there's not really a civilian government in myanmar.h military and civilian components. and certainly, we can see that the civilian authorities have found their responsibility and have found their responsibility and have contributed to the atrocities. but they were not involved in the planning for the operations, responsibility for that lies wholly and solely with the leadership of the military. they planned, the fermented, they are responsible. that's not to say there is no respond to those younger part of the civilian authorities but it is far less and secondary to that of the military. 0ur less and secondary to that of the military. our focus is less and secondary to that of the military. 0urfocus is very much less and secondary to that of the military. our focus is very much on the military who are running the country. finally, many watching will say the reports are valued and important but in the end, nobody has ever held to account. there are many exa m ples ever held to account. there are many examples in the international system

myanmar's crackdown against them began last year.kaka -- campaign of arson, rape, and murder prompted several thousand people to flee to bengal --. -- been with us --b. >> they must pay for what they have called genocidal intent. >> criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted, focusing on the top generals in relation to the three categories of crime under international law, genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. >> the u.n. used to call the treatment of them a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. monday's report is the strongest condemnation so far. based on interviews with over 800 victims and witnesses, the report details the list of crimes committed against the muslims, murder, and disappearance, torture, and hanged rape. >> the sexual violence in myanmar is particularly brutal. take it from a formal -- this scale, fertility, and systematic nature of rape and violence indicate they are part of the desk deliberate strategy to terrorize and punish the civilian population. >> investigators are referring to the br

the human rights violations in myanmar are fuelled by the efforts of the myanmar authorities to silence their amplification of hateful rhetoric. it emboldens the perpetrators. the myanmar authorities have forced a climate in which hate speech thrives, human rights violations are legitimised and incitement to violence facilitated. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been following this story from bangkok. absolutely damning criticism for a un report to come out and say there is no choice but to prosecute myanmar‘s top leadership for genocide is extraordinary. marzuki darusman is normally a very cautious man, that was quite extraordinary to hear that. this will put myanmar in a greater position of diplomatic isolation. there was a recommendation it should go to the international criminal court but that would require the un security council to refer myanmar and china will almost certainly reject that. they talked about other possible mechanisms, that has happened in the case of syria for independent recommendations were created to pursue human rights investigations into a

the human rights violations in myanmar are fuelled by the efforts of the myanmar authorities to silencerities have fostered a climate in which hate speech thrives, human rights violations are legitimised and incitement to discrimination and violence facilitated. that is the leader of the team of un investigators looking into what has happened in myanmar with that strong criticism of what has happened to the rohingya population in myanmar. now, the recent heatwave has seen many of us choosing to holiday at home this summer and seaside towns have been reaping the benefits. the welsh coast has drawn plenty of tourists because of regeneration that was funded by the eu. but with the prospect of that money being withdrawn because of brexit, what could the future hold? tomos morgan has been to find out. i mean, when i first came here, it had a bit of reputation but i saw how great it was. some may have thought that rhyl has had its heyday, but this seaside town has been revitalised in recent years by european funding. and this cash injection, alongside the recent spell of good weather, has hel

nick beake, bbc news on the myanmar—bangladesh border.ric schwartz, president of the independent humanitarian organisation, refugees international. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, what did you make of the report from the un?|j news. first off, what did you make of the report from the un? i thought it was very well done, i thought it was carefully written and i certainly agree with its conclusions. it was largely a summary conclusions. it was largely a summary of just a conclusions. it was largely a summary ofjust a great deal of information, an enormous amount of information, an enormous amount of information that's been gathered over the course of the past year. frankly there was nothing shocking in here. the news is they've recommended that there be an investigation and prosecution for the crime of genocide, but the information has been out there for a year. i'm just looking information has been out there for a year. i'mjust looking at information has been out there for a year. i'm just looking at the us state depar

well, myanmar's representative was also speaking to council members.d ethnic cleansing, they say that the operation was in response to an attack from rohingya rebels. he and the council again said that there we re the council again said that there were numerous attacks that were being ignored by the mainstream media, and he wanted that issue to be brought to the council's attention. at this rate, -- that these facts were conveniently discounted or ignored by mainstream media. a violent attacks were not a coincidence. as the terrorist and the foreign western minds knew too well that the burmese military forces would respond with full force, they must also have anticipated the exodus of people from northern rakhine to bangladesh. these events were well organised and executed with the help of foreign nationals. china is still believe that this issue needs to be addressed to diplomacy, and that is an issue that myanmar agrees with. so certainly in the days and weeks to come when the full report is presented to the security council in the world's leaders de

the human rights violations in myanmar are fuelled by the efforts of the myanmar authorities to silenceetoric that emboldens perpetrators. the myanmar authorities have fostered a climate in which hate speech thrives, human rights violations are legitimised, and incitement to discrimination and violence facilitated. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, is following this story from bangkok. well, very strong criticism. where does it go? absolutely damning criticism. for a un report to come out and demand in effect, that to be no choice but to prosecute the top military leader for genocide is extraordinary. he is an indonesian lawyer who is normally extremely cautious and reticent. that was really quite extraordinary to hear that. this is going to put myanmar in an even greater position of diplomatic isolation. there was a recommendation it should go to the international criminal court. myanmar is not a signatory and would require big un security council to ta ke require big un security council to take action. china is a most certain to reject that. they did talk about other p

nick beake, bbc news on the myanmar—bangladesh border. on that un report in myanmar in a few minutes‘ time. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the united states and mexico have reached a new trade agreement after months of difficult negotiations. it's a major step in the discussions towards a new north america free trade agreement, or nafta. in the past few hours, it's been announced that canada will resume trade talks with the us on tuesday. this was president trump's reaction to the agreement. it has been a long time, and this is something that is very special for our manufacturers and for our farmers from both countries, for all of the people to work forjobs. it is also a great trade and it makes it a much more fair bill and we are very, very excited about it. we have worked long and hard. your representatives have been terrific. my representatives have been fantastic too. they have gotten along very well. they have worked late into the night for months. it's an extremely complex bill. it is something i think that will

and that is an issue that myanmar agrees with.y in the days and weeks to come, when the full report is presented to the security council and the world's leaders descend on new york for the un general assembly, the conclusions of this report and the issue for the rohingya people will continue to be addressed by international leaders. we'll have more on the rohingya crisis and cate blanchett later in the programme. before that though, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. theresa may showed off her best moves to children in cape town, as she began a three day visit to africa. mrs may says she wanted the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa by 2022, with britain's private sector companies investing billions. she has called for a new partnership between the united kingdom and africa after brexit, based on shared prosperity and job creation. we want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do business with in a free and fair fashion, whether through creating new customers for british exporters

bbc news, on the myanmar-bangladesh border. of young peoplt in particula you can understand why amnesty international says that the rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. president trump is continuing to fight back after two of his former aides admitted or were convicted of crimes this week. during a fox interview, he spoke of his former lawyer michael cohen and campaign mfoager paul ma. he also had an interesting take on impeachment and why it shouldn't happen. pres. trump: i don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job. i'll tell you what, if i everim goached, i think the market would crash, i think iserybody would be very poor, because without thinking, you would see numbers you wouldn't believe. jane: for mo on the president's comments, the bbc's rajini vaidyanathan joins me now. impeachment would be bad for the economy. what has been the reaction? rajini: w it depends who ye asking for the reaction from. this was an intervndw on fox newslearly he is playing to his base. he tal

state this is the reason the myanmar military gave when it launched its crackdown in northern rakhine state against the ranger a year ago it said its operation was in response to attacks on security posts carried out by a little known armed group that calls itself the our congressmen salvation army now in the military actions have been condemned by the international community as disproportionate a un official has described the violence taking place against the ranger as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and the myanmar government has been criticized for not doing enough to help the will hinder for not speaking out for the revenge or for not adequately investigating the reports of atrocities committed against the rule hinges and lately for not creating a safe enough and vironment for refugees who fled to bangladesh to return to myanmar now the government lays the blame for the violence on this little known group are such a group of armed fighters who in turn say they're fighting for the rights of the rule hinge a minority in myanmar now academics say the root of the problem really

sh schifrin: one year ago, along the myanmar-banglaorder, the myanmar military unleashed horror. chthe u.n. says soldiers t rohingya villages and, in the aftermath, tortured men, killed indiscriminately, and carried out systematic sexual violence, creating an untold number of yectims of gang rape. the u.n. says for ars, the rohingya have suffered "institutionalized oppression from birth to death." in the past they've been beaten rgeted by myanmar authorities, but never on this scale. newly released satellite images show a rohingya village full of houses last may... and then today, cleared of life. myanmar's army was responding to attacks by the arakan rohingyaio salvatarmy, or arsa. one year ago, militants assaulted 30 myanmar police posts. but today's u.n. report callsra the subsequentdown wildly disproportionate, said u.n. fact-finding mission member radhika coomaraswamy. >> the scale, brutality and syematic nature of rape an violence indicate that they are part of a deliberate strategy to intimidate, terrorize or punish the civilian population. >> schifrin: the terror worked.

what happened in the myanmar is on a parallel with the myanmar is on a parallel with the worst kinds under international law that can be encountered. the findings we have produced today reflect the gravity of the situation and the seriousness, the brutality of what occurred. the difficulties you had presumably were getting access. there will be some who will say a lot of this evidence by nature has had to be second—hand. how would you respond? it was not second-hand. we had no access to myanmar but there are literally hundreds of thousands of people who have been victims of human rights violations in myanmar who are no longer there. that's one of the very point the investigation, that people have been driven from myanmar because of what has happened. we have interviewed 875 people in the camps, in bangladesh, in thailand, malaysia, in indonesia, even the uk. we have no shortage of victims of and survivors to talk to. we also had the benefit of satellite imagery, video footage and photographs we were able to verify. we had expert forensic, military, child psychology, gender violence e

in new york, the un security council has been holding an open meeting on myanmar.l called for accountability as the council looked at the findings of a report accusing myanmar‘s top brass of a long list of atrocities in rakhine state. several countries, including the united states, called for myanmar‘s military leaders to be brought before internationaljustice. the bbc‘s nada tawfik has more from new york. this was the first time that the security council met to discuss this report, which is the strongest yet out of the united nations, and the secretary general antonio guterres said that the security council should seriously consider the conclusions in these reports. he said that accountability was necessary for any kind of reconciliation, and for stability in the region. and so, he really outlined what still needs to be done to get this crisis to be resolved. it is clear that conditions are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified, and sustainable return of rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice. and i ask members of the security council tojoi

we are going to stay in myanmar and while global attention is focused on the revenger crisis a human rights group is warning that another ethnic group there is facing persecution fortify wright says the government is blocking aid to tens of thousands of civilians displaced by conflict in catchin state that in the north there has been fighting in the region since a cease fire between the military and catchin independence army down in two thousand and one fighting in the area has been ongoing since one nine hundred sixty two when the military to charge that area the report found more than one hundred six thousand people have been displaced since then are living in more than one hundred forty camps they face a government imposed restrictions to food health care shelter and sanitation so far in two thousand and eighteen only five percent of the five hundred sixty two applications to deliver aid to the group have been approved david brock is a human rights specialist with fortify rights he came he's part of that report pardon me he joins us now from young gone so what. how long is this th

facebook is hugely influential in myanmar. is really another nail in the coffin of her international credibility. she is accused of failing to use her moral authority. she seems still to be in denial about what her generals are doing. sad to say the woman who won the nobel peace prize i7 doing. sad to say the woman who won the nobel peace prize 17 years ago is looking more and more like a pariah. is looking more and more like a pariah. police have named a man they want to question after a mother and her daughter were stabbed to death in the street in solihull, in the west midlands in the early hours of this morning. detectives want to trace janbaz tarin, the former partner of the daughter. from solihull, dan johnson sent this report. where is janbaz tarin? he is the 21—year—old believed to have stabbed to death his former girlfriend and her mother late last night. raneem 0udeh was 22 years old. her mother, khaola saleem, was 49. their family says they are devastated by their loss. and this is where they died. a double murder i

investigators call for genocide charges against myanmar as military leaders in a damning report on myanmar's crackdown on the broken just the u.n. says that military commanders must be investigated for crimes against humanity. also coming up here in germany hundreds joined far right protest in the eastern city of ten minutes after the fatal stabbing of the german national assyrian and then the rocky man have appeared before a german court in connection with the death. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program united nations investigators have released a damning report tommy on mars military calling for the prosecution of its commanders for crimes against humanity the investigators say that the military orchestrated a campaign against the country's will hinge on muslims with quote genocidal intent now myanmar's brutal crackdown against the rohinton began a year ago the ensuing campaign of arson rape and murder prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh. un investigators have made it clear to me and most high ranking military officials must pay for what they're

professional singer in myanmar. he has the, this is the thing.ienced incredible, incredible resilience and invention and heart and generosity on behalf of the rohingya refugees helping each other. of course, waves of displacement. since the, you know the 80s and the 90s. so, he, he, sees his role as the a singer to, sing through the trauma. he is, he -- he sang for, for a group of us, song about the oncoming monsoon and terrifying fear that all of the houses are going to collapse. >> let's play it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> necessity being the mother of invention. he is using what looks like a kitchen bowl as musical instrument? >> yes. he was the master of the mandoline, one of, exactly sure what the instrument is called. we had to wait half an hour. he said i am waiting for one more instrument. then came out this, metal pot. that speaks of a level of ingenuity that refugees show. >> life. >> cate blanchete, thank you for shining the spot light on them. >> thank you. >> we hope you enjoyed looking back at the conversations on issues that are still important. t

then, one year after hundreds of thousands ofohingya fled their homes in myanmar, the u.n. calls for top military cmanders tere to be tried for genocide. and the legacy of john main. he served in the u.s. senate for more than three decades and earned a rare reputation for "straight talk" and reaching across the aisle. >> whatever our differences, wee are fellowcans. and please believe me when i say no association has ever meant

a year ago, she was enjoying school in myanmar. acday she lives in a tiny in banglesh in the world's biggest refugee camp. this 13-year-old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he is rarely home. with no family and no money, she ys no younger man would marry her. >> when i was young, i never thought i would marry an old man. now i have to marry one. i'm worried that now i amab carrying a and that this old man will die, and how then will i raise my child? reporter: this was claimed to be the moment last august that the burmese army and buddhist monks unleashed fire on rohingya muslims, a crdinated campaign of torture, rape, and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundredof thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young suivors witnessed. a year on, the makeshift shelters that were thrown together now have a depressipe anence. they may be fed by aid agenciesy but re not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camp and bangladesh. half of them are children. there

tula toli is the village in myanmar from which rashid fled.he killing, rape and arson here is said to be part of a co—ordinated campaign by the army. it's not just justice for victims, but deterring future activity; if we allow this to go without any kind of sanction, then every army in the world will think they can do this. this is the most detailed and blistering criticism yet of the actions of myanmar‘s military last year, actions which forced hundreds of thousands of rohingya people to flee across the border to these camps, where they are still trapped. but there is also strong criticism of myanmar‘s civilian government, in particular, its nobel peace prize—winning leader, aung san suu kyi. she is accused of failing to use her moral authority to prevent the violence, and by ignoring the plight of the rohingya, her government made it easierfor the crimes to be carried out. there's been no reaction from her, her government, or the generals. the army has always claimed it was only clearing out militants. a claim now wholly rejected by the uni

investigators call for genocide charges against myanmar as military leaders in a damning report on myanmar as crackdown on the revenge of last year the u.n. says military commanders must be investigated for crimes against humanity also coming up. here in germany hundreds join followed by protests in the eastern city of pemex that's after the fatal stabbing of a german national jaring a dispute that police say involves people of carriers nationalities. that will also be taking into yeah mile germany's name a nazi village all the residents there are far right sympathizes with the exception of one couple we've made the low miles to stem the tide of extremism every summer with a music festival to promote tolerance and in somalia the procedures down the line some called common they have no idea what they're doing they just have a knife and they cut. the cruel practice of female genital mutilation we meet a woman from somalia who fled her country to seek help at the german reconstruction clinic. plots who can keep by munich from winning their seventh straight honestly go tribal after the first w

, and china will almost certainly back myanmar and reject that. possible mechanisms, that has happened in the case of syria where independent recommendations were created to pursue human rights investigations into atrocities with the prospect of indictments later. that looks like the way they will go with myanmar, it could take some time. but the conclusion of this report brought together so many of the other news reports we heard over the last year, about rakhine state, absolutely appalling human rights abuses, systematic organised destruction of an entire people. they have brought that together, serious members of this team, and came out with these tough recommendations. it now goes to the international community, the un general assembly and human rights council to work out what to do next. myanmar has not co—operated with this team but it is more beleaguered and isolated. for aung san suu kyi, for so long as beacon of hope for democracy and understanding in myanmar, where does this leave her now? i think she's in an appalling position, to some

a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar.she lives in a tiny shack in bangladesh, in the world's biggest refugee camp. this 15—year—old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die, and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a co—ordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in ba

investigators call for genocide charges against me on mars military leaders and a damning report on myanmar is cracked down on the broken just like un says that military commanders must be investigated for crimes against humanity and it's a big day for trade says the u.s. president after a year of talks donald trump announces quote a really good deal with mexico but will canada now sign up to to create a new version of nafta. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. we begin with far right protests in germany this after a syrian and an iraqi national appeared in court in connection with the killing of a german national earlier on sunday morning the incident sparked violent anti immigrant clashes in the east german city of chemists police say that a crowd of some eight hundred far right demonstrators refused to disperse and marched through the city center the german government has sharply condemned the actions of the protesters who reportedly targeted people that they believed to be foreigners. far right demonstrate his clash with police in kemet city center. patterns vs bottles leading to mo

nick beake, bbc news on the myanmar—bangladesh border.searcher for the rand think—tank. she joins us from pittsburgh. thanks very much for being with us. what is your view now in terms of how the international community should respond to this latest un report? so i think this was a great step forward. the report was very direct in explaining what happened and recommended prosecution by the international criminal court. at the same time it is also really important to not focus solely on that but to keep an eye on what this is about, the million people who are displaced by this... these atrocities over the last year and finding ways to enable them to get home or to settle into bangladesh and nepal. so while the prosecution isa and nepal. so while the prosecution is a really important step, other steps including working on a political solution so that people can go home, and then also enabling bangladesh to help these people integrate are going to remain very important, since it is very likely the negotiations could drag on for a long time a

. >> the myanmar sta councilor was faulted by the u.n. fact finding commission who said shee commto the attrition of atrocity crimes. is she partially at fault? >> yeah, it's not a light kind of thing to say, but i think the fact finding mission got it right. a lot of people havaie comd about her remaining silent, but it's worse than that, she hasn't just been silent, she's talked about -- her office has talked about fake rapes in the lighof this overwhelming evidence of mass rapes. she blocked theact finding mission from coming in to investigate. yeah, it's a tough thing to say, and it's important to remember that the greatest degree of responsibility is with the military, but, yes, she solutely should be singled out because she's effectively been an apologist for the military in the fa of these really grave crimes. >> and quickly, in the time we l haft, the military is, of course, the headline in the u.n. fact finding mission today and they recommend a half dozen nerous need to be prosecuted by the c internationminal court or an ad hoc

nick beake, bbc news on the myanmar—bangladesh border.ers have gathered in the eastern german city of chemnitz in response to a fatal stabbing on sunday morning. a syrian and an iraqi man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. the protesters are calling for an end to immigration, and there are reports of outbreaks of violence. andrew plant reports. the east german city of chemnitz, in front of its karl—marx memorial, several thousand initiators chanting anti—immigration slogans. police reported seeing hitler salutes too. tensions here are high after a german man was stabbed on sunday, a syrian and an iraqi men were arrested and a wave of anti—immigration protest took to the streets. translation: now is the time to remain calm and levelheaded. police are investigating and the prosecuting authorities are doing theirjob. chemnitz prosecuting authorities are doing their job. chemnitz will prosecuting authorities are doing theirjob. chemnitz will not allow theirjob. chemnitz will not allow the perpetrators of violence and anarchist to run

a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar.biggest refugee camp. this 15—year—old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a coordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in bangladesh. half of them are children and there's little sig

militaryago, myanmar's rohingyaamuslims minority. at the u.n., it was described as textbook ethnic cleansing. thousands of people have crossed into neighboring bangladesh to flee the violence. one year on, aung san suu kyi has maintained her defense of government actions, refusing to craccdown. clovis casali reports. clovis: it will soon be ooe year since the burmese army cooducted operations, a crackdown against what it called terrororists of e mumuslim mininority of the rohi, operations that led to a mass exodus here in more than 700,000 andngya fled to bangladesh, bangladedesh is just behehind ma fefew metees away. i am standing on a bridge that separates myanmar and bangladesh . here is the border b between the countries, who hhve had o ocky relations in recent months due to thihimass crisis of the rohingya. in a p part of myanmar thatat is under t total lockdow. the army conttolsls who comes i, freely or bring much-needed aidd to the rohingya in northern raqqa. jojournalists are forbidden n fr coming ere unless they are invitedd

a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar.ay, she lives in a tiny shack in bangladesh, in the world's biggest refugee camp. this 15—year—old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a co—ordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in

the come to believe the mechanisms are credible transparent impartial independent and comply with myanmar's obligations and the international law but the british ambassador indicated that no immediate action is imminent she said it's likely that the report must first go to formal debate within the human rights council which commissioned the report in the first place before the security council takes a decision this is a report by the fact finding mission it will go in september for formal debate in the human rights council and then we hope we will debate it or deal with it in sam suitable way in the security council but many members of the security council insistent that action must be taken sooner rather than later strong words from the us ambassador we are now all armed with the devastating eyewitness accounts of the rohingya which lead us to the following conclusions children they be women and men suffered unspeakable crimes the attacks were planned premeditated and coordinated. the perpetrator was the burma's military and security forces the whole world is watching what we will do next

they are a minority group in myanmar which is a predominantly british country.re was an attack staged by rohingya militants on border security posts on august 25th of 2017. the military responded in a way that is documented in shocking detail in this report. but this report says that the military certainly went well beyond the scope of any kind of campaign that it could have or should have conducted. the military had long contended they were working to clear out militants who had staged that attack. what we know now, rosemary-s that some 700,000 rohingya muslims fled what they called persecution running for their lives over the border from myanmar into bangladesh in the months that followed that attack that was staged back on august 25th. >> alexandra field, we thank you for that live report coming to us from hong kong. >>> a thaw in relations between north and south korea brought together some family members separated for decades by the war on the peninsula. >> it was the second round of reunions in the past week organized by the red cross. cnn's paula hancocks

state this was the reason the myanmar military gave when it launched its crackdown in northern rakhine state against the ranger a year ago it said its operation was in response to attacks on security posts carried out by a little known group that calls itself the salvation army now the military's actions have been condemned by the international community as disproportionate a u.n. official has described the violence taking place against the region as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and the myanmar government has been criticized for not doing enough to help the will hinder for not speaking out for the region for not adequately investigating the reports of atrocities committed against the injured and lately for not creating a safe enough environment for refugees who fled to bangladesh to return to me on now the government lays the blame for the violence on this little known group are a group of armed fighters who intend say that fighting for the rights of the minority in. academics say the root of the problem really is discrimination against this minority and the problem can be so

now myanmar's brutal crackdown against the range of again as i mentioned a year ago the army has always denied accusations of ethnic cleansing it insists it was responding to attacks by revenge rebels in suing campaign of arson rape and murder however prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh. a never ending line of refugees streaming across the border from me amar to bangladesh. they fled after security forces launched a brutal offensive against them last august. which is looted and to watch their homes they raped tortured and killed thousands of ranger. across the border in bangladesh the refugees have settled in sprawling camps. as they've tried to settle in here with stories of unimaginable horrors have emerged. soldiers came into every house and shot as. they looked me up in my house and then set fire to it i have burns like this. and there was all over my body. conditions in the camps the cramped and squalid the huts era flimsy and built on hilly sandy ground prone to landslides. to the world where this year's monsoon brought more misery for the

action based on the un report earlier the chinese foreign ministry issued a statement saying that myanmar does not cope well with pressure for mamma jump june joins us live now from cox's bazaar so what's been the reaction there to the issues being discussed outside the camps borders moment. well there and there are hindu activists that we've been speaking with there are certainly glad that calls especially within the e.u. when to you know demand that the real hinge of community be protected and they are glad that these calls are growing louder but at the same time they are also sadly quite accustomed to inaction when it comes to their plight. look in the last few days there was a huge demonstration that took place in which to prolong camp to mark the first year anniversary of the brutal crackdown in myanmar and rakhine state which led to the displacement of over seven hundred thousand rohinton refugees they are now living here which has become the largest refugee settlement in the world who took a long camp here in cox's bazaar bangladesh there were thousands of people that were out and

the dam is breached in myanmar flooding villages and forcing thousands of people to flee.i don't welcome to al-jazeera life my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth toronto also ahead the education crisis for refugee school children a new study says many and aren't going to school. the call for accountability over the real crisis a report alleging genocide in myanmar goes before the u.n. security council plus. i'm florence state malaysia where the demand for land development and biofuel is threatening not just forests but a way of life. more than fifty thousand people are being evacuated from their homes in myanmar after a dam burst at least one hundred villages have been flooded region and central. along with a major highway all part of this fire broke after heavy monsoon rains and water levels are expected to keep rising convoys of military trucks carrying boats are on their way but the army chief says the overflow overflow chattel cannot be controlled a senior meteorologist joining us for more on this now so it is the monsoon season there. how on you know how common is

security council of course myanmar's military. gives a different version of events they say their offensive a year ago in revenge or communities was justified how do they explain their side of the story how do they justify that offensive. well so what they're saying is that these were all just anti-terrorist measures that they had to take after thirty military police outposts were attacked by a terrorist group last year pretty much exactly one year ago and this is so they had to conduct these clearing. clearance operations as they call it but of course the un report makes a point in saying that no no anti terrorist operation justifies the scale and and the atrocities that were committed in indy's operations where women were gang raped where children were killed where were men were killed the houses were burned down and in effect seven hundred thousand people were driven from their homes so they were un report says that these that this reaction was grossly disproportionate and they're saying it amounts to crimes against humanity ok

joining us for more on this it is monsoon season in myanmar. is this out of the ordinary or rather has anything out of the ordinary been happening this month so stressful let's have a look at the monsoon season i've got a little graphic that will show you what we expect rain rain wise every month so we can show the little picture there you can see exactly how much rain you're expecting so january february barely any at the beginning of the year but then june july august those are the big rain months in july and august you expect over four hundred millimeters of rain each month incredibly wet london only get six hundred new year so that's really wet and then it tails off in september so if there was going to be a breach of a down or any problems it's likely to be at the end of the monsoon season which is where we are now and how your other question whether or not there's been anything out of the ordinary just a couple of weeks ago was the beginning of august the end of july that sort of time there was quite a large flood issue in the coastal reg

the government in myanmar saying, stepping away from it, removing responsibility from themselves.ess the interesting finding is that this un report is amongst, i think we have not really seen that many publications and reports that we re many publications and reports that were singling out aung san suu kyi in her role as that fact ahead of government, and also as a moral authority in the country after decades of staying under house arrest. and her role in this transition of myanmar towards a more, well, it remains to be seen actually whether it is the case, more democratic government and that is less influenced by the military. and this is saying that in the end she did not use the powers and the tools that she had at her spies or when last year, around 700,000 rohingya fled to bangladesh. the list of atrocities in the un report include rape, torture, enforced disappearance and murder. i mean it isa disappearance and murder. i mean it is a harrowing list. obviously, it is a harrowing list. obviously, it is all over the papers, all over the media today and it is something we are ke

of myanmar's military commanders for what investigators say was a campaign with genocidal intent against the country's revenge of muslims u.n. investigators say they now have enough evidence to prosecute six top generals for their alleged crimes the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top tech mentor generals in relation to the three categories of crimes under international law genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes we have examined the period since two thousand and eleven the violations we have identified during this period are part of a history of abusive military conduct going back at least half a century. now myanmar's brutal crackdown against the range of began exactly a year ago the army has always denied accusations of ethnic cleansing it insists it was responding to attacks by ranger rebels ensuring campaign of arson rape and murder prompted some thirteen hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh. a never ending line of refugees streaming across the border from me amar to bangladesh. they fled aft

myanmar, philippines and bangladesh arejust industry.bangladesh are just three of the top ten countries around the world but most affected by frequent extreme weather events. with an additional 3- 40 weather events. with an additional 3— 40 million people expected to live in asia by 2025, the need for sustainable infrastructure has become critical. those are the latest findings from the asia infrastructure investment bank, the china led lender has extended an invitation into the private sector and government to explore sustainable building products. i asked the vice president if these investors were sceptical of the bank ties to the chinese government. we have 87 member countries, we don't follow the ideas of any one country, all of those lenders work together to establish policies which it established that we operate to high standards. we must fund projects that are economically sustainable. we have high environmental and social standards. there are countries like malaysia who are pulling out of the belt road initiatives altogether, it