myanmar paid 51% of the costst.an provided theemaining 49%. >> actually, myanmar mostly doing the agriculture and trading, that's why we need to improve our manufacturing sector. also, we need the opportunity to create more jobs for our people. that's why this special economic zone will be a good opportunity for the industrial development and also creating jobs. >> bidding for contracts to build the kyaukoyu open zone. the winning bid went to a chin these state-owowned conglomerat. at that time the construction costs including the industrial parkrk and portt was estimated $10 billion. three-quarters of this would pay for building the port, with china providing between 75% and 85% of thehe money. the bill i is hugege, but so is china's interestt in winning access to the indian ocean, a key part of the "belt and road" initiative. one month before the contract was awarded, aung san suu kyi led her party, the national league for democracy, n hchld, victory in the general election. her government took power in march the

along myanmar's northern border with china rests. and this month the united states army celebrated thirty years since a peace agreement with me and my as army was signed it's the largest ethnic armed force in the cause. three with more than twenty five thousand troops while state operates as a self administered region with its own taxation and judicial systems but its leaders want it recognized as autonomy us from myanmar central government. we have to trust each other there is still a long time it's been thirty years without rule but we are still negotiating to keep the peace the united state armies ties to china run deep and beijing's more than just its main supplier of military equipment chinese is an official language in wa and residents use china's currency a representative from the chinese government attended the anniversary celebrations and punks are the capital of the region and myanmar's leader aung sang suu kyi sent a message to the white people she's urging the watch state army to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement whic

but for japan the real culprit is the myanmar military approach this was seen. in short as long as the myanmar military exists this to which we have drugs will continue to exist for the new best says from generation to generation for a fugitive drug kingpins that myanmar has been the only place where they have found safe haven. luckly the only place they can halakhah question. one to one east made multiple attempts to contact me mars drug enforcement division but received no reply for certain classes in the capital yangon john whalen and police it's likely military officers turn a blind eye to the meth trade but doubts they are manufacturers is the military directly involved in the military unlikely are they allowing it to occur in their areas of operation yet they are. it's a deadly cycle drugs fund the wars and the wars provide the perfect camouflage to keep the drugs flowing the narcotics trade meth trade certainly fuels the conflict proceeds from the narcotics trade are used to fund militia groups providing weapons providing food paid to soldiers and so fort

terror plot to succeed also coming up a decision that sends a chilling message about press freedom in myanmar the supreme court rejects the final appeal of to jail journalists who dared to report a damaging story about the country's military. and good to have you with us people in sri lanka are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombings relatives of some of the victims gathered for a mass funeral at st sebastian church in the gold one of three churches hit in sunday's attacks a gobo is a small fishing town at the heart of sri lanka's catholic community or than a thousand people gathered to pay their respects. earlier than. observed three minutes of silence at eight thirty am local time that's the moment when the first in a series of bombs detonated on sunday morning the death toll has now risen to three hundred twenty one. intelligence chiefs reportedly warned police of a possible attack by the local jihad his group national towie just mot but those reports apparently never reach prime minister run the vigorous him go and his cabinet that revelation has

a celebration of resistance against the myanmar military. can all you know i must know number one yard search is the defacto leader of this territory. once it does in the local people up tomorrow and then. the ink of. as this army shows off its fighting skills shine people from across the state parade in their best outfit. is an expensive affair for an army still fighting a civil war. yacht circ and his soldiers are considered rebels by many in myanmar but here he is loved . and what he says is obeyed no stranger to the drug trade he once fought alongside the infamous drug kingpin couldn't stop who was known for trafficking heroin worldwide. but these days he says the territory he controls is drug free like i am all government global all me ballers you people yarmulke you know yarmulke man it doesn't matter. about one get involved one caught another one. well. this policy might sound harsh but it has popular support. that. we the people children and adults don't want addicts are able if the state army so all the drugs we young and old men an

refugees from the persecution of rohingya muslims in myanmar. how the mueller report is resonating outside ofsh gton, and much more. >> woodruff: amid the flurry of debate over the report by robert mueller and his team, the special counsel was clear on one main point: "the russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion."ye buerday, president trump's son-in-law, white house adviser jared kushner, dismissed the seriousness of the scheme. >> and you look at what russia did, buying some facebook ads to try to sow dissent and and it's a terrible thing, but iig think the inveions and all of the speculation that's happened for the last two years has had a much harsher impact on democracy than a couple facebook dis. >> woodruff: in on, a "new york times" article today said that the former homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen, w discouraged by the president's staff from discussing security for th2020 election, in front of the president himself. the white house denied this, after the story was p

a celebration of resistance against the myanmar military. all. i must know no one. is the defacto leader of this territory. once it does in the local people up tomorrow and then. think of all. as army shows off its fighting skills shine people from across the state parade in their best outfit. is an expensive affair for an army still fighting a civil war. yet circ and his soldiers are considered rebels by many in myanmar but here he is loved . and what he says is obeyed no stranger to the drug trade he once fought alongside the infamous drug kingpin couldn't stop who was known for trafficking heroin worldwide. but these days he says the territory he controls is drug free like i am no government go blow me ballers you blow your mocha. you know yamaoka man made. a huge deal. about one. another what. well. this policy might sound harsh but it has popular support. that. we the people children and adults don't want addicts are able if the army so we know all the drugs we young and old men and women all agreed this policy. is a former addict who joined the army to get cle

responsible for the expulsion and murder of muslims from myanmar. >> in late 2017, when myanmar military was in the middle of a brutal campaign against the the two journalists journeyed to the heart of the violence. at least ten thousand muslims have been killed. women raped and babies burned alive in myanmar far west. government denied any killing of civilians. more than 700,000 refugees have fled to bang le dash. >> one of the stories sered in your mind and keep you awake about night. especially who became almost obsessed with finding out the truth. >> their reporting focussed on a killing of ten men. forced to dig their own grave. and brutally stabbed, shot and beaten to death. it was the type of massacre repeated across the state. where muslims have long been persecuted. horrors the un thinks may have included genocide. for the first time in myanmar the reporters were able to produce clear evidence of the atrocity. that led to a military and for the soldiers found guilty of supervising the brutality. >> it was an extraordinary feat of journalism. stories from the people who actually

we're going to move on to other news now myanmar's highest court has rejected the final opinion of two voices journalists imprisoned for breaking an official secrets law while law and who have spent more than sixteen months in detention they were arrested in twenty seventeen while working on an investigation into the killing of ten men during a military crackdown scott highclere has more from bangkok remove the last appeal for reuters journalists wallowing has been rejected by the supreme court in myanmar that coming down on tuesday now they heard the argument from their attorneys just a couple of weeks ago. comes three months after a lower court rejected an appeal they said the sentence would be of held that also coming down from the supreme court on tuesday and that was their last appeal possibility now what happened since the verdict came down in september sentencing these two gentlemen to seven years behind bars international outcry over the sentencing and also just the process particularly as myanmar marches its way toward democracy a lot of criticism for that and also just last w

along myanmar's northern border with china rest was state. and this month the united states army celebrated thirty years since a peace agreement with me on mars army was signed it's the largest ethnic armed force in the country with more than twenty five thousand troops while state operates as a self administered region with its own taxation and judicial systems but its leaders want it recognized as autonomy for me and my central government for my work we have to trust each other there is still a long time it's been thirty years without rule two we are still in the case to keep the peace the united state army's ties to china run deep and beijing's more than just its main supplier of military equipment chinese is an official language in wa and residents use china's currency. a representative from the chinese government attended the anniversary celebrations in the capital of the region and me and mars' leader set a message to the people she's urging the state army to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement which she's been pushing for since she c

but for japan but the real culprit is the myanmar military. who will be in short as long as the myanmar military exists the drugs will continue to exist for the. from generation to generation for a fugitive drug that has been the only place where they have found safe haven. the only place they can hire go. one on one east made multiple attempts to contact me mars drug enforcement division but received no reply for certain classes in the capital yangon john whalen agrees it's likely military officers turn a blind eye to the meth trade but doubts they are manufacturers is the military directly involved in the military unlikely. are they allowing it to occur in their areas of operation yet they are. it's a deadly cycle drugs fund the wars and the wars provide the perfect camouflage to keep the drugs flowing the narcotics trade meth trade certainly fuels the conflict proceeds from the narcotics trade are used to fund militia groups providing weapons providing food paid to soldiers and so forth so that's certainly not helpful to the put peace proce

development program with the myanmar government ourselves and part of that is to look at areas within state northern state where we can. implement quick impact projects to try to provide some support to host communities in kind but also to those. populations as well we have been able to access some areas but not all and obviously would seek to access all if we can about thirty five of these projects have been already agreed to with me in. our government these are very small infrastructure small water or health related activities and we have asked for support for about the same number in the second cycle so we continue to work on this again to develop some of the conditions that may make it possible we hope for refugees to be able to return voluntarily and safely. that was u.n.h.c.r. deputy high commissioner kelly clements speaking with. a politician it's friday happy end of the week and for our last piece to send you into the weekend we thought we'd like endings up those stories out of bangkok and a visit to this positively popular pet cafe at it there that one in there it's one of ab

every week hundreds of domestic workers from myanmar gather here to enjoy their day off. most if not all of them have managed to circumvent the ban. some of those like they are still in their teens. when we raised the issue with singapore's ministry of manpower they responded in writing saying the passport remains the primary document for identification and age verification it is thus important. in the source country to ensure the accuracy of the details in the passports. since us sister's death cho-cho is still grieving. when we first met at the funeral she told us why mine was twenty three or twenty four. but now she says she was too scared to reveal the truth. their agent had instructed her to lie to land them if she named him fully and then boom and. it's hard letting go. churchill still can't believe a sister killed herself and in them home. know the end of. the year and have a meal at the mishearing now buying me a wine at a meet meet on friday and. the two sisters never got to be in singapore. had been trying for days to reach wine wine when she received news of he

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have indicated that for them you know they they want this to be the end of the legal process and myanmarand we have we've made it clear both at the trial and then and the subsequent appeals that there was no evidence of a crime that is instead there is ample evidence including testimony from a police official that this was a set up so for us this is the end of the legal process in myanmar will be regrouping now and the families will be renewing their appeal for a pardon to the government of myanmar police in northern ireland have arrested a fifty seven year old woman in connection with the killing of a journalist last week lyra mickey was shot in the head during a riot in london derry or derry on says day arash nationalist group the new ira has apologised for the death of the twenty nine year old reporter the group is one of a small number of active organizations which oppose northern ireland's nine hundred ninety eight peace deal. dozens of british m.p.'s are trying to block a state visit by donald trump accusing him of racism and xenophobia the u.s. president has been invited to the u.

well myanmar's legal process would allow for an additional appeal to the supreme court but wallow in chaucer themselves too and through their lawyers have indicated that for them you know they they want this to be the end of the legal process and then maher and we have we've made it clear. both at the trial and then and the subsequent appeals that there was no evidence of a crime that instead there is ample evidence including testimony from a police official that this was a set up so for us this is the end of the legal process in myanmar will be regrouping now and the families will be renewing their appeal for a pardon to the government of myanmar what sort of support do you expect now to receive globally from either media colleagues politicians or civil society now. well you know we know that the attention on the case and the story is is very important for an important source of support for well known and shows who during the time that they've been in prison you know their work in the work of the team in myanmar has has rightly i think been recognized for its importance had it not b

behind bars and international outcry over the sentencing and also just the process particularly as myanmar marches its way toward democracy a lot of criticism for that and also just last week the investigation the two gentlemen working on one of pulitzer prize for international reporting and word is news agency their employers coming out almost immediately after this decision by the supreme court saying that they will continue to fight for their journalist behind bars and that they are part of a police setup. croly key is the asia editor for rice and he says the families of the jem this will we knew the appeal for a pulse from the government. well it's very clear there is no evidence that while on and show so our reporters were guilty of any crime the evidence at trial was very clear however that they were the victims of a police set up intended to silence their reporting that are hoarding which was truthful and consequential and so we're determined and will continue to work to secure their release myanmar's legal process would allow for an additional appeal to the supreme court while an i

two voices journalists who've been jailed in myanmar have won a pulitzer prize for the very story that they've been punished for while and choice has won the prestigious honor for an investigative report about the massacre of ten men by myanmar security forces they were arrested in december twenty seventeen in a seventy seven year sentence for violating the country's official secrets act russia says it's proud of their work but will celebrate when the journalists are free. israel's president has begun meeting with political parties to decide whom to form the next government riven reverend met first with benjamin netanyahu is likud party which won the most seats last week netanyahu intends to build a coalition of the far right and ultra orthodox jewish parties later held talks with the blue and white alliance which came a close second. the u.k.'s most high profile breaks a tear nigel for rogers launched a new political party with the sole intention of leaving the european union it has already proven polarizing reports. the english seaside has always been a favorite location for brick sa

back to jay a bit later in the show our next topic a massive hydroelectric dam is being planned in myanmar to provide energy to the chinese province of you none but there are fears it will also cause significant environmental damage and displays tens of thousands of people four thousand demonstrators on monday demanded that myanmar's president also on sochi to stop the chinese project the contract was signed by the old military government ten years ago led to the three point six billion dollar project mothballed but now pressure from china to build a dam is growing again. china's coffee company luck in the most which is the most recent challenge of a global coffee empire starbucks is the venue of choice for urban coffee drinkers it's quite a tossed starbucks is strong on larkin's home turf the u.s. chain opens a new branch in china every fifteen hours lock in its capitals and counter that kind of market dominance and that's why it now wants to go public. to look in coffee start up came out of nowhere staking a claim in a rapidly urbanizing china with a spread so fueled energy for one starb

rape and torture at the hands of the myanmar army. i'm alex crawford, and this is "hotspots." tonight, we're gonna take you behind the scenes of some of the world's hardest-hitting stories. we're in northern iraq, where stuart ramsay has an amazingly lucky escape. ramsay: the chance of surviving that, a flip of a coin, i suspect. crawford: our cameras are rolling when things get out of hand in spain. [gunfire]

coming up a decision that sends a chilling message about press freedom in myanmar the supreme court rejects the final appeal to jail journalists who dared to report a damaging story about the country's military. russia drums up support for its military involvement in syria with a cross-country tour of tanks seized on the battlefields of activists say the kremlin is hiding the full picture of russia activities there. and rich in tradition but to show they belong with germany's football elite second division hamburger dreaming of a german cup title for the first time since nine hundred eighty seven will have to get past the light see in a semifinal match. below i'm terry marsh and thanks for joining us people in sri lanka are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombings the country observed three minutes of silence at eight thirty am local time that's the moment when the first in a series of bombs detonated on sunday morning the death toll has now risen to three hundred ten. intelligence chiefs reportedly warn police of a possible attack by a local jihadis

behind bars an international outcry over the sentencing and also just the process particularly as myanmarmarches its way toward democracy a lot of criticism for that and also just last week the investigation the two gentlemen working on one a pulitzer prize for international reporting or it is news agency their employers coming out almost immediately after this decision by the supreme court saying that they will continue to fight for their journalist behind bars and that they are part of a police set up. given carnegie is the asia editor for bush's he outlined how russia's were approach the case from now on myanmar is a legal process would allow for an additional appeal to the supreme court but wallow in shows who themselves to and through their lawyers have indicated that for them you know they they want this to be the end of the legal process and myanmar and we have we've made it clear both at the trial and then and the subsequent appeals that there was no evidence of a crime that is instead there is ample evidence including testimony from a police official that this was a set up so for

along myanmar's northern border with china rest was state. and this month the united states army celebrated thirty years since a peace agreement with me and my as army was signed it's the largest ethnic armed force in the country with more than twenty five thousand troops while state operates as a self administered region with its own taxation and judicial systems but its leaders want it recognized as autonomy for me and my central government for my work we have to trust each other there is still a long time it's been thirty years without rule two we are still negotiating to keep the peace the united state army's ties to china run deep and beijing's more than just its main supplier of military equipment chinese is an official language in wa and residents use china's currency or. representative from the chinese government attended the anniversary celebrations and punks are the capital of the region and myanmar's leader aung sang suu kyi sent a message to the white people she's urging the watch state army to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreemen

we just heard within the last couple of minutes now this is a very short supreme court session in myanmar's capital navia door now this is you said was the last step for these young reuters journalists in their appeal process to try to overturn a conviction last september that put some behind bars keeps them behind bars for seven years now there was a lower court appeal in the end gone to court where this was the first initial trial was heard that was rejected and then we knew that they were going to step that up and they did so last month when they had a hearing in front of the supreme court presenting their case saying that this should be overturned and then today on tuesday we are now hearing that the supreme court has rejected that no specifics why they rejected but they just said they're going to uphold that conviction of september last year liz what happens now to the two journalists who just i think last week won the pulitzer prize it's a case that has gotten a massive international interest and one that really raised questions about the country's transition to democracy what are the

is working with myanmar to create the conditions necessary for the repair attraction of rango refugees. on the un's warning there could be more attacks on displaced people in egypt it says the armed group. may be targeting some of the quarter of a million people who now live in camps in the south eastern region of differ alexy o'brien reports. the two ali is tired of running but she doesn't know what else to do. she fled nigeria with her husband and three young daughters in may last year escaping attacks by the armed group boko her rom the family says old in a village in the near the border with neighboring nigeria but moved again because they still didn't feel safe. so. one day someone told my husband there were cows near our farm my husband went out and never came back three days later they found his head separated from his body. that was three weeks ago or two and a house wind was supposed to be celebrating a sixteenth wedding anniversary serving instead the family is haunted by his killing. him i am landing that i cried and grieved and brought my daughters to do all i want now is t

but we don't get to speak further as george will is led away by officials from the myanmar embassy yeah we'll not only. to find out the truth about wine wine we travelled to the mandalay region in central min ma. it's a world away from singapore. down a dirt track off the main road is in dorji village. this is where wine wine and her sister church all grew up and where their mother and family still live. there brother dan has been unwell for months unable to work after a mine the wound became infected because he couldn't afford to get it treated. he and his wife have just had a baby. but he only wants to talk about his sista. i don't. know what. a near. warning i will leave it yet. you give me your whole why nothing of woman. we. keep wasn't home when a recruitment agent from a neighboring village showed up one day and it was their mother who agreed to let wine wine go to. the movie might have been you know when we had them. and the girls and the. game was only delayed you know way out. here. i sweet suspected wine wine was under-age family records show she was only seventeen. were told

development program in agreement with the government of myanmar. we are facing the villages from which these refugees are coming we are parroting the man from project to improve the conditions but the real piece of work that needs to be done is on the fundamentals the reason why the people there more freedom of movement little access to jobs and services pathway to citizenship these are the difficult issues there are difficult issues but these are the issues that need to be tackled we inspired in the refugees here back confidence that we allow them to think ok i am voluntarily going back bangladesh has been very respectful of the voluntariness of return there's been lot more streetcar this has to continue until that choice becomes part of. a u.s. court has jailed a russian agent for eighteen months for conspiring to infiltrate the national rifle association prosecutors say the thirty year old marine attempted to influence the gun lobby group and sway the government's policies to favor moscow she'll be deported to russia after completing her sentenc

now to his journalists who've been jailed in myanmar have won a pulitzer prize for the very story that they have been punished for. and choice or who have won the prestigious on or for an investigative report about the massacre of ten men by security forces they were arrested on december twenty seven tane are serving a seven year sentence for violating the country's official secrets act war says it is proud of their work but will only celebrate when the journalists are free. now thousands of protesters blocked some of london's busiest areas on monday demanding action on climate change but it smith was among the protesters and the british capital. this will perhaps be the generation that really notices the effects of climate change their parents' frustration of the lack of action on the environment is they say what's forced them to take part in peaceful civil disobedience even in the cause as we go past the gang leaflets and you know so many will look at it and they don't like it makes them angry that it really there were others agree and others are worried about climate change and they

ten and the day after tomorrow they'll send back twenty thirty or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. presidents prime minister someone's government ministers for exhaustive talks on break says as they use chief negotiator want to annoy deal departure is ever more likely. and how long he's in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up six months after the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi reports say the saudi government paid his family millions of dollars in compensation. as the u.n. boards of ongoing food insecurity in africa.

behind bars an international outcry over the sentencing and also just the process particularly as myanmarmarches its way toward democracy a lot of criticism for that and also just last week the investigation the two gentlemen working on won a pulitzer prize for international reporting and what is news agency there are players coming out almost immediately after this decision by the supreme court saying that they will continue to fight for their journalist behind bars and that they are part of a police set up well kevin is the editor for reuters news agency he says the families of the journalists will keep up their appeal for a pardon. well it's very clear there is no evidence that while on in show so our reporters were guilty of any crime the evidence at trial was very clear however that they were the victims of a police set up intended to silence their reporting their fourteen which was truthful and consequential and so we're determined and will continue to work to secure their release myanmar's legal process would allow for an additional appeal to the supreme court but while interests a

myanmar army has admitted that at least six muslim growing as were killed in an aerial attack and nine others were injured now they're saying these were armed groups and term them as terrorist however other sources are saying including their owing as an army rebel groups are saying most of this drawing guys were innocent cutters and were randomly killed in an aerial attack by helicopter gunships international red cross society as well as me and my red cross are saying thirteen people are now being treated in a hospital but they don't in western iraq and state our sources are saying that the recent engagement between me and my army in iraq on army rebel groups has increased significantly raising tension between bangladesh and myanmar border in january at least thirteen myanmar security forces were killed in an ambush by the our economy rebel group in february two hundred but this from chines state crossed into bangladesh because of this conflict all this have given a new dimension the conflict in the border area between bangladesh and me on my raising concern on thursday the prime minis

was one hundred and forty nine of dozens of workers are feared buried under thirty meters of mud in myanmar three bodies have been recovered after a mudslide at a jade mine in kent in catchin state a local politician says rescuers don't have proper pumping equipment to reach fifty four people missing since midnight. japan has apologized to tens of thousands of people forcibly sterilized under a now defunct law politicians unanimously passed legislation to compensate those affected by the nine hundred forty eight war it was designed to prevent the birth of those considered inferior descendants in their words about twenty five thousand people with physical or mental disabilities were sterilized the law remained in place until one thousand nine hundred six. as the government which had been implementing the law forcing sterilization for sincere remarks and heartfelt apology to the victims a lebanese group hezbollah is yet to respond after the us offered a ten million dollar reward for information that would disrupt the group's finances it is backed by iran and there's concern that america's ant

ten and the day after tomorrow they'll send back twenty thirty or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. best the sides are pushed on grounds that it's a very modern way to do. and we've made poisons the measure of progress. the domestic population has become we're going. to be yours. and there is a. circle of poison on al-jazeera. i'm richelle carey and these are the top stories on al-jazeera a military move by libya's warlord has hit the u.n. backed government on alert troops loyal to khalifa haftar have posted video online showing the large convoy of heavily armed vehicles of cars ordered his forces based in the east to head west towards the capital tripoli in order to fight with they call the remaining terrorist groups of tourist troops are backed by the saudi arabia and egypt m.p.'s in britain's lower house of voted to approve a bill

verdict said to charlotte to other journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in myanmar. of course it sends an extremely damning message on the scenes national actually in the last couple of hours since this but it was this ruling was reach was issued a statement it said that it's a dark day for press freedom in germany it's cited a disturbing such in the arrest of. political spokes people. of free speech advocates number of people who've been imprisoned has gone up in recent days a number of. arrested in the last couple of days so there is real concern not just for journalists in me a mob but also advocates of freedom of expression. thank you very much. from kill in bangkok. and we have some sports coming up for you later in the program here's a look at what is rich in tradition but desperate to show they've along with the best hamburger tonight take on a young life's a club in the semifinals of the german cup. here in germany thousands of activists spent their easter holiday raising the alarm over the threat of nuclear war organizers said good weather and anxiety over

development program have an agreement with the government of myanmar. we are assessing the villages from which these refugees are coming we are starting to implement some projects to improve the conditions but the real piece of work that needs to be done is on the fundamentals the reason why the people left more freedom of movement little access to jobs and prosperity says that we can. citizenship these are difficult issues there are difficult issues but these are the issues that need to be tackled and we inspired in the refugees here back confidence that we allowed them to say ok i am voluntarily going back. there has been very respectful of the voluntariness of return has been ignored or streetcar this has to continue until that point becomes possible time for a short break here al jazeera when we come back no doubt from mexico refugees determined to defy donald trump confiscate. one thought isn't any doubt in their choices mr on sunday morning. hello there we've got some pretty unsettled weather over the southeast in parts of china at the moment for

their colleagues has been awarded the pulitzer prize the house i've gone down with authorities in myanmar. that's right their colleagues from reuters completed the investigation following their arrest and published its findings now since those findings were released me amar has arrested and jailed a number of soldiers in connection with that with the publication which allege that the military had been involved in the massacre. muslim men and boys and now the authorities in medium are in general deny any such atrocities they say that their crackdown on the rohingya muslims has been targeting insurgents and militants and it denies any attacks on civilians shot her children in bangkok thank you very much for that update. turning now to the philippines which has been rocked by a series of powerful earthquakes today a quake with a magnitude of six point four hit the central regions there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage and it comes a day after an early earthquake that shook the country's north and left at least sixteen people dead and rescue teams are still searching fo

ten and the day after tomorrow they'll send back twenty thirty or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minority. three year investigation into the pro-gun lobby has been employing it was making it really. revealed secret see what. they're going to do you know. and connection some don't want to expose. legacy media. last. night al-jazeera investigations house or sell a massacre on al-jazeera. a new caretaker government is named in algeria but protesters say it still doesn't go far enough. and i know this is. also coming up in the program he's played the part on ukrainian t.v. comedian with no political experience it's one step closer to becoming president in real life. gains for turkey's opposition in the local elections is to take control of ankara but president out of one's ruling party has the overall need. plus the the poets we look at the rise of poetry on social media and how it's resonating with young people searching for understanding. so algerian p

their colleagues has been awarded the pulitzer prize the house i've gone down with authorities in myanmar. that's right their colleagues from reuters completed the investigation following their arrest and published its findings now since those findings were released mimo has arrested and jailed number of soldiers in connection with that with the voices publication which allege that the military had been involved in the massacre of revenge of muslim men and boys and now the authorities in meum are in general deny any such atrocities they say that their crackdown on the range of muslims has been targeting insurgents and militants and it denies any attacks on civilians shown which is a bill in bangkok thank you very much for that update. they've been listening to football now where fourth place frank foot was denied a victory in the last moments at wolfsburg the frankfurt scored first on monday night in the seventy eighth minute when you're not on the guzman fired the boy in from close range but as the clock ticked into injury time a pass from los but felix klaus needed it easy for john and

behind these mountains is myanmar we're standing in thailand and over there is a highway making it really easy for traffickers to bring drugs over the border and straight to the cities of thailand it's a perfect combination of geography infrastructure supply and demand. were on the frontline of the drug war. joining a thai military patrol trying to stop the massive flow of methamphetamines coming across the border. colonel. is the leader of this unit on patrol. he's been on the job for less than a year but he's overseeing some of thailand's biggest and most violent busts. we have to make them realize. can't come into our country. and force them. to put me. through. the unit covers more than thirty kilometers of the border. many encounters and the gun fights. killed five traffickers during a bust a few months ago but there are always more willing to take their chances. traffickers with backpacks full of meth can run across the border in just a few minutes. how much they bring in depends on the size of. a. small one can carry one hundred thousand. two hundred. but backpacks are just one way

this verdict send to all the journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in myanmar. one human rights organization in the lead up to this ruling had documented what it called a climate of fear among journalists in me i'm on now this ruling today is likely to only increase that climate of fear and fight down this the international has said that this is a real blow to press freedom in me and more also pointed out that that is not just journalists who who it is concerned for what it also says that there has been a crackdown on freedom of expression among other critics of authorities in me m r it's pointed out that it's alleged that in the last few days a number of other critics have been arrested in mia ma so there is some real concern a lot of people as well very. angry actually rights groups. sushi the de facto leader of me in ma they'd hoped that she would come out in defense of these journalists and in fact she gave a statement in the build up to this ruling saying that she didn't believe that these journalists were arrested for journalism she said that in essence t

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