for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon.ng the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despise the apparatus of a security state became more orwellian than even he could have imagined, in a nation where even having an opinion could be dangerous. >> i am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first president of the united states of america to visit your country. >> morning in yangon, to nearly everyone's surprise, there have been some huge changes in recent months. >> difficult time in transition is when we think that success is -- >> nobel prizewinning democracy champion, aung san suu kyi, after 15 years in house arrest, was released, now taking an active part

rangoon is my city. >> this is "bbc world news." jordan has confirmed that one of its pilots has been captured by so-called islamic state will attend. you're looking at live pictures from bethlehem. let's go back to our top story, storage or janie and plane that went down in syria. i spoke to a former iraqi government spokesperson and now a senior director at the national endowment for democracy. >> over the last six months, isis has been holding war fronts and 4-5 major cities. 4-5 have been facing countries that are having air raids. it isnot contained and coming up with all of the surprising moves. this will add to its momentum in the region. it will expose jordan to more danger. >> what options does the jordanian government have? looks jordan, it was the right .ove to commit to fighting isis domestically, internally, there are a lot of sympathizers with would make jordan in a very weak fragile position. you bear in mind that up until now the threat of isis has not been well conceptualized and the air raids i'm not going to uproo

. >>> nearly 100 ra rangoons, fled the country trying to find a better life. approximately a thousand, around 200,000 refugees in bangladesh and from there, towards india and nepal, almost 100,000 rahinga are said to live in refusing camps on the border. places like indonesia and australia. florence louie reports. >> tatong village bustles, sustains many families around here. it is one of the few industries in which the rahinga, an ethnic minority the myanmar government does not recognize can still find jobs. around 40,000 were displaced after the war broke out in 2012. the rahinga are confined without freedom of movement. for sheik asmat the only way to provide for his countr family io leave the country. >> i don't want to stay here anymore. i can't feed my children. my children are always asking for food. i know the journey is risky but i leave it to a allah. >> he has bought an illegal passage out of myanmar, will plan to travel from malaysia or thailand. >>> this fishing boat which normally holds about ten fishermen and crew will have 50 or 60 packed on bo