. —— rakhine communities.before these attacks, we had established a central committee for rule of law and development in rakhine and invited kofi annan to lead a commission to help resolve the long—time problems of that state. but, in spite of all of these efforts, we were unable to prevent the conflict from taking place. still, throughout the last year, we have continued with our programme of development and the establishment of peace and harmony. after several months of seemingly quiet and peace, on august 25, 30 police outposts as will as the regimental headquarters ina will as the regimental headquarters in a village were attacked by armed groups. consequence of these attacks, the government declared the rohingya and their supporters responsible for an act of terrorism. in accordance to our counterterrorism laws. there has been much concern around the world in regard to the situation in rakhine. it is not the intention of the myanmar government to apportion blame or abrogate responsibility. we condemn all

. >> the rakhine set fire to our homes.hey only kill muslims. they even tried to kill people as they tried to escape. a revenge is district, a border town in myanmar. therend refugees from too. officials told the bbc that rohingya had set fire to their own homes. again we found people who said that is not true. >> in our area, all of the houses, including mine, were set on fire by the military and the rakhine. i saw the fires with my own eyes. rita: here at the hospital there are numerous rohingya patients and their families. >> the situation is catastrophic. rita: with the united nations now openly saying myanmar is committing ethnic lensing, how do they react? >> i am happy that this man and the war are talking about us, the rohingya people. them.appy and praying for rita: people continue to arrive by any means possible, making their way to safety. but the risks are great. nine bodies were recovered from the waters today. their final resting place here under this tree on foreign soil. jane: a brief time i spoke to city.n

rakhine state law is on my. western coast and its northern tip borders bangladesh around a million muslims who identify as raheen jelliffe here. for more than a century burma was governed as a province of british india hundreds of thousands of south asians were brought to the country by the colonial authorities britain encouraged labor migration into a kind in order to develop its rich agriculture. around two million buddhist rakhine also live in the state they trace their roots to a temple complex at. the rakhine consider themselves a distinct ethnic group separate from the knees. or a kind historians view the temples as a fortress against muslim aggression which began when the mogul empire conquered india. and rode it out with what it was out there were those are people angry with and. i don't know what i don't know him i don't really think that when i go. there in a row and i'm not. a devil there are not it i want to move him by there by that. i think anyone want to know. there is a common perception that the

economic development programs in rakhine. let me outline a few of them. the rakhine state socio economic development plan twenty seventeen to twenty twenty one has been drafted to boost regional development in various sectors hundreds of new jobs and opportunities have been created for local people to private public partnerships the viability of a new economic special economic zone to bring new jobs and businesses it's been assessed. in terms of infrastructure development electrification has been expanded with newer odes and bridges built including a new highway connecting remote areas previously only accessible by boat all people living in the rakhine states have access to education and health care services without discrimination health care services are being provided throughout the state including hard to reach areas with new mobile clinics. the government has upgraded three hundred schools in rakhine the vocational and technical training programs have begun muslim students also have access to higher education without any discrimination. humanitarian a

what do you believe is happening in rakhine state? is," he told me. "i only see that rakhine ethnic people have been attacked." there's very little sympathy here for the persecuted minority in rakhine state and if aung san suu kyi was to say or do anything that was considered as showing solidarity with them, she would be politically exposed. that's something the military understands well, as it continues with its brutal crackdown. the perception here among many is that it's burmese buddhism that is under siege from militant islam. these men belong to an organisation that's done much to stoke fear. the monks of ma ba tha, a hardline nationalist movement with much popular support. its leader, ashin wirathu, went to jailfor inciting hatred against muslims, but wasn't keen to speak to us when he appeared for breakfast at his monastery. bbc, can i ask you about the ethnic cleansing in rakhine state, please? but later i was granted an interview with eight of the movement's senior monks. the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san

the government has upgraded 300 schools in rakhine. muslim students have access to higher education without any discrimination. humanitarian aid reached all communities in 95% of the affected areas before the recent attacks on august 26. we are starting another round of humanitarian aid endeavors, which we hope will take care of all the people in the region. with regard to idp, they have been closed with necessary assistance provided, including the building of new houses. there is more to do in the area. we are aware of the challenges and we are facing them. with regard to citizenship, a strategy with a specific timeline has been developed to move for the national verification process. this is a process which needs cooperation from all communities. in some muslim communities, the leaders have decided they are not to join in the verification process. we would appreciate it if all friends could persuade them to join in the process, because they have nothing to lose. we are trying to promote intercommunal religious harmony, by engaging in

what do you believe is happening in rakhine state? what my own view is," he told me. "i only see that rakhine ethnic people have been attacked." there's very little sympathy here for the persecuted minority in rakhine state and if aung san suu kyi was to say or do anything that was considered as showing solidarity with them, she would be politically exposed. that's something the military understands well, as it continues with its brutal crackdown. the perception here among many is that it's burmese buddhism that is under siege from militant islam. these men belong to an organisation that's done much to stoke fear. the monks of ma ba tha, a hardline nationalist movement with much popular support. its leader, ashin wirathu, went to jailfor inciting hatred against muslims, but wasn't keen to speak to us when he appeared for breakfast at his monastery. bbc, can i ask you about the ethnic cleansing in rakhine state, please? but later i was granted an interview with eight of the movement's senior monks. the organisation was banned six month

what do you believe is happening in rakhine state?," he told me. "i only see that rakhine ethnic people have been attacked." there's very little sympathy here for the persecuted minority in rakhine state and if aung san suu kyi was to say or do anything that was considered as showing solidarity with them, she would be politically exposed. that's something the military understands well, as it continues with its brutal crackdown. the perception here among many is that it's burmese buddhism that is under siege from militant islam. these men belong to an organisation that's done much to stoke fear. the monks of ma ba tha, a hardline nationalist movement with much popular support. its leader, ashin wirathu, went to jailfor inciting hatred against muslims, but wasn't keen to speak to us when he appeared for breakfast at his monastery. bbc, can i ask you about the ethnic cleansing in rakhine state, please? but later i was granted an interview with eight of the movement's senior monks. the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san su

chief kofi annan that the country has still been unable to deal with the violence in rakhine state said but she did go on to say that the government condemns all human rights violations and that here is to the rule of law she said the military has been urged to use restraint in carry. it's operations in rakhine state and she said that me and ma was prepared to start the verification process of repatriating refugees but she didn't expand or give any further details in terms of how they would start sending back ranger refugees into me and then went on to say that there's been no conflict or burning villages since the fifth of september all right let's bring in james gomez he's the amnesty international regional director for southeast asia he was listening in to me and miles lead and sang suu cheese address there live so james we've had the speech now much anticipated she has been under growing criticism for failing to condemn the violence against the written in rakhine do you think she said enough to allay her critics. well that's the surprising thing i mean you know. the call from the in

but that was never touched. —— military operations in rakhine state.from the people, people were very happy. domestic league people were happy with how confident she was, they we re with how confident she was, they were happy and pleased and happy that she gave a speech in english because this is a message to the international community, international community, international community, international community should listen to her, because they have been very critical of the rohingya muslims fleeing to bangladesh and their conflicts in rakhine state and she was very quiet about it in the beginning of the crisis. would it have been tenable if she had come out and been critical of the bernie ‘s military, would it have been tenable for her to remain in her role? does she have enough power to issue that kind of criticism? one thing she has is enough support from the people, the full nation was overwhelmingly supporting her. whatever she says, they will support her. however, whether she has enough power to speak out about the military operations in rakhine

we were taken to a rakhine buddhist village.ll the more so since some took up arms. like the government, they don't accept that rohingyas, bengalis, they call them, belong in myanmar. we don't like, never liked bengali people. they say rohingya. it's not rohingya. they lie. bengali, they lie. this is my motherland, my fatherland, not bengali land. this is the result of that hatred. by chance, we spotted a fire close to the road, which had just been started. it was a muslim village called goduthaya. the roof of the madrassa had just been set alight. islamic schoolbooks were strewn across the path. this happened within walking distance of a large police barracks. we've just arrived at this village, and, as you can see from these fires, they've onlyjust been lit. in fact, we bumped into the people who almost certainly lit them, carrying machetes, not wanting to talk. but one did admit, yes, they set these buildings alight with the help of the police. they are ethnic rakhine. this was a muslim village. the government has claimed tha

by a ministry in yangon six hundred kilometers from the fighting in northern rakhine state but it's mainly for the rakhine the ethnic majority in the state who are mostly buddhists some thirty thousand of whom have been displaced. if there was fighting here among who runs into a mosque would be killed but a monastery will save all who shelter their our religion forbids us from killing but i'm not afraid to walk past a monastery a church or a hindu or sikh temple but i'm scared of walking past a mosque. there are a few in myanmar who will speak out publicly in support of the. the muslim minority with main stateless and are largely regarded as illegal migrants from bangladesh the military crackdown which has been condemned for its brutality around the world hasn't drawn the same sort of criticism from people here but. yes they should carry out a security operation to eradicate terrorism if not they'll be no peace so that's why we support the military but the operation should only target terrorists not the whole muslim community. i support the military operation because terrorism is no

our top stories: the un gets the go—ahead to enter myanmar‘s troubled rakhine state.ll hearfrom one rohingya militant about his struggle against the burmese army. translation: the army surrendered our villages. the people had no weapons. our army said we were going to die anyway, so we should die for the cause, and be martyred. a week after hurricane maria, help is on its way to puerto rico — where half the population still has no access to clean water. bali's biggest volcano threatens to erupt for the first time in 50 years. and a sticky situation for one australian woman as a swarm of bees transform her house into a giant hive. hello. united nations agencies in myanmar are set to enter rakhine state for the first time since the mass exodus of rohingya muslims began. the burmese army has been accused of ethnic cleansing nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began after attacks by militants. the bbc‘sjonathan head has tracked down a man who claims to be one of those rohingya fighters. here is his sp

some bengali hindus were also caught up in the recent violence in rakhine the government says dozens were killed by revenge of fighters their bodies found in mass graves the fighters deny this several hundred hindus escaped to bangladesh along with hundreds of thousands of the hinge of hindus make up only half of one percent of myanmar's population bengali hindus even a smaller slice one of their leaders here in yangon is greatly concerned about the bengali hindus in rakhine state and considers them to be part of their community. and he's not happy that myanmar's government uses the term bengali extremist when it talks about the we're hinge of fighters. we are hindu bengali and some of our people were killed in rakhine we are people of the same race i am worried for their future living in the caribbean as their words between like are coming and muslim communities. as they mark the first of all of good triumph over evil is gone the government is urging the hindus who have left to return to rakhine capital. but there's no word on the return of the hundreds of thousands over hinges it's

de facto leader and sang suchi is shortly due to make her first public speech on the violence in rakhine state she's come under widespread criticism for failing to condemn what the u.n. is calling the ethnic cleansing of range of muslims the u.s. has also called on me and ma to end military operations against the ranger and allow access for humanitarian support we'll take you to a news conference live when it happens but first scott had a looks back at the issue. when on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy enjoyed a sweeping victory in two thousand and fifteen selection it was welcomed as a new chapter in myanmar's history a more democratic one after fifty years of government control by the military. but just over a year in office on song suchi is facing serious international criticism over the army's violent crackdown on the muslim writing a minority in rakhine state for the most part she's remained silent. this latest violence began after a hint of fighters who want to taunt me attacked multiple myanmar police post in an army base on august twenty fifth. since then

this town in rakhine state is now a smoking ruin, with its muslim population gone.yas have enjoyed discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps, but unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. that has now changed. a burmese police others assured me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol—bombs, stormed towards the police station. they we re towards the police station. they were easily driven off, he said, and many were killed. shortly afterwards, the self—styled leader of the group, calling itself the rakhine state rohingya salvation army, positive idiot. rohingyas, he said, had now no choice but to take a buzz. overend anger that, iwent to see one of the thousands who had entered his call. we met discreetly ina quiet entered his call. we met discreetly in a quiet corner. he described how his commander, had come four years ago, and took me to the hills were training, forjihad, he said. on the 23rd of august, the attacks began, and the army immediately struck back. they heard shooting, he said, and soug

this town in rakhine state is now a smoking ruin, its muslim population gone., rohingyas have endured discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps. but, unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. that has now changed. a burmese police officer showed me me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol bombs, stormed towards the police station. they were easily driven off, he said, and many of them killed. shortly afterwards, the self—styled leader of the group, calling itself the arakan rohingya salvation army, published a video. rohingyas, he said, now had no choice but to take up arms. over in bangladesh, i went to see one of the thousands who had answered his call. we met discreetly, in a quiet corner. he described how his commander — his amia, he called him — had come four years ago, and took him to the hills for training, forjihad, he said. on 23 august, the attacks began, and the army immediately struck back. he heard shooting, he said, and saw houses being set alight. what followed can only be des

more than four hundred thousand injured have escaped violence sparked by a military crackdown in rakhine states all speaking to military officials offices and foreign dignitaries mr chee refused to condemn the army and me and which many ranger have accused of murder rape and burning their villages. it is not the intention of the government to apportion blame or to abrogate responsibility we condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence we are committed to the restoration of debility and rule of law through up the. well the un has called the violence in the state of rakhine a quote textbook example of ethnic cleansing but uncensored she said the majority of muslims are not actually leaving the state human rights watch says at least two hundred ten villages have been burnt to the ground since the violence began at the end of august august the twenty fifth mr chief said fifty percent of the villages are still intact and she said the unrest in rakhine is just one of the complexities facing what she called her young and fragile country correspondent scott haile is in the capital f

state and then sort of a cleanup operation where either army or local rakhine buddhists are setting alight the the villages that have been abandoned it's created a massive humanitarian crisis on the bangladesh border and it's created a wide swath of northern rakhine state that no longer have a rohingya there that's the classic definition of ethnic cleansing we're going to be coming out overnight with new information showing that we've fifty nine different villages that have been destroyed by arson number of those we have sensory data from environmental satellite others we have satellite imagery which is still hard to come by because of course it is monsoon season so the lot of times we are fighting with cloud cover to get a clear picture of what's taking place but the devastation is is widespread and it is obviously designed to stampede these people out of the country and to ultimately keep them out because i think that there's very little likelihood without a concerted effort by the international community that burma will ever allow these people to come back to the northern rakhine

but they have run into a problem political fallout from the ranger refugee crisis in myanmar's rakhine state after a recent six country tour in europe to drum up investment a member of one group said the treatment of revenge it was brought up everywhere they went and that was before the recent violence in rakhine that sent hundreds of thousands fleeing into bangladesh the crisis is having a knock on effect with small business managers some clients at this tour company have canceled or postpone their trips not only for my business for the sake of industry because we within over twenty one years into his industry we face a lot of you know the prizes and challenge us. laws and regulations of foreign investment are changing after years of being closed off. continued international condemnation and concern over the crisis could have an impact on foreign help on big infrastructure projects like the much needed upgrades on energy railways. china has been the longtime main trading partner with myanmar going back to the days of military rule myanmar's leaders are working to diversify and move aw

moreover, she stressed that the situation in rakhine state is a protacted, long-standing problem and she's trying very hard to improve conditions. we will soon receive a follow-on briefing from her office. right now the most important thing is for the violence in rakhine to stop and to try to ensure the flow to bangladesh to help the refugees and internally displaced persons. that, mr. president, is where our focus should be. burma's path -- burma's path to representative government is not at all certain and is certainly not over. and attacking the single political leader who has worked to further democracy within burma is likely to hinder that objective over the long run. one final matter, comprehensive tax reform represents the single-most important action we can take now to grow the economy and help middle-class families get ahead. it's the president's high priority. it's a priority we share here in congress, the work of the tax writing committees on tax reform goes back literally years, and it continues today. this morning the senate finance committee will hold another in a serie

my name is mike embley, our top stories: the un gets the go—ahead to enter myanmar‘s troubled rakhinete. we'll hearfrom one rohingya militant about his struggle against the burmese army. the army surrounded our villages. the army surrounded our villages. the people had no choice. they said, you're going to die anyway, so you should die for the a week after hurricane maria, help is on its way to puerto rico where half the population still has no access to clean water. bali's biggest volcano threatens to erupt for the first time the burmese army has been accused of ethnically cleansing nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began with its muslim population gone. for years, rohingyas have endured discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps, but, unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. that's now changed. a burmese police officer showed me me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol—bombs, stormed towards the police station. they were easily driven off,

from the north of rakhine. after attacks by rohingya militants provoked a ferocious backlash from the army and local buddhists. muslim villages are still being razed to the ground, their inhabitants driven in vast numbers over into bangladesh. these are scenes i was not supposed to see. i'd been invited on a government—run tour of the troubled area for journalists. we could only see places the government approved of. even so, the devastation we witnessed was staggering. village after village, destroyed or deserted. entire communities reduced to ashes. the military officer in charge of border security told us that it is the muslim terrorists, as he calls the rohingya militants, who are burning down the villages to force the people away and to block the security forces. of all the villages that have been burnt down, have they all been burnt down by muslim militants? is that what we are saying, all of them, 100%? but why, then, is this town still smouldering, two weeks after it was first attacked and days after it

has called the violence in rakhine state a quote textbook example of ethnic cleansing but. the majority of muslims are not actually leaving the states human rights watch says at least two hundred ten villages have been burned to the ground since the violence began on august the twenty fifth. said fifty percent of the village is still intact and she said the on rest and recalling is just one of the complexities facing what she called quote a young and fragile country scott joins us live now from the capital naypyidaw skulled who was she actually talking to with this speech peter it's very and yes it was it was billed as a national address but it was really not to for internal consumption it was for x. turn consumption we had diplomats there we had u.n. dignitaries there in the arena behind me and then also she spoke in english and in the way she addressed the issues in this speech it was clearly for the international audience now it's quite interesting when you look at look at that when you break it down and what she said there were a lot of big ideas in there but there were

a month ago scott hyla has more for us in yangon myanmar government confirming that its forces in rakhine state found twenty eight bodies of hindu villagers on sunday they found them into mass graves in rakhine state now hindus are a small minority in were kind statement kind of caught in the middle of this violence it's been going on the last several weeks now we know that dozens of hindus have been reported missing from refugees who have crossed over into bangladesh but there is a difference sides of opinions of exactly who carried out these attacks these supposed it attacks some of the refugees have said it was carried out by myanmar government forces some have said they were carried out by the hanging of fighters we do know that the government forces here unearthed these graves near a hindu village they say that they're going to continue looking that there possibly more graves out there but right now they're not definitive as to who carried out these attacks obviously there's going to be investigation going on and the government officials say they're going to continue that and look fo

fled myanmar facing the difficult journey they had to make but what about those who have stayed in rakhine state what do we know about their fate. well we know what we've been able to hear from those who've managed to escape we know what we've been able to glean from second hand reports the unfortunate and tragic reality is we don't have access on the ground for our teams to be able to assess the needs of those populations trapped behind the lines of military operations but we do know from what we've heard that conditions are awful people are fleeing from their villages they're making for the border they're having to survive in the jungle facing perils that range from poisonous akes snakes raging rivers and very disturbing reports of landmines being laid in the area as well we're very concerned about the populations those who fled and those who remain trapped and unable to access humanitarian aid it is difficult isn't it to monitor what's going on on the ground in rakhine state because there's so much misinformation social media campaigns that have been using pictures from various conflict

and see rakhine state so let's cross to our u.n. correspondent roslyn jordan in new york rosen you've just been listening there to the myanmar national security advisor you've also been listening to the meeting that's been going on now for roughly two hours or so would you think were the most notable things to be said there. well let's start with the me and more national security advisor he said there's no ethnic cleansing happening inside iraq and state he said that he doesn't understand why people are leaving and flooding into bangladesh unless they were afraid of terrorists when the only incident that. the military is using to justify its crackdown was one attack back on august twenty fifth this does not in any way explain why more than a half million people more than five hundred thousand people according to un estimates have fled in recent weeks into bond dash this also does not explain why the military is refusing to let the u.n. or other non-governmental organizations go into iraq and state either to bring humanitarian aid or

the president is abroad for medical treatment and she staying behind to deal with the situation in rakhine state there have been suggestions that she may not be attending the meeting even though she attended the one last year because she doesn't want to face criticism and she has been coming under fire a lot of fire lately not only for the way her government has been handling the situation in northern rakhine but for her silence about the plight of the real hinge or now don't forget her first public comments about the matter came nearly two weeks after the fighting started and what did she say she appealed for patience to allow the country to deal with the situation because this was a problem that dated back to pre-colonial times but others have defended her saying she is not fully in charge of the country because the military is still a very powerful institution it handed back power after running the country for several decades but it still retains control of very important ministries and has reserved twenty five percent of seats in parliament and the person in charge of the military oper

the un says the number of range of refugees escaping violence in maine miles rakhine state has risen to four hundred eighty thousand more than forty thousand and fled to bangladesh in the past two days alone and that's put a strain on resources that extra shelters are needed for about six thousand children who cross the border without their parents with a range of prices affecting areas across me and the military crackdown in rakhine state is making international companies reconsider their investments stop hiding reports from me in laws largest city and commercial center young gone. like this abandon fun park in central europe gone much of the country is still waiting for the development and foreign investment many hoped would come hopes were high when sanctions were lifted and the country was reconnected to the world after nearly five decades of military control the west has started to invest here but remains limited the main trading partners are still myanmar's neighbors. hoping to change that trade groups are working to encourage more businesses and investment from europe and the

the headlines: the un gets the go—ahead to enter myanmar‘s troubled rakhine state.ll hearfrom one rohingya militant about his struggle against government forces. bali's biggest volcano threatens to erupt for the first time in 50 years. almost 100,000 have fled the danger zone. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a week after hurricane maria, help is arriving in puerto rico, where half the island still has no access to clean water. and the canine controversy overshadowing australia's increasingly heated debate on same—sex marriage. live from our studios in singapore and london, you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 6:30 in the morning in myanmar, where, on thursday, un agencies will enter rakhine state for the first time since the mass exodus of rohingya muslims began. the burmese army has been accused of ethnic cleansing and nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began after attacks by rohingya militants. the bbc‘sjonathan head has t

weeks more than four hundred thousand rango have escaped violence sparked by a military crackdown in rakhine state speaking to military off. isn't foreign dignitaries suchi refused to criticize me and my as army which many have accused of murder rape and burning their villages. it is not the intention of the government to apportion blame or to abrogate responsibility we condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence we are committed to the restoration of peace stability and rule of law throughout the state. the united nations has called the violence a textbook example of ethnic cleansing but an sunset she said the majority of muslims are not actually leaving the state human rights watch says at least two hundred ten villages have been burned to the ground since the violence began on august the twenty fifth said fifty percent of the villages are still intact and she said the unrest in rakhine is just one of the complexities facing what she called her young and fragile country and the government is making efforts to improve living conditions of the. all people living and are kind to

secretary general antonio terus called on me and military to suspend its operation in the western rakhine state and allowed to return to their villages at least four hundred thousand people have fled to bangladesh since the violence escalated late last month there are lots of get to with our guest but first james bays sets up a discussion from u.n. headquarters in new york. these were the toughest words yet from the secretary general on the ongoing violence in myanmar i call on the myanmar or thought it is to suspend the military action and the violence appalled the rule of law and recognize the right of return of all those where to leave the country the un knows the situation is deteriorating fast when mr good terrorist last spoke to reporters a week ago there were one hundred twenty five thousand rohingya refugees that number has now tripled given the situation has got so much worse in the last week do you believe this is ethnic cleansing well i would answer your question with another question when one third of the growing a population had to flee the country can you find a better word

hundred thirty thousand rangar of ready fled me in the past month because of the military crackdown in rakhine state it will be stripped of its operating license in london from the end of the month the british capital's transport regulator said the car sharing company lacked corporate responsibility when it comes to public safety and security issues but drivers can still operate while challenges the decision in court those are the headlines and news continues but now it is the stream. germany is electing a new parliament poll suggests he's poised to win a force. of europe's largest economy with crises in the e.u. and president trump in the white house. called the leader of the free world. as germany decides. what's really happening to the rest has been an international course of condemnation of the violence being carried out against them but the government of myanmar insist a crisis is now improving al-jazeera has been on the story today we're live on you tube and we'll be taking your questions for al jazeera journalists about all the latest developments here's al-jazeera is nicholas hawk. we'

in a mass grave i mean the military says that it's evidence of a massacre by range of fighters in rakhine state hindus say they've also been victims of ethnic violence since a military crackdown against rangers began one month ago today let's go live again going out of here at scott hyder is there scott what more do we know about this. well a journey of that word coming out this discovery by those men more government forces on sunday and we're coming out between sunday and monday the details of it as you mentioned twenty eight bodies found hindu villagers in two separate graves majority of them were women there also some children in discovered in those graves we know that they're searching again today on monday to see if they can find any more graves no word was coming out from some of the refugees who crossed over into bangladesh hindu refugee saying and different points of view different perspectives on the story some saying that there were attacks by these were hints of fighters on the hindu small hindu population in rakhine state because some saw some of the fighters saw them as spies