international pressure on myanmar to do this was the key.dialogue. without the prezza, myanmar is not going to listen to anybody. and aung san suu kyi, your thoughts on how she has dealt with this, the families of the journalist writing her directly. she has been a disaster, frankly. make human rights perspective and from a human rights perspective and from a human perspective. she is not responsive, she doesn't listen to other people, she is, frankly, i think, driving some of this crackdown against critical speech in myanmar. and it makes me worried for what is going to happen as the national elections start up for 2020, whether we will see more journalists in prison for simply trying to cover a campaign of political back and forth between her and other candidates. isn't she in and other candidates. isn't she in an impossible situation when it comes to the regime there? no. she has an absolute majority, a super majority in the parliament. we urged her right from the start to get rid of these rights abusing laws so they would be used against

without the pressure myanmar is not going to listen to anybody.re working on, the massacre of rohingya muslims, myanmar still denying they had an investigation into that, by denying any wrongdoing there. what we see is that there was supposedly a number of people involved in the massacre who were prosecuted, but we never actually saw what happened to them. from what we heard, thesejournalists got longer prison sentences than those who did the killing. this is the only human rights atrocity that the myanmar government has admitted in rank state. aung san suu kyi, your thoughts on how she has delivered on this? she has been a disaster, frankly. from basically a human rights perspective and from a basic human perspective. she is not responsive, she doesn't listen to other people, she is frankly, i think, driving some of this crackdown against critical speech in myanmar. and it makes me worried for what is going to happen as the national elections start up for 2020, whether we will see more journalists imprisoned for simply to cover a campaign of poli

very honestly i doubt it i hope it is but from what journalists on the ground in myanmar from what myanmar is john is tell me. the levy the one only just a. case as had a very chilling effect and self-censorship now is a rule for many journalists to. keep their mouth shut don't get into trouble appears to be the way we're going into the future daniel post-ops from reporters without borders speaking to us from paris thank you so much. it was cold at the world's most complicated election and now it appears it may have also been one of the deadliest indonesians went to the polls three weeks specter elected president and local and regional representatives the elections were spread across the country with seventeen thousand islands and three time zones but for some election booka has the stress of being part of such a big exercise was too much. put the town of theatre in west java indonesia's election with an occasion to morning. they lost one of their own election worker on tests so to snow. he earned around thirty three euros for helping to stage indonesia's mammoth election last month and wo

well it is a great victory for press freedom in myanmar of course we have been demanding the release of for almost a year now how because there is actually no legal grounds on which they would have been arrested and convicted. so of course this is a victory because one of the just so we are now able to walk freely and to not meet with their family again but. the movie three reasons going off and big us because they are released on a pardon so that civilian authorities can make a show of clemency but. their conviction is still has been upheld by both the high court and the supreme court which creates a very. dreadful legal precedent for all investigative journalist across myanmar not speaking of precedents not rights groups have said in the past that this government with aung san suu which years the de facto leader has been cracking down on freedom of expression and freedom of the press do you think that is likely to get worse as we go alone. it's quite hard to say. when we look at the the world press freedom index that we got vision every year i can borders without borders you can se

their case through international criticism and put the spotlight on myanmar state council and de facto leader. who was already under pressure for the oppression of the revenue minority u.n. investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes at a time of year when it is traditional for the president to grant amnesty to prisoners to dating a back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. phil robertson is deputy asia director for human rights watch and joins us from the malaysian capital quantum welcome to you why do you think least a man have been what you think these men have been released to worse international pressure this is all about the international community campaigning for these two men reuters did an incredible job of pressing for their release taking this issue and putting it before policymakers at the global level and making this a test case for press freedom in myanmar so. if this is a test case for press freedom in the country does that mean that the situation for journalists in me and is now back. sadly no the re

myanmar jail demonstrators., possibly in myanmar, possibly out of the country for a time. wa lone missed the birth of his first child, he would be desperate to see his daughter, desperate to see his wife. so they will be remarkable, moving scenes behind the scenes today in the privacy of their own home. two journalists, back with their families, and as they were saying earlier on, they want to keep on being journalists. they love their jobs and this is their future. thank you very much indeed for that. this is a bit of fun. the who's who of the celebrity welder attending the met gala in new york. it is fashion's most important party, organised by anna wintour all in aid of the metropolitan museum of art costume institute. this year's theme of camp, notes on fashion, and co—chairs are serena williams, lady gaga and harry styles. lady gaga showed off the many interpretations of camp, such as theatricality, irony, and much more. this coincides with an upcoming exhibition at the met. i think so far that we're gettin

well the situation for journalists in myanmar and actually freedom of expression more generally is is really worrying i think we've seen in recent months and indeed years under the l.d.r. real erosion in the space of freedom of expression in the country at the moment the myanmar military is launching a massive offensive in raw and state against the arak an army and journalists reporting on the situation there are facing death threats being threatened in relation to their reporting and i think what all of this underlines is the fact that the military when people want to report on the military when people try to document military abuses they face threats intimidation and this has to stop and of course they were reporting on the condition of the remaining good refugees give us an idea of where human rights for its. well the situation for their enjoy remains very bleak obviously almost a million of them remain in bangladesh after being expelled from their homes in myanmar and there is very little prospect for their return the myanmar government has done very little to make the situation i

that is myanmar. the river flows all the way to vietnam.area is where the opium trade is one small piece of the puzzle that is asean. that 10 member bloc is made up of different nations, to tiny -- from indonesia to tiny brunei, each with diverse politics, roles, and religion. asean's 640 million people accounts for 9% of the world's population, and its combined gdp of around $2.8 trillion puts asean on the same level as the u.k., france, and india. >> we have countries that are exceptionally rich, like singapore and brunei. then you have countries that are quite poor, like laos and cambodia. they belong to the same organization. you have countries that are incredibly big like indonesia, with 270 million people, and singapore with 5 million people. that creates a certain degree of complementarity among the asean countries. >> the cost of moving goods i customs, the speed, the single window, has not come to complete fruition yet. asean has to get there quickly or the likes of china will dominate. e-commerce will dominate trade flows. haslind

two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar for 500 days have been set free.ne and kyaw soe oo had been investigating the murders of roengya muslims when they w detained and sentenced to several years in jail. reuters maintained they never committed any crime, and today's release came as part of a presidential amnesty that saw thsands of prisoners go free. our correspondent nick beake was there when the journalists were freed. nick: they have endured 500 days in prison for posing a massacre. now, freedom. the outside world hailed them heroes, but myanmar jailed them as traitors. the treatment of wa lone and kyaw soe oo gained global media attention.th journalists in prison for doing their job. just a word in english, please? >> i'm really happy now. i want to thank you for everyone who helped us inside in thear prison and alsnd the world, people wishing to release us. i want to say thank you very much. i'm really happysee my family and my colleagues. i can't wait to gomy newsroom now. nick: this was the story they were covering, the roh crisis. their investiga

the president in myanmar has pardoned other prisoners in mass amnesties.lling of the importance of press freedom around the world, and reuters releasing this avoid of the two men. it makes me want to cry, being reunited with their children. gosh. >> can you imagine that moment? >> his daughter was born when he was in prison for telling the truth. that is really something. welcome home. >> 5007 days. yes, welcome home to you both. >>> ahead, let's talk some major show downs between the house democrats and the trump administration on all three fronts. first, the president's tax returns, treasury secretary steven mnuchin saying he will not hand them over despite the risk of a subpoena. it's the latest move by administration officials to shield the president and aides from a wide range of inquiries from the tax returns to a demand for testimony about the census and immigration. >>> the second front, a possible contempt of congress citation for the attorney general. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler has confirmed committee staff and justice officials will m

their case through international criticism and put the spotlight on myanmar state council and de facto leader aung san suu kyi who was already under pressure for the oppression of the reunion minority u.n. investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes at a time of year when it is traditional for the president to grant amnesty to prisoners to dating a back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. i'm now joined by freelance journalist a diva good obama in young god and dave as a journalist working in me and my you must be delighted by the release of the two reuters journalists. yeah certainly the right of them and relief for them and their young families that have been there just an absolute nightmare for more than five hundred days now so in that sense relief yes but on the flipside the truth is they should have never been arrested in the first place i mean they did an incredible pulitzer prize winning investigation of a mass killing by security forces that led to them getting the pulitzer prize as i said. and then during

reunited with their families — two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar 18 months ago after reportingn a massacre of rohingya muslims are released. six. and he spotted it. ! an extraordinary comeback for liverpool, as they beat barcelona in a four goal thriller to reach the champions league final. prince william welcomes his brother to the world of parenthood and says he looks forward to meeting his new nephew. very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rowena mason — deputy political editor, the guardian and kevin schofield — editor, politics home — stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the inquests have opened into the deaths of the eight people who were killed in a van and knife attack on london bridge and in borough market two years ago. the chief coroner told the old bailey that lives had been torn apart in what he called less than ten minutes of high and terrible drama. the first two people were killed when a van was driven into pedestrians on lon

their case through international criticism and put the spotlight on myanmar state councillor and de facto leader aung san suu kyi who was already under pressure for the oppression of the reunion minority u.n. investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes at a time of year when it is traditional for the president to grant amnesty to prisoners to dating a back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. and when we use the internet or social media aspects of our identity are often stored online on official intelligence can explore that danger in various ways some of which are morally questionable so scientists dumbstruck university here in germany are trying to teach our machines a moral code should like people know this is a bad thing to do should i kill time. yes why not the moral choice machine analyzes masses of texts written by humans and determines which combinations of words appear together most often its answers based on that analysis. make a distinction kill time or kill people that means that the machine has acquired a

and prosecuted for having express dissent or criticism of institutions in myanmar to head on al-jazeera after the death of a journalist last month a new round of talks gets under way again in northern ireland last will have an update on the investigation in sri lanka to find more suspects linked to the easter sunday attacks. hello the rain has begin to look familiar again for southern china this clearly brought top class in dissolved and running off into the southwest china the hole has ten thousand kirlian like this that's fairly typical feed the most rain from the size nuclear activity happening in the sky for the door so in central china green dark green in northern vietnam dark green in southwestern china this area's going to be the wet one this is the potential flooding to be expected this time the over the next couple of days to the east it looks very dry shanghai even down probably to hong kong a dry she rather more humid picture at least in hong kong now the really hard to see remains of what was that tropical sort of the weather across india bangladesh drop some heavy rain in t

the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmar jailed them thas traitors.ment of wa lone and kyaw soe oo gained global media attention. the journalists in prison for doing their job. just a word in english, please? >> i'm really happy now. i want to thank you for everne whhelped us inside in the prison and also around the worlse people wishing to relea us. i want to say thank you very much. i'm really happy to see my family a my colleagues. i can't wait to go in my newsroom n. nick: th was the story they were covering, the rohingya crisis. their investigation forced myanmar'army to admit they murdered 10 rohingya men in the western state of rakhine. but the journalistwere jailed as enemies of the state. this has been a traumatitime for the friends and family of the two reporters, but it has also had a chilling effect on fellow journalists in myanmar, and it also has raised big questions about the directionsa that aung suu kyi is taking the country. the nobel peace prize winner's government has been accused of targeting other journalists as well as democracy

our myanmar correspondent has been investigating.ter: this is a comedy act that could have landed you in esprison during the humorls military dictatorship. a satirical sketch burme style, often at the expense of the powers that be. but those who hoped in 2019 that the army would see the funny side were mistaken. when the still powerful generals watch this show streamed live on facebook, they had the performers arrested for painting the armed forces in a balight. this morning she is going to court, accompanied by her mother and sister. they have no idea if she will be coming home tonight. >> this kind of situation isre ly bad. we didn't make violence. f just want to speak. we just perform nt of the people. it really shows what are people's feelings in their mind. this is our freedom of speech. reporter: but do you regret it now that you have been charged? >> no, not at all. reporter: the case held up as myanmar's most high-profile attack on freedom of speech has been that of the reuters journalists jailed as they exposed the massacre

two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar freed after more than 500 days in prison.one and kyaw soe oo had been sentenced under myanmar's official secrets act by reporting on a massacre of r rohingya civilians. the pair earned this career's pulitzer prize for international reporting for the story that got them jailed. >>> in a prison and around the world, people wishing to release us, i would like to say thank you very much. i'm really excited to see my family and my colleagues. i can't wait to go to my newsroom. >>. [ applause ] the reuters newsroom in singapore erupting in cheers as journalists watched their colleagues leaving prison. new footage of the journalists being reunited with their families just a short time ago. just imagine how emotional that moment is. the president of myanmar has pardoned thousands of prisoners in mass amnesties, customary around the traditional new year. reuters editor and chief steven adler described the men as courageous reports and the symbol of the importance of press freedom around the world. >> two dads coming home to their fami

i think it is a part of a wave of pardons that has gone on and myanmar, and of course it is lovely toories on the front pages at this time of relentless brexit news and they have spent a year relentless brexit news and they have spenta yearand relentless brexit news and they have spent a year and a half injail and after a lot of campaigning by international human rights organisations and government around the world, they've been let go and pardon and i think they're going continue the reporting and the suffering of the rohingya muslims and miramar, do you motivate things being they are trying to secure, it was incredibly disheartening situation, it seemed like false charges they're just journalists doing it seemed like false charges they're justjournalists doing the job they're supposed to do and they are charged with what have you. and you will be interesting and i think obviously, there was a lot of, her image is gone from sainthood almost in the gutter, so she is trying to reclaim some of that after the damage cells done to her and clearly, the arrest was part of that, we'll have t

headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes two royce's journalists are released from jail in myanmar one of them meets his child for the very first time. protests cinese stumble as election officials order a rerun of the city's mayoral vote after the opposition won also this hour libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the warlords for half tar. and it's for change holding again hits the heights in the n.b.a. playoffs his houston rockets team down reigning champions golden state's a level semi final series. thank you very much for joining us myanmar has released two royce's journalists who spent more than sixteen months in prison while owen and crossover were serving a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets act fourteen on the military crackdown on the rohingya both men where reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the very first time let's go to al-jazeera is wayne hay who's been following this story for us from bangkok where no doubt huge relief for the family friends and colleagues of these to journalists. yes ab

their case through international criticism and put the spotlight on myanmar state council and de facto leader aung san suu kyi who was already under pressure for the oppression of the reunion minority u.n. investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes at a time of year when it is traditional for the president to crown amnesties to prisoners today they are back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. joining me now on the line is a freelance journalist david gergen a bomb he's in young one david you been working in man law for many years and you've also been following this trial as a journalist what's your reaction to the release of these two reuters journalists. my first reaction is just release and happiness for them and their families of this nightmare than being over that's my first reaction but then on the on the back side of that but back to the patient had never been in prison they should have never been arrested in the first place from the one to the trial and there was a police captain with a prosecution witness

myanmar national airlines toof of for and hour an minute flight.statement the airline said an emergency warning system went off when the front landing gear wouldn't go down. the pilot tried a backup procedure that also faid. circles the tower twice so air traffic controllers could see whether the nose landing gear was down. dumped fuel to rede the plane's weight and then put the plane down landing with no front wheels. just last week anotheranding in myanmar when a plane skidded and overran a run way in a rainstorm. at least five of the 30 passengers injured. the aircraft seriouslyge damad. now again today disaster averted. the pilot being hailed as a hero for a trifying emergency landing that ended wit everyone aboard safe. ron allen, bc news. >> investigators say the plane idded for about 25 seconds before it came tost a op. myanmar's transport minister praised the pilot's actions saying quote he did a great onj. tight a pilot that flies for american airlines charged with killing three people. christian martin was arrested yesterday at the airpor

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two journalists freed in myanmar after more than 500 days behind bars. they were convicted of breaking the secrets act for reporting on the crackdown of rohingya muslims. as the site for libya's capital continues, the government kicks off a tour of europe for support. meghan markle and prince harry welcomed the baby who will be seventh in line to the throne. adapt toain stores changing consumer patterns? ikea has opened its first for people whoet do not have cars. a russian doll series of addresses or katy perry in a luminaire. a look at t the costumes, coming up. myanmar has freed two journalists jailed almost a year and a half ago. they were arrested following their reporting on the killing villagers. the journalists were among the the prisoners released in latest wave of presidential pardons. free at last and determined to return to work. two journalists were freed from a jail tuesday. addressing reporters on the release, one could not wait to get back to the newsroom. to thank all my family members, friends, coworkers. people around the world were ki

ethnic violence against rohingyas in myanmar have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. the journalists were released in the city of yangon. they've endured 500 days in prison for exposing a massacre. now — freedom. the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmarjailed them as traitors. the treatment of wa lone and kyaw soe oo gained global media attention — the journalists imprisoned for doing theirjob. just a word in english, please, today. i'm really happy now, and i also wanted to thank you for everyone who helped us inside in the prison and also around the world, people who wishing to release us. so i wanted to say thank you very much for everything. i'm really happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues, and i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. this was the story they were covering — the rohingya crisis. their investigation forced myanmar‘s army to admit they murdered these ten rohingya men in western state of rakhine, but the journalists were jailed as enemies of the state. this has been a traumatic time for the friends and family of the two reporters

the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmar jailed them as traitors.oe 0o gained global media attention — the journalists imprisoned for doing theirjob. just a word in english today. i'm really happy now and i wanted to thank you for everyone who help us inside in the prison and also around the world, people who are wishing to release us. so, i wanted to say thank you very much for everything. i'm very happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. this was the story they were covering — the rohingya crisis. their investigation forced myanmar‘s army to admit they murdered these ten men, but the journalists were jailed, as enemies of the state. this has been a traumatic time for the friends and family of the two reporters, but it's also had a chilling effect on fellow journalists here in myanmar and it also has raised big questions about the direction that aung san suu kyi is taking this country. the nobel peace prize winner's government has been accused of targeting otherjournalists, as well as democracy ac

real erosion in the space for freedom of expression in the country at the moment the myanmar military is launching a massive offensive. against the arak an army and journalists reporting on the situation there are facing death threats being threatened in relation to their reporting and i think what all of this underlines is the fact that the military when people want to report on the military when people try to document military abuses they face threats intimidation and this has to stop. so when the fighting between the armed groups in gaza and the israeli military appears to be holding but israel is warning the campaign isn't over twenty five palestinians and four israelis were killed in cross border attacks. libya's u.n. backed government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting warlords are in his offensive to take the capital it's the first time it's named the united arab emirates as a backer of have to our world health organization says more than four hundred people have been killed and thousands injured in his month long campaign for tripoli. so his electoral board is order

when myanmar began the transition from military to civilian rule back in 2011 there was hold a space would open up for more independent reporting that has since been shattered and angst on to cheese rule reporting critical of the authorities has disappeared especially on issues relating to rakhine. and it's not just due to government intimidation or self-censorship when it comes to the range of most media outlets in myanmar simply agree that the government. the vast majority of the journalists bernese journalists inside the country appear to share the government in the military's antagonism towards the ranger magazines when used papers like the state run lots of myanmar which publishes very unsettling antagonistic editorials and articles that allude to the ranger as for example human fleas so regardless of whether you know there is space or there isn't space there's a real lack of will in reporting critically on the military but i think the local media try not to sort of. they already ans their readers so they try to sort of tread a very careful line trying to balance doing their wor

when myanmar began the transition from military to civilian rule back in 2011 there was whole space would open up for more independent reporting that has since been shattered and cheese rule reporting critical of the authorities has disappeared especially on issues relating to recount. and it's not just due to government intimidation or self-censorship when it comes to the range of most media outlets in myanmar simply agreeing that the government line. the vast majority of the journalists journalists inside the country appear to share the government in the military's antagonism towards the ranger magazines when newspapers like the state wrongly lots of myanmar which publish is very unsettling antagonistic editorials in articles that allude to the ranger as for example human fleas so regardless of whether you know there is space or there isn't space there's a real lack of will in reporting critically on the military but i think the local media try not to. they audience their readers so they try to sort of tread a very careful line. trying to balance doing their work as well as not sort of

they really have resigned you see our family colleagues myanmar freeze to reuters journalists imprisoned for reporting on the rohingya crackdown also this hour. it's monday glutinous. a major challenge for south africa's governing party as it faces another corruption scandal ahead of elections. james holden again hits the heights in the n.b.a. playoffs his houston rockets team down the reigning champions golden state level for a semi final series. thank you for joining us for the first time since a military offensive began in northern syria a week ago government forces have advance into opposition territory the fighting has displaced one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes these are the heaviest strikes the area has seen in months and relief agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis busy syrian opposition major stronghold france's president has expressed his concern and is calling for a un backed political resolution then a harder has a report from beirut. it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand peopl

myanmar's leaders of tomorrow, prisoners of today.g up later on newsday — the leading think tank the lowy institute is releasing its second ever asia power index, ranking 25 countries in terms of power they wield in the asia—pacific region. taking into account factors such as military capability, diplomatic influence, and resilience. this year, the us, china and japan topped the list. we will be speaking to a representative later to take us through the result. eight years after the meltdown of the fukushima eight years after the meltdown of the fu kushima power eight years after the meltdown of the fukushima power plant injapan, people are being able to return to their homes. they were evacuated when a huge tsunami stuck precipitating a meltdown of the powerplant. now just precipitating a meltdown of the powerplant. nowjust over half the land in the small town of okuma has been cleaned up. our people coming home? i pulled the whole lot out. i am eating a salad without asking. after eight years as a nuclear refugee, this man is back in

the hashtags #journalismisnotacrime and #myanmar are rising trends on twitter.eing reunited with theirfamilies. he says it's a joy to be able to finally retire the hashtag seeking their freedom. the most read stories on the bbc news website. it's not the royal baby, it's that dress that lady gaga w0 re baby, it's that dress that lady gaga wore at the met gala last night and there are lots of pictures of some of the incredible outfits and make—up. there is lady gaga but i wa nt to make—up. there is lady gaga but i want to scroll through to some, real standouts. janelle monay the singer and lupita, the actress. this make up, it's quite hard to even focus on it, it's the most incredible make up thatis it, it's the most incredible make up that is on the actor ezra miller. he is holding up a mask of his face and the make up looks like his face, or distorted. there is katy perry dressed as a chandelier. lots on the website, quite an incredible spectacle what everyone was wearing last night. number three, congratulations poured in after the royal birth. a story about w

coming up to reuters journalists are reunited with their families after being released from jail in myanmar. after the death of a journalist last month a new round of talks gets under way in northern. india maybe home to the third largest number of billionaires but how much of that wealth is making its way to the rest of the country. syrian and russian warplanes are bombing targets in north west syria killing at least twenty civilians according to the white helmets rescue group syrian government troops have now advanced into the last opposition territory but rebels are promising to fight back the hostilities are raising concerns for civilians who've been displaced to reports from beirut. it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. and we only brought what we can we have not. the syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages. across southern and northern hama it's been more th

e the country also known as myanmar.he landing gar failed to deploy and passengers inside recorded the tense touch down. >> reporter: in this video posted online, the myanmar national airlines plane appears to touch down smoothly but then its nose tilts down, scraping along the runway for several seconds until the jet skids to a stop. inside smoke rises from the seats of passengers who appear anxious. they scramble to safety. amazingly all 82 passengers and seven crew members made it out wo without any injuries. the airline is praising the pilot. they took off from myanmar's biggest city and its landing gear malfunctioned. the pilot circled the airport twice for air traffic control to check whether the front wheeldize ployed. it didn't so the pilot burnt excess fuel to lighten the weight before making an emergency landing. >> reporter: this comes one week after russian plane made anmergency landing in moscow. they say that plane landed with full fuel tanks, killing at least 41 paepal. >> our london bure eo, thank you. wh

it really in terms of creating eighty eighty norm race or a multi racial myanmar. and in terms of press freedom because of this is one of the big issues about these two journalists being. arrested and put in jail for basically doing that job -- that was the issue they want exaggerating there weren't enough it wasn't fate use it wasn't a k. quite a killerr frameleline fact they was right there basically doing that job we're trying to do that job expose what's happening to the rohingya. now. what does this say about the state of freedom of speech i'm more poorly most employee press freedom in ma'am actually it's deteriorating and has deteriorated that since the election of the civilian government in two thousand and fifteen seriously there was actually? a free appear read prior to tha- so there are increasing restrictions on the media there are journalists to be arrested. and and basically the west overr the european union and at the united states which in general. is to some extent powerless because they can they can have some targeted sanctions they can deal with q

the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmar jailed them as traitors.bal media attention — the journalists imprisoned for doing theirjob. just a word in english today. i'm really happy now and i wanted to thank you for everyone who help us inside in the prison and also around the world, people who wishing to release us. so, i wanted to say thank you very much for everything. i'm very happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can't wait to go to my newsroom 110w. this was the story they were covering — the rohingya crisis. their investigation forced myanmar‘s army to admit they murdered these ten men, but the journalists were jailed, as enemies of the state. this has been a traumatic time for the friends and family of the two reporters, but it's also had a chilling effect on fellow journalists here in myanmar and it also has raised big questions about the direction that aung san suu kyi is taking this country. the nobel peace prize winner's government has been accused of targeting otherjournalists, as well as democracy activists. until now,

evacuate. >> reporter: myanmar national airlines flight ub-103 took off from yangon for an hour and 20-minute flight to mandalay. in a statement, the airline said an emergency warning system went on when the front landing gear wouldn't go down. the pilot tried a backup procedure that also failed. he circles the tower twice so air traffic controllers could see whether the nose landing gear was down, dumped fuel to reduce the plane's weight. then put the plane down, landing with no front wheels. just last week, another landing incident in myanmar when a bangladeshi plane skidded and overran a runway in a rain storm. at least 5 of the 30 passengers injured. the aircraft seriously damaged. now again today, disaster averted. the pilot being hailed as a hero for a terrifying emergency landing that ended with everyone aboard safe. ron allen, nbc news. >>> at the white house today, president trump bracing for a new round of conflicts with democrats in congress, pushing back on their demands related to at least 20 investigations into his administration and his personal finances. matt bradley ha

. >>> an emergency landing in myanmar. how a skilled pilot saved the day after the plane's front wheels wouldn't deploy. dnped. the disturbing evidence allegedly found in his apartment. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> china is expected to announce as early as today how it will retaliate against the latest round of tariffs imposed by the u.s. last week. president trump tweeted over the weekend saying, we are right where we want to be with china. mr. trump is also threatening to impose taxes on the remaining chinese imports after already raising tariffs on friday. hilary lane is here in new york with how this will impact consumers and businesses. good morning. thieic ae tradwar wihina. those comments directly contradict what the president has been saying. the white house's top economic adviser expects china to retaliate after the u.s. raised tariffs last week. >> yeah, i reckon they will. we'll see what they come up with. >

remember, myanmar was ruled by the military for nearly 50 years. gave up herfreedom standing up to the ruling generals. upon her release from house arrest after 15 years, she led the national league for democracy to a majority win in myanmar‘s first openly—contested election in 25 years in 2015. but she defended these journalists being imprisoned. here's one of her confidant‘s lord ara darzi. because there is a strong belief in this country on the judiciary and seeing the whole pathway of the lot taking its course. and i was absolutely delighted, this is an amazing day that we should all celebrate and reflect on where this country is going and how we can use dialogue with the international community to drive the improvement that are necessary. the report for which the men were jailed was accurate — and it earned the men a pulitzer prize for international reporting. jonathan head has more on what they discovered. the two men conducted one of the most important investigations into alleged atrocities by the burmese military in rakhine state. the flood

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in this video posted online the myanmar national airlines plane appears to touch down smoothly on its rear wheels, but then its nose tilts down setting off sparks and scraping along the runway for several seconds until the jet skids to a stop. inside smoke rises from under the seats of passengers who appear anxious for the order to evacuate. >> evacuate, evacuate. >> when it comes, they scramble to safety. amazingly all 82 passengers and seven crew members made it out without any injuries. some even walked away smiling. the airline hataken off this morning from myanmar's biggest city and was approaching mandalay when its landing gear malfunctioned. the pilot circled the airport twice for air traffic control to check whether the front wheels deployed. they didn't the airline says, so the pilot burned excess fuel to lighten the aircraft's weight before making an emergency landing. this incident comes one week after a russian plane made an emergency landing in moscow. the plane landed with full fuel tanks and erupted in flames killing at least 41 people. >>> there's new video tonight out

down the centuries many have been 40 over the valley of magog in myanmar oh because this. buried deep underground here lie the unique pigeon blood stones that have earned it the name the land of the rubies until recently only private companies were allowed to mine here in a joint venture with the state and explorer but a drive to curb the destructive deep digging of major mine has caused many to lose their licenses and so ruby russia mungana fishel explorers has begun teams work around the clock at makeshift shafts to recover the precious stones many a former employees of the major minus a lot of the rubies a smuggled into neighboring thailand or china but those that aren't end up here at magog market a history of corruption conflict and links to armed groups left the reputation of me on mars really trade in need of some polishing merchant say the boom times are in the past but that won't stop the makeshift miners of magog seeking a quick buck in the famous rock and finally it is expanding to the sea visitors to queensland can now use the app to water an excursion on it to

a passenger jet and myanmar has made an emergency landing using only its rear wheels the myanmar national airlines plane was approaching the airport and mandalay when the pilot was unable to deploy the front landing gear none of the passengers or crew were injured. furling is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city and 948 moscow closed all roads to west berlin the response was one of the biggest relief efforts in history around the clock u.s. british and french planes brought in supplies from the west and returned with products from west berlin keeping the enclave alive moscow gave up its blockade a less than a year later on may 12th $949.00 on the anniversary young artists have come to berlin to find new ways to tell the story. everybody is saying. johnny is a new york beat boxer who's traveled to berlin with over 20 other young artists they want to breathe new musical life into the story of the 1948 percent are left. here. and this is eddie. white's welcome he's 92 years old and edwin shunts remembers the tons of essential s

things mandalay in myanmar produces the most expensive rubies in the world but a recent change in law has made it harder for the big mining companies to get at them instead it's led to a ruby rush among small scale operators. down the centuries many wars have been 40 over the valley of magog in myanmar 0 because of this buried deep underground here lie the unique pigeon blood stones that have earned it the name the land of the rubies until recently only private companies were allowed to mine head in a joint venture with the state and explore it but a drive to curb the destructive deep taking of major mine has caused many to lose their licenses. and so ruby russia mungana fishel explorers has begun teams work around the clock at makeshift shafts to recover the precious stones many a former employees of the major minus a lot of the re be smuggled into neighboring thailand or china but there's the town tent up here at magog market a history of corruption conflict and links to armed groups left the reputation of me and masri betrayed in need of some polishing merchants say the boom times

and around the world they are of wallonia and just to reuters journalists who were imprisoned in myanmar for their reporting on the crisis in northern iraq find states in particular the 2 journalists exposed a massacre of 10 rohingya men and boys by government forces and their arrests were widely seen as an attempt to hide the crimes committed by the army after more than 500 days behind the journalists are now free again wallowing in jurors who were released this month as part of a blanket presidential pardon the new spot celebrations around the world and one me in government praise but the story at the heart of this isn't over because it has just been revealed that granted an early release to 7 soldiers who'd been jailed for the very massacre the journalists had exposed. it means that the perpetrators of the crime spent less time in prison than the men who exposed it to talk more about this i'm joined by journalist dave in yangon dave good to see you now about a yacht ago the commander in chief of men must military spoke about the conviction of these soldiers what did he say then and do

when myanmar began the transition from military to civilian rule back in 2011 there was hope a space would open up for more independent reporting that has since been shattered on some 2 cheese rule reporting critical of the authorities has all but disappeared especially on issues relating to rakhine. and it's not just due to government intimidation or self-censorship when it comes to the range of most media outlets in myanmar simply agree that the government. the vast majority of journalists bernese journalists inside the country appear to share the government and the military's antagonism towards the ranger magazines when newspapers like the state run lots of myanmar which publishes very unsettling antagonistic editorials and articles that allude to the ranger as for example human fleas so regardless of whether you know there is space or there isn't space there's a real lack of will in reporting critically on the military but i think the local media try not to sort of. they already ns their readers so they try to sort of tread a very careful line trying to balance doing their work a