take a quick look at the top stories man mars leader and son suchi is visiting northern rakhine state for the first time since a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand minorities to flee their homes she arrived in the state capital city where and will visit two towns at the epicenter of the violence u.s. president donald trump is calling for the death penalty for the man charged with carrying out a new york city truck attack the immigrant has been charged with terror related offenses after he confessed to acting in the name of eisel candlelit vigil as being held in new york for the eight people killed in the attack on the british defense secretary michael fallon has quit saying his conduct has fallen below the standards expected of the position it is the first resignation in the sexual harassment scandal at westminster in recent days allegations have been made about m.p.'s conduct including my own many of these allegations of being false but i realize that in the past i may have fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces that i have the honor

this is also first time in rakhine state military offensive began in august accompanied by government officials and prominent business leaders she visited several villages and spoke to people there including both muslims and buddhists all of us want to live in peace she reportedly said adding that everyone will have to try hard to achieve that analysts say that's a wider message is trying to put across i think it's all designed to give the appearance of some kind of stability and normalcy that simply doesn't exist there and again i think this is. dissolve tree attempt at spin to convince the world that everything so kind and that she's in charge of the situation. these are the scenes that would have greeted the myanmar. house after house destroyed by five entire villages once home to a hinge of families deserted the government has refuted allegations that its troops are committing ethnic cleansing is defend the military operation as a legitimate counter offensive against a group of fighters it calls a terrorist organization the spokesman for the rakhine state government told al jazeer

leading up to this they have been very critical of how the military has handled the situation in rakhine state and the range of refugees and they have said that they need to be held accountable the united states saying about those military leaders there's even been discussions within the government and in the senate and congress in the united states that sanctions should be possibly re implemented here in myanmar if they need to be taken to that to that level but will be interesting to see how these meetings are conducted on wednesday and also if we hear anything about the details of what happens inside those meetings thank you for that scott. canadian prime minister just in today is also. at the s. and summit he said he highlighted concerns about the treatment of the referendum minority in light of events in myanmar is routine state i've named a special envoy to the region i've asked him to engage in diplomatic efforts and identify ways in which canada can support the response of the situation in the place of the muslim minority. canada will continue to support us and humanitarian political e

was rohingyas have fled rakhine state. -- muslim.red thousand people in the surrounding area. it isa people in the surrounding area. it is a registered refugee camp. it adds on to different collective sites down south. the government in myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses for driving the range muslims out. but a new dam in report by amnesty international accuses them of doing so. —— damning. the refugees have grim stories to tell. translation: some of them did not beat us but stall our belongings. when we were in a big group they did not attack, but when the man when they not there, they beat us. they burnt down our houses. we could not leave there. we had to leave. as aung san suu kyi hosted foreign ministers, she could face more tough questions about the plight of the rohingyas. she has already met this week with the chinese foreign minister who put forward a new plant starting with a ceasefire to allow refugees to return home. —— plan. but it was very short of the tale. the hundreds of thousands fled because they we

you have reported extensively from rakhine state.what is being described in this report and the language used?” think i have used it myself in the past. it is shocking when you see the restrictions imposed on rohingya muslims. i'm not alone. i have been with british ministers who felt the same when we have been to places where rohingya muslims are confined to camps with no axe to half —— no access to hospitals or education. we have spoken to rohingya men who were doing very well until this. what is actually documented in this report is our lot of detail. mostly stuff we knew that it is good to see it written down. particularly the legal stronghold on rohingya muslims where they can't get propositioned —— citizenship or access to proper facilities. ansett —— amnesty international is making the point that this is a crime against humanity. this is one of a number of reports that are being prepared most likely against senior myanmar generals with the extensive information we now howard about allegations of abuse. they have been horrific

myanmar's de facto leader aung san suu cheez accompanied by two other ministers on her trip to rakhine state the home affairs minister and a minister from the state counsellors office now this is her first trip to recline state since she took office in two thousand and sixteen the spokesman the government spokesman said she'll be visiting hmong door an area that's been hardest hit by the brutal military crackdown that began on august twenty fifth more details from her trip will emerge later in the day but a state spokesman in rakhine state spokesman also told us that her trip to the area will highlight that stability has been achieved in the region now of course we're hearing very different stories from the ground people in northern rakhine state really hinge of villages are telling us that they are still fearful for their lives many and making the difficult decision to leave their country and their homes and their properties behind because they no longer few faith in this country some of them told as they watched their homes being looted by rakhine buddhists mobs right before their eyes and

exonerates itself of blame over the crackdown against the regime in rakhine state. says its neighbors have no desire to end the gulf crisis saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt seven ties with cats in june and imposed a land sea and blockade. spoke at a session of cats as parliamentary advisory body. why now. i'm talking to you with all transparency we mean what we say when we say we are ready for agreements through dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty and shared commitment but on the other hand we know that the indications we receive say seach countries don't want to solution these countries with this attitude have opened a new stage in the relations between gulf countries we have benefited from this experience it brought out the best from the people we contributed to shaping its national identity and reinforced the national unity with the leadership of al jazeera correspondent joins us now in the studio to tell us more about his message basically you know this piece marking the opening session of the council is always a key note which basica

visits rakhine state for the first time since the latest bring a crisis begat. the letter the change palestine ever mass protests mark a hundred years since the balfour declaration. the suspect accused of killing eight people with a truck in new york city makes his first court appearance. we begin in madrid where deposed cattle and ministers have appeared before the high court today they were being questioned over last week's declaration of independence former vice president order was the first to arrive is one of fourteen members of the sacked. cabinet have been summons to appear they're facing rebellion and sedition charges. by. the catalan parliament speaker i come from a fortune ellen was met with cheers as she left a separate chairing and spain supreme court it's of john adjourned the questioning of six separate catalan m.p.'s until next week out of the hundreds outside the court in madrid so a busy day in the courts there had a chance what's been happening. well the hearing in the supreme court that was a hearing of the speaker of parliament and five membe

is making her first visit to rakhine state after international criticism of her response to the ranger crisis she arrived in the state capital city and will visit to towns at the epicenter of the violence range of muslims say they've been subjected to a brutal crackdown by a million miles military more than six hundred thousand people have fled what the un's called ethnic cleansing since august has more from a young girl. myanmar's de facto leader aung san suu cheez accompanied by two other ministers on her trip to rakhine state the home affairs minister and the minister from the state counsellors office now this is her first trip to recline state since she took office in two thousand and sixteen the spokesman the government spokesman said she'll be visiting my door an area that's been hardest hit by the brutal military crackdown that began on august twenty fifth more details from her trip will emerge later in the day but a state spokesman a rakhine state spokesman also told us that her trip to the area will highlight that stability has been achieved in the region now of course we're h

been mas military as itself of committing any atrocities against they rang a minority in rakhine state plus on the reporter from austria on the return of the wouldn't all get to that podium but time on construction. a desperate search for survivors continues in. where thousands of people are spending a second day without shelter after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraqi border rescuers workers have been digging through the rubble putting on bodies and isolated seventy thousand people have been displaced after their homes collapsed in the magnitude seven point three quake iran's president hassan rouhani has traveled to come onshore province touring the worst affected areas an estimated four hundred thirty eight people were killed and seven thousand injured sin and cos you'll get reports on the mean because near the quake's epicenter in northern iraq. they won after sunday's earthquake on the iraq iran border and the community which frees their dead from the rubble the loudest sounds of morning come from iran's can launch a province more than three hundred of the that lived here

injuries so this is entirely credible given what the bushies army has done before not just in rakhine state but against other ethnic minorities in burma matthew i want to ask you more about the reporting that went into this obviously this was a year long investigation as you and your group has stated before could you try to illuminate for our viewers first of all what is the difference between ethnic cleansing which is a term that we're hearing from many many international groups about what's going on in iraq kind state and against there were hinges and the difference between that and genocide. yeah sure. ethnic cleansing is as mentioned it's it's foreseen or pressuring or coercing a group of people out of a certain area and. this is obviously something that is condemned i think cleansing is a horrific phenomenon wherever and whenever it occurs at mclean's it however is not a crime under international law genocide of course is genocide is a crime that's defined under international law genocide is essentially. committing certain prohibited acts such as murder against a specific group with th

they've been burned out by young mom military or kind which is mobs now of the state spokesman for rakhine state told us that her visit will prove and show that there is stability in the state and certainly that is the message that the myanmar government has been trying to push in recent days they had an economic they had a meeting of business men and local politicians in situ a trying to encourage investment in recovering state saying that because stability has been regained in the area it is now time to think about economic development although what we're hearing on the ground is something that is extremely different villages tell us that they are still planning to leave the country many are already making their way to the border area with by saying they no longer feel it's safe to live in the country they've watched properties being looted right in front of their eyes for hours meanwhile thousands of russian german trapped on the border between me and mon bangladesh in no man's land what's the latest on the ground them. that's right now a report say that some of them that they're waiting for

from london also coming up a public relations stunt or a show of sympathy on some suchi visits rakhine state for the first time since the range of crisis erupted. may meets netanyahu marking the scenting ri of the british pledge to pave the way for the creation of israel the us. increasing number of children a dying of pollution related illnesses in nigeria so what's being done about it. begin in spain where eight ministers from catalonia has dissolved government be held in custody pending an investigation and possible trial over last week's declaration of independence prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for the region's deposed leader karla's preacherman remains in brussels with four of his ex cabinet ministers his lawyer has said he'll cooperate with the courts the national court in madrid question members of the now dissolved catalan government including which demands deputy possible rebellion charges at the same time a parallel supreme court session involving six catalan politicians has been suspended for a week. high court in madrid or what happens next with. still waiting to hear

exonerates itself of blame over the crackdown against the rangoon rakhine state. and in italy they calling it the apocalypse as their football team fails to qualify for next year's world cup. rescue workers in iran have spent the night digging through rubble searching for survivors after a powerful. quake struck near the iraqi border an estimated four hundred thirty people were killed and seven thousand injured in the magnitude seven point three quake iran has declared tuesday a national day of mourning iran's president hassan rouhani has traveled to come onshore province to oversee rescue or so of course who isn't so near the quake's epicenter in northern iraq and obviously devastating pictures behind you to tell us more about the scenario and what's happening there right now. and yes we're in which is the most effected town in northern iraq it is almost four hundred kilometers to the region. in iran when you walk in the streets you don't see anything much you see a few buildings have collapsed but most of the buildings are bad the damage here and the government

ok so sky in this report it calls rakhine state a crime scene you have been to rakhine state what have you seen there. yeah and specifically in these i.d.p. camps internally displaced persons camps we went to them several times multiple times and in the way that they're described in this amnesty report is accurate based on what we can confirm and that is when you go into these camps there is a fence there is a border check when you go in and those who are inside put inside can't leave freely there's no freedom of movement and this is something that has been the case for definitely two years as detailed in this report and i can attest to that at least for the last year and a half running and what's interesting too is that over that year and a half that have been going into these camps the numbers have been growing steadily to you know there were a hinge of villages peppered throughout and i'm speaking specifically around the sit way area the capital of rakhine state and when there are other attacks before this august twenty fifth attack more revenge or rounded up and put into these id p

investigation an internal investigation carried out by the military here on its actions in the rakhine state over the last couple of months has exonerated itself saying that those who carried out this operation this anti-terrorist operation as they coined it in the western rakhine state say that they had of themselves within the rules of engagement now this is was met by human rights activists around the world as a white washing of what took place over the last several months in rakhine state that sent over six hundred thousand range into neighboring bangladesh now it's interesting that they say you know detailed that they didn't carry out any killings murders of innocent civilians no rapes and no torching of villages again this goes directly against what i witness is have been saying in neighboring bangladesh those who have fled now it'll be on wednesday rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state will be visiting here in april or the capital will be meeting with top military officials and already met on the sidelines of down in the philippines with song suchi the civilian leader of this nati

has visited northern rakhine state for the first time since a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand range at the feet of bangladesh has been facing international criticism for failing to stop what the un describes as ethnic cleansing aid groups are warning of the potential for a major cholera outbreak amongst the ranger they face poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene facilities in makeshift camps. venezuelan president nicolas maduro says he plans to renegotiate all future foreign debt payments with banks and investors it's in response to financial sanctions and that ministration move will start after the state owned oil company makes its next debt payment the country has sunk into a deep recession in the collapse and oil prices the man charged with killing people in new york with a truck has told investigators he felt good about what he'd done twenty nine year old immigrants said he was inspired by online video. to face the death penalty and says a rogue employee use their last day on the job to shut down donald trump's account on thursday it was reactivated eleven

i asked him the purpose of all this, he said they're trying to make rakhine state rohingya free. of the rohingya salvation army in these camps. we spoke to two of them. they said they lacked weapons. experts who studied the group tend to agree. they almost certainly carried out some of the attacks that sparked the latest violence but they were unlikely to have been capable of the co—ordinated action that riveted to them by the burmese military. here's another thing the officer we spoke to at the border force said to me, he said there's some merit in the claim that at least some of those attacks were staged. he said to our knowledge there are hardly any active members of this group. but evenif active members of this group. but even if the militants did do all the things the burmese government said it did, nothing surely could justified the horrific nature of the response that followed. by late morning on the 30th of august on the riverbank at tula toli, dozens of people had already been murdered but it wasn't over yet. some villagers had escaped by swimming across the river, but m

for the first time since the latest our hands are crisis began me and mars later visits rakhine state. the letter that changed palestine for ever mass protests are quite hundred years since the balfour declaration and i'm peter stone us with the latest sports news including. if you. should. stop trying to steal. the u.s. the masters beat the l.a. dodgers to win baseball's biggest prize for the first time ever. so we begin in madrid where spanish prosecutors have asked the high court to jail eight depose cataloged ministers while they're being investigated for sedition fourteen members of the sacked cabmen have been summoned for questioning over last week's declaration of independence but the region's ousted president carlos pushed him on did not appear across the road this. catalonia is to solve parliament was greeted by cheering as she emerged from a separate hearing and the supreme court karma tellus one at six other m.p.'s being investigated they're both courts are in madrid but in a show of defiance pro independence support us rallied outside the regional parliament building of co

spend or show sympathy unfun future visits rakhine state for the first time since the range of crisis erupted. mamie's netanyahu mocking the centenary of the british pledge to pave the way to the creation of israel. and the son of osama and alleged links between iran and al qaida revelations in the cia's bin laden files. i'm going to get your oscar in doha with the sports. thanks. thanks to. such. a giant leap for peace in our stories he went on the box of jokes to grow how can. we begin in spain where nine ministers from catalonia dissolved government being held in custody pending an investigation and possible trial over last week's declaration of independence prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for the region's deposed leader countless bridged among well titian's from catalonia dissolved government to ride back in barcelona after earlier appearing at the supreme court in madrid pro independence demonstrators gathered in the streets of boston mona in a show of support counters preacher man remains in brussels with four of his ex cabinet ministers. well we have two correspondent

what will here we do know that the situation with the russians or refugees and the violence in rakhine state will be discussed in both of those meetings probably won't hear too much of the detail coming out of the military meeting we do know though that the united states administration has been in more pressure on the military saying those who have been carrying out these attacks this violent crackdown there were kind state need to be held accountable the government here the military here on monday issued a report saying that they essentially exonerated themselves from their behavior from their actions in rakhine state over the last couple of months saying they did nothing wrong that will most likely be brought up what the what hasn't been coming out from the united states is how things are moving forward with the idea of sanctions reimplementing sanctions on the military leadership in myanmar that's something that's been floated in the u.s. senate but not directly discussed but we'll be hearing from rex tillerson and on song suchi in the afternoon here in a pure. is the country representati

adds that me a moral authority is a guilty of being openly racist towards the river insurance's rakhine state where a military crackdown has been going on is a crime scene ranger living in meum are also denied citizenship on the basis of their ethnicity many of them are deleted from official records making it almost impossible for those who fled the violence to return home now and a nice start is amnesty international senior director for research and she told us what now needs to be done. in relation to the ongoing system of a party that we describe in our report i think the world is way too willing to buy into the restoration presented by the myanmar authorities about the need to convert terrorism about the need to establish security and that's why we felt it was a very important moment to remind both myanmar officials and their international counterparts that absolutely no considerations be it security or the need to convert terrorism can justify the ongoing crimes against humanity to justify the system of a party that. we can ask him to score he's our correspondent who's a million miles bi

authorities now we spoke to the government spokesman who said she was going to visit northern rakhine state mong door cording to developments posted on facebook by some local rakhine media she visited two villages at one of the village she delivered remarks to people and she said everybody wants to live together in peace and to achieve this we must work hard now on shore so apparently took questions from some villages and her advice to them was when you encounter problems you have to let the government know the government is trying to push the narrative that peace and stability have been achieved in northern rakhine state two months after a renewed military offensive that began on august twenty fifth. thousands of tired and hungry wrenching men women and children are stranded in feels under an open sky near a bangladeshi crossing they're being kept there by bangladeshi border guards refugees say they haven't been given any reason they've been handed spokesperson of the asia pacific with u.n.h.c.r. she joins us live from cox's bizarre we appreciate your time vivian so what do you know about

it comes within a day of secretary tillotson calling the crackdown in rakhine state ethnic cleansing. absolutely within about twelve fifteen hours after u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson made that comment the first time the trump administration has called what happened in the rakhine state ethnic cleansing know rex tillerson was just in country last week he said that their value weighting using that description ethnic cleansing wednesday evening u.s. time washington time he said it he said what has taken place in the rakhine state over the last couple of months is ethnic cleansing and then here twelve fifteen hours later we see that this number of understanding is signed so it's obviously there's that is part of mounting pressure you know the united nations has been using that description for several weeks but again the united states didn't until just ones that evening and now we're seeing this moment understanding signed so again there's going to be a lot of focus on what's happening going forward you know there's a working group that was created out of this deal today thursday a

three step program to help ease the crisis if you on the very first one is that a cease fire in rakhine state and they're talking about repatriation and then also a long term plan so that's interesting that's something that that's a bit new but the other rhetoric right now so far the we're hearing isn't greatly different from what we've been hearing in the past couple of weeks months when it comes to international criticism of how myanmar government and military has been handling the situation in rakhine state but it's engine when you look at you know that you've got these members here it's a very sensitive issue even when it comes to calling the population in this ethnic group or a hint that because the government doesn't recognize that term so later on today at the end of this two day meeting with these foreign ministers about fifty just over fifty here in myanmar that how they are going to have a press conference how they actually phrase the situation in rakhine state with the range and bangladesh will be very interesting because it's such a sensitive issue here that needs to be noted that

he said they are trying to make rakhine state rohingya —free.f the arakan rohingya salvation army in these camps. we spoke to two of them. they said they lacked weapons. experts who've studied the group tend to agree. they almost certainly carried out some of the attacks that sparked the latest violence. but they were unlikely to be capable of the kind of co—ordinated action attributed to them by the burmese military. here's another thing that the officer we spoke to in the borderforce said to me. he said that there is some merit in the claim that at least some of those attacks were staged. he said, to our knowledge there are hardly any active members of this group. but even if the militants did do all the things that the burmese government said it did, nothing, surely, could justify the horrific nature of the response that followed. by late morning on the 30th august, on the river bank at tula toli, dozens of people had already been murdered. but it wasn't over yet. some villagers had escaped by swimming across the river, but many remained behi

has suspended official travel to parts of the en masse rakhine state it's concerned that they could be met by protests after the secretary of state accused me of ethnic cleansing of the rex tillerson toughened his stance after a visit to me in my last week he's threatening sanctions for those responsible for what he calls horrendous atrocities in rakhine more than six hundred thousand ridge of muslims are skate across the border into bangladesh since the military crackdown began in august talks are underway between bangladesh and me and maher on a deal to repatriate some of those refugees scott hyder has more from the angle. so thursday is the second day of closed door meetings discussing a possible repatriation program with officials from bangladesh foreign minister's office also myanmar's office here in the country now we know that they've been discussing over the last couple days but we haven't heard any details this is because all those meetings behind closed doors nothing has been made public this comes on the heels of a meeting earlier in the week of over fifty foreign ministers

in recent months, it is estimated some 600,000 muslim rohingya have fled rakhine state.mp. it is a mega site that adds on to different collective sites down south. the government in myanmar rejects that human rights abuses by its forces are driving the rohingya out. but a new damning report by amnesty international accuses that government of committing a crime against humanity in rakhine state. the refugees here all have grim tales to tell. translation: some of them which had sandalwood powder on their faces didn‘t beat us but stole our belongings. when we were in a big group they didn‘t attack, but when the men moved on, they attacked us. translation: they beat us and forced us to work as forced labour, taking our ids from us. they burnt down our houses. we cannot live there, we had to leave to come here. as aung san suu kyi hosts asian and european foreign ministers, she could face more tough questions about the plight of the rohingya and her failure to speak out. she has already met this week with the chinese foreign minister who put forward a new plan starting with a

rights group amnesty international has described the situation of rohingya muslims in myanmar‘s rakhine staten a new reportjust released, amnesty calls their treatment a crime against humanity. it's believed that more than six 100 thousand rohingya muslims have fled the myanmar military‘s campaign against them since august. joining me now is olof blomquist of amnesty international. he's in bangkok, where the report has just been launched. thank you very much forjoining us. it seems to be your key message, we are talking about a form of apartheid the scale of the problems faced by the rohingya, that is a well—established isn't it? faced by the rohingya, that is a well-established isn't it? yes. absolutely. what we are releasing todayis absolutely. what we are releasing today is the culmination of an two year investigation into what is actually happening inside myanmar over the last couple of months we heard stories of vicious crimes committed by the militants but this is taking place against the back drop of endemic discrimination where people are kept in what amounts to an open air prison. ev

enter the country but this serves to underscore just how difficult conditions are in northern rakhine state where thousands are still making the journey into bangladesh many of them would have heard from friends and relatives just how difficult the journey is into take several days or even weeks this track overland and just how dire conditions are in the refugee camps in bangladesh yet they're still making the decision to leave behind their homes and property now and their reasons for leaving are several but they're sensually the same villages we've spoken to in northern rakhine state say they've heard about how neighboring villages were burned to the ground and they were afraid they would be next some said that they were unable to go to the fields and they were unable to feed themselves others said they've seen their property looted before their eyes by replying but it's mobs so these are the decisions driving this ongoing exodus at this current stage the us congress is beginning to examine the official response to hurricane maria six weeks after the storm devastated the territory of puert

state. this term has not pleased russia, s sing it is counterprproductive say ethnic cleansing.g. the question is now, will the rohingya muslims want to return to rakhine state, even if they are living in dire conditions in bangladesh, given the level of violence they have faced in recent weeks with the army crackdown. well they want to return and will the army help the return? well they allow them to return? those are open questions and we will see in the coming days and weeks probably. host: clovis, thank you for that. russia, iranan -- and turkey agreed to hold a peace conference on the future of syria. vladimir putin saying that the effort to end the war, that we are entering a new stage and warning both sides that compromise would be necessary. the new talks should happen next month he said after a summit leader, turkish insisting that they would reinvigorate the peace process. meanwhile, the fighting continues on the ground in syria to rid the country of the last remaining islamic state fighters, but the constant battles have forced thousands of civilians to flee. james andre reports. correspondent: dozens of vehicles loaded with refugees come th

had his say rakhine state with his four children he says security forces are committing atrocities. that the military brought our houses and encircled the village they were forcing us to take national verification cards if we taken them they would rob routed us from our village because the card says our nationality is bangladeshi so we skate and hid in the jungle now we're here in bangladesh. it was a long and difficult journey for hamad and his family and it's no say they yet they end around two thousand dollar range being held at a border crossing by bangladeshi guards they've not been told why over how long they'll be stuck there bangladesh says the refugees require vetting but the un is calling on the government to allow them to move to a refugee camp people have been walking for days just to reach. even last night across the border there in terrible shape we hope the government can release them let them come further inland as soon as possible. officials in rakhine state deny the military is committing human rights abuses the government says there were illegal migrants and doesn

he said they are trying to make rakhine state rohingya —free. of the arakan rohingya salvation army in these camps. we spoke to two of them. they said they lacked weapons. experts who've studied the group tend to agree. they almost certainly carried out some of the attacks that sparked the latest violence. but they were unlikely to be capable of the kind of co—ordinated action attributed to them by the burmese military. here's another thing that the officer we spoke to in the borderforce said to me. he said that there is some merit in the claim that at least some of those attacks were staged. he said, to our knowledge there are hardly any active members of this group. but even if the militants did do all the things that the burmese government said it did, nothing, surely, could justify the horrific nature of the response that followed. by late morning on the 30th august, on the river bank at tula toli, dozens of people had already been murdered. 7:: 552 :2 5.22252:zisggzéz'i'zézgztz— .. 7.1.7.7: —..——.r.r.r.r.—.. severely burned and wounded, mum

and they met on tuesday at the apec summit in the philippines to listen is expected to focus on rakhine state crackdown has forced more than six. a thousand people to flee. the refugees accuse me and security forces of massacres rape and torturing villages government will be watching closely this meeting range away fiji's still pull cross the border as tender child he reports from dhaka. the visit by u.s. secretary of state direct and will be welcomed by bangladesh it needs all the diplomatic help it can get the situation on the ground hasn't changed too much the condition of the refugee camps are still there over three hundred thousand children among the refugees new refugees coming in every week just last week about six thousand refugees crossed into bangladesh this last friday about seven hundred refugees crossed into bangor those by makeshift plastic wraps fishing boats trawlers any main saw by walking into the land border so the crisis isn't really over what by and there's need is a constructive solution a plan and a strategy even if it takes a longer period to take all the refugees back

didn't use the word ranger though the pontiff instead referred to the refugees from rakhine state during an address in dhaka and the u.s. is calling for more sanctions on the complete isolation of north korea the united nations security council held an emergency meeting following pyongyang's missile tests on tuesday north korea says the launch proves it has the capability to hitch the u.s. mainland. syria's opposition is making the u.n. mediator stuff and the mr are in geneva in the round of united nations sponsored talks to end the civil war discussions are happening as rebels trying to topple syria's president bashar al assad face up to being significate. a weakened by nearly seven years of fighting syrian government negotiators held talks with a dentist or on wednesday diplomatic editor james bays with more now from geneva. here at u.n. headquarters in geneva reporters have been waiting outside i mean flurries of snow watching the comings and goings of the various delegations and for the first time in this round of talks in fact for the first time for several years we've had both the

he's now threatening sanctions for those responsible for what he calls renders the trustees in rakhine state more than six hundred thousand range of muslims an escaped across the border into bangladesh since a military crackdown started three months ago scott hardly has more now from young gone so thursday is the second day of closed door meetings discussing a possible repatriation program with officials from bangladesh foreign minister's office also myanmar's office here in the country now we know that they've been discussing over the last couple days but we haven't heard any details this is because all those meetings behind closed doors nothing has been made public this comes on the heels of a meeting earlier in the week of over fifty foreign ministers from asian nations and european nations that bangladeshi foreign minister stayed on for a special visit as it was calling so they could discuss the issue of repatriation at the end of this meeting there is the indication that they'll be some kind of member of understanding in other words how things will work moving forward this is a very com

mainly at the cox's bazar area now the statement says those responsible for the atrocities in rakhine state should be held accountable can really help it joins us now live from washington kimberly why now. well not only because of that visit that you mentioned by the u.s. secretary of state of course he met with the matter and chief of the armed forces in me and maher as well as the state councilor on song suchi but it is also the belief that this is necessary and this is significant because peter this declaration of ethnic cleansing as a result of those atrocities that have occurred that are forced you know hundreds of thousands to flee comes with legal ramifications of also too many believe here in the united states particularly puts the u.s. on what many view is the right side of morality now in terms of how this moves forward the secretary of state saying in a statement that a key test of any democracy is how marginalized populations are treated and well the united states is reiterating its condemnation of the actions that took place in august by the. salvation army at the same time it'