reportrter: christian aid organizations are trying to fight the drug epidemic in northern myanmar. eir methods include singalongs and bible readings. drugs are illegal in myanmar, but ubiquitous. the military and the police have their hands in the drugs industry too, activists say. >> the mines a are lawless. the drdrug trade is controlledy gangs. they're making a lot of money.. working in the m mines is exhausting, and the miners are a long way from their families. they'r're very vulnenerable. reporter: some of the e camp's rehabilitation methods are draconian. mediaeval, even. this inmatate's feet havave bn shackled to a wooden block. he has only a blanket to keep himself warm. >> i behaved badlyly. so they brought me here. i've been here for two days and a night. reporter: it's an ignominious end to the dream of finding jade and making a fortune. the rehab takes six months. then the men are sent back to their families. ♪ reporter: few of them manage to stay clean. back in the jajade mine. the day y is drawing t to a cl. sam and the others size up the day's takings. the torch ligh

end to the fighting between the military and ethnic catching guerrillas seeking self rule in northern myanmar jade is the biggest obstacle to peace but the war has worsened one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee. their. home was in the middle of the battlefield if we'd stayed one would be dead now we had to leave everything behind. but there is no trace of the war in mandalay the former capital glittering gold pagodas line the mighty irrawaddy gold tropical wood and jade man maher is rich in natural resources. mandalay is a hub of the jade trade. center sin has made a fortune with the near translucent green stones he trades mainly in large stones the jade trade is lucrative thirty one billion dollars worth of jadar minded myanmar every year one kilogram alone of the finest jade can fetch millions. fencing shows off his giant stones most of his clients come from china. the chinese think that jade's good beer helps that it has a cooling effect a stone like this can be unbelievably expensive the more translucent it is the higher its price. but the human cost of jade is even higher

group to repatriate more than half a million rand just that escaped an army crackdown in northern rakhine state myanmar officials accused her into militants of launching coordinated attacks on police posts on aug twenty fifth that sparked a mass exodus. at . spain's economic powerhouse of catalonia stages a rowdy vote for independence on the weekend stepping up the pressure on the dragon casting a question mark in equity markets over the country's economic future also on the program another financial crash landing for a european airline u.k. as monarch is grounded leaving one hundred thousand passengers stranded around the world and south carolina is country yet people their own poll is the president's ideas on trade we'll tell you why. this is a business i'm christopher. welcome stocks retreated and spanish boring costs went up on monday as investors were trying to evaluate the political consequences of the catalonia independence after sunday's brutal scenes confidence and prime minister marianna government has taken a hit and worries about europe's fifth largest economy a growing. before the close of

border with me and mine and they're fleeing violence in myanmar's northern rakhine state aid officials say camps are getting too crowded putting thousands at risk of disease. the. nine point six million square meters of space which is equivalent to eight hundred eighty nine football stadiums if we can put it in that way so this is huge and all these people are crowded down there they lack facilities there is dire situation there is shortage of water and the instructors of like toilet facilities and everything so based on our experiences that we have seen in the past in other such crises moments that when people are conscious tidiness such a place there is always this fisk of having cholera outbreak on me and my eyes military forces have been accused of carrying out atrocities against range of muslims the un has warned me and its actions amount to s. think cleansing but the government denies that charge al-jazeera is mohammad just june reports from a makeshift refugee camp in bangladesh where he's met one young man who survived an attack by the army. despite the relief his family tries

kurdish succession the k r g says the kurdish people of iraq have spoken strafford al-jazeera northern iraq. myanmar's leader on sun sochi has used a rare televised address to call for unity and for a resolution of the crisis she's been under pressure for not condemning the army's alleged abuses against the muslim minority in rakhine state most of the refugees who fled to bangladesh are traumatized by what they have experience in cox's bazaar al jazeera met one woman who lost most of her family for resume. there is nothing but pain. my baby was in my lap and when the soldiers hit me and he fell out of my arms then they pulled me closer to the wall and i could hear that he was crying you know after a few minutes i could hear that they were hitting him too she tells us soldiers for me and mars' army had set a fire outside the house they were in and then the unthinkable. my baby was thrown into the fire and then they raped me. these are pictures of resume a son sadik he was one and a half years old and very playful a happy child she still can't believe is gone and i feel like and then on the inside. then

cox's bazar that's close the bangladeshis border with me and why they're fleeing violence in myanmar's northern rock and state more than one hundred thousand residents in mississippi and alabama are without power as tropical storm nate moves inland from the u.s. gulf coast now it was a hurricane when it made a second u.s. landfall in mississippi and was later downgraded to a tropical storm that's coming up next one of many thanks for watching. women around the world are demanding more respect. but the rise of this new feminist has met a backlash the especially in south korea where men's rights groups are enraged that behind. and a vicious gender has a ruptured aneurysm part. of the ghetto man i'm tired of. on this edition of one on one east we explore how massage is leading to murder in south korea. south korea is one of the most developed nations in asia. but beneath this fast paced progressive aside lies a frightening fact that has one of the highest rates of female homicide in the world. last year one brutal murder stood out it was a flashpoint that pushed a deep seeded issues to the surface

group to repatriate more than half a million ranges that escaped an army crackdown in northern rakhine state myanmar officials accused her him to militants of launching coordinated attacks on police posts on august twenty fifth that sparked a mass exodus. las vegas under fire in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history as the dead are laid to rest and the injured fight for their lives the nation asks why is this happening yet again i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. yeah i heard it. and they kept going even the referee off they just kept going and going. for an hour suspect was a den of pride as stephen crane paddick sixty four years old a white male from the skin of that we believe the individual killed himself prior to our entry. he brutally murdered more than fifty people. and wounded hundreds more. it was an act of pure evil in time such is the i know we are searching for some kind of meaning in the case it's some kind of life in the dark the answer is do not come easy. check their gun laws i mean i just i don't know how many more of these tragedies have to happen for people to realize th

message here the criticism leveled by the international community against the myanmar military because of what's taking place in northern rakhine state is ongoing to. the point the tama the myanmar language would for the militate because protecting national sovereignty. we have been trying to put across what it's doing in northern rakhine state and the legitimate. government can a terrorist organization not such public demonstration of support for the military it's extremely it's not a right. in the country that the country fifty years before starting a democratic transition in two thousand and ten but one i told us that support in the. event should not necessarily be equated with support for the military. seem to be outlined when it comes to what's taking place. state the government and in particular the de facto leader of this country aung san suu kyi. criticized staying silent on the plight of the right for defending the military and one more thing this rally today highlight. in myanmar. now security forces in somalia have ended a fifteen hour. shooting gunman holding hostages in a hotel in mogadishu. the building on

taking shelter in cox's bazar close to the border with me and they're fleeing violence in myanmar as a northern rakhine state aid officials say camps are getting too crowded thousands are at risk of disease that sit inside story next the news hour after that of away . with. turkish troops on the border with syria uncle are supporting what was a serious military operation against al qaida in fighters but could this be the beginning of more direct involvement in the war and what will be the cost of this is inside story. or and welcome to the program and it is the problem turkey is launching a major military campaign in syria's northwestern province of idlib just across its border it's backing the free syrian army which moved into the area on saturday much of adlib is controlled by. an alliance of factions spearheaded by former al qaida affiliate turkey wants to ensure security in the region where some of the most violent conflicts of the syrian civil war have taken place during the talks in may russia turkey and iran signed a deal to establish deescalation zones and syria which included adlib anc

the world food program says myanmar's government has given it the go ahead for it to resume operations to roll hinge of muslims in northern iraq and state u.n. agency suspended its work in august after myanmar security forces began targeting a muslim minority group hundreds of thousands have since fled into neighboring bangladesh. ballot counting continues in kenya from the country's presidential election the cost of the divisive vote is becoming more apparent one person was killed in clashes between protesters and police today bringing the overall death toll to at least five kenya's been locked in political uncertainty ever since the supreme court an old the original presidential elections that were held back in august. the streets of kenya's capital nairobi are unusually quiet worried about the prospect of violence many are staying indoors those few who have ventured out have had enough after months of political tension. i would like politics to quieten down so we can continue with our work we don't want people to fight or kill each other we want kenya to be peaceful. we want life to continue as normal. our incomes are

northern rakhine state now one u.n. investigator said the accounts she had heard from women who said they had been raped by myanmar troops left her shaken and angry another un investigator said that the stories he had heard from rohingya refugees pointed to a consistent and methodical pattern of killings torture rape and arson and of course these are very strong words coming out from the un investigators last month the un human rights chief said what was happening to the rohingya in northern rakhine state was a textbook example of ethnic cleansing now un investigators have still not been allowed into myanmar myanmar has denied them entry to the vet no choice but to interview refugees in bangladesh instead and this u.n. fact finding mission its findings are coming out just a day after the un special rapporteur on human rights young he speaking to the un general assembly in new york said it was time for the united nations security council to issue a strongly worded resolution on what was happening in northern rakhine state adding that the violence there could fuel extremism and become an even greater problem for the region

the world food program says myanmar's government has given the go ahead to resume aid operations to roll hinge of muslims in northern ca kind state the u.n. agency suspended its work in august after myanmar security forces began targeting the muslim minority group hundreds of thousands of for him to have now fled into neighboring bangladesh. was kenyan election officials continue to count ballots in the country's presidential election rerun the cost of this divisive vote is becoming ever more apparent one person was killed in clashes between protesters and police today bringing the overall death toll to at least five kenya's been walked in political uncertainty ever since the supreme court an old presidential elections that were held back in august fears of further bloodshed and now it authorities to once again postpone voting that had been planned for saturday in some opposition strongholds. the streets of kenya's capital nairobi are unusually quiet worried about the prospect of violence many are staying indoors those few who have ventured out have had enough after months of political tension. i would like politics

can see how that has increased shower activity across northern lay—offs and northern parts of thailand in seven areas of myanmarpression at the moment is set to the east of the philippines, as soon as it gets passed by it could strengthen to become a tropical storm or even typhoon. that is heading to the same kind of areas, there could be more severe flooding on the way next week. close to home, look at this cloud down here. this is quite close to the azores and it is tropical storm ophelia. it is quite rare to get tropical systems close to bus, but it is forecast to strengthen and become a hurricane by the time we get to the weekend, passing close to the azores, bringing in wet and windy weather. after that, the remains of the arican by the time it reaches us, but it could come towards our neck of the woods and potentially bring some very wet, windy if not stormy weather on the 30th anniversary of the great 1987 october storm, but if it is further west could just be warm and mild weather. lots of uncertainty for monday. let's concentrate on the nearer time period, on thursday it looks much better, probably the

spells of rain also affecting a good part of the have been gold northern areas of india bangladesh and also pushing into parts of myanmar some very heavy rain you can see in addition we had one hundred eighty millimeters of rain in just twenty four hours over two hundred millimeters of rain here has fallen over the last couple of days it will turn dryer and i'm pleased to say wetter weather this is circulation that's making its way up towards bangladesh and heavy rain there pushing into nepal snow again on the leading edge joining up with that snow that we have in central china but skies there as you can three through sunday we have got some rain just retching cross northern parts of entrepreneurs edition does look settled and sunny as is the case to the north. from the showings of the red sea storage of more tactical and home on it. but in georgia this. is changing to the peaks of the himalayas where water conservation looks like. solutions to save the world's most precious resource and the next step is that at rights we look at what is being done at what price. at this time of al-jazeera. hello again a reminder of the

myanmar's government says it has put in place a plan to harvest rice from land abandoned by range of families in northern rakhine state almost six hundred thousand revenger have fled to bangladesh since late august after a crackdown by me and most military human rights groups say the decision raises questions about whether the refugees will ever be allowed back as your top stories are back in about twenty five minutes with a full hour of news to stay with us well to continues next. gotta look at it would have been upset that he had. this abuse of the. we had it as the but the i'm going to say with the book. but you got the idea then you got the well so that yeah they got to tell it got their way i did that develop the i but i notice that i think it's a. lot of scrutiny i get that the suburban a little left up. to a good time yeah the save the bidet that you could get ugly shop ok oh good luck diamond for that in the day and a good ally in the future my one a big success with a new book that i love to feed the moment with a quick believe. book three that. will keep it going to be worked with one of the. u

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northern rakhine state now one u.n. investigator said the accounts she had heard from women who said they had been raped by myanmar troops left her shaken and angry another un investigator said that the stories he had heard from rohingya refugees pointed to a consistent and methodical pattern of killings torture rape and arson and of course these are very strong words coming out from the u.n. investigators last among the u.n. human rights chief said what was happening to the rohingya in northern rakhine state was a textbook example of ethnic cleansing now un investigators have still not been allowed into myanmar myanmar has deny them entry to the vet no choice but to interview refugees in bangladesh instead and this u.n. fact finding mission its findings are coming out just a day after the un special rapporteur on human rights young he is speaking to the un general assembly in new york said it was time for the united nations security council to issue a strongly worded resolution on what was happening in northern rakhine state adding that the violence there could fuel extremism and become an even greater problem for the r

and no shortage of flooding across the area we're seeing some flooding too into northern parts of the of being goal in myanmar we've had fifty millimeters of rain coming through here in a similar quantity affecting parts of bangladesh look into northeastern parts of india had one hundred eighty millimeters of rain and that has caused the problems and the wetter weather is now making its way into the intern the pole but it will turn drier over the next couple of days. there with sponsored by the time release. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed germans a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily estonia's biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. short films of hope and inspiration. a series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects at this time. welcome back to the al-jazeera news our arms the whole romney or mind of our top stories this hour fighting

the world food program says that myanmar's government has given the go-ahead to resume operations for muslims in the northernte. the u.s. agency suspended work in august after security forces began targeting the muslim minority group. hundreds of thousands have since fled into neighboring bangladesh. as kenya election officials continue to count ballots in the election rerun, the cost of the divisive vote is becoming more opinion -- more apparent. clashes taking place today by bringing the death toll to at least five. they have been locked in political uncertainty of versus -- uncertainty ever since the supreme court annulled presidential elections that were held in correspondent: the august. streets of kenya's capital, nairobi, are unusually quiet, worried about the prospect of violence many are staying , indoors. those few who have ventured out have had enough after months of political tension. >> i would like politics to quiet down, so we can continue with our work. we do not want people to fight or kill each other. we want kenya to be peaceful. >> we are fed up with politics. we want life to continue as

is keen to portray that a sense of normalcy has returned to northern rakhine state now this is the state owned media global new light of myanmar and its lead article says entrepreneurs to develop recurring this follows a meeting on sunday between local politicians and business men to talk about set setting up new industries in morning door as well as an economic zone there and this is the area that's been hardest hit by a military crackdown that started on august twenty fifth an opinion piece in the same paper also said because peace and stability have returned to the area it's time to think about development projects that will help alleviate poverty there and while this is happening or activists say they are still receiving reports and videos of houses will hinder houses being burned down not by the military but by rakhine but this mobs these reports are extremely difficult to verify because journalists have not been granted unrestricted access they are allowed into the area only on government as court trips but this should call into question the government narrative and analysts have also said focusing on economic developmen

sochi traveled to bangladesh for talks with its foreign minister myanmar saken foreign diplomats and u.n. representatives on a tour of northern rakhine state where the violent crackdown on the ranger has been taking place. protests against kenya's electoral system have spread across the country in the capital nairobi police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were calling for electoral officials to be sacked protestors accuse them of rigging august's presidential election in favor of president or kenyatta the opposition is demanding major changes before a repeat vote later this month the supreme court had cancelled the initial thought results. the u.k. government is trying to arrange rides for about one hundred ten thousand stranded passengers after monarch airlines was placed into administration with around two thousand staff it's the biggest u.k. airline that's ever collapsed neve brocken reports from gatwick airport in london. monex to mines is a major blow to britain's aviation industry the collapse has left one hundred ten thousand customers stranded overseas a further three hundred thousand peacher bookings have been ca

affairs visited rakhine, including northern rakhine just 10 days ago and came back and reported to us all just last week and so discussions between the u.n. and the myanmar authorities very much continue. you'll have seen a number of announcements the myanmar authorities have made about their intentions for moving things forward. you'll have heard the news of the bangladeshy minister going to myanmar today and tomorrow. the u.n. will continue to follow these discussions very closely and we will continue to urge immediate action on the three things the secretary general's called for. an end to the violence. unfetered complete normal humanitarian access. for the humanitarian agencies, including all the u.n. agencies. and for conditions to be put in place when they want to, when it's safe to do so, on a voluntary basis for the rohingya refugees to be able to go home. thank you. >> james keaton from associated press. >> thank you. >> you mentioned 340 million. can we specify that? we were at over that coming into that -- can you specific what you've raised today and could you mention -- you also mentioned you're expecting more money to come in. you mean in t

hundred kilometers away in myanmar as capital naipaul the united nations political affairs chief jeffrey feltman met with anger to try to halt military operations and violence and northern rockies state he is also demanding unlimited access for humanitarian support from iran. but the toll of the exodus is rising all right in one hundred eighty renji have dr involved trying to reach bangladesh. on monday twelve more including six children drone when an overcrowded capsized in the bay of bengal. when our homes were burned there was no place to live then we started walking towards the west there were no boats and we had to wait for more than ten days without food when we got the boat it took us along a different route but we were near an island when the boatman ran aground and then a big wave hit our boat and it capsized. more than half a million revenger have fled me in marston's coordinated render insurgent attacks more than seven weeks ago sparked a ferocious military response security forces have been accused of arson murdering civilians and rape the united nations has labeled it ethnic cleansing. in other news catalonia has refused on tuesday to renounce its declarati

health partly in response to the ongoing violence in northern state in the words of the party spokesman it is shows that the majority of people in myanmar live in harmony and that this is a multi-racial multi-religious diverse society a message that people here came to share that it is. complicated. were united this event will dispel. the young. i came here in support of pace in myanmar it would be good for everyone we need pace in this country fine. but ironically even the main reason for this event is because of what's taking place in replying there is no mention of the state level and i want a minority persecuted in myanmar have. in the country local reporters write about the issues they received threats and hate speech from national government and the military denied us accusations that its chicks are committing ethnic cleansing and blame misinformation for distorting the crisis difficult to view this event as nothing more than a public relations exercise to show to the world this might be taking place in the fire. in myanmar and its people stand behind their leader. cambodia's top court has refused to release the opposition leader

but it's in myanmar have blocked humanitarian workers for entering a camp for displaced range of muslims in northern iraq time state meanwhile in bangladesh aid agencies say conditions are hinge at refugee camps are deteriorating well then six hundred thousand have cost the border for me and in the last two months alone reports no one calls is bizarre. just try and imagine you're trying to take care of the health care facilities for the population of the city of washington d.c. that is about the size of a population of refugees who crossed over to bangladesh in recent days from me on my plus those who arrived there in recent years that would make up close to one million the size of the population we're living in squarely refugee camps all across not there just isn't and off hospital beds in this part of cox about there's one government on hospital with about two hundred bats and now they're in ok i bought about sixty bags and a field hospital recently opened by red cross and red cross together which has a sixty bad hospital then in trouble a lot of in-house patients sent to where patients would be a

groups involved in the violence in northern rakhine state more than six hundred thousand are injured have fled to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown myanmar's army denies accusations of ethnic cleansing. the suspects in the killing of the north korean leader's half brother brought back to the scene of his death for a reenactment two women are accused of smearing a nerve agent on kim jong nam at kuala lumpur airport in february they say they were tricked into taking part and the pair could face the death penalty. and i suppose being accused of a revenge attack in a syrian town witnesses say fighters killed more than a hundred people before government troops took over. on saturday i still accuse the civilians of collaborating with syrian forces the suit observatory for human rights says the killings took place over a three week period but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost that's watching. but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm hasn't sick of this is counti

myanmar. dozens of french football fans are injured after a security barrier collapsed during a game in the northern city of amiens. hello and welcome. despite spain's efforts to stop an independence referendum in catalonia, regional leaders insist that polls will open in a few hours‘ time. this is the scene in barcelona where people are already queueing at a voting station for a referendum on independence for catalonia — that's a vote that the spanish government considers illegal and has tried to stop. spanish police earlier sealed off polling stations and raided a communications centre where votes were due to be counted. the polling stations are due to open in just under three hours time. from barcelona, here's tom burridge. those against the referendum last night took to the streets. a sea of spanish flags outside the headquarters of catalonia's devolved government. all chant: espanol, espanol, espanol! those protesting happy that thousands of spanish national police are on board two cruise ships docked in barcelona's port. this is madrid saying it is ultimately in charge. together, we are more s

myanmar. we need to make sure the violence stops immediately and that humanitarian access to those in northernwe can help those affected. in the long run, we need to address the root cause of this which is poverty, sedition ship issues. —— citizenship issues. this which is poverty, sedition ship issues. -- citizenship issues. thank you forjoining us. we can go back now. richard lapchick is director of the institute for diversity and ethics in sport at the university of central florida. hejoins us now from reno nevada. apologies for our problems earlier. i was just apologies for our problems earlier. i wasjust asking, apologies for our problems earlier. i was just asking, what is your reaction to mike pence leaving? everybody following it and knowing that the 49ers were playing, they knew that it was going to be a protest. he went into the stadium knowing that and from my point of view, it was an administration decision because they probably thought the dust was dying down in terms of trumps intervention. —— trump's. they went in and knowing they were going to leave very shortly knowing the pro

myanmar. dozens of french football fans are injured after a security barrier collapsed during a game in the northern

myanmar's government says it has put in place a plan to harvest rice from land abandoned bahrain henge a family is in northern iraq and states more than six hundred thousand revenge a half fled to bangladesh since late august after a military crackdown by myanmar's military human rights groups say the decision to harvest the rice raises questions about whether the refugees well ever be allowed back florence louis has more from young gone there are a couple of ways to look at this one is that this is simply a practical solution the rice crops are ripe for harvesting and if they were left to just stand in the fields they would go to waste so the myanmar government has put in place a plan to harvest the crops bringing in combine harvesters and laborers to do the work and agricultural ministry spokesman has told us that the local government is in charge of the harvest and the eventual fail and the proceeds of the sale will go to the local government although there are no details on how they plan to use it but the other issue is this raises ethical questions as the asia director of human rights watch puts it you r

baghdad who want results to be an old buddhists in myanmar built humanitarian workers from entering a camp for displaced or hinge amuse them in northern rock in state they were turned away after residents protested against their visit in the town of may bomb meanwhile in baghdad aid agencies say conditions at ranger refugee camps are deteriorating and are asking the international community for more help more than six hundred thousand of crossed the border from me in march in the last two months alone. those are your top stories carney stay with al-jazeera al-jazeera world comes up next and then we'll have a news hour at the top of the hour hope to see them by. you. see. i. was. on the scene. of the war you know you know so much meat and then eat eat. eat the lowly. come to. eat. eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. yeah. yeah i was. there. was. a long hard. and if you do want to work until. you're sure you have to hear. this morning. we are. younger we have been before opening the party that's what. for counting what you born on syfy i don't see it should i didn't see it on the cd it was yesterday i'm kind of the counties who last

groups involved in the violence in northern rakhine state more than six hundred thousand are injured have fled to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown myanmar'srmy denies accusations of ethnic cleansing. the suspects in the killing of the north korean leader's half brother had been brought back to the scene of his death for a reenactment two women are accused of smearing a nerve agent on came junk them at kuala lumpur airport in february they say they were tricked into taking part and the pair could face the death penalty. and i suppose being accused of a revenge attack in a syrian town witnesses say fighters killed more than a hundred people before government troops took over. on saturday isolate use the civilians of collaborating with syrian forces soon observatory for human rights says the killings took place over a three week period but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost that's watching. but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hello on has i'm sick of this is coun

myanmar state media says the government will harvest rice from farmland abandoned by right hand to families who fled violence in northern rakhine state the paddy fields cover seventy one thousand acres and lungs al the area at worst affected and the crackdown by the man mark military against the right hench as wisely as more from him gone. there are a couple of ways to look at this one is that this is simply a practical solution the rice crops are ripe for harvesting and if they were left to just stand in the fields they would go to waste so the myanmar government has put in place a plan to harvest the crops bringing in combine harvesters and laborers to do the work and agricultural ministry spokesman has told us that the local government is in charge of the harvest and the eventual fail and the proceeds of the sale will go to the local government over there no details on how they plan to use it but the other issue is this raises ethical questions as the asia director of human rights watch puts it you really can't call a crop ownerless when you've used a campaign of arson and violence to drive the owners from land and t

where the un is criticizing myanmar over difficulties getting humanitarian aid into iraq and state. the access we have. in rakhine especially in northern rakhine is unacceptable and we repeat our call to the authorities. to put in place the arrangements that make it possible for humanitarian not just un across the peace humanitarians to do the normal work. when jamar has tightly controlled access to iraq and state in september leader aung san suu kyi invited observers to visit saying her government doesn't fear international scrutiny but me on my canceled a planned un visit later that month citing bad weather in recent days a small group of local un delegates was allowed access and a high level team is expected to enter a concern urging the hunger to return to their villages and promising food and security mohammed as at a refugee camp in cox's bazaar on the bangladeshi side of the border but first let's go to mel him she's and yang gone for hours so how is the government there responding to the calls for humanitarian access to the criticism that it's not being given the access it means so far. well this isn't the first time there's be

is keen to portray that a sense of normalcy has returned to northern rakhine state this is the state owned media global new light of myanmar and its lead article says entrepreneurs to develop recalling this follows a meeting on sunday between local politicians and businessmen to talk about such setting up new industries in more as well as an economic zone there and this is the area that's been hardest hit by a military crackdown that started on august twenty fifth an opinion piece in the same paper also said because peace and stability have returned to the area it's time to think about development projects. that will help alleviate poverty there and while this is happening or hinder activists say they are still receiving reports and videos of houses where hindu houses being burned down not by the military but five a kind that is small to these reports that extremely difficult to verify because journalists have not been granted unrestricted access they are allowed into the area only on government as court to trips but this should call into question the government narrative and analysts have also said focusing on economic de

the violence in northern rakhine state has resulted in massive displacements in not only myanmar but bangladesh. the this marks the decision point with the whole world watching. in response to the crisis usaid is providing humanitarian assistance on both sides of the bangladesh border. this is in addition to our ongoing developmental assistance which supports civil society, good governance and economic development and the country's channeling peace process. through these programs we're working to address the things that created this cycle of violence including this most recent crisis. we're deeply concerned about the current human rights abuses. more than 600,000 people have fled the recent violence and sought refuge in the bangladesh. stark challenges remain to adequately respond. the people fleeing over to bangladesh, many women and children arrive only with what they could carry. they require urgent life saving assistance, including save drinking water, emergency sanitation, emergency food assistance and shelter. inside rakhine state there's an unknown number of internaly displace