more now for reuters regional editor for asia kevin colicky. already been written all or eight months in separated more families that have young families on so soon as a young daughter who hasn't been able to see her father in court or where the most of the past year or while on have some new more impulse he's never met them what happened today was an injustice heartbreaking for the families it threatens the freeman grasping the rule of law and myanmar and the capital of man this has been a judicial process with respect to the difficult process we presented the case a compelling case and any fair reading of the evidence at trial that shows that long chance they were innocent and today's verdict unfortunately provides for tragically the one who are those in the police we sought out real time on the mass killing of ten men and on the right time state several years ago there was a story on shows they were on the fourteenth to conduct their arrests it's only been a few hours since we had a verdict and you know john district court. you've already se

ever the reuters news agency reported saudi arabia's king sound man has put the brakes on the planned public sale of the national oil company the flotation of five percent saudi aramco was supposed to happen this year but has now been put off indefinitely it was a key part of crown prince mohammed bin sandman's saudi twenty thirty economic development plan but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to open up the books to regulators robert maginnis he is a senior analyst at the seaward group a consultancy an advocacy organization he says saudi arabia's economic outlook has changed. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within which the i.p.o. idea came about now. after the enthusiasm around that

also worldwide condemnation is mere marginals to reuters journalists on charges of possessing secret government documents and. things turn out for anti races and concerts in the german city rocked by far right on the west. welcome to al-jazeera argentina is introducing austerity measures in an effort to stem its currency crisis president machree has admitted the economy is facing an emergency he's increasing export taxes cutting public spending and slashing the number of government ministries from nineteen to tend the argentine peso has lost more than half its value against the dollar this year and took another dip on monday it's now the world's worst performing currency firing far worse than the turkish lira the central bankers tried to shore up the pay say by increasing interest rates which are now at sixty percent last week the government asked the international monetary fund for an early access to a fifty billion dollar loan the biggest i. in history that'll be the subject of talks with i.m.f. officials in washington choose day. to a one hundred fifty five billion dollar default

al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha are also a court it is set to give its judgment on to reutersjournalists accused of illegally possessing secret documents. alliance led by a shia cleric with other all solder joints hands with other groups to form a majority bloc in iraq's parliament and the u.n. says refugees crossing the mediterranean a dying at the highest rate with over sixteen hundred deaths this year. welcome to the program a state of emergency has been declared by the u.s. backed government in libya after five days of fighting in the capital at least forty one people have been killed in the violence and more than one hundred others have been injured several troops are battling for territory in the tripoli's only functioning airport on the outskirts of the city forces backed by the government of national accord have lost several strategic locations to a breakaway faction about four hundred inmates of escape from a prison as fighting raged nearby the united nations is calling on all sides to abide by a previously agreed cease fire deal now many of the casualties have been c

situation where the jailing of two reuters journalists and me and international condemnation the united nations secretary general. who can vent to convict conviction is unacceptable he has called for the immediate release the case has been seen as a test of the country's approach to press freedom as when he reports now from bangkok. instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists have remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing they'd been sentenced to seven years in jail no no no this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it was the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists wallowing in chaucer who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more

today is a sad day for me and more reuters journalists while on interests and the press everywhere . international condemnation after a caution me i'm all sentences to journalists to seven years in prison. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martine denis also coming up in the program debt relief and tens of billions in development but dollars china's president xi jim paintings of power and generosity come at a price. for months on from controversial elections a coalition government comes together in iraq. a fire at a two hundred year old museum in brazil destroys one of latin america's most important collections of treasures. international condemnation of the me a man calls decision to jail two reuters journalists while known and child who were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years behind bars they were arrested in december. in the killing of range of muslims by miramar soldiers wayne hay report. instead of walking free while alone and. taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists had remained defiant a

dollars that their stories once completed get sent straight to reuters headquarters so nothing to do with me and my but as we know any foreign media organization working in a country like me and operates pretty much like that so they haven't really presented any credible evidence to back up these allegations when many thanks to the answers when the hey they're reporting live from bangkok. nearly four months after iraq's disputed parliamentary elections significant progress has been made in the formation of a government eleven political groups have agreed to form an alliance to make the largest bloc in parliament iraq's parliamentary election was held in may but i'm. annual recount slowed the political process parliament will convene on monday it will elect to speak up and the process of forming a government will begin well here's a look at who makes up the alliance the eleven groups include those loyal to the nationalist cheer cleric matata al sabah whose bloc won the most votes in may's election promise to hide other bodies bloc is also in that coalition the alliance includes one hu

welcome back you're watching of zero one of our top stories to reuters journalists accused of illegally obtaining state secrets could be sentenced to seven years in prison by a course in. also were arrested while the bus trip to the massacre of ten really good muslims the case has been seen as a test of mere miles approach to press freedom which is editor in chief says it's a backward step for me and while. it happened today. threatens to undermine the rule of law in the freedom of press that democracy requires. anyone who knows well on and shows anyone who has read their work and benefited from it anyone who's followed this trial understands that this share a professional commitment. to reporting impartially to reporting fairly to establishing facts and sometimes telling hard truths. but they also do that out of a deep belief that that is their fullest contribution to democracy. toward securing a better future for the next generation including their own young daughter. the governor of myanmar now has an opportunity and responsibility to do the right thing and free while on the show so.

in myanmar has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalist. in his already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his daughter. well d.w. southeast asia correspondent boston hati has been reporting there from the involved for many years welcome to the studio past and what do you make of these two seven year jail sentences well i think on a personal level this is really tragic we heard in the report there both young fathers and well known hasn't even had the chance to meet his daughter who was only born a few weeks ago but if you look at the broader picture then i think this trial really speaks to the deterioration of press freedom and human rights in myanmar and this isn't in effect what these two were reporting on right they were reporting on human rights violations and atrocities committed in western myanmar 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

i mean more court will soon deliver its verdict on two reuters journalists accused of possessing secret state documents war loan and who could face up to fourteen years in prison if found guilty 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

there's been international condemnation of the court's decision to jail to reuters journalists while all and shall wear found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison they were arrested in the senate there is they investigated a mass killing over hinge of muslims by me and more soldiers when hate reports. instead of walking free while lone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists had remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing that been sentenced to seven years in jail the tone like this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will come and face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists wallowing in charge so who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already sp

joining me now from young good myanmar is kevin a he is in asia editor with reuters and a colleague of the two journalists thank you so much for joining us kevin and we understand now that your colleagues are now set to go to jail for seven years what's your view on this verdict. is a deeply disappointing result it's not a result. a fair reading of the trial of the evidence in the scrutiny and can sustain. we're disappointed it's a heartbreaking result for their colleagues here in the in the bureau for their friends for their young families who are deprived ok i was once and fathers and what happened today was an injustice that so well throughout also to the rule of law and to the freedom of press that any democracy requires the government of myanmar has an opportunity to know it's up to the right thing and to step three as you fight against that injustice as you try and encourage the government to do what you have just said there to release them what are the next steps do you see any possibilities left to help them. well we want to every avenue so valuable to us. the verdict was only

two reuters journalists found guilty of illegally obtaining state secrets have been sentenced to seven that is in prison. who were arrested whilst investigating the killing of ten men by security forces the case has been seen as a test of min miles approach to press freedom and journalists say they were framed by police but hey joins us now live from bangkok and neighboring thailand plenty of international reaction to this but what are we hearing from inside. well silence laura nothing yet from the government of me and my in response to this verdict probably not surprising given that this case has reflected so badly on it and not expecting either that. the state councilor of me and my will be in a rush to give her reaction to it given she's been largely silent throughout this case and has also been silent on many other freedom of speech and human rights issues since her government came to power but the pressure will certainly come on her again now that a verdict in this case has been handed down. instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to priso

marsett it's two reuters journalists to seven years in prison their crime reporting how the military massacred were hinge of muslims army in marjah judges they have done this before the country's defected leader aung sang suu kyi the nobel peace laureate also went to prison for speaking truth to power tonight the power to free the journalist is hers but she's not speaking at all i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we have been unfairly accused. were really disappointed with the result we're not surprised in the sense that they shouldn't have been arrested it was clear that the case but it's designed to deter them prevent them from reporting on a massacre that they were reporting on. this is it to bring challenge to democracy and media freedom in a country. where it's a very bad bad commentary on where me on mars going in terms of press freedom. also coming up tonight tear gas and water cannon against a crowd of mothers remembering the relatives who they say disappeared at the hands of the turkish state. this time the women and their supporters couldn't even get to the location r

the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists were alone in charge so who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more than eight months in prison on false charges designed to silence their reporting and intimidate the press. the journalists were arrested in december last year as they were investigating an arbitrary execution of ten reading in men by soldiers and militia the prosecution's case into don secret documents the reuters writer's head at the time of their arrest but while lone inch or so to say they were framed testifying that those papers were given to them by the police who moments later arrested them it seems that in doing their job they had gone too far in the minds of the military that still the most powerful force in me and my fellow has been unfairly accused we have been convicted of breaching the official secrets act we performed according to media ethics we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation or we didn't co

in doha i'm fully back to go welcome to the news spreads outrage after a court last sentences to reuters journalists to seven years in prison they were investigating the killing of ten muslim running dry in rakhine state in say they were afraid by the police we'll explore what this means for myanmar's transition to democracy as its leader stays quiet also on the great investment or exploitation offers another sixty billion dollars african leaders at the opening of a summit in beijing president xi jinping has promised developments but there is concern that more chinese investment could mean more debt for african countries and living in limbo. well we'll tell you about the refugees in indonesia who spent he is in what effectively an open jail they've been protesting against the conditions that kept him and delays in resettlement but with no one willing to take the man is anyone listening and i'm side of fires i'll bring you the online reaction to that story and others that's a trending into comments on our facebook page lifestream all tweet so seizing the hash tag aging scripts. with the n

were both excuse me working with the reuters news agency the men say that they were framed by police the u.n. i mean anwar has called for their release the case has been widely criticized as an attack on me the freedom. joining me now from young good myanmar is kevin he is in asia editor with reuters and a colleague of the two journalists they give so much for joining us kevin and the we understand now that your colleagues are now set to go to jail for seven years what's your view on this verdict. this is a deeply disappointing result it's not a result a fair reading of the trial of the evidence any scrutiny and can sustain. we're disappointed it's a heartbreaking result who are their colleagues here in the in the in the bureau for their friends for their young families who are deprived opposed ones and fathers and what happened today was an injustice that so also to the rule of law and to the freedom of press that any democracy requires the government of myanmar has an opportunity now to do the right thing and to step in three as you fight against that injustice as you try and encou

reaction as we've said on the great day after the decision by a court in leon want to sentence to reuters journalists to seven years in jail also trending in iran surveys cost. it needs to be cleaned out the northern province in syria which are still under rebel control and another story that's trending everybody vying for a piece of the pie a what pie you ask if libya and we'll have more on that story coming up later on the grades but in the meantime you can read more about those stories and much more on our website at al-jazeera dot com. i want to take you to argentina now where the president has announced a series of cost cutting measures to help stabilize the spiraling currency first sought maurizio mockery says he'll get rid of half the government ministries and reinstate export taxes on agriculture products argentina's requested a fifty billion dollar relief package from the international monetary fund that's resulted in protests across the country. but agree. to cover what's missing during this transition that's become an emergency we'll ask those who have more capacity to contribu

brent: what can reuters do to help these journalists?s you say, the evidence was overwhelming that these reporters were innocent, and that they were framed and set up. but can reuters really go in and do anything other than provide legal counsel? >> i think that is a starting point if you believe in justice. but so far, as i said earlier, the whole trial was a t travesty of justice and not really something whicich would makeke u believe in the judiciary system. we could and should keep up the pressure internationally, with reporters without borders. we wantt to keep up the hope for press freedom and democracy in myanmar. but then there could only be one solution, and these brave colleagues -- i mean, they have to be released even before an appeal. there is no excuse. there have been people already sentenced for what they reported about. that is the totally accurate thing about it. brent: we look at the situation the reporters are in now, and we see myanmar is not budging when it comes to condemnation from around the world, on claims of a

and miramar has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalists following has already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his story. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world a new u.n. report says the number of migrants dying while trying to cross the mediterranean has risen dramatically this year it said there is one death for every eighteen or rivals in europe more than doubled last year speaker the un refugee agency says people smugglers are taking ever greater risks. of philippine president barbara go to territory has met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem on an official visit aimed at altering trade and defense deals it's the first visit to israel by a philippine head of state since the two countries established diplomatic relations more than sixty years ago. a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old building the director of the historic

the un and me and i has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalists i live in has already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his store to. turkish police have prevented a group of women than istanbul from holding a peaceful vigil to protest against the disappearance of their loved ones in the one nine hundred ninety s. the women known as the saturday mothers have held nearly seven hundred demonstrations over the last two decades their aim is to try to force the government to find out what happened to their relatives but police accuse the women of having links to the banned terrorist group the p.k. k. . the stumbles police getting ready for action combat gear and gas masks shields rubber bullet guns. and these are the people they're preparing to confront the such as a muslim it's about a dozen women many of them past retirement age and their supporters. on until someone is in the first row the saturday mothers have been meeting since nine hundred ninety fiv

governments around the world are condemning a decision by a court in myanmar to convict to reuters journalists of breaking state secret laws the un's new human rights chief michel is calling their child a travesty of justice. or were arrested in december while investigating the killing of a range of muslims by myanmar soldiers when he reports from neighboring thailand. instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists had remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing that been sentenced to seven years in jail oh you know knowing this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists were alone in charge so who and the press everywhere these two admirab

the jailing of two reuters journalists and near more has sparked international condemnation the united nations secretary general says while lone. conviction is unacceptable his calls for their immediate release the case has been seen as a test of the country's approach to press freedom as wayne hay reports from bangkok . instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists had remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing they'd been sentenced to seven years in jail no no no this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it was the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists wallowing in chaucer who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more than eight m

this is d w news live from orlando international outrage as myanmar sentences to reuters journalists to seven years in jail. the two reporters were investigating myanmar's crackdown on the rogue hinge of minority they say that they were framed by police western governments condemn the verdict of the u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the rule of law. also coming up. setting a different tone bands from across germany prepare to play a free concert in the eastern city of camden to protest against racism at the you will not see violence in. turkey cracked down on a group of women and their supporters protesting against the enforced disappearance of their loved ones in the one nine hundred ninety s. dawn of the women are saying they will never give up their struggle to help his nation to trust the morning never and most. players. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program two journalists have been sentenced to seven eight years in jail for breaching meon mars official secrets act while investigating violence against the rogue hinge a minority in the country why. alone and cha say we're both wo

the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists were alone and trust and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more than eight months in prison on false charges designed to silence their reporting and intimidate the press. the journalists were arrested in december last year as they were investigating an arbitrary execution of ten reading in men by soldiers and militia the prosecution's case into don secret documents the reuters writers head at the time of their arrest but while lone inch or so to say they were framed testifying that those papers were given to them by the police who moments later arrested them it seems that in doing their job they had gone too far in the minds of the military that still the most powerful force in myanmar was being unfairly accused we have been convicted of breaching the official secrets act we performed according to media ethics we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation or we didn't commit any crime h

in the end i has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalists. and has already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his still time. and joining me now in the studios christiane meir he is executive director of reporters without borders here in germany christiane it's good to have you back on the show these journalists they're going to go to prison for seven years of aid is being reported as an attack on press freedom in me and more how much press freedom was there to begin with while there would rate with they've already docked times during the dark times of the military dictatorship the den there began the transition to democracy now i mean this word tick to day is something which really questions a transition to democracy and is in the end it's a disappointment it's i would even go further it's a set back for for press freedom and for the hope the press freedom in myanmar i mean when you look at today's verdict and the fact that the defector leader of the c

has called for the release of the journalists and reuters says it will do whatever it can to help secure it. but until then it's back to prison for the journalists i follow in his already missed the birth of his first child he's never met his story to. more of the story now with boston heartache our south-east asia correspondent you have covered me and mark for many years also this case in particular for us by saying thank you for joining us in studio these two journalists are now set to go to jail for seven years what do you make of this verdict and where do things go from here i think first of all on a personal level this is really tragic this verdict and going to prison for seven years as we heard in the report they both have young families and will launch case his first daughter was only born a month ago and has never had the chance to meet her so from that point of view that this is obviously very tragic but also from abroad a wider perspective if you look at the situation over casts a light on the situation of press freedom and of the situation of human rights violations in me and

there has been widespread condemnation of the jailing of two reuters journalists in myanmar for sevenwa lone and kyaw soe oo are accused of violating state secrets while investigating a massacre of rohingya muslims. in a statement, the us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, condemned the sentence. the conviction of two journalists for doing theirjob is another terrible stain on the burmese government, she said. we will continue to call for their immediate and unconditional release. the un high commissioner for human rights, michelle bachelet, said the convictions sent a message to all journalists that they cannot operate without fear in myanmar. the bbc‘s nick beake has been following the case closely, and was at the sentencing in yangon. in some countries, they would have been given a prize for their work. not here. not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. instead, forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya mus

two reuters journalists sentenced to 32 years in jail. were detained late last year investigating the killing of villagers. the two maintain their innocence and not surprised by the verdict. reuters editor in chief says this is a sad day for myanmar, journialists and press everywhere. >>> ten people shot at the apartment complex in san bernardino, california. local police say three people are in extremely critical condition. all of the victims are believed to be adults. we will have more information as it is available. >>> search and rescue divers trying to find four people missing as two boats collided head on on the colorado river. both boats sank and nine people were hurt and two air lifted in critical condition. the search area is two square miles. it is not clear if alcohol or speeding played a role in the crash. >>> a tropical storm watch issued for parts of the gulf coast with the potential cyclone brewing in the florida keys. let's get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> good morning, alison and dave. a big store for the next cou

secretary general has condemned the jailing of two reuters journalists and me and maher. says the verdict in the case against the wall loan. is unacceptable the reporters were sentenced to seven years in prison they'd been investigating a massacre of ten muslim men. police in brazil have fired tear gas at protesters outside what's left of the national museum in the city of rio de janeiro the demonstrations followed a fire which destroyed the two hundred year old building protesters say public institutions are being chronically underfunded mexico's outgoing president has blamed just surge in violent crimes on the police president enrique pena nieto says local officers are incapable of crossing gangs which of emerged after the arrest of cartel leaders he made no mention of the corruption scandals that dominated much of his six year presidency and a challenge seen as a test case of the legality of colonial era territory deals has begun at the un's top court where it says it was coerced by the u.k. to give up a chain of islands in exchange for independence the highlands were

a court has sentenced to turn once for reuters to. work out. a strike to. one point archie i say. hello i'm barbara sarah and you're the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week the sentencing of to reuters journalists and the failed promise of media reform there there's a voice from inside the house the white house and it's speaking through the pages of the new york times the magic and mystery of the british royal family and the role of the media in spinning the fairy tale plus putin the renascence man or at least that's russian state t.v. season police in myanmar admitted there had been a set up the burmese military said the massacre that was reported did indeed happen and yet after eight months in prison to reuters journalists while on and who have been sentenced by a burma's judge at the seven years in jail their crime obtaining secrets that documents as they research the killing and mass burial of ten range of men in two thousand and seventy the story of the ethnic violence against minority range of muslims in myanmar has been in the headlines for

this room widespread condemnation of a decision to jail to reuters journalists while learning char so who were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in jail the journalist say they were framed by the police. iraq's first parliamentary session since the disputed election in may is currently underway eleven political groups have agreed to create an alliance which could give them a working majority in the coalition is made up of those loyal to the influential shia cleric. and prime minister. china's president xi jinping has played sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa he's hosting a major beijing aimed at deepening ties but there's concern that chinese investment could be saddling poorer countries with too much tax. now there is a growing solidarity with the writers journalists both on air and online the managing director of this channel trendall has joined calls for the men to be released immediately. so firstly i think it's a travesty of justice and it's a shameful attack on media freedom we stand by a reuters journalist colleagues and can

news line from berlin international i'll brain trust me and maher sentences to reuters journalists to seven years in jail the two reporters were investigating me in march crackdown on the door hinge on minority they say they were framed by police western governments condemn the verdict in the u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the rule of law. also coming up in germany and afghanistan and seacrest found guilty of murdering his fifteen year old former girlfriend the verdict comes as tensions over migration run high in some parts of germany critics accuse right wing extremists of exploiting this case to stoke hatred towards all migrants plus. setting a different tone bands from across germany prepare to play a free concert in the eastern city of cabinets to protest against racism and neo nazi violence. i'm so me so much going to good to have you with us a court in myanmar has sentenced to reuters journalists to seven years in jail they were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act while investigating the a legit mass killing over hensher muslims by the military now the tw

today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists. and the press everywhere. widespread condemnation after to reuters journalists is sentenced to seven years in prison for breaching mere mile state secrets law. hello welcome to our there live from doha. coming up. four months on from controversial elections a coalition comes together in iraq. a state of emergency in libya after days of fierce battles between rival groups. president she welcomes african leaders jane is concerned groans that china's help is driving the continent deeper into. this found guilty of illegally obtaining state secrets have been sentenced to seven years in jail cool to me and my wall loan and. were arrested whilst investigating the killing of ten ranger men buy me a mall security forces the case has been seen as a test of mammals approach to press freedom the generals who weigh the software emissions where the killings took place are among those the un says should be investigated for genocide. you know this is unfair i want to say they are obviously threatening our democracy and destro

lets get more reaction to the two routers journalists in myanmar. —— reuters.ries and organisations have condemned this decision by the myanmar courts, but why has there been silence from many asian countries, including china? 0bviously asean and china have played this non— interference against upbeat to them, relations with the government is more important than the relations with people of that country. quite clearly this is a major blow against press freedom in myanmar and is something that will reverberate through the ranks of the local press for quite sometime as intimidation and self—censorship take hold. for quite sometime as intimidation and self-censorship take hold. a big blow to press freedom and freedom of expression. how does this ruling now look for myanmar‘s in the practically to? i think this is an indication that that democratic future is dimming. —— myanmar‘s dramatic picture? what we are seeing is an eroding of independent sensibilities, the right to speak out, free press, to have a protest. all of those are under threat. so could be said that

—— reuters —— how optimistic. —— eu trade.culture and cars, by no means an easier odd. at this point they're not talking about cars, they're talking about non—auto industrials —— an easy task. cars are so important to the german economy, the french economy. germany is the engine of the eu economies. we cannot afford not to come to an agreement. but it's going to be tough, especially on agriculture. frances 0'grady, the leader of the tuc, the general secretary, one of the biggest trade union bodies in the biggest trade union bodies in the uk, she's going to be saying in her speech later that we need to be looking at a future where workers work four days a week. they are paid more for that. we need to share the wealth from new technology with workers. would you at least agree that point? this is a two pronged thing. she's absolutely right. those working for the likes of amazon for a pittance. they are overworked. amazon, for example, there's the delivery company... those people need to be compensated adequately for one, and seco

a court in myanmar has sentenced to reuters journalists to seven years in jail they were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act while investigating the alleged mass killing of orange of muslims by the military the two reporters deny the charges and said they had been framed by police western governments have condemned the verdict and say it calls into question man marse commitment to the freedom of press oh seven years in jail for breaching me and most official secrets act or as some would say for simply doing their job while lying on his colleagues were found guilty. of illegally possessing confidential documents base men have denied the charge saying that being punished for their posting. was no i don't but this decision is unfair and one sided it directly threatens our democracy and freedom after press will continue to fight it's. going to die out. the journalists were arrested while covering the military's brutal crackdown on routine gym islams which has prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh to the international community

and joining me now from young goon myanmar is kevin proly kiki is an asia editor with reuters and a colleague of the two journalists who were on trial good morning to you kevin and thank you so much for speaking with us as we just heard your colleagues are now set to go to jail for seven years what's your view on this verdict. well this is a deeply disappointing result it's disappointing for for all of us at reuters it's heartbreaking for the families from the colleagues of lone and joe so who already been in prison for eight months and what happened today as observers have said and you just reported is this is self a threat to the rule of law and a free press and democracy requires what are the next step i mean surely you have been campaigning and advocating for your colleagues are there any possibilities left to help them legally speaking. well you know the. new fairer reading of the evidence a trial could have supported this this ruling in fact it's clear that the evidence shows their innocence and. now we want to and will explore every every avenue open to. the government of myanmar have

after the journalists‘ arrests, their employer, reuters, published the full story of the rohingya massacrehad been working on, prompting a rare admission of guilt from the burmese army. that crime wouldn‘t have been known had it not been for the reporting of wa lone and kyaw soe 0o. so what happened today was an injustice, and it‘s an injustice that can‘t be allowed to stand. but so far, silence from aung san suu kyi‘s government. last week accused by the un of assisting genocide, this week condemned for an attack on a pillar of democracy. after free elections three years ago, there was great hope for myanmar. it‘s fading fast. nick beake, bbc news, yangon. and we‘ll have more on that story in a few minutes time. our other top story this hour: britain‘s prime minister has hit back at her former foreign secretary, after he criticised her so—called chequers plan for brexit. borisjohnson says theresa may‘s plan is a ‘disasterfor britain‘. in response the prime minister said she is providing leadership and that johnson has offered nothing new. here‘s our political editor laura kuenssberg. desp

we don't take positions as reuters, we just try to report the news.in this situation, we're just trying to get them out, that's all we're trying to do. >> and you are still reporting the news. what will the impact of this case be onyour ability and your desire to cover myanmar and the ongoing story in myanmar and bangladesh. >> we published the story. we published the assacre of the ten rohingya muslims and we've continued to do investigative pieces about howou va attacks and massacres have occurred and what's going on in the refugee camps and we absolutely intend to do that. we have not been intimidated, n'deterred and we wobe. we think this is a very important story. the only reason we're sere to do important stories. the only reason an organization likeurs goes to dangerous places is not to court dangerous but to get impoant stories and we think this is an important story and will continue to cove it. >> stephen adler, editor-in-chief of reuters, thank you very muc >> thank you, nick. >> yang: tomorrow bretth kavanaces the senate judiciary committe

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