notau in san suu kyi's in myanmar. instead, for journalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, the reward is a prison sentence.th reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of 10 rohingya muslims. the n. believes the myanmar military and buddhist monks may have killed more than 10,000 rohingya in rakhine state last year, but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven-year jail sentence. >> we didn't do anything harmful to our nation. we didn't commit any crimes. reporter: the furyf the supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison, convicted of obtaining secret documents which could help enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. >> the verdict struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar.ts many diploave been at the trial throughout. we believe the judge has ignored evidence in the case and ignored myanmar's laws. extremely disappoin

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all, the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters‘ investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists‘ supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could've helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgement today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many di

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes, in all, the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters‘ investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists‘ supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgement today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many

if you are not getting any movement from myanmar with genocide, why would myanmar move for just two journalistsis this a loose-this situation for freedom of the press? >> if i would not have hope, i would d give up, stop working fr innovation with reporters without borders. i still believe in the release of these people, as i still believe and hope that the rohingya massacre -- that aung san suu kyi will take over some responsibility. we try our best to keep up the pressure, so the defect a leader take the responsibility for these journalists and the rohingya massacre. brent: as you say, aung san suu kyi could solve the entire situation by just speaking out. but as you say, we have always got hope, if nothing else. as always, christian, thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a new u.n. report says the proportion of migrants dying as they cross the mediterranean has risen dramatically this year. it says there is one death for every 18 arrivals in europe, double the f figure for last ye. the u.n. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking ever-greate

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.nd kyaw soe 0o, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists' supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgment today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many diplomats have been at the

in myanmar has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalist. in his already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his daughter. well d.w. southeast asia correspondent boston hati has been reporting there from the involved for many years welcome to the studio past and what do you make of these two seven year jail sentences well i think on a personal level this is really tragic we heard in the report there both young fathers and well known hasn't even had the chance to meet his daughter who was only born a few weeks ago but if you look at the broader picture then i think this trial really speaks to the deterioration of press freedom and human rights in myanmar and this isn't in effect what these two were reporting on right they were reporting on human rights violations and atrocities committed in western myanmar in rakhine state where the muslim. minority has been targeted by military operations and which led more than seven hundred thousand of them to flee the

they're doing that crises had its origin in myanmar as such its solution has to be found in myanmar we also wish to see immediate and effective implementation of the agreement concluded between me and maher and the un we want an early peaceful solution to the ring of. mr president in last thirty years bangladesh has made its contribution to international peace by deploying over one fifty eight thousand peacekeepers in fifty four missions. one forty five peacekeepers from munger these have made their sacrifice in the line of duty the current lead more than seven thousand peacekeepers including one forty four we men are deployed in ten different missions. our peacekeepers had been acclaimed for their proficient allison courage and success we played twenty three contingency under the peacekeeping military readiness system. as they already do you know broken and bangladesh expected to see a more robust and human rights centric global campaign on safe regular and orderly migration. in the contemporary global context the migration compact should be considered a positive a state and should se

in two thousand and seventy the story of the ethnic violence against minority range of muslims in myanmar has been in the headlines for over a year now international media have had access into the country severely restricted and much of the local media have taken the government and military side over the treatment of the range up amid stories of military orchestrated violence recently confirmed in a united nations report the trial and sentencing of the reuters reporter has captured the tension inside and outside me m r the listening posts meenakshi ravi now on the case of waldo and shah saw and the very high price journalists in myanmar pay if they report unfavorably on the military. outside a courtroom in yangon myanmar on the morning of the third of september journalists on the sentencing of two burmese reporters one alone and. the dickies down seven years in prison and just as he had done so many times in the eight months before that the two men came out to declare their innocence to get in touch. and were hauled into a police car to be driven away to. go to his asia editor kevin clear

sees him police in myanmar admitted there had been a set up the burmese military said the massacre that was reported did indeed happen and yet after eight months in prison to reuters journalists while on and shot all have been sentenced by a burma's judge at the seven years in jail their crime obtaining secrets that documents as they research the killing and mass burial of ten range of men in two thousand and seventy the story of the ethnic violence against minority range of muslims in myanmar has been in the headlines for over a year now international media have had access into the country severely restricted and much of the local media have taken the government and military side over the treatment of the range up amid stories of military orchestrated violence recently confirmed in the united nations report. the trial and sentencing of the reuters reporter has captured the tension inside and outside me and are they listening posts that mean actually ravi now on the case of waldo and shah or and the very high price journalists in myanmar pay if they report on favorably on the military.

season police in myanmar admitted there had been a set up the burmese military said the massacre that was reported did indeed happen and yet after eight months in prison to reuters journalists while on and who have been sentenced by a burma's judge at the seven years in jail their crime obtaining secrets that documents as they research the killing and mass burial of ten range of men in two thousand and seventy the story of the ethnic violence against minority range of muslims in myanmar has been in the headlines for over a year now international media had access into the country severely restricted and much of the local media have taken the government and military side over the treatment of the range up amid stories of military orchestrated violence recently confirmed in the united nations report that. rylan sentencing of the reuters reporter has captured the tension inside and outside me and are they listening posts meenakshi ravi now on the case of waldo and shah saw and the very high price journalists in myanmar pay if they report unfavorably on them in the tree. outside a courtroo

in the last few minutes, two journalist in myanmar have been sentenced to seven years in prison.euters news agency. they have been investigating reports of a massacre of ten rohingya men. let's cross live to bangkok, where the bbc‘sjonathan head has been following events. tell us more about what happened in court. well, this is a postponed verdict, of course. it was supposed to be read out last week. no one is sure why that happened, the judge was ill last week it had also happened on the same day the un issued a devastating report accusing myanmar‘s generals of genocide for their planned killings of the rohingya. so one week later this verdict came in. it is very bad news from the point of view of all of those who have argued that this was a politicised case, that these journalists were being prosecuted because of their investigations of the military. the case itself that the military. the case itself that the police put was at best confusing. these journalists say they were set up, that they were invited why the police to a meeting where they were handed documents which they di

so we are actually, we are in myanmar and done some work together with smart power myanmar and other initiatives launched by by the rockefeller foundation. >> with that, i'd really like to open the discussion for the audience. so if we have any questions, comments for doctor shah from the audience. do we have a microphone? i think there's somebody there. . >> thank you. my name is naraj. i work as a consultant at the world bank and i graduated from university of maryland in public policy. quick question. how do you ensure local knowledge in your development objectives? because we often consider india as a-- one single country, but it's not. it shouldn't be treated as a country, we should look into national government, same is the case with africa, we often talk about it as a country, but it's a continent with different countries. how does rockefeller ensure loc local knowledge and capacity. >> that's one thing that the rockefeller foundation, given its long history of work in the places around the world, does particularly well. we have presence around the world. when we embark on big

this is d w news live from orlando international outrage as myanmar sentences to reuters journalists to seven years in jail. the two reporters were investigating myanmar's crackdown on the rogue hinge of minority they say that they were framed by police western governments condemn the verdict of the u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the rule of law. also coming up. setting a different tone bands from across germany prepare to play a free concert in the eastern city of camden to protest against racism at the you will not see violence in. turkey cracked down on a group of women and their supporters protesting against the enforced disappearance of their loved ones in the one nine hundred ninety s. dawn of the women are saying they will never give up their struggle to help his nation to trust the morning never and most. players. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program two journalists have been sentenced to seven eight years in jail for breaching meon mars official secrets act while investigating violence against the rogue hinge a minority in the country why. alone and cha say we're both wo

the trouble is i doubt the myanmar authorities would let her out.ting her bottom lip, desperate to say something. if she does speak out, she goes back into the slammer or house arrest. i think she has been vilified. i would like to think she is a very decent person, and i think she is, and i think she is caught between a rock and a hard place. before we move on to our final paper, let's just see if we can the response from germany to finding out that they had won their european championship did. the host of the euro 2024 will be germany. applause applause a bit different from tessa jowell, david beckham going whoopee and all the rest of it. they are very measured, not like we are all like the spaniards are. in germany, everything is focused, everything is right, and yes, they love their football. they are an incredibly efficient race. but they are not tigers and —— huggers and kisses. not like us. no, very clinical. stay with us on bbc news. so much more to come. hello, good morning. it's fair to say that yesterday across england and wales felt a bi

people tell us the role ofjournalism in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.op military officers in myanmar should face crimes according to some. it is in the contest of this corresponding to national condemnation that the courts and authorities will be able to send their message later today. our other top story this hour: migrants and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean face an ever more deadlyjourney, according to a new report by the un refugee agency. the un is calling on europe to do more to try to save lives, by providing safe, legal routes for refugees. imogen foulkes has more from geneva. thousands of people have died crossing the mediterranean, over 1600 so far this year alone. the un refugee agency says the journey is becoming ever more dangerous. the fatality rate has risen from one in 42 to one in a team. europe should focus less on managing numbers and trying to find more on the humanity to save lives. to help refugees join family members are ready in europe, increasing settlement places and providing safe, legal alternatives to the deadly vo

just our hatred towards all my breasts also coming up on the two reporters who were investigating myanmar's brutal attacks on the broken jaw minority today that they work framed by police western governments can damage the verdict of seven years of the to the u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the will look law and oh such a. turkey to crack down on a group of women and their supporters protesting against the enforced disappearance of their loved ones back in the one nine hundred ninety s. but the women saying they will never give out they're struggling to and then trying to bone that we don't have this consolation costs morning never and. and shelter may have finished the last season second in the bundesliga but opposing fans and players this season are on it impressed how to bring land toko away from shock on sunday they're near the top of the standings and shout those in the bottom. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program a migrant who is reportedly from afghanistan has been sentenced to eight and a half years for killing a teenage girl in the western german city of kendall the fifteen year

today imprisoned by the myanmar military forfighting democracy.ung chief nominally leads, stands accused of grave atrocities against the rohingya people. nearly 1 million have fled to neighbouring bangladesh and women and girls in particular have faced appalling violence. we demand that the myanmar government ends its horrific ethnic fencing and allows the hinge people to return home and rebuild their communities and their in safety and security! applause and let me say a few words about the ongoing demand forjustice and rights to the palestinian people. our party is united in condemning the shooting of hundreds of unarmed demonstrators in gaza by israeli forces and the passing of israel's discrimination free nation state law. the continuing occupation... applause the expansion of illegal settlements and the imprisonment of palestinian children are an outrage. we support... applause we support a two—state solution to the conflict with a secure israel and a viable and secure palestinian state. but a quarter of a century on from the oslo accord but

joining me now from young good myanmar is kevin a he is in asia editor with reuters and a colleague of the two journalists thank you so much for joining us kevin and we understand now that your colleagues are now set to go to jail for seven years what's your view on this verdict. is a deeply disappointing result it's not a result. a fair reading of the trial of the evidence in the scrutiny and can sustain. we're disappointed it's a heartbreaking result for their colleagues here in the in the bureau for their friends for their young families who are deprived ok i was once and fathers and what happened today was an injustice that so well throughout also to the rule of law and to the freedom of press that any democracy requires the government of myanmar has an opportunity to know it's up to the right thing and to step three as you fight against that injustice as you try and encourage the government to do what you have just said there to release them what are the next steps do you see any possibilities left to help them. well we want to every avenue so valuable to us. the verdict was only

sol atrocities and found out about the mass graves in myanmar.hought that women shared, a noble prize winner. but she has abandoned her beliefs. it is a sad day for democracy and freedom of the press. and for simple justice. given that there is such compelling evidence here of the setup, from some of the things we have just pulled our viewers, setup, from some of the things we havejust pulled our viewers, what can the international committee do. how can they apply the pressure to get these two mad men freed? well, i guess there has to be a concerted international effort of pressure. notjust from international effort of pressure. not just from human international effort of pressure. notjust from human rights groups, the press, from government, from the united nations, but possibly that might dissuade the civilian government of myanmar to still pardon these journals. and challenges she could say to the president of myanmar, get them pardon. i doubt that she will do this because of her retreat from democracy and also because she will say, well, i de

this is the eu ambassador to myanmar kristian schmidt.or them to be released immediately and unconditionally. here's reuters editor in chief stephen adler. i think there are a lot of things we can do. we aren't going to say in advance what they are but we aren't going to sit still and let this happen. there are many possibilities of things we can do all over the world and we are going to work very ha rd world and we are going to work very hard on that. international governments have been fantastic. there were 80—100 people in the court for every significant hearing. ambassadors have been involved, from the uk, the eu, canada, australia, japan, the usa. tremendous support. what myanmar has done has been roundly condemned, because these people are innocent. they were simply reporting a massacre in a village in myanmar and they were arrested so they wouldn't continue reporting that massacre. it's absolutely outrageous and there's no rule of law have whatsoever. stay with us on outside source — still to come. argentina's economy's in deep tro

as i said human rights and press freedom as one of them is deteriorating in myanmar and it's with the country's really backsliding here. thank you so much for joining us. on the borders legal last year's league runners up childcare were trying to recover from last week's opening loss they hosted head to belin but things didn't go to plan with the berliners producing their second impressive victory in a row. excitement in a shocker stands mirrored by early action on the pitch i have defended now that i was a golden chance which is he reflected on what might have been a our officials were taking another look at the build up handball their verdict jury given the chance from the sports. he fluffed his lines. they couldn't believe it but soon it was a whole lot worse defense times were attacked with the slickest of touches patches andre do down the goal scorer. i within two minutes home hopes have been turned upside down. and the second half frustrations only grew a shocker press to equalize rates on the event connop liang care was sensible for this cynical shot of. direct free kick. devas

sustaining development in emerging economics and we work in india and china and active projects in myanmar and vietnam as well. and the challenge that we see here is that the center of gravity in today's world, energy and environment, is really shifting away from the industrialized countries to more of what the emerging economies. their populations are larger and most of the economy growth is now coming from these countries and as a result energy demand is growing. at the same time, over 1 billion people still don't have electricity at home and 3 billion people work with traditional firewood. so how do we solve these problems without in the process cooking the planet. that is the fundamental challenge that we face. and in doing this work, we are very grateful for all of the support that we've received from the rockefeller foundation. one of our biggest projects this past year has been smart power which is a rockefeller launched initiative in india that looks at creative base for helping these rural communities gain access to affordable and reliable and clean energy and we've had a big proj

military and other rakhine villages that the pressure is piling on myanmar last month a u.n. fact finding mission concluded in its reports that the myanmar military had committed mass killings and gang raped with genocidal intent and recommended the myanmar military leadership to be investigated and prosecuted and of course most recently the international criminal court said in its ruling that it has jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of from myanmar to bangladesh and this could very well be the first step in what could turn out to be a long process to bring myanmar and its military to account. more than one thousand foreign supporters have rallied in the german city of kemet it's the latest protest of the fatal stabbing of a man almost two weeks ago two migrants have been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the killing a crowd much under the motto security for. the american coffee john starbucks is a put its very first store and it's really considered the spiritual home of the expressway hundreds of people queued up for up to an hour to get a cup of coffee undet

yes and what we're seeing play out in myanmar of course is a clash in many ways with.who is the effectively the leader of me and my power is very much he is the council of the state councilor of me and but as you mentioned the military really is still the ultimate power in that country it ran the country for almost fifty years is a military dictatorship and it really has not really relinquish power yes we have a civilian government in power by name only really in the military still controls a quarter of all seats in parliament still control several. he ministries key security and defense ministries so the very much still has power about aung san suu kyi even though her power is could tell that as we say she really hasn't spoken up in support of the rigging in defense all of them criticizing the military in fact it's been the opposite at times she's been seen to be praising the generals in charge of the forces and it's been the same in this case it's been the same regarding other ethnic minorities who continue to face attacks from the millet forces such as in kitchen st

and yet when it has come to the case of more known and choice of journalists in myanmar have largely shown solidarity this case has set on what being precedent and they can see the danger that faces them on if you look at this media the majority of them the tool of the propaganda machine of the military and they have bred so many hatred and misinformation about the range of minorities but this to me generally is when they were arrested medias to speak out but they are not taking these two journalists expose. the crime of the military but actually this media is focusing more on the press freedom. whether media in myanmar choose to report on it or not the role of the country's military in the killings and forcing out of revenge of muslims has been documented in international reporting the un team said as two months that the military's scorched earth tactics have led to terms than thousand deaths a conservative and most damningly in a recent report published by the united nations human rights council. report states that the burmese commander in chief klein and his deputies bear quote gr

she really admired her and yet what we're hearing now is silence from the civilian government of myanmar silencer on sons who cheat in response to this case. do you think the civilian government can step in reverse this decision or is it actually powerless. of course that has the power to reverse this decision we don't believe that the judicial system made this decision on its own it's not a country that respects the rule of law this is not an independent decision and it could absolutely be reversed these men should be set free we are asking the same question where is uncertainty why is she silent on this her silence has frankly become shameful she should use her influence not only to release these innocent man but to improve the situation for press freedom and to address the the many other great human rights abuses taking place in the country what do you make of the reaction we've heard today from western countries like the u.k. and how do you think and see this decision affecting relations between western countries endian mommy and mars been very desperate to try to improve relations w

any cooperation from the myanmar government we are deeply disappointed that state confidant suki has not used the position or moral authority to stem prevent don't condemn the unfolding events in. the un considers the real hinge or the most persecuted minority in the world and calls the situation a human rights catastrophe as a result of myanmar's military offensives at least three hundred ninety two of the minorities villages have been destroyed and thousands killed seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled to bangladesh in the last year there and also stresses cases of women being gang raped and children assaulted but over the years. the country's de facto leader has repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing has taken place when you used ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong of an expression to use for what's happening unsung suchi also blocked a u.n. fact finding mission from reaching the area in two thousand and seventeen despite that she is perceived by some as something of a

the un says that the courts here in myanmar are not free and independent.are overseen by a government department which is run by the military. so really, the decision today will tell us a lot about the role of free journalism in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. and, of course, it comes just a week after those un investigators said that the top military officers here in myanmar should stand trial for genocide because of the treatment of the rohingya people last year. aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya and so allowing some of these criems to take palce. for the rohingya and so allowing some of these crimes to take palce. it is in the contest of this chorus pf international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. our other top story this hour: migrants and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean face an ever more deadlyjourney, according to a new report by the un refugee agency. the un is calling on europe to do more to try to save lives, by prov

but our view is that as myanmar tries to move towards a democracy and myanmar talked a lot about a transition free press is absolutely essential to any democracy. they have to have transparency in order to be effective and also in order to have a place in the world among nations that are considered respected. >> well, know that we stand beside you as you stand beside those two reporters imprisoned reportedly wrongfully for just doing their jobs. very, very important jobs. steve adler, thank you. >> thank you. >>> alisyn? >> all eyes on brett kavanaugh as his confirmation hearings begin today. but john avlon says we should also look closely at other judicial nominees. we have a cnn reality check for you next. we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage... she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we'd b

a court in myanmar has sentenced to reuters journalists to seven years in jail they were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act while investigating the alleged mass killing of orange of muslims by the military the two reporters deny the charges and said they had been framed by police western governments have condemned the verdict and say it calls into question man marse commitment to the freedom of press oh seven years in jail for breaching me and most official secrets act or as some would say for simply doing their job while lying on his colleagues were found guilty. of illegally possessing confidential documents base men have denied the charge saying that being punished for their posting. was no i don't but this decision is unfair and one sided it directly threatens our democracy and freedom after press will continue to fight it's. going to die out. the journalists were arrested while covering the military's brutal crackdown on routine gym islams which has prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh to the international community

as i said human rights and press freedom as one of them is deteriorating in myanmar and it's with the country's really backsliding here. thanks so much for joining us. despite lifting a state of emergency in july turkey's government is still cracking down on critics the group of women who have been holding peaceful vigils in istanbul for decades and are being targeted by police known as the saturday mothers they demonstrate every weekend against the disappearance of their relatives in the one nine hundred ninety s. and one nine hundred eighty s. during anchor's war against kurdish extremists. he stumbles police getting ready for action combat gear and gas masks shields rubber bullet guns. and these are the people they're preparing to confront the such as a mother it's about a dozen women many of them past retirement age and their supporters. tall saunas in the first row the saturday mothers have been meeting since one thousand nine hundred ninety five for the vigils and the lady with the dog green had scoffers join most of them she is no longer afraid of the police she says. tensions

in myanmar and bangladesh. >> we published the story.e published the massacre of the ten rohingya muslims a we've continued to do investigative pieces about howta various ks and massacres have occurred and what's going on in the fugee camps and we absolutely intend to do that. we have not been intimidated, deterred and we won't be. we think this is a very important story. the only reason we're there is to do important stories. the only reason an organization like ours goes to dangerous places is not to court dangerous stt to get importanies and we think this is an important story and will continue to cover it. >> stephen adler, editor-in-chief of reuters, thk you very much. thank you, nick. e yang: tomorrow brett kavanaugh faces nate judiciary committee in the first day of his confirmation hearings to sit on e supreme court. tonight, lisa dejardins has a look at the man and his record. >> desjardins: brett kavanaugh has been here before, before the senate judiciary committee, and before many of the same senators, 12 yrs ago. >> i have de

she's working to win the freedom of two journalists jailed in myanmar, who were reporting on the rohingyahis. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites — an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a senate committee has approved president trump's nominee for the supreme court, but a final confirmation vote has been delayed, while the fbi looks into allegations of sexual assault. facebook has revealed a security breach involving nearly 50 million

. ♪ haslinda: another of the key routes for china will be a corridor through myanmar.es of questions. the country borders china, india, and bangladesh, providing a channel to the indian ocean, but also over land to the indian subcontinent. >> their concerns are over many aspects. infrastructure projects incur indebtedness, and there is concern in this government over the risk of over indebting the country and passing that on to the next generation. that is a positive thing to worry about, the fact that we are not just going all out and building things without regard for budget position. haslinda: after years of strict military rule, myanmar's infrastructure is in urgent need of development, making it a prime target for the belt and road initiative. >> the other concern will be how the construction of these projects will pass on in terms of technological know-how, as well as human resources, into the country. unfortunately for many years china has been supporting myanmar, sometimes in ways where the people feel they have not really gained very much. haslinda: so there y

onstill to comonight's myanmar tolling on pardon journalists. tonight, she speaks with the bbc.r: the song, "pa up your troubles," became an anthem toir the men of the world war. this weekend, it will be performed again. troubles in your your old kitbag and smile ♪ anchor: it was the marching tune written for soldiers in the first worl war, becoming one of the most famous songs of its mehich still endures today. in 1915, it was the work of two brothers, felix and , both stars.us here inir story be this cathedral wheretr the orch version had been created. coissioned to celebrate their connection with theerrea and remehe end of the great world war 100 years ago. stalls,efully in the and you can just about make out the young felix powell's name. he and his brother george were both choristers here. today, two other brothers, sit in their place. they have been working on the new commission. >> it is easy to forget because it was written a long time ago. we think it is old and not relevant. but actually, by doing this process, we had to put ourselves in the sho think through their eye

or were arrested in december while investigating the killing of a range of muslims by myanmar soldiers when he reports from neighboring thailand. instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists had remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing that been sentenced to seven years in jail oh you know knowing this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists were alone in charge so who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more than eight months in prison on false charges designed to silence their reporting and intimidate the press. the journalists were arrested in december last year as they were investiga

international condemnation after a court in myanmar cendant says to reuters journalists to seven years in prison also this hour troubled waters donors promise millions more for africa's lake chad but will it be. now for a region beset by violence hunger and climate change also why women may hold the key to donald trump's fate this november. i'm touching on a sanchez with all of the day's sport as japanese work a show higher tani returns to the mound and equals a rack called step by babe ruth ninety nine years ago. thank you for joining us argentina's president says his country is facing an emergency as he announced a raft of tough measures to savage economy and the sliding currency mockery declare that half of the government's ministries will be eliminated and new export taxes impose which he admits is a very very bad idea you know assman spain made a day before argentina goes to the international monetary fund to ask for the early release of a credit line the peso has lost about half of its value this year but i agree looking for. cover what's missing during this transition that's bec

entrapped they had been researching the story about the mass killing and burial of tender hinge a man in myanmar is northern rock and state the police offered them a key secret state documents that would corroborate their findings the documents would in fact not secret the situation was a set up and the reporters were arrested and charged under the official secrets act a law that has been on the books since one thousand twenty three when myanmar was called burma and was a colony of great britain these two voices journalists were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work into the situation in rakhine state they were sentenced under a colonial era law at the official secrets act but other repressive laws are extensively used as well. as the asians act the peaceful assembly act the penal code as a whole raft of repressive laws these two generally is really their freedom and their their life to expose the genocide exposed the highest crime that was quite committed by the various military and this is the biggest threat for them for the military but they will never tolerat

live and that al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us and outrageous injustice a new low for myanmar that's right school sent countries around the world are describing a decision by a court to jail to join this one all have been sentenced to seven years in prison they were found guilty of reaching a law on state secrets during their reporting on the massacre of range of muslims the paperwork for the reuters news agency insist they were framed by the police when hey has a story instead of walking free while alone and taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists have remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing that been sentenced to seven years in jail. this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation without best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it oh good it was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuter

the un says that the courts here in myanmar are not free and independent.nt which is run by the military, so really the decision today will tell us a lot about the role of free journalism in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. and, of course, it comes just a week after those un investigators said that the top military officers here in myanmar should stand trial for genocide because of the treatment of the rohingya people last year. aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya, and so allowing some of these crimes to take palce. so it's in the context of this chorus of international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. the islamist militant group al—shabab said it carried out a car bomb attack in somalia that killed at least three. the attack happened in the capital, mogadishu, when a car containing explosives was driven towards a local government building. three soldiers who stopped the vehicle from entering the compound died in the explosion, which also

your isn't important point that the myanmar military has been used to being a pariah state for many many years. it is if you look at it objectively the government doesn't appear to care excessively about what people say about it overseas and at the same time they have not really suffered either individually or as a government or as a nation for their behavior and i think the international community needs to look very carefully about what what is it that will that will compel. a better behavior on the part of the military and the civilian government what do you think that that kind of pressure would be mean what kind of pressure on me and more can we expect from the international community that may be able to get change and maybe sit these two journalists free. well the. the united states government and others have the ability to place sanctions on individuals who are directly responsible for this kind of behavior. that the japanese government has a very large trade and aid program which they could possibly leverage to see some kind of results you know certainly. it's a long shot in a way

in myanmar, we have seen mixed reactions.e journalists are traitors, they are working only her money and they are only reporting on rohingya people rather than the human rights abuses of other people committed by the same military. in myanmar, rohingya people are seen as illegal immigrants into their villages. you can see more of this on our website as long —— along with the main stories of the day. pope francis continues his efforts to contain the sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. today, he‘s met american bishops at the vatican. and those bishops released a statement afterwards, saying the catholic church in the us "is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse." this meeting ties into another element of the story. last month, this former vatican official published this letter claiming that pope francis had personally rehabilitated a disgraced american archbishop, with full knowledge of his history of sexual abuse. james reynolds has more from rome. there is a crisis in the church, and that crisis is based around child ab

cairo's record on human rights and democracy and at washington withdrew military assistance from myanmar over that country's crackdown on a muslim in rock state so we're seeing you know most as a do you think that we are seeing the u.s. or this u.s. administration jews funding millet whether it's military funding or humanitarian aid as a political tool in a way that previous u.s. administrations might not have. well if you don't mind i mean i'd like to zoom out and broaden this even further i think the first thing to understand and appreciate is that foreign assistance whilst almost overwhelmingly ends up benefiting the people that deserve it and tends to be at least from the view of the taxpayer that's providing that funding is genuinely a benevolent act you know an act of compassion and humanity but the way in which foreign assistance and international aid is often programmed and the way it's directed and funneled is often informed by political objectives and there's nothing wrong with that the countries that provide aid to other countries are looking to achieve strategic and or tactic