loudly and elected members of parliament by the people of myanmar for the people of myanmar to representand to uphold democracy and freedom. and that was silenced by guns, smoking guns. it's clear they will never accept the stolen elections and the will of the people of myanmar. we will not be silenced by such kind of atrocities they have imposed on us. right. and most importantly, the manufacture, the voter list of 10.4 million fraud from military battalions — the military officer are not election officer, they have nothing to do with elections. so they produce and manufacture from their guns machines. 10.4 million voters fraud without evidence of proof whatsoever. you, er... so, it's just completely wrong. i understand your current position. you have appealed to the international community to help you. you now, of course, are the sort of representative for the ousted parliament to the united nations, and you said, "we need the international community to recognise and work with us, the democratically elected members of parliament." but the truth is that around the world, reaction to wha

of myanmar. president, vice presidents, state counsellors to aung san suu kyi. we all are in the city. so that day when we wake up we found our phones are dead. all the sigmnals are down, television was dead. all we saw was the military men with the guns, the smoking guns. guns pointing at all the elected members of parliament. and then we found that it was being taken by guns. the will of the people of myanmar was once again silenced. i was told by top advisers to leave as soon as possible so that i can speak at parliament and our leaders who are being illegally detained. and i drove, a taxi driver, it took me two days and three nights in the freezing cold. and i thought i would also be arrested on the way because so many military checkpoints. it was a terrible night, it was terrible but i survived. and now i'm in a relatively safe place. how come you were told to flee, told to escape and you managed to escape and so many others did not? including aung san suu kyi. were they not given the same i

are not against the people of myanmar would smoking guns so that 54000000 of people in myanmar are now under siege would smoking guns let me take you back to the election which took place in november you were the campaign manager for on sunset cheese party in the last election was the election free and fair or was weather problems as the military claim it wasn't a comment in the international observer included logo observer and the people of myanmar have spoken loud and clear that it was a free and fair and democratic the people of myanmar have spoken a loud and clear that no longer we don't need a military team the people of myanmar particularly in these new generations they don't want to leave under any sort of military control or of the our freedom and these are realized that they have lost heavily to demote the tea party it was elected by the people of myanmar for the people of myanmar let me take you back to the last days of january there was lots of speculation that the military might try something in those last days of january how worried were you about the prospect of a coup th

we wa nt we want to bring you pictures now live from myanmar.n talking to protesters in myanmar. they request the return of democracy and the release of aung san suu kyi. the head of the world health organization has said there must be no relaxation in the fight against the coronavirus because there could be more waves of the pandemic. dr tedros gabree—yaysus added the world had experienced a trauma greater than it did after world war ii. and now, even with this covid pandemics with bigger magnitude, more lives have been affected — almost the whole world is affected. each and every individual on the surface of the world, actually, has been affected. and that means mass trauma which is beyond proportion, even bigger than what the world experienced after the second world war. earlier i spoke to adam brown, professor of psychology at the new school for social research in new york and asked him if it was correct to compare the fallout with covid with the long lasting effects of world war ii. you know, i think it�*s really difficult to compare statis

right, lookin: ground in myanmar. right, looking at _ ground in myanmar.. right, looking at the security - looking at the security council, in any major conflict, the un can only go at the speed of the most cautious permanent member of the security council. in the case of myanmar, does this mean that the scale and the speed of the response is decided by china? look, i will leave that _ leave that analysis to you. i think what is clear is that everyone has a role to play. there are no high standards here, whether it is the secretary general, whether it is the cute —— security council as a whole, or individual member states. those who have an influence on the situation in myanmar, whether it is the regional powers, the asean countries, everyone has a role to play. what is important is we all move in the same direction and that is stopping the violence, ensuring that the prisoners, the political prisoners, are freed, and that the democratic voice of the people in myanmar, as expressed in their own elections in november, is fully restored and respected. but no

myanmar�*s ambassador to the un was recently fired by the military junta.bout who currently represents the country at the un. if the un can't even work out who sits in myanmar�*s chair in meetings, how will it be able to help to solve the country's problems? it depends what part of the un you're talking about. there were some issues about the representation of myanmar, the permanent representative is the one who had been there a month ago, a week ago, is back in his seat. his credentials have not been challenged. but that is not the focus of the work of the united nations. we have a very strong country team in myanmar, i think we have about 2,000 people who work there who had been engaged in the covid vaccination, in humanitarian aid, in helping myanmar on the road to democracy. all of these things have now been derailed and that adds to the urgency of getting things back on track. stephane dujarric. the head of the world health organization has said there must be no relaxation in the fight against the coronavirus because there could be more waves of the pa

do stay with us. ♪ [explosions] 1 the myanmar anti--- anchor: the myanmar anti-coup protests turn deadlyotesters remain undeterred. neither side is backing down. can anything break the stalemate ? this is "inside story." ♪ anchor: hello, welcome to the program. a month of protests against the myanmar military coup shows no signs of letting up. peaceful demonstrations are growing larger in many cities and towns. the army's firing live rounds to disperse them. [gunfire] the united nations says scores of people have been killed since february 1. 38 died wednesday, the worst day. more than 1700 people have been detained. the crackdown has drawn international condemnation. >> me and mark's -- me yanmar's military must stop, it is important the military is firing live ammunition against protesters. we are appalled on attacks against emergency medical staff trying to provide care to those injured. anchor: scott idler's monitoring the protests from bangkok in neighboring thailand. scott: another day beginning with the funeral for a dead protester, but that didn't stop them from coming out. the s

they undermine the people of myanmar they can in the people in myanmar will be just ok that's ok you know ok we never said yes ok to stolen election results tell me about the day of the coup when did you 1st realize what was going on we wake up in the early morning of february and we realize that all our phones that we cannot make any coal. is there all televisions and every signal was that and i was surprised when i look from my window i saw all the military armaments surrounding us and those the parliamentarian members levy in the municipal building were surrounded. by those. forces on the parliament there are buildings all the pleasure of the place where the ministers were leaving and argued our society our state house of them had a presence or been surrounded by. something was wrong it was already a movie coup happened of course it was scary in the way because we don't know what's going to happen we don't know we are dying we don't know do you all kill us you know that they did to mind there was prepared to destry us completely you were someone who was likely to end up in the cab

stance. do _ running myanmar. 0k, given that stance. do you — running myanmar. 0k, given that stancening myanmar. 0k, given that stance, do you see any _ running myanmar. 0k, given that stance, do you see any way - running myanmar. 0k, given that stance, do you see any way at - stance, do you see any way at this military rule is going to come to an end?— come to an end? i'm not particularly _ come to an end? i'm not particularly optimistic, i come to an end? i'm not| particularly optimistic, to come to an end? i'm not. particularly optimistic, to be honest. my argument is the united states, europe, japan to some extent, needs to go and negotiate with them, engage, as unsavoury as that may be. the reality is the junta cannot govern myanmar, technology has spread and democratic ideals have spread. mass resistance throughout the country. the myanmar people are not going to bow down and go along. i would prefer if the west and japan, whatever democracies are going tojoin us, basically made whatever democracies are going to join us, basically made a realistic case to the junta and said, y

and first of all, with the myanmar regime. yes. and first of all. it's _ with the myanmar regime.mar regime. yes. and first of all, it's notjust _ with the myanmar regime. yes. and first of all, it's notjust economic - first of all, it's notjust economic business but also military business, and russia considers myanmar as a very important military partner in this region. right now, russia tries to test the limits of this friendship, and tries not to discuss any negative moments about the present events in myanmar. negative moments is one _ present events in myanmar. negative moments is one way _ present events in myanmar. negative moments is one way to _ present events in myanmar. negative moments is one way to describe - moments is one way to describe civilians, even children, being shot in the streets. does russia feel awkward, embarrassed about what is playing out in front of the world? well, an unpleasant situation for moscow, because official moscow keeps silent and tries not to discuss any such moments. 0n keeps silent and tries not to discuss any such moments. on my point o

since the independence in 1945, myanmar - control parts of myanmar.l war. a little bit of history, myanmar is made up of major different ethnic groups, there are over 100 ethnic groups, there are over 100 ethnic groups in myanmar. karen, wejust talked about, is one of the biggest groups. they all have their own army, they are looking for more autonomy from the central government. they have been waging this war against the central government for over seven decades, but in recent years, the government had made ceasefire agreement with a different ethnic groups. there are still groups which have not signed any ceasefire agreement with the central government. karen national union is one of them. they have signed it. but they overrun a military outpost and says that military outpost and says that military outpost and killed a few of the soldiers and captured some of them, so military attacks, we talked about this area per garment, under the marching towards those and karen are pushing these refugees towards the thai burma border. bud are pushing these refu

, , , , myanmar? mostly because these rotest, myanmar?a _ myanmar? mostly because these protest, after a decade _ myanmar? mostly because these protest, after a decade of - protest, after a decade of democratisation and opening, smoking most of the protesters in the street are young. most of them don't remember. irate are young. most of them don't remember. ...— are young. most of them don't remember. we 'ust lost your sound for— remember. we 'ust lost your sound huh remember. wejust lost your sound for a minute. _ remember. wejust lost your sound for a minute. i _ remember. wejust lost your sound for a minute. i will - remember. we just lost your i sound for a minute. i will continue. let's talk about the fact that a lot of these protesters, instead of retreating after what we've seen recently are almost ramping up their efforts. there are reports now that some of them are retreating to territory held by the national union. just tell us why that is significant. union. just tell us why that is significant-— union. just tell us why that is

— latest bloodshed on the streets of myanmar? this armed forces da is a of myanmar?d forces day is a day _ of myanmar? this armed forces day is a day of — of myanmar? this armed forces day is a day of infamy, - of myanmar? this armed forces day is a day of infamy, the - day is a day of infamy, the brutality and the horror of this military seems to know no bounds whatsoever. it is just completely outrageous, what's going on in myanmar as we speak. going on in myanmar as we seak. ~ . ., speak. we have had international - speak. we have had - international condemnation, speak. we have had _ international condemnation, but to be honest, we have had that for quite a while now. nothing seems to be happening.- seems to be happening. well, that's right. — seems to be happening. well, that's right, that's _ seems to be happening. well, that's right, that's a _ seems to be happening. well, that's right, that's a fair- that's right, that's a fair statement. it seems particularly if you are in myanmar, words of condemnation are beginning to ring hollow. what the people of myanma

— myanmar? so, that means basically. _ myanmar? so, that means basically, how— myanmar? how much... - myanmar? so, that means i basically, how much... russia doesn't have much economic interest in myanmar, but china does. in orderfor a co—ordinated effort to occur, it means some of the concerns china has in myanmar need to be respected. previous models have been used on north korea to look into it... do been used on north korea to look into it. . ._ look into it... do you think there is — look into it... do you think there is a _ look into it... do you think there is a realistic- look into it... do you think there is a realistic chance, i there is a realistic chance, given where we are at this point, of the military surrendering control or being persuaded to stop the violence? i think it's very hard. but also i think sanctions are not going to work. in order to convince the military, well, there are two ways. one is to convince them to back down voluntarily, the other is coercion. what i mean by coercion. what i mean by coercion is military intervention, but that is not

special reporter on myanmar. we areciate your time and your honesty and we certainly appreciate what you're doing. we are watching all develop and's on myanmar at the un security council meetings -- coming up on friday. in new zealand, it is already friday. a powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake striking in the ocean off the coast of new zealand on friday, prompting some evacuations and tsunami warnings across the south pacific. it was the second large quake to strike in hours. it had woken up many people throughout the night. while quakes triggered warning systems, none of them appeared to pose widespread threats. civil defense authorities talking that they should move immediately to higher ground. they said a tsunami was possible. let's listen to the reaction of some of those in that area. >> it woke me up. i jumped out of bed and stood in the doorway. >> it seemed reasonably strong. just trying to work out if it was stng enough to warrant evacuating. >> a rocking sensation, longer than normal. marco: we are watch

i'm scott heiler on the tide myanmar border high authority are saying they are preparing for the possibility of a flow of refugees while on the other side an american army saying they are sheltering hundreds will fled the violence and conspiracy theories and mistrust her mexico's vaccine bowl out task over 1000 deaths hits 200 pounds. 65 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference in it he outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to topple them but a growing refugee and migrant crises said the us mexico border took center stage as a white house correspondent kimberly hockett reports. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a dam set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of migrants attempting to enter the united states from m

i'm scott heiler on the tide myanmar border stories are saying they are preparing for the possibility of a flow of refugees while on the other side an ethnic army saying they are sheltering hundreds flat the pilots. 64 days into the job and u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference taking questions from reporters about the major challenges facing his country the biden wanted to talk about progress made vaccinating americans against coronavirus and boosting the economy the escalating situation on the us mexico border to center stage kimberly hawk it's begins our coverage from washington d.c. . he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a dam set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of migrants attempting to enter the united states from mexico is less clear he denied the surge was due to his pol

now myanmar security forces have been intensifying their crackdown on tycho protesters and people are now starting to escalate to neighboring countries thailand is preparing for the possibility of a large number of refugees arriving at its border but one of the on mars ethnic groups operating near the border say it's already sheltering hundreds of people. reported from the border town of mae sot in thailand mojo was a student leader in the 1988 uprising in me and. for that he spent 12 years in a yangon prison. at a mason museum dedicated to myanmar as political prisoners he shows us the brutality of everyday life. torture techniques that myanmar security forces have used for decades in their attempt to squash dissent the judge is accused of continuing these methods today but he thinks the protests happening now on the streets of myanmar are much different than past uprisings so this is going to be the last fight to end the dictatorship in a fight of judgment even though the civilians do not want to become refugees fleeing from the situation might arise in which they might have to beco

yeah. of the people in myanmar out? yeah, but they are — of the people in myanmar out?nmar out? yeah, but they are looking for _ of the people in myanmar out? jf�*ii but they are looking for alternative ways to communicate. it's very interesting, but they find ways to get their message out even when the internet is blocked, they find ways to talk to each other. they send more cryptic messages to each other, meet at a certain street corner, and people arrive there at six a:m., they don't know quite what is expected. i think it's going to be very hard for the government to stop all communication with the outside world because it also impacts the business climate in the business environment. so, it wants investors, it wants the business community, especially during this time of recovering from covid to be able to do its work. and if they shut it all down, not only do they shut down the protests, but they or they will try to shut down the protests, but they affect their everyday business activities as well.— activities as well. interesting oints. activities as well. interes

— sort of extranet steps with myanmar? sort of extranet steps with m anmar? , . ., ,, myanmar?have taken some very important steps to _ myanmar? they have taken some very important steps to be - myanmar? they have taken some very important steps to be the . very important steps to be the biden administration right out of the gate applied some sanctions, the president was very clear that this was his first of many steps he was prepared to take to build pressure on their regime. they had an asset freeze, money that is in us financial institutions and throws them, over $1 billion worth, that takes an immediate bite. so the fact the biden administration has acted quickly, they stepped quickly out of the gate, i think is a very positive step. now we need to see other nations follow. on that, thank you so much stopping my pleasure. == that, thank you so much stopping my pleasure. -- tom andrews. _ stopping my pleasure. -- tom andrews, thank _ stopping my pleasure. -- tom andrews, thank you _ stopping my pleasure. -- tom andrews, thank you so - stopping my pleasure. -- tom andrews, th

they control almost all facets of life in myanmar.ntry economically, the only way to do it, because you are not when to persuade lots of international investors, particularly here in asia to pull out, not at this stage, anyway, the only way that the protesters see of doing it is to engage in civil disobedience and to refuse to work and to try and slowly bring down the economy. try and slowly bring down the economy-— try and slowly bring down the economy. try and slowly bring down the econom . a , , ., ~ ., economy. 0k, nick, speaking to us live there _ economy. 0k, nick, speaking to us live there from _ economy. 0k, nick, speaking to us live there from singapore, i us live there from singapore, thank you very much. so just to remind viewers what they can see on their screens now commits part of armed forces day, which is being celebrated in myanmar. that's in the capital. the same day, there is concern that protesters are also going to take to the streets, anti—coup protesters, and continue with their protests despite the threat from

— lives in particular been affected by events in myanmar? thank you for havin: events in myanmar?aving me. women _ events in myanmar? thank you for having me. women throughout - events in myanmar? thank you for| having me. women throughout the history have been particularly targeted in many ways by the military dictatorship. 0ver targeted in many ways by the military dictatorship. over the past several decades, ethnic women in the ethnic areas have been targeted for rape, gang rape and mutilation, to terrorise and dehumanize an entire community as well as women themselves. and we remember in 2016-17, themselves. and we remember in 2016—17, even before this, thousands of rohingya women have been targeted for the sexual violence, rape, of rohingya women have been targeted forthe sexualviolence, rape, gang rape and mutilations again. and none of these crimes have been addressed as the military, that very same military now leading the crew is held unaccountable until now. now what we've seen since the coup from the 1st of february is that women are targeted in a way that has dehumaniz

myanmar�*s military has said it is used to being isolated. the junta? a question i put to tom andrews, the un's special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar. they have said forever that they are — they can go on their own, they're impervious to international pressure, but what we've found from history is that's not true. that in fact, the reforms, the democratic reforms that we've seen overturned by this junta by february one were reforms that were created precisely because tough economic sanctions were applied on thejunta. they, and the generations following — the older generations of generals, they want to make money, they want to be part of the international economy. so there was pressure building from within the military to engage with the world so that they could be able to prosper. so, they conceded they had some reforms, modest reforms, but they were reforms. the point is, they reacted, they responded to economic pressure, i believe that they can and they will again now. let's look at international action. if china blocks or slows dow

i receive around 2000 messages per day from the people in myanmar.y to answer some questions from the people on the ground who are really desperate to see action from the international community. earlier i spoke to murray hiebert, senior associate of the southeast asia programme at the centre for disease control and prevention strategic and international studies. i asked him for his reaction to this latest violence. the military is i guess fed up with the population rebelling and rising up and trying to take control of neighbourhoods asjonathan said, not going to work. a lot of civil servants are staying out of work and the military is hell—bent to try to find ways to crush this uprising. and we're seeing people write their blood groups on their arms, their contact details on their arms because they're concerned about what will happen to them when they go out on the streets. how does the international community get a grip on what is happening on myanmar? we know that sanctions simply do not work. it's terribly hard. the british, the uk government is

he says if there isn't an international response that is full and united conditions in myanmar will do terrorists and he warned that they could be a very dramatic increase in the loss of lives and ngo that's been tracking the number of fatalities as well as the arrests since the coup on the 1st of february says that 2900 people have been arrested or charged sentenced and nearly 300 people have been killed since the 1st of february now the military is also continuing its crackdown on the media and on my news service base in central media says 4 that staff members were detained on wednesday night while this is taking place we know that international pressure on myanmar is also building up the u.s. has now put 2 military controlled conglomerates on its blacklist so these sanctions will no doubt be welcomed by people who oppose the coup in myanmar but we should still be i think be realistic that the generals may find a way to circumvent these sanctions they've had decades of practice while the country was run by the met by a military dictatorship while it was an international pariah of

she says the myanmar military has its fingers in every aspect of myanmar's economy. >> as long as theyurces of revenue, including revenue from oil and gas and gemstones and timber, especially these extracted industries, and then tap into foreign-exchange accounts, they can maintain a certain level of survival. once they lose those resources and lose access to some of these financial streams, then it makes it much harder for people to continue to stick with them. >> we need strong as possible action from the international community. nick: myanmar's ambassador to the u.n. ended a speech holding up three fingers, the symbol of the democracy movement taken from the movies "the hunger games." he sees myanmar's democracy in the tradition of american democracy. >> i think it's the time where we all have to work together to end the military coup, end the regime in the country, and make democracy prevailing in the country. the government we want to see is of the people, by the people, for the people. that is what we want to see. nick:fter your speech, the myanmar military trd to fire you. are y

what do the people of myanmar want now? and what are they likely to get?hin zaw win, in yangon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me ask, by getting you to describe to me the situation as you see it and feel it today in yangon, is the momentum still with the street protests? or are people reconsidering whether they should and will take to the streets? well, the momentum is very much still with the people, you know? it hasn't abated. traffic still goes on, but if you go to the streets, there are intersections where it's like in the medieval warfare, the protesters on one side and the police and the troops on the other are carrying shields and wearing helmets. so they are facing off. they have been shooting, not so much fires or anything, but a lot of barricades put up at nights and the police remove it in the morning. but, every day, people are coming out in columns to protest and there have been live rounds fired into the crowds and people have died. a pregnant schoolteacher died. yes, we have seen... we have seen on social media some of the disturbing p

from selling weapons to the myanmar military. selling a lot of airplanes to me and mark. -- to myanmar. the un security council initiate d arms embargo may not go that far, but the european union and democracy in the united states could coordinate international sanctions through some sort of -- combined with economic sanctions and anrms embargo. they have done this in the past. it's a possibility. katty: ok. professor, joining us from carleton college, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. katty: a quick look at other news from around the world. tanzania's vice president announced today the country's president has died. the announcement came on the country's state television. the president who was 61 had not been seen in the book since february 20 6 -- the president, who was 61, had not been seen in public since february 26. russia is trying to prevent what he called the irreversible degradation of ties with the united states. the move follows an intelligence report that the accused russia of trying to influence the e

massacre, in myanmar. security forces kill more than 100 unarmed civilians, on one bloody saturday. >>> one of the top covid advisers in the trump white house now says the majority of pandemic deaths in the u.s. could have been prevented. >>> plus, 14 tugboats do all they can to with assist from the tide. but one of the biggest cargo ships in the world is still blocking the suez canal. >>> welcome, everyone. the world is looking on myanmar, with horror, the day after security forces reportedly killed 114-unarmed civilians. it is, by far, the bloodiest day of military violence, since the coup last month. aid groups fear, the real-death toll is, probably, much higher. this all happened, on the day that myanmar's top general promised to, quote, protect civilians, and uphold democracy. but instead, according to local-news reports, security forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. and they didn't just target protestors. several children are among the dead. one victim, a 13-year-old girl, reportedly

envoy to myanmar warns the security council to be resolute and.

more than a $150.00 reindeer refugees in indian administered kashmir could be forced to go back to myanmar. as begin in senegal where the sorrow position leader was once on go is jus to appear in courts the last week has seen protests sometimes violence over his detention opposition party and civil society groups of called for 3 days of mass demonstrations against his arrest he's been charged with rape which supporters say are politically motivated storage they say some cause custody has been lifted but he remains in a police station over night live both suit nicholas harker who is in dakar for. as nic has my son who said said here in coeur it's what are we expecting. well just just to set you the scene we're just outside the tribunal that just here right behind you and you can see there's a police who are getting off right now and some to right now is being heard by the judge over the allegations of a rape case he's 4. weeks now and since then this is what's been happening in senegal and it was the protesters raising their their hands just like this saying take his handcuffs off free him.

. fist when it comes to myanmar.. git the moment, the sanctions we have put on a very targeted, and what i am calling for is the government to go further and to make sure it's actually sanctions the wider holdings of the military regime, because the military regime, because the regime is in fact a profit—making enterprise, not just a military force. companies, is there a suggestion that there are british companies that are trading with the generals, with the military regime?— the military regime? there are very few- _ the military regime? there are very few- the _ the military regime? there are very few. the reality _ the military regime? there are very few. the reality is - the military regime? there are very few. the reality is that. very few. the reality is that the parish economic interest in myanmar is relatively limited. we have many partners and friends who do have interests, and that is where the foreign office should be acting, it should be calling on friends and partners to make sure they stand up for the h

the world is condemning myanmar's violent crack down.tative said it's time for action. >>> and tennessee facing a flood. parts of the u.s. already battered by storms. welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada, and around the

reports of 2 more people shot dead as pressure piles on the myanmar military to stop its violent crackdown on protesters. and fears of deportation more than $150.00 rangar refugees in indian administered kashmir could be forced to go back to myanmar. at least 20 people have been killed in a series of explosions at a military base in equitorial guinea where than 600 people were injured the government says negligence caused the blast and bats a city after serious nicholas huck has more. after the 1st explosion. because. a 2nd one that i mean the then a 3rd and 4th each. stronger than the other. this is where the blast took place inside the. barracks one of the country's largest military bases. people ran for their lives. others rushed the injured to hospitals the statement of live on national television the reporter asks is the baby dead no she replies but her mother and. we don't know what happened to this man says everything is destroyed. the barracks were home to hundreds of families in the rubble people try to pull out survivors many are feared dead including detainees trapped in the bar

special rappateur on myanmar.litary celebrated armed forces day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending. the civil disobedience movement is responding with powerful weapons of peace. it's pastime for the world to respond in kind with and for the people of myanmar." it has been a horrific day for the people of myanmar. what do you mean by respond? time for the world to respond? how? >> michael, first of all, there are things within the capability of this world, this international community, that it has not taken. let's start with the u.n. security council. u.n. security council was designed specifically for these kinds of crises. the security council should be meeting. it should be debating what's going on. action should be put before it. and votes should be taken, up or down. votes should be taken. the community of nations that cared desperately about the people of myanmar that are under siege right now can also work together to coordinate things like sanctions. there's dozens of sancti

has moved to target sanctions in myanmar. do youhink this has any chance of success and is the international community doing enough? >> myanmar has already faced two coups and aung san suu kyi has been under house arrest. it was the sanctions imposed by the international community which has brought the military to its knees. that is what we have seen in 2010, leading to 2015, elections and aung san suu kyi indeed enjoying a little bit of power in myanmar. so sanctions do rk. every little action -- it should be coordinated and it should begin with a global arm embargo. we cannot allow the myanmar military to kill innocent civilians who only expire -- only aspire to live free under democratic reforms. anchor: you are with the swedish rohingya association. what does this military coup on february 1 mean for the rohingya muslims inyanmar? >> if the old country is in hell, the rohingyas are at the bottom of the hell. we have lesshan half million rohingya completely isolated from the international community. anchor: we know that 52

allegations of police brutality as security forces in myanmar use stun grenades and tear gas againstnti—coup protesters. dozens are reported dead in yemen as fighting takes place for control of the oil—rich city of marib. and parts of iceland are shaken by a series of mini earthquakes, causing fears that a dormant volcano may be about to erupt. president biden has described the senate's approval of his coronavirus relief bill as "one more giant step forward" in helping americans to deal with the impact of the pandemic. the package, which is worth nearly $2 trillion, will provide one—off payments to millions of people. republican senators were united in opposing the bill. our washington correspondent lebo diseko reports. the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the bill as amended is passed. a vote on party lines gave joe biden the victory he needed in the senate, after a marathon session lasting more than 2a hours. this is his first major piece of legislation as president — a package, he says, is necessary to turn the toll of the pandemic around. this plan puts us on a path to beating the v

as a result, the toll increases in myanmar. as a result of violence over the weekend, at least 400 people, according to some estimates, have been killed since february the 1st. 3,000 people have been detained. these are massive-in-scale detentions. the economy is in tatters. the crisis grinds on. robyn. >> and more lives are lost. more terror continues to -- to plague these people, ordinary people of myanmar. thank you so much, kristie lu stout, in hong kong, thank you. >>> so, the u.n. special rapporteur is urging to support pro-democracy protests and top stop the military violence. this is what he says will help. >> the security council should be meeting. it should be debating what's going on. action should be put before it. and votes should be taken, up or down, votes should be taken. the community of nations that care desperately about the people of myanmar, that are under siege right now. can, also, work together to coordinate things like sanctions. there -- there's dozens of sanctions regimes that are out there right now.

she says the myanmar military has its fingers in every aspect of myanmar's economy, and has used holdingompanies as veneers for international investors. >> as long as they have sources of revenue, including revenue from oil and gas and from gemstones and timber, and these-- especially these extractive industries, as long as they are able to tap into those revenues and then tap into foreign exchange accounts, they can maintain a certain level of survival. once they start to lose those resources and lose at least access to some of these financial streams, then it makes it much harder for people to continue to stick with them. >> we need for the strongest possible action from the international community. >> schifrin: kyaw moe tun was myanmar's ambassador to the u.n., until the military tried to fire him last month, after he denounced the coup, and ended a speech holding up three fingers-- the symbol of the democracy movement, taken from the novels and movies, "the hunger games." in an interview, he said he sees myanmar's democrats in the tradition of american democracy. >> i think that is t

special envoy to myanmar. they hold a closed-door session to discuss the military takeover and the bloody crackdown on those who oppose it. ties between washington and russells are on a stronger footing. they decided to suspend tariffs. we will be speaking to our correspondent in brussels in just a few moments. ♪ >> made a clash of arms be silenced and may there be an end to acts of violence. the words of pope francis as he addressed the people of arak on day one of what he is calling at visit after touching down on baghdad's airport, he was driven through the capital streets in a bulletproof car to the presidential palace and he has also visited the our lady of salvation cathedral. he is urged the dwindling christian community there to stay strong. this is what he said concerning corruption. >> we have to combat the scourge of corruption. abuse of power and legality. yet this by itself is not sufficient. we still need to build justice. to encourage honesty and transparency. we have to strengthen the relevant

china has been the protector of myanmar at the un security council. in 2017 when the military committed genocide against the rohingya people and has always been an obstacle for any kind of action in the un security council. so that is obviously a big hurdle to get over. the united states has the presidency of the security council starting tomorrow so i think there should be increased pressure there but many of the things ijust spoke about are things that states and regional organisations can do outside of the un security council. and they should absolutely do so. and given the calls you have been making, how optimistic are you that international countries, be that china, or whoever, are actually going to step up here? i have no faith in china. given their track record, given a genocide wasn't enough to stop them from shielding the generals in the myanmar, but certainly i think more pressure could be put on them. as i said, there is a whole bunch of actions that can happen without the un security council but you can't help but be hopeful seeing the abs