bernard: how do you see the best way to combat in myanmar?unite the forces against the military unit. we have seen forms of unification we haven't seen historically before in myanmar but there are also challenges there are also differences amongst those resisting the military unit so if people can stand together and the ethnic armed organization can join hands with the people's defense forces and also the political entities from the ethnic minorities and the national unity government, i think that is definitely the best way forward seeing from inside myanmar. and this should be supported from the outside as well. bernard: thank you. we are out of time. thank you to all of our guests. and thank you as well for watching. you can see the program again anytime by visiting our website aljazeera.com, and for more debate go to our facebook page. that's facebook.com/aj insidestory. you can also join the conversation on twitter. we are @ajinsidestory. from me, bernard smith, and the entire team here in doha, bye for now. ♪ ■é■ío o @8@8@8 norance d con

i dont know how much worse it needs to be in myanmar international. give me the care, the international community has to have the capacity to care about more than one thing at a time. and while the people of ukraine deserve our support, so to the people of myanmar from robinson relieve her for the time being with thank you so much for speaking to us today from robinson, from human rights watch. thank you so much for the city of melbourne in the philippines is no stranger to flooding, but one part of the city flood waters haven't receded. for 18 years. the ot ex compound is a former housing estate for cotton mill workers. the chest deep flood waters have under the parking of the venice of melbourne. but unlike the italian city life here is far from picture perfect. this housing compound in melbourne city was built for textile workers in the 970 located in the sea. it was often floated, but in 2004, the water came and never went away. yet instead of leaving many residence like rose christabel ended up staying, my living hair is sometimes hard. sometimes

w has been given rare access to footage taken inside myanmar. oh hipaa minute and member of parliament, you'll see a port in it, which is it is a few figure in the on most popular movement against the military hunter. he once worked closely with the democratically elected on san sushi now herself in prison. last year's military could turn pills thine to an actor. whist. he helped organize protest against the hunter. botello. surely we invite you all to come together with us and join us in a cdm on our civil disobedience movement. rumor, rock all of it all along the way. but the military brutally put down those protest . it arrested hundreds of pro democracy activists and sentenced dozens of them, including peers. they are taught to debt. he and long time actor wisco jimmy have been on debt. so since january cold, jimmy's activism goes back decades. last year he was among the forced to go for a mass mobilization against the 2021 military coup here. so yeah, this is the time for the public to rise up in unity. we need to start a movement of the pe

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all these things are, are issues of the people of myanmar have called for. and this act by the military contest, are trying to intimidate the burmese people. that's exactly what thereafter in it should not be allowed to succeed. and it's time for the international media step up and do something. let's talk about sanction, because you mentioned them the u. s. m e u sanctions have been imposed against somebody creone draw or they're not working it's, it's far too little and it's, it's not targeting enough of the, the corporations connected the military, it's not even targeting all the top people in the military. now the reality is they have not inflicted the pain they need to, and particularly they have to go up the immune, myanmar, oil and gas enterprise. they have to go after issues of like, for instance, aviation fuel. these are sort of the, the targeted areas that need to be focused on by sanctions, not just going after the commander's wife, who owns a jewelry shop somewhere. it's got to be something that got real teeth and something that is strategic. and

but i think it has come as a very big shock to many people inside myanmar. as this are anti q activist, told us from young gun i love the joint, i shouldn't do this and it should not happen. this is like the gender officially challenging the public. this acclimate people wake up and become interested in politics. again, our people should not just be mourning and social media, but also acting individually to do what they can to speed up the fight against the gender. and we will take revenge. they'll also be quite a lot of consternation. i think outside miramar, we've seen the association of southeast asian nations assay and try to engage myanmar since the military current 2021 more enthusiasm, perhaps from neighboring countries like china and in cambodia where they have made some very direct overtures to the generals. her and charge, in fact we had seen one send the cambodian prime minister, who's the chair vass. yeah. right to minute lie, the senior general in june requesting clemency for these men that has clearly been ignored. and i think at this stage, as

many young people in myanmar are still resisting the regime. some have gone under gram student lead, landline sport to d, w from an undisclosed location. he was younger in a while to all of our comrades were sentenced to death, including co. jimmy and sir thought, are you until the imprisoned heroes were still fighting against the hunter. i would like to salute you all to know. we will give you a rule until our comrades on our people get freedom. all continued to take part in this revolution. no matter what are we? our revolution must prevail. oh, we simply in gen, gone, youth, activist, hanford, banners protesting the deaths and the flash mob just as quickly melted away, glaring the military would also come for them. let's speak now to burmese american journalist, aim intent features editor at frontier myanmar. currently based in bangkok, welcome to d, w. use asia. we've just been hearing about the military's plans to execute these 2 activists over $100.00 people have already been sentenced to death by the military, but these would be the 1st

globe in response to the news that four pros democracy figures have been put to death by hanging in myanmar's first executions in 50 years. the russian foreign minister says moscow's goal is to free ukraine from what he called the unacceptable regime. meanwhile, ukrainians clawing back territory in the province of kherson. and during a visit to canada, the pope apologizes for the churches role in forcibly assimilating native people boarding goals, many of whom suffered horrific abuse. welcome back. thank you for joining us. we begin in myanmar, where it was confirmed today that the first executions in nearly 50 years have been carried out. four people, a former lawmaker, a democracy activist, and to other political prisoners were put to death by hanging. the junta accused of the four of terrorism in a closed military court. there has been condemnation across the world. the u.n. human rights chief called it a cruel and regressive step. china, for example, has refused to comment. some estimates thousands have been killed and many more rested since the military coup february of last year. we loo

what has become of the pro democracy movement in myanmar? so i think they're very different segments of the pro democracy movement, although they are all pulling in the same direction. you have the civil service strength, which is still going quite strong. there's over a 100000 civil servants in the country who are currently on strike and not out before the military hunter. but the armed opposition up is also getting more organized and getting stronger here of daily battles in which the military is losing its members. i'm also here or alliances between groups are forming as well as the civilian parallel government um creating more allies and raising more money as the days gone. what about popular support for the military in the country? is that as that grown stronger over the past year, or is it diminishing? it's difficult to say with absolute certainty, as you know, it's very difficult to get data in the country at the moment. but i think it's important to remember that the military had one less than 15 percent of the open seats in the 2020

marianna: four protesters have been executed by myanmar's government. >> with these atrocities the junta carried out, there can be no business as usual with this regime. marianna: the rivals becoming -- fighting to become the next prime minister of britain clash in their tv debate. ♪ let's go to canada where the pope has made a formal apology for the harms done by catholics on residential schools around the country. he denounced the evil committed by so many christians in the schools, speaking from the former site of one of the schools in central albta. it was one of the largest in canada. let's listen. >> i am deeply sorry. sorry for the ws in which, regrettably, many christians supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that o pressed the indigenous peoples. i am sorry. i ask forgiveness in particular for the ways in which many members of the church and regious communities cooperated, not least through their indifference, on projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation, promoted by the governments of that time, which culminated in a system of residential schools. [app

and now myanmar hunt knows how to play them. and they've been playing them. they've been playing for time. they've been making excuses. ah, and the rest of the world has continued to say that asi anson proudie, should be the policy moving forward. quite clearly, asi and is probably the least likely international organization to solve this because of their continued policies of ra, not interfering with internal affairs of other states. a, you know, the reality is, i think that the aust yawn has to be now seen as a failure to deal this. and now there has to be some new structures and new interventions made by the international committee to address the situation in myanmar thorough vinson. that live in bangkok for us fell always great schedules. thank you so much. so the vain president said none macos junior. he said to deliver his 1st state of the nation address in the coming hours. more cost one, a landslide victory, and the may election. protest is in manila, marching against the new president by complaining that malcolm is provided few concrete policy plans

rebecca: myanmar is burning.ers are being ordered to carry out abuses as the military fights against civilian militias who are trying to restore democracy. this, the aftermath of a military raid on a village in the 20th of december last year. a corporal was in charge of one of thenits. >> the order was too been fire as we entered. we also had an order to shoot any man we saw and set fire to any decent house in the village. rebecca: the corporal said they killed several people that day and burned at least 60 houses. this one was not empty. there was a girl inside. newly recruited soldiers set fire to it. >> as we reached the center of the village, i heard the voice of a girl trapped in a house. she was shouting, open it for me! i told the captain, i saw a girl trapped in the room. he said, i told you to kill everyone. he asked us to light flames, so we did. rebecca: the village school was not burned. instead, young women were taken there. we spoke to two of them. they say the soldiers abused them in this room for

myanmar is burning.. this, the aftermath of a military raid on a village on the 20th of december last year. a corporal we're calling aung was in charge of one of the units. translation: the order - was to open fire as we entered. we also had an order to shoot any man we saw and to set fire to every large and decent house in the village. corporal aung says his unit killed five people that day. the soldiers burnt at least 60 houses. this one wasn't empty. there was a girl inside. a newly recruited soldier set fire to it. translation: as we reached the centre of the village, - i heard the voice of a girl who was trapped in the house. she was shouting, "open it for me! open it for me!" i told the captain, "i saw a girl, she's trapped in the room." he said, "i've told you to kill everyone." he asked us to launch flares, so we did. the village school wasn't burnt. instead, young women were taken there. we spoke to two of them. they say soldiers abused them in this room for three days. translation: they were lo

four democracy activists executed by the myanmar military.nited nations calls this a rule in restive act. the birthplace of the arab spring, to nguyen's voting on back credit reforms. -- two easy and -- tunisians wrote -- voting on rolling back democratic reforms. we begin tonight in the where two candidates are vying to replace boris johnson and they held their first head to head television debate. liz truss rishi sunak and -- liz truss and rishi sunak are battling. the u.k. facing rising inflation, tax policy was a contentious issue in the debate. here is one of the crack -- clashes. >> your own economic advisers said it would lead to interest rates going up to 7%. can you imagine? thousands of pounds on the mortgage bill. tipping millions into misery and it will have no chance of winning the next election. >> rishi sunak is talking about putting up corporation tax this autumn. he is talking about raising taxes at the time of the globa economic crisis to the same level of the french corporate tax. >> your economic advisor said that your pla

myanmar had a coup.ng up to go to south sudan, philippines and myanmar as opposed to singapore. take a young female bbc journalist, do you think she will feel safer or freer to report from any of these countries compared to singapore? i dismiss reporters without borders, completely nonsensical. let's quickly, because we don't have much time left, move on to the geopolitical situation you find yourselves in in singapore. you've traditionally tried to maintain very good relations with the great powers in your region. that is, of course, china, but also the united states. that's becoming increasingly difficult as hostility grows between washington and beijing. you're going to have to pick sides. which side will you pick? no, we will not pick sides. i think, you know, for us, it's important that we deal and navigate in the environment. but picking sides is not the right way to go. i mean, the us and china... ..everyone can see the tensions are deep. 0n the side of the us, there is a bipartisan thinking, that

there are widespread reports of the wounding and killing of civilians by myanmar soldiers.en civil war. today's executions are a sign of how much more cruel it is set to become. judy: that report from independent television news. ♪ judy: in addition to its connection with the extreme heat and weather events here and around the globe, climate change is also having a measurable impact on a much slower moving development -- the loss of glaciers and the melting of the ice. science correspondent miles o'brien has been chronicling one scientists to track what is happening with one of the most important glaciers and here is his latest update. reporter: it was like a scene from star wars when climate scientist david holland finally made it to ground zero. >> just absolute insane fun and i thought i was going to die. we flew the helicopter through the crevasses. reporter: these eyes canyons are in the antarctic appeared it is the so-called doomsday glacier and you are seeing it in its death throes as close as anyone ever has. >> this is perhaps the most important glacier in the worl

sang myanmar's most famous rapper seen stage right.ivist and politician, he found the point. he campaigned for democracy and became an mp, but today his life was taken from him. one of four political prisoners executed by the country's military junta. state tv said he was a terrorist. the opposition see him as a martyr. >> he laid down his life for freedom and democracy and for human rights. just imagine that. that is who he is. lindsey: another well-known democracy activist was also killed in the first executions for half a century, a sign that the junta that seized power last year will brook no dissent. >> i think this is an attempt at instilling greater fear and intimidation against the population. if they can't rule by the consent of the people of myanmar, which they obviously cannot, then they are going to try to terrify them even more than they have to this point. lindsey: nonetheless, a few brave protesters came out onto the streets today with banners saying "we will never be frightened." and fmed themselves so the world could s

and the protesters are seeking justice for the people who've been fighting against myanmar's military coup. >> military regime try to, try to intimidate all of the people from all entire brahma. we will never stop demanding democracy and human rights in our country. >> demonstrators also pushing to stop the executions of 74 people who've been sentenced to death. myanmar's military launch add claunched a coup following their elections. >>> the state has gotten about 37,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine. they are expecting a total of 107 170,000 doses for the entire state. cases here continue to rise. and with more big events coming up, the risk of infection rises as well. >> reporter: even in the face of a worsening outbreak of monkeypox in the bay area, doctors say it's unlikely, not impossible, but unlikely that someone would catch the disease at a crowded concert or festival. >> the highest risk, skin skin-to-skin contact. >> reporter: accord together public health department, there's been just over 300 cases of monkeypox in the city and just under 800 tstatewide. it's spreading primar

myanmar is burning.ing ordered to carry out abuses as the military fights against the civilian militias who are trying to restore democracy. this is the aftermath of a military raid on a village on the 20th this, the aftermath of a military raid on a village on the 20th of december last year. a corporal we're calling aung was in charge of one of the units. translation: the order - was to open fire as we entered. we also had an order to shoot any man we saw and to set fire to every every large and decent house in the village. corporal aung says his unit killed five people that day. the soldiers burnt at least 60 houses. this one wasn't empty. there was a girl inside. a newly recruited soldier set fire to it. translation: as we reached the centre of the village, - i heard the voice of a girl who was trapped in the house. she was shouting, "open it for me! open it for me!" i told the captain, "i saw a girl, she is trapped in the room." he said, "i've told you to kill everyone." he asked us to launch flares,

is saying there can be no business as usual after myanmar executed pro-democracy activists.he killings drew condemnation from around the world. a hip-hop artist who became a lawmaker was among those executed. al jazeera has more. reporter: he was known to many. he knew the cost. the veteran pro-democracy activist had already spent 15 years in prison protesting against previous regimes. even though he had been found guilty on counterterrorism charges, few expected the death sentences to be carried out. >> when we saw the news, we were very sad. reporter: another executed was a prominent lawmaker. a former hip-hop artist came to power in the first democratic election. the executions are the first since 1989 and have thought to be taken place at a prison. calls for clemency, including a letter written by the cambodian prime minister had little impact. >> this is sending a message. it's also a backhanded way of telling assam to but out, they don't want advice. rights groups estimate more than 2000 people are being killed by the military since the coup, but protesters show no sig

but the jets are aiming the guns into myanmar. hulu conflict on the border is decades old. the air war is new. since last she has qu gent, her is deployed attack helicopters, and fight to jets against armed rebels, opposing its rule. our to underground light. one day jack, come, ah, we get a hides. i don't really care about a is it is actually really in place and me place that they just bomb everywhere. they just shoot the rocket and everywhere the gesture, the mashing guy like everywhere. ah, the attacks have been relentless and there's little the rebels can do there. like machine guns and small arms and no match for the aerial bombardment. and there's one plane, they fear more than any other error airplay attack. incur any they use that, that blue blue collar, when. yeah, one petty, the yak, 130. the russian to see, to jet, who sometimes described as a trainer that has full attack capabilities, the initial fleet, who's ordered before the coo, but according to a report by independent investigators mia, my witness. another delivery as arrived since the military took over ho

myanmar flourished for a very long time in the 11-12th centuries. then that most of the four thousand red brick temples were built, then the mongols came and prosperity immediately ended in the number of temples. decreased by more than half today there are even fewer. but it doesn't matter when you hit it. in the vicinity of the bagan, it turns out that all the fields around it are strewn with red collapsed ones. you can wander among them not just for hours, but for whole days and even weeks, marvel at the art of the ancient german masters. it's impossible here. to find two identical buildings, the architects strictly followed the instructions of their ruler to build a wonder of the world, which the world has not yet seen, as a result , a city of stunning beauty arose on the arid banks of the river and ravada. the greatness of bagan is felt even today after 10 centuries, when nothing remained of the city. and half of the temples are off the face of the earth by the inexorable passage of time. pier by the 14th century marco polo visited bagan. when y

for example, myanmar where it is in the recent past.cated between thailand and india in 1989, the germans renamed both their country and its capital. more precisely, their historical names were returned to rangoon yangon, the capital of myanmar, without renaming pagodas. shvedan admired dmitry vozdvizhensky . yangon is a small city and, compared to other capitals of southeast asia, looks surprisingly provincial . british raj and the architectural creativity of the new independent authorities clearly do not claim to be exclusive. it seems that the inhabitants of yangon lack the splendor of everything. the temple of the sheledogon pagoda, according to the principle, it doesn’t get better, but it doesn’t need to be worse. a giant golden stupa can be seen from all over the city. she dominates, blazes over the yang under the training of the bright sun, as if declaring that the city exists only thanks to her parliament, temples , markets, all this arose. the name once appeared in this place swede. 600 tons of gold, but still from time to time

but the jets are aiming their guns to myanmar. ah, blue conflict on the border is decades old. the air war is new. since last she has qu, the gender is deployed, attack helicopters, and fighter jets against armed rebels, the posing its rule. out through underground light. one day jack, come, ah, we get a hides. i don't really care about a that. is that a liam place, or is that. 6 me place that they just bought everywhere. they just suit the rock at that and everywhere the gesture, the mashing guy like everywhere. ah, the attacks have been relentless and there's little the rebels can do there like machine guns and small arms and no match for the aerial bombardment. and there's one plane, they fear more than any other error, air play, attack, incur any they used at that new blue collar, when yeah, 130, the yak, 130. the russian to see to jeff was sometimes described as a trainer. that has full attack capabilities. the initial fleet has ordered before the coo but according to a report by independent investigators me and my witness. another delivery as arrived since the military to

the army seized power in myanmar in a coup last year.ed to crush a popular uprising that's fighting to restore democracy. firefighters in california have warned that hot weather is hampering their efforts to contain a huge wildfire before it reaches yosemite national park. it's one of the worst blazes of the year in the state so far and has already forced more than six thousand people from their homes. it comes as the us climate envoyjohn kerry told the bbc that president biden is considering declaring a climate emergency, to help him push through his green agenda, after failing to get a bill through congress. james clayton sent this report from california. these scenes are becoming all too familiar in california. a raging wildfire, the oakfire described by authorities here as explosive, devouring forests that are tinder dry. firefighters are struggling to contain it as it engulfs people's homes, livelihoods, and businesses. this army veteran is spending his wedding anniversary waiting, hoping that the house he left will be ok. a lot of

but this is part of intimidation by the hunter to try to quell any sort of resistance by the myanmar people. and i don't think it's going to work it just going to get people more angry. pulling stations opened across to nicea for a votes or draft constitution, which opponents criticize as an attempt to return to one man rule. president chi side says that these changes have been necessary to rein in a corrupt political elite people opposed to the proposed changes so that they will boycott the vote. let's go live now to tunis. elysium holcman is that for us as you just remind us once again of why traditions of voting today. so this is the referendum on a newly johnston constitution that's been written by the president chi side. and as you sat in the introduction, this is a very different reference for a different constitution because it consolidates all the powers legislative, executive, and digital firmly in the president's hands. and people concerns that a, we can traditionally will completely change the character of the, of tenicia democracy. so we was talking to some people today i

these, the 1st death sentence is carried out in myanmar for decades. a state media outlets says the men were accused of helping to carry out what i calls terror acts. tony chang has more from bangkok, we understand that these executions took place at some time over the weekend, according to the state media release that came early this morning. first thing ma'am, our time amongst the 4 men were 2 very prominent pro democracy activists. one code jimmy who'd been sentenced to jail for over a decade in the 1990 is protesting the military agenda. then he had been an active advocate of democracy over the past decade. and since 2020 one's military coup. the other a pure zig zag tore a very prominent and l d. politician. he'd previously had a career as a hip hop artist. he was arrested and accused of 4 men accused on the counter terrorism laws. but these are the 1st executions inside mamma since 1989. while my has always had the death penalty on the books, i think the assumption was that it was to be used more as a threat than a reality. the fact that we've se

oh, here is one of the men executed in myanmar b o z. alt haul was a lawmaker and lead several protests against the military junta. oh, he also used music as part of his activism, which got him detained for his hip hop limits. me in mars, military sees than he has now been executed along with 3 others. for descent. the military is out of control is not in military anymore, not a political state would or any more. they had a criminal law steal, the military, took control of me and mar in a cool. since then, the country has descended into chaos with extrajudicial killings and extreme wilander. such as blowing up villages with land mines. the men executed have been accused of helping the militia in their fight against the military. it includes veteran activist, count men, you as well as 2 others accused of killing a military informant, all the executions of spock international outrage. amnesty international said this, the fall men were convicted by a military court in highly secretive and deeply unfair trials. the international community must act immediately as more than $100.00 people, i

taunton exiled, a journalist from me, a ma, who told us how the news of the executions is going down in myanmar society. the military hasn't been quite a lot of resistance from people within the country, including many of its own officials as well as soldiers police, and those who work for the military being the target of assassination campaigns, as well as active conflict in many areas of the country get it out there over a 100 people right now on death row and sentence to bill taylor. many believe that this is a tactic to try to install and still more fear in the population. but it's quite unlikely that this is going to be successful. that although there's quite a lot of anger in the country over 2100 people have already been killed by the military. and so many are unlikely to be count by these recent actions. i'm in time that reporting. you actually there be a news. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour, ukraine's military says it is preparing an attempt to retake the southern part of sun region now occupied by russian forces. confir fence if good marked a t

is there any evidence that the sanctions the us and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect only anecdotal we have heard and not probably can't really confirm about some of the leaders who who's who are targeted actions that they've taken that make us think they they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. you'll have any strong message for the dictatorship for military detectors of enormous as far as this democracy and this like clone is concerned and you think they will have a change up for heart and minds because of this repetitive i hope so. i hope that there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction and that would be the government's realization that the people of burma need help and they need more help than they can give them able why such a historic interest. this is a first or first lady to come to this podium and talk about a cyclone why such a historic interest, you know, i've been interested in burma for a long time, but it started really with an interest in ang sushi and reading her. works an

and other nations have imposed on the leaders in myanmar or burma have had an effect? >> only anecdotal. we have heard, and can't really confirm about some of the leaders who are targeted. actions that they've taken that make us think they don't like those targeted sanctions on the leaders themselves. >> madam, do you have any strong message for the dictatorship in burma, and for this democracy and foreign concern? do you think they will have a change of heart and mind because of this? >> i hope so. i hope there will be one good thing that comes out of such huge destruction, and that would be the government realization that that people of burma need help, and they need more help than we can give them. >> mrs. bush, why such a historic interest? this is the first first lady to come to this podium and talk about this. why such a historic? interest >> you know, i've been interest it in burma for a long time. it started with -- just the story of a nobel prize winner who's been under house arrest for so long, whose party was overwhelmingly elected in an election, and then n

anchor: protesters have held -- been held in myanmar's embassy in bangkok.r are accused of helping a resistive movement. the executions have brought widespread condemnation. we are watching developments in the democratic republic of congo. seven protesters and peacekeepers have been killed after a second day of protests. demonstrators are saying peacekeepers are not protecting them from violence in the region. reporter: another charged day. thousands of congolese protesters are demanding the u.n. peacekeeping mission leave the country. the military and police have been called in. u.n. personnel -- the travel began on monday after a logistics based attack. people threw stones, looted. this is what was left. other u.n. bases have been targeted. we have been watching the u.n. mission since the start. this is why we need to kick them out. reporter: the relationship between some congolese and the u.n. has been tense at best. the u.n. has had a presence here for more than 20 years. despite more than 100 rebel groups in the region rich in minerals. >> i came to pro

accounts that belong to the myanmar, the state of myanmar.ilitary is widely accepted and considered illegitimate and even the association of southeast asian nations refuses to cede any political or presented of, let alone the head of the regime. so biden poured like nearly 50 billion u.s. dollars to defend ukraine and support ukrainian resistance. the burmese resistance movement is engaging in bake sales and concerts abroad to raise like peanuts, several million dollars or $50,000 to support their own resistance back home. biden should be unfreezing the $1 billion and making it available to support the burmese resistance. amy: we want to thank you very much, maung zarni, for being with us burmese scholar, , dissident, and human rights activist co-founder of the , forces of renewal for southeast asia or forsea. a grassroots network of pro-democracy scholars and human rights activists across southeast asia. next up, we're going to look at the puerto rico status act, a houseful that would allow residents of puerto rico to decide on the islands t

in response to theross news that four pros democracy figures have been put to death by hanging in myanmar's executions in 50 years. the russian foreign minister says moscow's goal is to free ukraine from what he called the unacceptable regime. meanwhile, ukrainians clawing back territory in the province of kherson. and during a visit to canada, the pope apologizes for the churches role in forcibly