here in doha. also ahead - face off in burundi, police crack down on defiant protesters, the president clings to power. iraqi troops join forces with shia militias to recapture the key city of ramadi >>> we go inside aleppo in syria, where the government steps up a campaign on civilians, but the rebels are under fire >>> foreign ministers of malaysia indonesia and thailand have met to tackle the crisis from thousands of immigrants seeking reference in their countries. nearly 400 from myanmar have been brought ashore. search and rescue have seen 400] more stranded in boats, the latest among thousands who fled in the past year. let's get more from rob mcbride. we are waiting on the joint statement. what is likely to be agreed on? >> that's right. the meeting is taking place, there should have been a statement. it is overdue. according to human rights groups, a response from the nation an adequate one is long overdue. they are, of course extre

♪ the rohingya journey, hundreds of migrants on the coast of indonesia and malaysia. ♪ i'm in doha alsoad, on the eve of a saudi-proposed ceasefire fighting continues in yemen. belgium sus spends aid to burundi as protests continue for a third week against the president's reelection plans. >> it has to be a bad omen maybe the gods are angry. >> reporter: and nepal's rescue mission grows from saving lives to protecting heritage. ♪ abandon at sea by smugglers and left to fend for themselves more than 1,000 migrants from bangladesh and myanmar mostly rohingya muslims sick and starving landed on the island of langkawi and refugees picked up in indonesia on sunday. they are the latest to be rested from over crowded boats arriving on the showers of malaysia and in indonesia and faced discrimination and persecution in myanmar and they are largely in the northwest myanmar, in the past and used to escape by crossing over land through thailand. and since thailand began a crack down advocates say the rohingya are trafficked to indonesia and malaysia and we are covering this in three countries, mya

he says that the thai police is working very closely with malaysia police and actually there are to malaysiaers in their headquarters for this operation down in the southern part of this country so he says they are working very very close together. he says that what this indicates, these new graves being found on the malaysia side of the border he says this indicates this is a trans national organization operation that has been going on. he is confident that this side of the border now has been sealed, also the waterways have been sealed. so that is their top priority. he said mainly because they have the key suspects already in custody. so what their primary objective is making sure the borders stay sealed and no one comes through waterways as well. moving forward the biggest challenge is the sea because he says the sea is reaching a period for the next six months where the waters are calm and boats will be able to slip by easily and that is what they are folk used on and investigating the camps and is confident the general of the royal thai police and the seven found earlier in the month i

indonesia and malaysia say the policy will be implemented with immediate effect. >> indonesia and malaysia agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to those 7,000 still at sea, and we agree to offer them temporary shelter provided the settlement and repatriation process will be done in a year by the international community >>> the country spoke about the strain that they are under dealing with the influx of migrants and called on the international community for help. for many people in this part of the world, that will be a reasonable request to share the burden of what is after all, a global phenomenon. other critical voices may see is it as the countries shunning some of their responsibilities. the post important thing for the migrants themselves numbered in their thousands out at sea is from today it seems that they have a refuge >>> thank you very much rob mcbride in kuala lumpur. >> burundi's president delayed parliamentary elections by a week after calls to put off the presidential election due next month to allow stability to return. top generals tried to topple the president after

the malaysia off the coast. and the job of this agency is to monitor and protect the waters around malaysia. so they patrol looking for illegal fisherman people smuggling goods as well as people smuggling humans. now, their job is become incredibly important after the arrival of more than 1,000 migrants this week. this is first admiral tan sir, you in your experience, you have been with the agency for ten years. you are seeing more and more people coming here via sea are you concerned about this. >> yes very concerns. especially the monsoon season. we also monitor the situation in yeah mar. the tendency there is more people coming. >> sovereign we are getting reports that the authorities over there have said that if they see any more boats of muslims coming into their waters they will give them food and fuel, and send them in malaysia's direction, what is your response to this. >> we also -- we have to consider if they come to our waters we cannot allow them to enter we will give them food and provision and send

malaysia said it will turn away boats carrying migrants unless they are in danger of sinking. indonesia says it will not allow the boats to enter eights waters. on the malaysian island where many migrants are being did he attorneyed, she sent this update. >> reporter: hundreds of migrants from myanmar and bangladesh are being processed by malaysia's immigration department here on the island after arriving on boats early there are week. these migrants need to be moved from here to detention facilities on the mainland, but we are hearing this these facilities are already overwhelmed by the number of people they are being asked to accommodate. a senior maritime offfficial told us that they will not be allowing anymore of these crowded vessels to enter malaysian waters, unless they are in distress, now this has generated sharp reactions from human rights activists here in malaysia. they say they are not sure about this policy and that it's tantamount to sign being the death warrant of phone shaly thousands of desperate and very poor migrants that could still be out at sea. >> how

let's get more from rob mcbride in malaysia. bring us up-to-date with what happens is happening there at the moment, rob. >> reporter: that's right that, grim task is continuing in the hills around the board here we are with thailand. we are very close to that -- what's thought to be the main trafficking en camp. the one the journalists were taken to by the authorities yesterday. one body was exhumed from a grave there yesterday. forensic teams are up there again today. estimated 40 graves are in that one side. authorities have identified 28 camp sides along some 50-kilometers. of frontier where there is other camps make 140 or so grace the work will continue and likely to take weeks if not months, one of the main traffics is to establish the cause of death. was it starvation, disease as was murder involved. and we have heard from a senior police chief over the weekend that this could turn in to a mass murder investigation. so the work here continues. it has to be said that there is has been a stepped up police presence and also

families and friends are here in malaysia. they will likely come here. authorities are gearing up for an influx of hundreds thousands of newcomers in the next few weeks. >>> malaysia and indonesia agreed to provide some with temporary shelter, the situation in thailand is complicated. the government said it will not turn boats away but asylum seekers will be detained if they make it onshore. >> reporter: the view of the international community has been clear - get the people onshore and get them to safety. malaysia and indonesia agreed to provide the rohingya and bangladesh migrants with shelter. thailand said no they will not open their doors yet. the government says they have and will continue to provide humanitarian aid on the boats. it boils down to immigration law. if they come onshore they'll be detained until the status of each migrant is determined. are they a refugee, have they fled for economic region if they left to find work they'd be sent back. >> once they heard us explaining the laws most of them said they'd like us only to provide food an

either malaysia or indonesia. but it doesn't matter what country it is. as long as it's a muslim country. >> reporter: officials at the united nations say 4,000 people are drifting at sea and the world body is demanding a quick response to the crisis. nhk world, bangkok. >>> u.n. secretary-general, moon moon -- ban ki-moon says an invitation for him to visit an industrial site in north korea has been withdrawn. he is currently visiting south korea. he was scheduled to visit the interkorean industrial park on thursday. north korean officials told him that permission for the visit had been rescinded. >> this decision by pyongyang is deeply regrettable. however, i as the secretary general of the united nations will not spare inport to encourage the dprk to work with the international community for peace and stability on the korean peninsula. >> ban said he has not been given any explanation about why the visit was cancelled. north korean media have also not given a reason for the move. >>> north korean officials say they're developing submarine launched ball

then they say the received the same treatment from malaysia.rvived a horrific boat journey but then started killing each other. this all happened after indonesia and malaysia refused to accept them. if the international community doesn't act soon more tragedies at sea are bound to happen. the authorities had no choice but to give them medical aid. after three moshths at sea, they were very week. some had serious injuries. >> they kill -- they tell us to -- more money. give them more money. we -- we says i have no money. we are poor. our families they are very poor. we almost live. we are almost there. we have no money. so they kill us. they tell us go back to bangladesh. >> reporter: there was great relief when some of them managed to call their families to say they were alive. >> hello? pappa. >> reporter: this is the second boat carrying rohingya and bangladeshis that has made it to land this week. but it is estimated that thousands are still stranded at sea. they say the migrants are the victims of a game of political ping-pong between thail

thailand malaysia and indonesia turned back boats.eign ministers from malaysia and indonesia are expected to met on monday to discuss the crisis. >> burundi's president made his first public appearance since a coup. 17 appeared in court charged with trying to overthrow the president. crossing it bujumbura, and her join on the telephone by haru mewett assay. what is the message that the governor had to his people. >> well he clearly want to show that he was back in town, seemingly in control. people expected the protest. he did not. instead he called burundians that he had intelligence that the group al-shabab is going to attack the people and use the unrest in the country to try to remove him from power and destabilize the country. he told burr undians - you are either with me or against. and accused the opposition of trying to remove him from power. he didn't address the elections, whether they'd be postponed or not. >> reporter: thank you for that update from bujumbura >>> in nigeria, a suicide bomb attack at a market in the north k

and people in malaysia know that.of the migrants have been going through to the indonesian side of the sea. in theory though if given the option they will start to come here. this is the destination for many on board, especially the rohingya from myanmar, many of their family and friends are already here in malaysia. so people the authorities are gearing up for an expected influx of hundreds possibly thousands of newcomers in the next one to two weeks. >> many migrants are in poor health. steph fasten visited them. >> reporter: they all thought they were going to die when they were finally rescued they couldn't believe it. doctors who examined them say their condition is very very bad. most of them are dehydrated malnourished, they have infections, and all kinds of skin diz -- diseases and authorities here are struggle to take care of them. >> translator: we thought we had died already. we had lost all hope of survival. we were so scared. >> reporter: indonesia and malaysia have agreed to temporarily accept 7,000 migr

people and another 13 policemen and soldiers in helman and the latest on the mass graves found in malaysia reporter is at the scene, deep in the jungle. ♪ iraq has launched a military operation to try to retake anbar province from i.s.i.l. what we know is shia para military forces are involved in this operation that some fear could raise sectarian tensions i.s.i.l. fighters took over ramadi just over a week ago and emron has more from baghdad. >> reporter: we are hearing troops have been for ten days to retake parts of the anbar province this is a joint effort between shia forces iraqi forces and other iraqi forces and the police. it's quite likely to be a big operation mounted in stages along some of the roads in anbar province and anbar province is a desert and taking over key roads is crucial and they are are talking about ramadi and ramadi fell to i.s.i.l. and sparked a huge internal crisis. >>> somali armed group al-shabab said it killed 25 kenya police officers and they were ambushed north of the town here and there are conflicting reports though on the exact number of those killed.

does malaysia then have to take responsibility for them?early this is a regional crisis driven by the long-standing, very horrific persecution of muslims in myanmar, the fact that tens of thousands of them according to the u.n. have fled the country and seeking shelter, going to thailand, many of them unfortunately the authorities responded to this as a criminal legal issue and they crack down on the very extensive trafficking networks in thailand. the result has been the traffickers are avoiding thailand and moving further down in malaysia and indonesia, this is a situation where at least those governments involved very clearly need to have a discussion, they need to address the situation in myanmar and the persecution of the muslims driving them out to the sea and come up with a rescue operation and more importantly they need to come up with some kind of international framework that as see if they deserve asylum or refugee status or simply need to be rescued from the hands and the clutchs of these trafficiccers. >> yeah, it certainly does

rob mcbride speaking to us from lang kau which in malaysia -- lang kau which in malaysia >>> it's been a year since the government was taken over and we assess the state of play. it's pacman's game. it was launched [baseball crowd noise] ♪ ♪ [x1 chime] ♪ ♪ [crowd cheers] oh! i can't believe it! [cheering] hi, grandma! ♪ >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >>> welcome back let's look at the top stories. a group monitoring the war in syria says i.s.i.l. controls almost half of the country. in the latest advance the armed group has now taken over the an sent syrian city of palmyra. >> a saudi-led coalition continues to target houthi positions. a military site was bombed in the early hours of friday. earlier saudi arabia denied reports that it had targeted a houthi controlled camp in the north, killing five ethiopia. >> malaysia deployed four naviships to search for stranded m

and we will have the latest in a moment but first we have more from the malaysia island. >> reporter is one of three vessels that transported more than a thousand migrants from myanmar and bangladesh to the shores of malaysia this week many of them were bangladeshi and officials tell us there were more than 400 rohinga muslims and many of them women and children and conditions on these boats must have been terrible. you can see clothes still stren on the deck with cooking and baby items, there is room clearly beneath the deck as well as on top of the deck to house the passengers and the muslims we spoke to told us food and water were extremely scarce and they were often beaten as well. now police say they are stepping up and monitoring of the maritime borders because there are reports that thousands more migrants are still out at sea. >> we are stepping up on activity in the sea to make sure there are no illegal encroachment. >> reporter: the migrants are now being protest by the immigration department and what they are aiming to achieve is refugee status in malaysia and for that to

some have landed in malaysia and neighboring indonesia. an international conference to be held in bangkok on friday is expected to discuss the impact of this issue. >>> now countries in the region are becoming more alert to the flight plooigt of myanmar's rohingya muslims. the united nations estimates that 100,000 are living near the border with bangladesh. nhk world reports. >> reporter: people stranded on this boat are jumping into the ocean to retrieve food aid dropped by a helicopter. many on the boat are lying on the floor. they look malnourished and extremely frail. myanmar rohingya muslims do not have citizenship. u.n. officials estimate more than 300,000 migrants are still adrift at sea. an nhk crew has entered the state near myanmar's border with bangladesh, clash there's years ago left many people dead. since then the rohingyas there have been pushed into isolated areas. many rohingyas make their living farming and fishing but they face hardships, farming poor land with no way to move freely. >> we need to get approval from the p

some of them we know made it to malaysia in wheel barrows. some made it on the backs of their friends. a lot of them, perhaps hundreds which is what we're finding, are buried in the forests between thailand and malaysia. >> officials fear some 500 refugees could be buried in these woods having died at the hands of people trafficers. >> in india extreme heat has killed more than 500 people. >> temperatures in a number of regions have topped the 45 degree celsius mark leading to widespread cases of sun stroke and dehide ration. >> the heat wave looks set to continue for several days to come. authorities are urging people to stay inside as much as possible. >> the heat is intense and there isn't a cloud in the sky. the sweltering temperatures have taken a toll particularly on the elderly infirm, and children. people are staying indoors and trying to find ways to keep cool. many of those who work outdoors have no choice and risk their lives to earn a living. the heat has put many in hospital. >> my brother has been admitted here. he suffered sun

malaysia and indonesia say they will no longer turn anyone away.he announcement came hours after a group of starving people were rescued. >> these are the conditions endured by over 430 burmese rohingya from finally rescued after weeks stranded in the andaman sea. many were starving and emaciated. >> very very poor. >> nearly 3000 boat people have been rescued in asian waters over the past 10 days after traffickers fearing arrest of the and and their human cargo. malaysia, indonesia and thailand sparked international outrage by driving away the boats overloaded with bernie's rohingya -- burmese rohingya or impoverished bangladeshis. emergency talks have seen a short-term deal to offer shelter. >> indonesia and malaysia agreed to continue to provide humanitarian assistance for those 7000 migrants still at sea. we also agree to offer them temporary shelter provided that the settlement and repatriation process will be done in one year. >> the u.s. was quick to confirm it would take inside the migrants. a careful look at the proposal. we are prepared t

earn malaysia developed nation status by 2020. break. ♪ makinge are the stories headlines around the world. fighters from the so-called reportedlyte have taken control of the myra -- palmyra. theontains the ruins of 2000 euros city that was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world. the islamic state has already destroyed several agents sites in iraq. has be towednyahu his defense minister's plan to segregate passengers on west bank buses. critics say this is akin to apartheid and would damage israel's international standing. the defense minister says he is determined to enact a plan for security reasons. a japanese grandfather has been jailed for drug smuggling in indonesia after customs found more than two kilograms of crystal let. -- meth. had been deceived. he checked the bag and found nothing suspicious. it was only after he was arrested that he realized it was carrying drugs. later today, malaysia will out light plans -- outline plans to achieve developed nation status by 2020. his government has been l

in malaysia's capital kuala lumpur with me.re do we know, first of all, about the migrants at this point? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, we were able to speak to police in the resort town and they confirmed for us that about a thousand of these migrants had arrived last night. many of them were women and children. they were extremely hungry, thirsty and in need of medical attention. now, the home ministry here in malaysia has not been able to confirm any of the details for us. but the news agency is reporting that the boat they were travel on the ground appears to have been abandoned by the smugglers perhaps because of the crack down in thailand on people smugglers, they in yes recent weeks have detectedded and closed down these so-called slave camps where the migrants were held until a ransom was paid by their families for their release think the conditions in this camp as far as we are being able to tell are absolutely horrific. the migrants are starved beat and reports of routine rapes of young women. this is a problem

malaysia and indonesia promise to take in some of them. film festivals to present and upcoming project returning to the big screen after a five-year absence. we begin with the latest victory by islamic state fighters who have seized the ancient city of palymyra in. there's concern militants will destroy this ancient unesco site which predates islam. the city is of strategic importance to isis. it provides a gateway to iraq policy anbar province. mark thompson has the story. mark: it's long been a city known worldwide for its beauty and historical artifacts. now palmyra's strategic importance is taking center stage. it was seized on wednesday after a week of fighting against syrian government. >> were getting stronger and stronger on both sides of the border. there was a huge amount of almost and armor. >> the jihadist fighters have also taken nearby intelligence had orders and the notorious prison, which could give the group greater firepower in the long run. >> many of the prisoners are sympathizers of their ideology and have the good rep

let's go back to our top story now, the discovery of mass graves in malaysia. what are you hearing about this discovery? >>reporter: we do know that the malaysian minister has -- local newspapers are reporting there are as many as 100 bodies found in one grave but the ministr has yet to comment on that and that is just a preliminary finding. the number may eventually turn out to be more. now, he also said that these graves were found near what they believe to be human trafficking camps. these camps have been abandoned. he also said he suspects they've been there for some time. human rights activits have been saying that malaysia and northern thailand has been an area of human trafficking. this discovery comes just weeks after thai authorities found mass graves in southern thailand. >> thank you for that. >>> ethiopiaens are heading to the polls in the first general elections since the prime minister -- more than 36 million people have registered to vote in the regional and parliamentary polls. the people's revolutionary democratic front is expected to hold powe

malaysia's foreign ministry announced on monday that the foreign ministers of thailand, malaysia and indonesia are to meet on wednesday in the malaysian city to discuss their response to the issue. on monday, the government of myanmar met with ambassadors from other countries in yangon to explain its response. >> our position is very clear. but first we have to set up a verification process to determine the status of these people. if they are coming from myanmar and they have enough evidence to prove that, myanmar will be ready to bring our people. >> speaking on friday, the minister referred to those who have reached indonesia and malaysia and cast doubt on their status as refugees from myanmar. he said some are claiming to be rohingyas because they think this will help them get assistance from u.n. organizations. roselyn debhavaly, nhk world, bangkok. >>> iraqi leaders are preparing to take back the key city of ramadi from the islamic state militant group. but there are worries that deployment could fuel sectarian violence in the predominantly sunni city. this footage was posted on

indonesia and malaysia said they'll attempt 7,000 migrants. 4,000 are at sea. that is the - that is what international organizations are saying. what will happen to them? are the governments actively going to rescue them or will they wait until they go to the land. the military spokesman said that he basically will wait and see what the government will tell him to do. until that time the policy to send away boats will remain in place. >> what kind of preparations and facilities are being made ready onshore for those that have arrived and will arriving? >> well it's early days. they have now accepted around 1800 in aceh and probably will stay there a little longer. the government is looking into other locations to resettle people for the moment. they want to keep them only for a year and after that they say the united nations have to resettle them elsewhere, because the problem is so far indonesia and malaysia have been accepting thousands of people and several thousands migrants until now and they are in indonesia for a long time. up to 10 years before the u.n.

there were offers of help here and in malaysia and abroad. if they face an influx they'll need all the help they can get. ..this man has been a fisherman, and never met a "rock newman show", and is not muslim. >> i didn't do anything wrong. not helping them is equal to killing them. they come to us to help them. we need to provide. >> reporter: he said they would help them but they have no extra money. >> in the village, down from the base involved in the operation, most feel that the country should be doing more. elsewhere in thailand there are strong feelings expressing the opposite point of view. there has been a social media trend saying the "rock newman show", should not be allowed into thailand. a facebook page will be set up entitled we will not let re into our country. 14,000 liked it. more than that, people have been asked to change their profile picture to this. it reads: the major city of thai people don't want rohingya in the country. as it moves into a new phase there's a did the to deal with - growing disagreement with the peopl

from myanmar to bangladesh through southern thailand northern malaysia. malaysia denied the existence of the camp but the discovery announced seems to fly in the face of that. now it's possible - it seems like there's a link between the camp in southern thailand. police have said there's a possibility, and it looks like the camps are linked. they are so close together geographically and it would be what people have been saying all along, and it's difficult for malaysian authorities now to say that they didn't know what happened. a lot of questions will be asked, and how long have the camps been in existence, and how would they operate with authorities. >> thank you for that >>> u.n. brokered talks with the president haider al-abadi says he will not take part unless houthi rebels pull back. hashem ahelbarra has more from riyadh. >> president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, in exile has set companies with the geneva talks. he said that before going to geneva, they should stop interfering with the decisions made by the government. they should release political priso

these camps in malaysia may be a ban doned. thereban doned but thereabandons but there is no indications that these trafficking groups have been disbanded. >>> set to deal with the growing migrant crisis later on wednesday, the proposal includes relocating some 40,000 migrants from greets and italy to other e.u. countries. it would have to be approved by member states. the action comes as increasing numbers of people take the perilous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe. >>> well to deal with the rising number of migrants land on the ground its shores, italy says it will house them in abandoned buildings. buildings that some locals say could be used to help italy's homeless. hoda hamid has more from rome. >> reporter: they keep arriving in italy on daily basis. migrants who dream of a new life in europe for themselves, and their families back home. to reach this point, they have put their lives at risk. his journey took him from air trayeritrea to sudan to libya where he was detain today several months. >> transla

we report from malaysia. >> the police suspect people were held captive here by traffickers who were trying to extort ransom money from their families. children's toys cages to hold prisoners and bullet casings were discovered. >> we have discovered 159 which we believe to be graves. we don't know what is underneath. we also discovered one highly decomposed body and we will also bring that down. we'll conduct postmortem on those that we've found to get to the cause of death. >> around 28 abandoned camps were found along a 50 kilometer stretch of the border. many of the camp occupants are thought to come from myanmar and bangladesh. 3,600 migrants from those countries have traveled by boat from indonesia thailand and malaysia the past two weeks alone. thousands more are thought to be trapped at sea. most are thought to be rohingya, who are trying to escape persecution at home in myanmar. they and other migrants are forced to pay smugglers. if they don't escape by sea many escape over land borders. the jungle are known to be used by smugglers and drug traffickers. more graves were prof

. >> malaysia prime minister will meet with counterpart from indonesia. thousands are believed to be stranded on the sea. most of them or ethnic rohingya escaping persecution in myanmar. boats have been turned back while myanmar said it is not responsible for the crisis. we have more from kuala lampur. >> the authorities here in malaysia continuing to keep a tight control on this developing situation, even on the information about migrant vessels that are arriving in malaysian waters and then leaving again presumably escorted by naval ships from the makes navy as the country puts in place this controversial pushback policy of not accepting any vessels if they are seaworthy and if they can continue their journey. only those vessels in danger of sinking are allowed here. people are taken ashore. of the hundreds brought ashore in the past weeks, they are kept in detention centers as they are processed presumably for repatriation back to myanmar as malaysia now takes a tough stance with these new arrivals. there is emapproximate thee here in this muslim major

this all happened after indonesia and malaysia refused to accept them.his doesn't getresolved soon many more tragedies will happen. after three months at sea they were very weak, some had serious injuries. >> give them more money give them more money. we -- we says, i have no money we are poor. our family, they are poor. we are almost them, no money. so they kill us. they save us. we back to bangladesh. they sail us. >> there was great relief and some of them managed to call their families to save their lives. this is the second boat carrying rohingya and bangladeshis that made it to land this week, but international representatives estimate thousands are still stranded at sea. a game of political ping pong between thailand, malaysia and indonesia, a game that is costing people their lives. step vaessen, al jazeera al jazeera malaysia. >> human rights groups have long held that it is meen myanmar government's.spo policies that is driving so's.policies that aredriving so many away. they shy away from discussing the situation but saying myanmar is the sour

malaysia. malaysian authorities long denied the existence of the camp with this discovery, they'll have to face questions, how long have the camps been in existence, did the authorities know about them how were they able to operate >>> several have been killed in anbar. 27 died in the east. most of the victims were members of the iraqi army and shia militias fighting i.s.i.l. it had been captured by iraqi forces on saturday. >> in a separate attack a residential compound was targeted. 22 people were killed 17 injured. there the compound is considered an iraqi stronghold. they have recaptured some territory to secure an important army base from baghdad. >> the islamic state of iraq and levant was hoping to take the corridor that links the iraqi capital baghdad to a new strong hold. forces allied to the government secured the vital supply line. to the main staging ground in anbar province the military base. thousands of shia paramilitary forces have been sent to the sunni heartland to help regula

thailand malaysia and indonesia turned the boats away. the thai navy toed a boat filled with refugees away from the coast, at their own request. the boat is in malaysian waters. florence louie will be with us shortly. first rob mcbride, in the malaysian capital. bring us up to date with the latest boat that thai authorities said they want it to go to malaysia. >> the malaysians are tight lipped about the boat. there's speculation that the vessel may not be in malaysian waters may be headed for or already in indonesian waters possibly guided there with the help of the hall asian navy. part of the theory being that the people on board the vessel know that they will not be allowed to land in malaysia. that is the latest speck u laughings. part of the problem in gaining accurate information, about the fate of the vessels is the authorities on the malaysian side of the border, keeping strict control over the developing situation. it's a hugely sensitive issue, putting in place a controversial policy of pushing vessels back. it will intervene a

they make their way across the andaman sea hoping to find a better life in malaysia thailand and malaysia. an emergency meeting is being held with foreign ministers. rob mcbride is in the capital. we are waiting for a joint statement from the meeting. what is the response likely to be? >> they have been meeting with ministers from the fully countries concerned. the statement is overdue. according to human rights groups, joint response a proper response is long overdue. there has been a lot of criticism which all three countries have felt about the way they have handled the developing crisis that is pushing the boats away from their own territorial waters into their neighbours is not good enough. we are expecting the statement to come any time now, and looking for a concerted action responding to the u.n. calls to send out search and rescue missions to actively go out looking to help the boats and provide humanitarian assistance rather than a ping-pong game at the moment of pushing vessels from one place to the other. we are hearing several hundred more migrants turning up in aceh, in indo

the people in the village said they were going to malaysia so i made the decision to follow them. >>r: a few fishing boats pulled up to provide water and a sack of rice. the navy was trying to trace a phone signal coming from a passenger. >> throwing food packs is better than nothing. but what should be done is thinking first and foremost about how lives should be saved. save the lives first give them medical care proper treatment, and then you can take the next step. >> reporter: many on board said they wanted to go to malaysia. the thai navy says it spent the night fixing the boat engine and then let everyone go. there may be as many as 8,000 migrants in these seas but with every government in the region denying them permission to land they are just going nowhere slowly. >>> well the united nations has warned it doesn't want to see migrants trapped on vessels at sea, a scenario they have compared to floating coffins. that comes as indonesian fishermen rescued nearly 700 migrants. >> reporter: these migrants accuse the indonesian and malaysian navy of sending them away. they attacke

. >>> malaysia security officials are due to meet wednesday to discuss the surge of row rohingya andgladesh i refugees. malaysia says it will turn away boats carrying migrants unless they are in danger of sinking and i indonesia says it will not allow the boats to enter its waters many row hen ga migrants are being detained and we have this update. >> reporter: hundreds of migrants are being processed. here after arriving on boats earlier this week. these migrants need to be moved to detention facilities on the mainland. but we are hearing that these facilities are already overwhelmed by the number of people they are being asked to accommodate. a senior maritime official told us that they will not be allowing anymore of these crowded vessels to enter malaysian waters. unless they are in distress. now, this has generated sharp reactions from human rights activists here in malaysia, they say they are shocked to hear about this policy. and that it's tantamount to signing the death warrants of potentially thousands of desperate and very poor migrants that could still be out at sea. >> so

this is not just a problem for malaysia. across the waters in indonesia authorities rescued 400 people, migrants that were trying to make their way off the coast of oche province. they expect an increasing number in the next coming days. the malaysia government has not reacted to this latest news of migrant arrivals, however have said that there are no slave camps in malaysia and no evidence of mass graves here, but they also believe that these migrants are not victims. they say that they have been cooperating with people smugglers to flee myanmar and do not consider the migrants to be victims of people smugglers. >> that's a report from kuala lampur. >> greece's financial future, the big topic at a meeting today at euro zone of finance ministers. they will talk about the financial aid for athens, just a day before the government is scheduled to pay $840 million to the international monetary fund. we have more from athens. >> the government in athens is sounding optimistic that it will reach a partial agreement 24 month with

the job to monitor and protect the waters around malaysia.ggling humans now their job has become incredibly important. after the arrival of more than 1,000 migrants. this week sir you in your experience, you have been with the agency for ten years, you are seeing more and more people coming to malaysia via sea are you concerned about this? so we are getting reports that if they see any more boats coming into their waters they will give them food and file, and send them in malaysia's direction, what is your response to this. >> we have to consider if they come to our waters we cannot allow them to enter but we will still give them food and send them on their way. >> so the maritime agency here is on alert. for more arrivals they have asked for reinforcements of three more vessels and they will be afternooning up their patrol in the waters around malaysia. they have pushed back one boat yesterday on monday. that is out of the indo nearby sean waters and gave them directions what happened is that the military saw the boat and they said there was

desperate journey hundreds of migrants arrive off the coast of indonesia and malaysia.the eve of a saudi-proposed ceasefire fighting continues in yemen. belgium suspends aid to burundi as it continues with reelection plans. >> translator: a bad omen maybe the gods are angry. >> reporter: nepal grows to protecting heritage from saving lives. ♪ hello, abandoned at sea by human trafficics and 1,000 migrants from bangladesh and myanmar and many sick and starving landed on the malaysia island and several boats carrying hundreds of refugees have been picked off the coast in indonesia on sunday and are the latest to be rescued from overcrowded boats arriving on the shore of malaysia and indonesia to escape a land that doesn't recognize them as citizens and faced decades of discrimination and persecution in myanmar. and they are in the state in the northwest of myanmar in the past they used to escape crossing over land through thailand and since thailand began a crack down advocates say they have been trafficked to indonesia and malaysia and we have correspondents covering this

a group earlier claimed to kill 25 police officers. >>> malaysia police are continuing the grim task bodies of dozens of suspected trafficking victims from shallow graves in the jungle. 139 graves were discovered. >>> now for decades ethnic rohingya have been persecuted from myanmar. wayne haye reports from new zealand where some rohingya have found better lives. >> reporter: these rohingya men and their families have come a long way, and been through a lot. this man and his brother escaped from myanmar 20 years ago, and after were granted residency in new zealand, but the people they left behind are never far from their thoughts. >> it's like they are living in a open-space prison. they have no rights to go out, and they have no rights to study. >> reporter: if they had stayed in their hometown this is where they would likely be with four of their brothers and sisters in camps. since 2012 more than 100,000 people mainly rohingya muslims have been forced from their houses because of a tax lead by buddhists and can't go back home. there has been tension for decades, but the issue has

we know of another 60-100 in malaysia.some made them to malaysia in wheelbarrows and on the backs of their friends. perhaps hundreds are buried in the forests. reporter: slamming -- the bangladeshi prime minister was quoted by a news agency as saying, punishment will have to be given to those moving out of the country illegally. representatives are due to meet in bangkok on thursday to discuss the crisis. >> officials in india have warned the deadly heat wave is likely to continue. more than 500 people have been killed so far. reporter: even in india, it has rarely been this hot. the country is experiencing a deadly heat wave. doctors are flooded with patients. >> my brother was admitted here. he got ill on his way to work and is now in serious condition. people said the temperatures went to 45 degrees yesterday. i have never experienced such intense heat in this region. reporter: 47.7 degrees centigrade on sunday. new delhi sell the temperature rise to 43.5. >> some places are experiencing a severe heat wave, a ten-year r

malaysia has deployed four navy ships to search for stranded migrants at sea. the united nations believe 3,000 asighasylum seekers are still at sea. >>> u.s. president barack obama is promising more economic assistance to tunisia. a white house correspondent patty culhane records. >> u.s. president barack obama made it clear why he inviteed president beiji kayep asipsi. >> it is important to acknowledge the place where the arab spring began, is the place we have seen the most extraordinary progress in allowing all parties and all parts of the population including women and minorities participate fully in the civic and political life of the nation. >> and he gave them more than just kind words but announced he is designating teuns a designating tunisia a nonarab ally of the us. >> it gives these countries the abled to buy lets them engage in technological communication with the u.s.a we see you as an important technical pattern. >> the majority of money given for economic growth, 80 million to improve governance. the message to the u.s. he is making progress. >>

they are likely to be migrants or refugees being trafficked into malaysia.ut 200 meters from the bury site is a camp it's inhabitants long gone. authorities believe this camp has been abandoned for at least two years. you can see it was probably big enough to hold about 200 people. all around the camp there are signs that people lived here. plates crockery basins thrown into a pit. pieces of cloth that may have been surcontained and crudely built cages where trafficking syndicates kept their cargo. to prevent escape they used barbed wire. the camp is on a hill it is one of 28 camps found by the malaysia police over the weekend, less than a month after thai authorities made a similar discovery. the majority of refugees are thought to be rohingya. they escaped by sea and are then brought over land through thailand and malaysia. thousands of them are thought to be adrift at sea after police in thailand started cracking down on human trafficking. malaysia police denied the existence of thef camps at first, but now they are investigating what happened. there's no