♪ ♪ >>> myanmar.er decades of military rule, a new government headed by aung san suu kyi came to power in 2016. urban areas have been developing rapidly. the economic growth rate has approached 8% for several years. as a deeply buddhist country, alcohol consumption in myanmar has traditionally been very low. however, in recent years some have begun to enjoy it. this supermarket has a wine bar. the alcohol beverage has been gaining popularity among the younger generation. wine consumption is currently about 2 million bottles a year and is rising annually. the shelves stock wines from france, italy, spain and more. there's also a section of wines from myanmar. about a third of the wine consumed in myanmar is made domestically. there are two major producers and a number of smaller wineries. the highlands of northern eastern myanmar. 24,000 grape vines are grown in these expansive fields. this is where myanmar's wine industry began. the first person to establish a winery and start making local wine was be

bangladeshis by the myanmar government the de facto leader of myanmar, nobel peace lauretate aung san chee, has denied a u.n. charge of ethnic cleansing of the rohingya's. but in the last eight months the numbers of rohingyas fleeing for their lives have surged to more than 70,000. but now, their lives are more precarious than ever before. monsoon season and a punishing cyclone damaged many 35,000 rohingya settlements. so, the bangladeshi government plans to resolve the rohingya's continued displacement by moving 60,000 of the refugees to this remote island. aid agencies like the u.n.h.c.r. and human rights watch have expressed alarm over the planned relocation. we began our journey on a sea truck from chittagong to sandwip island. we traveled first by sea truck, then by a private boat where a local fishermen agreed to take us to the island. it was a dangerous journey, as pirates are known to control these seas and take hostages for people ransom. but the island is not easy to access. the tides are too high on the bigger ship so we had to take a small boat to take us to the island. we

also making news today, the myanmar government says it's trying to create more jobs, after a new labourring thailand caused an exodus of migrant workers. more than 60,000 foreign workers fled thailand, a common destination for workers from poorer countries, including myanmar and cambodia. the eu and japan have broadly agreed on a free trade deal after four years of negotiations. japanese prime minister shinzo abe is set to sign the accord at a meeting with eu officials later on thursday. the deal comes days before a g20 meeting in germany at which president trump is expected to defend his protectionist stance on trade. dozens of government supporters in venezuela have stormed the opposition—controlled national assembly as a special session was being held to mark the country's independence day. they burst into the building's interior gardens setting off fireworks and there were reports of shots being fired. president maduro has condemned the violence. let's update you on what's happening at wimbledon, and two—time champion rafael nadal reached the third round on wednesday, with a straigh

a crackdown on these camps led to thousands, mainly rohinja muslims, fleeing myanmar to be put into boats, they were called, as the bbc reported at the time. we have heard about this boat for the last five or six days. they have been cast adrift. they've told people on the phone they have no food and water, and they are in terrible shape. they are begging for help. they are now in tire—macro waters, but they have had no help from long time. no country wanted to take in these refugees. images like these broadcast worldwide forced the authorities to do more to shut down lucrative trafficking routes. more than 100 people, including high—ranking officials, were indicted translation: high—ranking officials, were indicted translationzlj high—ranking officials, were indicted translation: i think the court's ruling will be tough so that no one else will dare commit this crime. this is a way to tell the world that human trafficking is forbidden in thailand. the trial has been criticised. the lead investigator said his case was shut down early before more arrests could be made. witnesses say they h

a buddhist temple in central myanmar has been swallowed by rising floodwaters after heavy rainfall. two people have died and 90,000 people have been displaced by flooding in myanmar this month. and among the most watched on the bbc website — these pictures of a very focused thunderstorm over the city of lian—cheng, in the south—east of china. even though the storm is raging just a few hundred metres away, the cameras themselves appear to have remained dry. it's taken three years for iraqi forces to recapture the country's second largest city, mosul, here in the north, from islamic state militants. the brutal occupation and a nine—month battle has claimed tens of thousands of lives. neighbourhoods have been flattened and 700,000 people have been force to flee their homes. but now, just two weeks after the liberation, people are slowly returning to the city. yalda hakim has been to find out more. the isis reign of terror is over but this is what liberation looks like. the city is flattened. this woman has returned to the this neighbourhood with her two children. they'd attempted to ge

and the idea that you can actually have your sight restored, has not really permeated all levels of myanmarr: what does that tell you about the state of eye care here? >> will a place we can make a difference. >> reporter: burma is one of the poorest countries in asia. slowly emerging from the darkness of decades dictatorship. after years of trying, tabin and ruit were permitted to bring their treatment here. we met them in tangi, in central burma where the lack of care led to some of the highest rates of cataracts in the world. through radio and pamphlets and conversation word of the doctors' visit spread. hundreds of burmese who lost their sight found their way to the hospital with the help of care givers, many trekking for days. here, cataracts are not just a mall malady of old age taking the sight of young, by infection and malnutrition. by the time the doctor scrubbed in the corridors were choked with people hoping to have their sight restored. >> is it ever daunting you. look out there and see that line of people? all who need this surgery. >> it is daunting, worldwide basis. maybe a

you have the asean six and the remaining frontier markets like cambodia and laos and myanmar, do youling to include labour rights in the arrangement? i think if asean wa nt to the arrangement? i think if asean want to deal with europe it has to include a whole range of things, it can't just be include a whole range of things, it can'tjust be tariffs but services and rp rights and access to services and rp rights and access to services and also labour and environmental issues, that's the standard template these days for a deal from the european commission and i can't see the eu moving on those. why is labour rights a major sticking point between the eu and asean? it's about the competition to make sure the playing field is as level as possible. —— fair competition. we're talking about the rights of people in their workplace, to avoid slave labour essentially. on the other hand could this extend negotiations between the two sides and there would be any agreement? i'm sensing a greater willingness on both sides to progress. with the near death of tpp, europe is now seeing an opportunity

but here in burma, also known as myanmar, cataracts go untreated and blindness is a way of life. >> dr's a buddhist population. they're very fatalistic. they're very accepting, and there's almost an acceptance that you get old, your hair turns white, your eye turns white and then you die. and the idea that you can actually have your sight restored has not really permeated all levels of myanmar society. >> whitaker: what does that tell you about the state of eye care here? >> dr. tabin: well, it's a place we can make a difference. >> whitaker: burma is one of the poorest countries in asia, slowly emerging from the darkness of decades of dictatorship. after years of trying, tabin and ruit finally were permitted to bring their treatment here. we met them in taunggyi, in central burma, where the lack of care has led to some of the highest rates of cataracts in the world. through radio and pamphlets and conversation, word of the doctors visit spread. hundreds of burmese who'd lost their sight found their way to taunggyi's hospital, with the help of care givers-- many trekking for days. here

in myanmar, the government is accused of persecuting the rohingya, a muslim minority. in northern iraq in 2014, terror organization islamic state seized control of areas inhabited by yazidis, a religious community. the group's holiest site is located in the lalisch valley. the peacock is an important symbol to yazidis. it represents the angel melek taus, who for them acts as an intermediary between god and the faithful. yazidism has about a million adherents worldwide. and in northern iraq, they've been brutally persecuted by is. >> we're visiting refugee camps dotted around the province of dohuk in northern iraq. hundreds of thousands of yazidis have fled to this kurdish region to escape the so-called islamic state. this camp, called sharia, provides refuge to yazidi women and their children. sewing courses offer a welcome diversion, at least for a few hours. we tatalk to susanne. she escaped with her four children just a few months ago. other family members are still missing. while in captivity, susanne was raped repeatedly. >> they were disgusting -- so dirty, with

. ♪ ♪ >>> myanmar.er decades of military rule, a new government headed by aung san suu kyi came to power in 2016. urban areas have been developing rapidly. the economic growth rate has approached 8% for several years. as a deeply

as we drift further south across myanmar and parts of thailand, laos and vietnam, you can see the south—westerlyain. some places you could see a metre of rain over the next few days and that could cause big problems. things looking stormy over the other side of the pacific. three tropical storms. tropical storm greg and hurricane irwin and also hurricane hillary. we are staying out to sea and not affecting any land areas. bigger disruption could well be caused across parts of the usa. the midwest and the north—east will see torrential downpours and thunderstorms drifting eastwards. that could cause travel disruption and possible flight delays. also disruption over parts of europe. lumps of cloud over central portions of the continent. torrential downpours of rain. these continue on into wednesday. an area of low pressure very slow—moving. likely to see further downpours over kiev and minsk. particularly wet over germany. further outbreaks of rain. perhaps over 100 millimetres in places. some flash floods. some showers drifting down over the balkans. for italy, we've been hearing about how dry it

. >>> new video this morning out of myanmar. c cameras catching the moment a buddhist pa go goda.ook at that. rain raised the weekend and may have weakened the pace. that pagoda sat right on the bay. it tumbled in when it couldn't stand anymore. >> good luck. >> get a bear out of your car. a black bear versus a car this morning. a colorado man may need to find a new way to get around. >> i think he was marking his territory. this is the destruction from the bear in the rocky mountains town of crested butte on saturday night. look at the side of that door. >> look at the guy's face. >> there goes that. i hope my car insurance covers it. the owner says the bear climbed in, somehow locked itself inside the car and as it was trying to get out it thrashed around. that is the result of the bear's claws. the owner says bears break into cars all the time in the area but he's never seen anything quite like this. >> he said the bear was just thrashing around, the whole car was rocking. the bear was a monster. its nose was as long as the car is wide. >> after a couple hours the bear apparent

humanitarian needs and that's in addition to contributions we are making in somalia, in sudan, and in myanmar90% of our budget will continue to be based in our region to add to regional stability, prosperity, and security. >> thank you, master. senator reynolds. senator reynolds: thank you, mr. president. can the minister also explain the importance of australia providing overseas assistance to countries in our region? >> minister. >> thank you. our budget stands for fairness, opportunity, and security. responsibly supports a strong and prosperous and secure region especially in our , indospecific area. we know providing good aid , particularly in our region is , good for australia's national security interests. and oda contributes to poverty reduction and stability. and australia will benefit if citizens in our region are healthy, they are well-educated, and are making an economic contribution in our own countries. and if our neighboring countries are stable, they are well-governed and open to trading tunlts. and overseas development assistance complements the other steps the government is t

it is towards myanmar and it has enough about it to be moving towards the north—west and it may bringur comes across the arabian sea, dropping its rainfall in the western states of india and up in the western states of india and up towards pakistan. but out towards the east will already have a low pressure in the bay of bengal packing up the monsoon and into that environment, we are bringing the prospect of the remnants of the tropical storm fitow you will notice ——. you will notice a deficit in north—west in —— but there have been lives lost in north—west —— in very spaces. extra seasonal rainfall across the philippines. the onshore wind bringing in a lot of moisture into the southern provinces of china including hong kong. a weatherfront is further north and it may pepper rainfall along the length of that into the north of korea and also in north—eastern china. there is a more mobile active weather front on tuesday going through the heart of canada and it reaches some really hot weather across the northern plains of the usa so there will be a lot of file and thunderstorm activity th

myanmar, indonesia, laos, and cambodia. a modest 30% as of december. bulls we have to call the in.does seem the bears are running amok. let's stay on the cyclical construction story. caterpillar out with earnings. you look at the outlook, very impressive. clear response from the market, you look at the outlook. because of this pickup in china, the earnings outlook has improved. take a look at how stocks did. caterpillar up 6% overnight. we are also watching for other stocks. biggest equipment maker. a sort of longer-term story. very interesting when you look at caterpillar. this chart takes you all the way back to the global financial crisis. it tracks the retail sales of caterpillar on a three-month rolling basis. last update, as of june 30. ppi in china, this reflation, very close. almost a one-to-one correlation. digging through the data, it salesus, when you extract , activity has come back in the asia-pacific. david: it is 9:29 in the morning. markets here in china and also nice, summer, midmorning. it certainly is "one sweet day." the opening ofl markets. i am david ingles. i

cambodia is a great example of achieving these interim, fasttrack target. 0ther countries, like myanmare are countries that are showing the way. what we need is to make sure that the countries that have had access previously do not slow down, and maintain their effort, and increased resources domestically are occurring, but we also need the international community to not reduce their resources quickly, as they are. we have had a 25% drop in international support in this region. it is too early, because it is the second largest population of people living with hiv in the world. so it is far too early for the international community to step back and just leave it to the countries alone. the bbc‘s director—general has responded to an open letter from some of the corporation's top female stars, promising to go further and faster in responding to the pay gap. the letter protested pay inequality. lord hall said the issue is crucial for the bbc and for society as a whole. china's hui people are the country's largest muslim community, and are largely unknown to people in the west. a new film of

they show the dramatic moment on thursday when a buddhist pagoda in central myanmar collapsed and felllowly into the irrawaddy river. officials blamed rising water levels after heavy rain which may have weakened the base of the pagoda on the river bank. and you can get in touch with me and the team on twitter — i'm @benmbland. thanks forjoining us. another one of those days where you may have seen some sunshine but also against some heavy or even torrential downpours places. another view of a big threatening cloud in the distance from our weather watchers. still heavy showers out there this evening affecting parts of england and wales. the worst of those will fade as we go into the night but we keep outbreaks of rain affecting northern parts of england, pushing further south into the midlands. clearer skies overnight across western areas with the odd folk patch. most of us stay in the west will be dipping down into single figures. east—west split from monday. eastern areas keep plenty of cloud close to the area blood pressure, some outbreaks of rainbow that the west. brighter skies. th

plus, living in limbo-- on an isolated coast off bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of myanmar's rohingya people have relocated to escape persecution, only to face new cll

because also they don't allow the un fact—finding mission coming into myanmar to make... make no restrictions of they would make no restrictions of the un rapporteur and the media. do you agree with this?” the un rapporteur and the media. do you agree with this? i think so, because i would say that the media access to this area is more difficult. i myself as a journalist go visiting to the conflict zones, not only in rakhine state itself, but also in northern burma, where fighting and skirmishes have taken place, so there are more and more suspicions, and people have been put in prison because they've been working on stories. so i think our working on stories. so i think our work is getting tough in terms of trying to get a sense... as you say, it's getting tough being a media organisation in burma, because in an editorial you said that the return of the climate, the fear is very disturbing with regards to the media. i would say that our work is under threat, our work is getting difficult, and it is an irony to find that the return of the climate of fear among journalists

. —— myanmar. there could be 800 millimetres of rain.rica and if you have travel plans over the north east usa over the next couple of days, worth bearing in mind the weather forecast, a line of showers and thunderstorms over the midwest. some gusty wind, perhaps even tornadoes. some of the airports, the north east usa and eastern canada, the risk of torrential downpours and thunderstorms that may cause travel problems and flight delays for the end of the week. the weather across europe is dominated by low pressure in central areas which has brought a lot of rain for the likes of germany. we could do with some rain in the south of france where the wildfires are continuing to burn. blustery wind over southern france and corsica. the wind easing down over the next couple of days but still a lot of unwanted dry weather here. things trying out for a time over germany, some flooding recently, slightly drier on thursday. back home it is a blustery day tomorrow, sunshine and showers. more details in half an hour. hello, i‘m karin giannone, this

other countries, like myanmar, have seen a 60% increase in treatment over the last five years.re that the countries that have had success previously do not slow down, and maintain their effort. and increased resources domestically are occurring, but we also need the international community to not reduce their resources quickly, as they are. we have had a 25% drop in international support in this region. it is too early, because it is the second—largest population of people living with hiv in the world. so it is far too early for the international community to step back and just leave it to the countries alone. china's hui people are the country's largest muslim community, and are largely unknown to people in the west. a new film offers a rare look into the culture of this remote minority. the bbc‘s yashan zhao has more. imagine swimming between continents. well, 2,200 people did just that on sunday, when they dived into the bosphorus strait, in asia, and swam 6.5 km to europe. the turkish olympic committee organised the cross—continental swim in istanbul, and said people from 4

between january 21st and june 30th, 2017 were from the democratic republic of the congo followed by myanmarat total, were from syria. violence across the democratic republic of congo intensified since the country's president refused to step down from power and roughly 1.3 congolese. 38% muslim. >>> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> hello, everyone good thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. just moments ago, cnn learned that the congressional budget office is delaying the release of its score on the impact and cost of the republican health care bill. the cbo report was scheduled to come out tomorrow. all of this comes as brand new polls out today show the trump administration is clearly taking a hit with voters. the president's job approval rating is at just 36% according to a new abc "washington post" poll, the lowest at six months of any u.s. president in 70 years. the president responding today

ride-sharing services in the two countries as well as in thailand, vietnam, the philippines, and myanmar, and the company says at least 50 million people have signed up to use its smartphone app softbank's ceo saw note of that and payment technologies, suggesting that it's through the investment he hopes to gain a foot hold in payment services and the median china, which boasts 400 million users, also already has a partnership with lyft, which includes capital corporation, and the deal has made the app available to use even in the u.s. the competition is fierce to capitalize on southeast asia's text-driven sharing competent, and the similar thing is out in the whole sharing market as china's air bnb in the u.s. expand their battle fronts throughout asia. that's all from the nikkei back to you. >> all right thank you very much indeed for that okay coming up on this show, alphabet shares slide as the e.u. fires into profits, but has that affected the business model, the dynamics of this company i don't know let's discuss. we'll get a nepal for you after a very short break right here on "st

with heads of state or national security advisers or foreign ministers from new zealand, indonesia, myanmar and japan and germany to hear their concerns. and we met with jim madis who was one of the key notes of the over all conference. and will tell you that china's aggressive action in the has created a great deal of instability in the region. and china's lagging willingness to engage actively in pushing back against north korea's destabilizing nuclear weapons program is raising a real question. so on the one hand you've got china, not taking a rules-based approach to the international order, not respecting a ruling that said that their claims for exclusive economic zones, their building islands by dredging and taking remote rocks or coral reefs that they claim and turning them into military bases, that's been ruled illegal in an international court ruling. but the real is asking where are we. what are we doing to push back on that? and unfortunately much like the league of nations, there is a table that we built and there is a chair at the table that's empty and we're not in it. and that

and people came from as far away as uzbekistan and burma, which is now myanmar. if you were to look at the list of names of the men who served on the ship, you would remember this country has long been a melting pot of immigrants, a pot that grew just a little bit bigger this morning. >> for every immigrant, it is the ultimate to be a u.s. citizen. safest place in the world. >> so we have war back there. you can relax and you can enjoy your life here. and you can be with your family without fear of anything. >> reporter: of getting hurt? >> of getting hurt or killed or anything like that. >> now i'm able to be part of the society. i'm going to be able to vote, i'm going to be able to -- i have more sensation, so that means a lot to me. >> reporter: as you can see the new citizens of the united states of america finished this morning's ceremony with the pledge of allegiance led by a man from england who just became a u.s. citizen who has been serving in the coast guard for just over a year. it's been a while since the u.s.s. hornet hosted a swearing-in ceremony. t

23rd claims that secretary tillerson overruled his staff assessments on the use of child soldiers in myanmar and removed them from the child soldiers prevention act and he added afghanistan to that list. i would ask the reuters article be entered into the record, mr. chairman. is that account accurate? >> well, senator, the secretary took the facts that were presented to him through the t.i.p. report process, through the process that generated the recommendations to him, applied the legal standard and his judgment to the facts that were presented and reached his determination with respect to those three cases. so, and i'm happy to discuss each of those three, burma, afghanistan, and iraq. but it was his judgment -- his judgment of applying the legal standards to the facts that led to the -- >> i would be very interested in understanding why he rejected the advice of state department experts. >> mr. chairman, may i -- >> go ahead. >> two points on that. we are -- the secretary for each of these determinations, makes his own independent judgment. i would be happy to brief you on this issue, as

. >> ♪ >> dramatic video from myanmar as flood flood waters swalloweda pagoda there stunning onlookers buddhist temple slowly edges towards the river and suddenly is gone. this is the result of rising water levels since monsoon rains have been lashing that region all month long. there it is again. ironically people have been displaced by the rains have been seeking shelter in buddhist monasteries like that one. fortunately no one was hurt. >> wow. >> when it comes to athletic ability you can work at it or you can just be born with it. check out this little guy near columbus ohio. two-year-old calvin shannon makes shot after shot from all the way up to his living room balcony. his dad says calvin lovers basketball and gets his inspiration from the movie space jam with michael jordan. being from ohio this favorite player is probably lebron james. >> i would think. time for sports. eagles training camp is under way. >> that's right. sports director ducis rodgers live outside the novacare complex where the eagles are gearing up for the preseason and we are counting down to football ducis,

a partnership with a biggest company in myanmar.continue to strengthen our portfolio and stay potent -- focused. >> what multiple do you think you could achieve with the business? process.a complex we are in the process right now, we're working with lots of interested parties to see what the possibilities are and we think we will complete that process probably by the end of this year, early next year. >> are we talking about a carveout or outright sale? >> we have options, we have different options to see how we could maximize its value but also guarantee the success of the business. it is a big and successful business. >> any idea at all on the enterprise value? >> we do not go into that now. probably by the time we come to the conclusions of what to do. >> the last time we spoke as well during the strategic review, we talked about m&a and you talked about continuous m&a. as you go forward, are you thinking of making any big purchases or just more hans nichols oceans? t-rex we have had a good strategy over the last seven or eight y

many young elephants are being brought out of myanmar into thailand. it is a huge, porous border.gh thing to do. but then the elephant venues themselves are poorly regulated. so we are working with the regulatory authorities and trying to encourage them to do more to protect elephants and to encourage the best santry experiences for elephants, elephant owners and for the tourists. —— sanctuary experiences. would you say to any tourists considering the sort of holiday not to go? we would say go to them, celebrate the beauty of nature and the fantastic culture. but make sure you avoid the commercial elephant attractions, the places where people ride on huge elephants that are poorly treated. go to sanctuaries, look on our website and see the place that you can go. many thanks. ina in a moment, how the financial markets had closed the day. donald trump arrives in hamburg, where he will hold his first official meeting with president putin. earlier, he argued the future of western civilisation is at stake. the government says it is unacceptable that standards of adult ca re unacceptabl

i want myanmar i had folks to weigh in here, because jay-z seems to think so.le's three year back and forth on tinder got them a free trip. sue, maybe i should sign up for tinder after all? >> then you can join, and then get married and find out that it is really hard. >> or get a free trip. >> right. >> that's what i was looking for. >> not all the time. not always. if you marry your friends, it is always a good idea. anyway, heat index, values today, could be between 100-105. that's why we have the excessive heat watch in effect, why bus stop buddy and muggy the dog are by the pool today. where ever you are, make sure to have some water handy, make sure you take care of the kids, the pets, and of course, anybody else who needs your help on a day like today. because it is going to be hot and humid. we're at 75 degrees right now. not bad out there already at zero eight in atlantic city, wildwood, cooler zero seven mount pocono. and yesterday's high was 91, so that was day one, we think, of the heatwave. today, day two, high of around 92 even hotter tomorrow, we

either that or i'm off for one day of the week or myanmar husband will try to do it.lly looking forward to some kids actually getting here so they can makea kids actually getting here so they can make a better deal of this than me. over the morning will be talking about those costs going up. in large parts of the country there is actually a shortage childcare provision, particularly in england, which is why you hear of parents having to make so many of those alternative arrangements. we will be speaking to the people running this place when the kids get here, i'm sure, and it will kick off then, and will be speaking to some parents about how much they can afford to keep up with the price rises that are generally happening across the country. i'm looking forward to some kids turning up as well to keep you company. we will see you later. what could go wrong? snowdon is a mountain which offers breathtaking views and climbing it is a real achievement. now imagine getting to the summit in a wheelchair. jason liversidge has motor—neurone disease. he has limited movement and