same day the united nations delivered a very scathing report to the reading your situation in rakhine stateso just repeating that so seven years convicted the reuters. and while alone of breaching state securities act of course. to be there will be international called the nation we assume we work for reaction of course globally but of course the events leading up to this guilty verdict the evidence was very flimsy from the start all these two men apparently did was a couple really. yes exactly i mean the prosecution presented very little if anything in the way of credible evidence to justify their arrest in the first place justify their ongoing detention and justify this conviction their entire. their entire proceedings really the prosecution's case sainted around documents that the pair were in possession of at the time of their wrists these documents were top secret according to the police according to the prosecution and they were dangerous they threaten the national security of me and my if they would have find their way into the wrong hands into the hands of terrorists as the police s

seven years true or so and while lone were arrested last year while investigating a massacre in rakhine state and there was growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of lou they were not jailed because of adjournment they would do with jail because the court as well sentence has been awesome then because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgment and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider it wrong me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but on sun sujit will now not be attending. still ahead for you on al-jazeera the united nations says fighting in syria has displaced more than a million people and that is just in the last six months and south sudan's political rival signed a new peace agreement two years after the previous deal fell apart.

this report said that in rakhine state and catch in—state, as well as another, there were gang rapingildren, villages were raised and in northern rakhine, there was mass extermination and deportations. this is the kind of issue where countries that believe in civilised countries have to make a stand. a year ago we began hearing first—hand a stand. a year ago we began hearing first— hand accounts of a stand. a year ago we began hearing first—hand accounts of the horrors in rakhine state. i travelled there asa in rakhine state. i travelled there as a doctor to the region and i'm still haunted by meeting mothers who had to choose between rescuing their children from fires or running with the ones still alive. and yet, the military has now focused its attention on the kachin in myanmar. can the secretary of state please tell me how many more minority groups in myanmar will be persecuted for the uk government holds aung san suu kyi and the military to account. well, she should rest assured that we absolutely believe that everyone responsible for these atrocities must be held to account. i

charges to be laid against me and military leaders for attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides that rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and there don't just the muslims and the kind and the seem to be at the section of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because some are now down to four fingers she was al

they were arrested in december while investigating the massacre of ten ringler boys and men in rakhine state the journalists deny the charges they say the police gave the papers to them to frame them when he was the very latest force our correspondent in bangkok in neighboring thailand and wayne we saw weeks perspective it really and yet one of many delays in delivering this particular verdict to me what chances are there of a decision today because these two judgment of just got into the court. yes that's right they have arrived now as they did at this time we could go to hear that verdict being read out expecting that to begin in a few moments and if we go back to monday last week that was exactly the same scenario they arrived to hear that verdict only to be told that it could not take place on that day because the judge who is overseeing this trial from its start in january was too unwell to read the verdict so they had to go back to jail for a week which must of cause them even greater psychological trauma really knowing that they had to wait a week to hear this verdict being read out t

and while lone were arrested last year while investigating a massacre of rigging in rakhine state and there was growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of lou they were not jailed because of adjournment they went to deal with jail because the court has well sentence have been awesome that because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgment and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider it wrong. me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but aung san suu kyi will now not be attending. the two men charged by british prosecutors with few souls for a nerve agent attack say they were there as tourists appearing on russian state t.v. off and alexander petroff said the visited the city to see its favors could feed and the timing of the novacek poisoning was a coincidence the u.k. government says the kremlin agents.

a year while investigating a massacre in rakhine state and there was growing international pressure on the son sujit and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of who they were not jailed because of adjournment they went to deal with jail because the court has while sentence has been awesome that because to call it has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgment and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider it wrong me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but on sunset.

leaders in myanmar should be brought to justice for what they said was genocide taking place in rakhine state so we are expecting this verdict to happen and whichever way it will bring to a close what has been a long and torturous trial for these two if the two reuters journalists are convicted wayne what evidence will that be based on. well it's really centered on those documents that you mentioned they were found to be in position of these top secret documents when they were arrested in december last year they'd gone to meet some policeman at a restaurant these documents the police and the prosecution say were dangerous potentially damaging to national security in me and if they were to find their way into the hands of terrorists but the reuters peer. loans say that they were given those documents by the police and then just moments later we're wristed so the allegation here adrian is that this was a set up that they were framed from the outset and they also said that in the days after their wrist in the questioning by the police there was very little focus on those documents most of the fo

seven years true or so and while lone were arrested last year while investigating a massacre in rakhine state and there was growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of lou they were not jailed because of adjournment they would do with jail because the court as well sentence has been awesome then because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgment and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider it wrong me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but on sun sujit will now not be attending. still ahead for you on al-jazeera the united nations says fighting in syria has displaced more than a million people and that is just in the last six months and south sudan's political rival signed a new peace agreement two years after the previous deal fell apart. in east pink skies by the taj mahal. or is the sunsets in the city of angels. hello again and welcome back

against the muslim minority in the west of the country in rakhine state and now that's what they were in effect for decrying these violations that's what they were sentenced to seven years in jail for and how damning was this evidence that was that they were gathering is crucial because you think about the fact that the most of the evidence that the outside world gets or the you know the reports that the outside world gets of what has happened in rakhine state comes from refugees that have left the country because no one is allowed into that area where all these atrocities were committed so but these two reporters managed to earth evidence concrete evidence on the ground from the local population as well that implicates the military in these crimes and it actually led to eight soldiers being convicted and that's the only time that's ever happened being convicted of taking part in these murders and they've been they were sentenced to ten years in jail with hard labor and that is that is extraordinary and even though the minute the myanmar government and the military deny any connection

the crisis better seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled the military crackdown in rakhine state in the last year un investigators say there were mass killings and gang rapes but an international meeting in vietnam suchi defended security forces from charges of civilian atrocities when hey isn't her noise. aung sun suu cheez appearance at the world economic forum on southeast asia in hanoi was her first international speaking engagement since a united nations report was released last month that called for genocide charges to be laid against me and military leaders for attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply to we with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair.

were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work into the situation in rakhine state they were sentenced under a colonial era law at the official secrets act but other repressive laws are extensively used as well. peaceful assembly act the penal code has a whole raft of repressive laws these two genovese reach their freedom and their their lives to expose regional site exposed the highest crime that was quite committed by the various military and this is the biggest threat for them for the military but they will never tolerate this. government has a unique structure unlike any government anywhere else in two thousand and sixteen entente suchi the political activist who had been kept under house arrest for fifteen years due. when the military dictatorship took up the post of state councilor akin to a prime ministership it was a momentous event i'm a historic day for the better people and around the world men must transition from military to civilian government was heralded as the start of an era of democracy for the country. but the reality was never quite so simple tw

seven years to also and while loans were arrested last year while investigating a massacre of rakhine state and there is growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of lou they were not jailed because of adjournment they were to do it jail because the court has well sentence has been awesome that because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgement and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider wrong me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but aung san suu kyi will now not be attending. nearly twelve thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in southern china after typhoon about it brought torrential rain to the city of st john's it's the twenty third typhoon to threaten china this year work has been suspended or more than. two hundred construction sites and dozens of emergency vessels are on standby well countries across southeast asia br

were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work into the situation in rakhine state they were sentenced under a clonal era law at the official secrets act but other repressive laws are extensively used as well the unlawful associations act the peaceful assembly act the penal code has a whole raft of repressive laws these two journalists reach their freedom and their their lives to expose regional site exposed the highest crime that was quite committed by the various military and this is the biggest threat for them for the military but they will never tolerate this. government has a unique structure unlike any government anywhere else in two thousand and sixteen chief the political activist who had been kept under house arrest for fifteen years during the military dictatorship took up the post of state councilor akin to a prime minister. sure it was a momentous event i mean historic day for the better people around the world men must transition from military to civilian government was heralded as the start of an era of democracy for the country. and the reality was ne

police post and government offices simul pena sleep the young mommy was also already in place and rakhine state they had already brought in reinforcements to be able to deal with that so the question is how did they know to me a lot of these reports on not credible this was a good time to. try to move. out of nemani. this point of the media tour around my and the border between the country and bangladesh for not acting there again why it generated the whole people. said ben is seven hundred thousand people. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the lawn. they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rescued . it's a right to be for us this is what the forecast the three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. because you know provision i might want to know what it is on those that i like. oh. you're so you know i lost his boss because i just got the. resources you know just like anybody on a month on those it doesn't but that's honest i don't know if it is for any of them . so i says

charges to be laid against me and military leaders for attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply to we with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides that rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and there don't just the muslims and the commonwealth and seems to be at the section of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because someone down to four figures she was

were reporting on human rights violations and atrocities committed in western me and maher in rakhine state where the muslim. minority has been targeted by military operations and which led more than seven hundred thousand of them to flee the country so how damning was the evidence that they got the government in the military was complicit in this is crucial if you if you think. the fact that the myanmar government in the military they've they've gone to great lengths to seal off this area and to not let anyone in not reporters but also not members of the international community u.n. fact finding mission for example so most of the reports that we get from there are from refugees who have left the country and these two reporters have managed to gather evidence on the ground from the local communities and even from members of the security forces implicating the military in this and this has arguably this is led to the only case where the military has actually admitted that they were involved in atrocities committed there and where soldiers members of the military were actually put on trial an

united nations agencies have been allowed back into me and mars' rakhine state for the first time sincemore than seven hundred thousand brokenshire muslims fled the area last year foreign aid groups had previously been granted only limited access. officials in afghanistan say the number of people killed in tuesday's suicide attack in one go hard province has risen to sixty eight it happened on the highway between the eastern city of jalalabad and the main border crossing into neighboring pakistan. and the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have reopened the crossing points on their shared border for the first time in twenty years it comes after they signed an agreement in july to restore ties eighty thousand people were killed in a two year war between the countries in the late one nine hundred ninety s. . authorities in the southeastern united states are warning people to brace for devastation as hurricane florence heads towards the region they're calling the storm a monster the governor of north carolina says it will be like nothing the state has ever seen before and he's urging people t

got evidence from the police themselves, rahm rakhine villagers, from witnesses inside rakhine state the evidence has come from refugees who fled to bangladesh, and the myanmar government's position was that they would make it up. so it is ironic that these journalists exposed something the myanmar government agreed happened but at the same time they have now been found guilty of espionage. for now, thank you very much. those two journalist have, as we said, been sentenced to seven yea rs we said, been sentenced to seven years in prison, a decisionjust made in court in myanmar. when we hear more we will update you. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said he is strongly opposed to key parts of theresa may's proposals for a future trade deal. the prime minister has said she will not compromise on the uk government's chequers plan. but mr barnier said plans for a common rulebook for goods but not services were not in the eu's interests. broadcaster henry bonsu joins me now. we were just listening to caroline rigg the's reports, and this is a real problem, isn't it ——

two also and while loans were arrested last year while investigating a massacre of working in rakhine state and there is growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons it's not a matter of lou they were not you know because of adjournment they want to deal with jail because the court has well sentence has been awesome then because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rue. the flaw they have every right to appeal the judgement and to point out why the justice for them if they consider. me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but on sun sujit will now not be attending. as many forces in the occupied west bank have cleared account for activists beside a bedouin village which is due to be demolished israel's top court approved the destruction of the village of qana lacma last week it's expected said the land will be used for illegal settler homes i force it has more from common law. for the people of color since the early hours of wednesda

believes the myanmar military and buddhist monks may have killed more than 10,000 rohingya in rakhine state last year, but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven-year jail sentence. >> we didn't do anything harmful to our nation. we didn't commit any crimes. reporter: the furyf the supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison, convicted of obtaining secret documents which could help enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. >> the verdict struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar.ts many diploave been at the trial throughout. we believe the judge has ignored evidence in the case and ignored myanmar's laws. extremely disappointed with that. we think it is a bad day for myanmar and we call for the journalis to be released as soon as possible. reporter: a crushing day for the families of the jailed reporters, who have endured eight months ocourt hearings. after the jourlists' arrests, reuters published the full story of the

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and while lone were arrested last year while investigating a massacre of rigging in rakhine state and there is growing international pressure on sun suchi and two governments to grant them pardons. it's not a matter of lou they were not jailed because of adjournment they would do in jail because the court has while sentence has been awesome then because the court has decided that they had broken the official secrets act so if we believe in the rule of law they have every right to appeal the judgment and to point out why the gesture in this room if they consider it wrong me and my is expected to come under even more scrutiny at the united nations general assembly next week but on sun sujit will now not be attending. still to come in this half hour of news why japan says the time has come to end this thirty three year old ban on commercial whaling and world leaders past and present gather in ghana to bid farewell to former u.n. chief kofi annan are. going to welcome back to your national weather forecast for here across europe we are watching some clouds passing through parts of the med

against senior and senior me in my military officials over the crackdown on their henchmen in rakhine state. well it's interesting that the case from india in that these two reuters reporters. basically brought out is the one instance where the myanmar army actually admitted that there were rights violations committed by their troops and supposedly some of the officers were placed in prison because of this. but the larger dynamic is that the burmese government is trying to cover up what was done by the military in rakhine state you know that the crimes against humanity genocide that they've been accused of by the fact finding mission of the u.n. human rights council and i think that you know if this is connected but the timing is not necessarily the most important thing the thing is that these guys have been put in prison for something that the government admitted was true all right phil robertson from human rights watch asia joining us from bangkok phil thank you very much of course that is some other stories making headlines around the world philippine president would be going to terra to

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the events in rakhine state last year saw more than 700,000 people driven across the border into bangladesht, the international community really has to stop tap dancing around this and they have the whole burma to account. terrible things happen to the rohingya, the military at to be held to account. these are not terrorists, this was the military that did this to them. these people just want a place to live, that is all that they want, and that is not happening right now. the italian fashion house founded by gianni versace a0 years ago is set to be sold. it's reported that the us fashion group michael kors has agreed to buy the firm, in a deal worth about $2 billion. some reports say donatella versace, the brand's iconic leader, would continue to have a role with the company after the deal. have a look at this. a huge chunk of a popular queensland beach in australia has collapsed and sunk into the sea. it's not far from where another sink hole appeared a few years ago, that swallowed up a caravan, car and tents. this time the large hole, at inskip point, near rainbow beach, hasn't injured

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investigation that they were carrying out into a massacre of rigging by the security forces in rakhine state that they were given those documents at that meeting by the very same police who then turned around and arrested them so it was a set up according to you. and while alone the two reuters journalists who are now going to jail for seven years so really throughout the course of this trial there was very little if anything in the way of credible evidence that the prosecution presented that could justify such a conviction of course it's no surprise no way but the criticism and called the really high start to begin. yes what we heard there from the reuters boss steve adler there's no doubt that this will continue for some time there was already a lot of criticism in the international community about this case going back to when they were arrested in december last year and as i say no doubt it will continue we've heard very quickly after this verdict it's happened in the last few moments from the u.s. ambassador to scott marcial saying it's deeply troubling for everybody who has struggled so

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wa lone and kyaw soe 0o had been investigating the killing of ten rohingya men in rakhine state.aking to our myanmar correspondent, nick beake. translation: when i heard the seven—year sentence i was devastated. i nearly went mad. it is so unjust. i did not expect this at all. i believed we would go home together as a family. he is innocent. he is a journalist doing his job. it is the only way the public finds out the truth. your daughter isjust three years old. what has she been saying about her dad? she says, "mummy, why doesn't daddy live with us? "is it because he does not love us?" it is painful for me to hear that. she's talking about it because she already understands what is happening. when she saw her father in handcuffs at court she understood. she used to ask the policeman, "why do you handcuff my daddy?" then she'd say, "look, daddy, i can release you." i have no more tears to cry. no more tears. how can i describe it? ifeel like i have no more strength to cry. i can't cry any more, i have been crying so much. aung san suu kyi has the power, as head of the civilian go

, kyaw soe go and wa lone, had been investigating reports of a massacre of ten rohingya men in rakhine stategedly at the hands of buddhist villagers and the army. if convicted, they could face up to m years injail. our correspondent nick beake has more from yangon: at the heart of this case are too young journalist who say their only crime is doing theirjob. plenty in the international community believe it is free journalism in the dock. kyaw soe oo it is free journalism in the dock. kyaw soe go and wa lone have been accused of possessing secret documents. they always said they have been framed because they were investigating a massacre of rohingya men. these reporters have been in prison and, if convicted, they face up prison and, if convicted, they face up to m years. the un says that the courts in myanmar are not free and independent. they are overseen by a government department overseen by the military. people tell us the role of journalism in the military. people tell us the role ofjournalism in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. the top military officers in myanmar should face crimes accordin

men were arrested last year while reporting on a story about the murder of range of muslims in rakhine state last week me and i'm saying suchi denied they were detained because they were journalists she said they had broken state. that's a look at the headlines here on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next. once branded a terrorist group and now the government welcomes back the aroma liberation front three fiocco here is the country on track to genuine democracy and me conciliation what does it mean for the volatile region this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than it was an organization once banned in ethiopia now it's likely to become involved in mainstream politics tens of thousands of people attended a ceremony in abbott's out of a to welcome the aroma liberation front while the celebrations took place across the aroma region this is the latest of sweeping measures taken by prime minister abu ahmed since he came to office in april his aim to build a new political framework that involves ousted groups as part of an initiative to end years of ethnic conflict

how myanmar's military forces burnt looted and killed rohingya muslims in a remote village in rakhine state some incredible brave reporting there check it out on which is website reuters dot com and we're getting quite a few comments on facebook live lot of you watching us on facebook live on this story out of myanmar these two choices journalist sentenced to seven years in jail susan here on facebook says whatever happened to the woman who won the peace prize she's talking of course about entente switchy the de facto leader of myanmar and susan says as a prisoner i really admired her and thought her dignified and admire admired bo now she leaves a bad taste in my mouth another comment from elizabeth also on facebook who says it seems like myanmar's military has control over on san suu kyi and one final comment from neil on facebook live also who says what a colossal disgrace she has brought upon herself she ought to be relieved of the nobel peace prize thank you very much for all of your comments would love to hear more of your thoughts on this and other stories we're covering on the news

it's an extreme comparison but it's a comparison nonetheless what's happened in myanmar and in rakhine state the hindu who had to leave that area again i think for more happened the government level to say you've got to leave or to kick them out but we all know what's happened there million have split into bangladesh in theory and i don't want to be alarmist but in theory it could happen here i believe in the idea of india we are a very vibrant democracy our judiciary vibrant our judiciary is independent we are not a banana republic like my own mother so i hope i sincerely hope that nothing as. such a growing it will happen in india because the supreme court will protect people the majority people in this country are outraged about this although it is a draft the medical people in this country has outraised so or we had a completely different country from my english ability as janata party b j p is in government in india both nationally and recently at state level in assam to the party and the prime minister narendra modi is accused by many of sowing division in india pandering to its hindu

me was also already in place and rakhine state they had already brought in reinforcements to be able to deal with that so the question is how did they know to me a lot of these reports on not credible this was a good time to. try to move. them on. the. this point of the media tour around my and the border between the country and bangladesh for not acting there again why it generated the whole people . said ben is seven hundred thousand people. who moon. little not enough and it's really. a levels from some of you. i came back to the community. and people we obvious found a note he wrote. me all you got is all bible going towards him. you. see. she. misses you money doesn't. give us all that. you don't. know me this. was also topping in my life. i see have to die. it's a so-called no man's land where you find the most reluctant refugees they don't want to venture too far from the fence that separates them from my and never the less that most so afraid to return worrying whether they'll enjoy the same rights as before the government is actually clearing the game on to make new houses w

pair, kyaw soe 0o and wa lone had been investigating reports of a massacre of ten rohingya men in rakhine stategedly at the hands of buddhist villagers and the army. if convicted, they could face up to m years injail. 0ur correspondent nick beake has more from yangon. at the heart of this case are two young journalists who say their only crime was doing theirjob. plenty in the international community believe it is free journalism that's really in the dock here. for the past eight months, wa lone and kyaw soe 0o have been brought to court, in handcuffs, accused of possessing these secret documents. they've always said that they were framed because they were investigating a massacre of rohingya men by the burmese military. crimes the army later admitted to but still these reporters have remained in prison and, if they're convicted later today, they face up to m years in jail. the un says that the courts here in myanmar are not free and independent. they are overseen by a government department which is run by the military. so really, the decision today will tell us a lot about the role of free jou

the title of that discussion on technology but the elephant in the room will be the situation in rakhine state in myanmar the situation in bangladesh surrounding the reading yet no we're not expecting there to be much if any discussion around that issue despite the fact that this is really the first major public appearance certainly overseas since that damning united nations report came out last month which was very critical of the government and the military leaders in myanmar with the u.n. report saying that those military leaders had genocidal intent in their crackdown on their rigging and should indeed face charges they were also critical of aung san suu kyi and her government so that very much will be the elephant in the room i think but not likely to see any discussion around. zero as wayne hay reporting live from hanoi when many thanks more than five point four million people have been issued with storm warnings on the u.s. east coast as hurricane florence builds in the atlantic one and a half million have been ordered to leave their homes expected to be the worst storm in thirty years