thousands of rohingya houses burned down.ording to the information we're receiving, 180,000 rohingyas. it is growing. 10,000 rohingya have been trapped in the mountains. there is no food or shelter or a medicine for them. situation perfect we're facing in our history. that should not be happening in the 21st century where the death toll is increasing and children are dying day by day. -- the largest genocide where our government is targeting the whole population to wipe out the rohingya. nermeen: the satellite imagery shows 700 buildings burn the muslim village. the imagery shows that 99% of the village was destroyed. we're also joined by richard weir a fellow in asia division at human rights watch. you are based in burma last year. first of all, tell us what the sasatellite imagery showed. books this imagery shows that a village, primarily occupied by is rohingya population, completely destroyed. the damage we're seeing is consistent with burn damage. that is something that we have only been able to see one village at of 21

more than half a million rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh.% of the population of myanmar is buddhist. but a million rohingya muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. the latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. the bbc‘sjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. but could, and should, the un have done more before the killing and burning started? really disturbing to think that some of this could possibly have been prevented. caroline vandenebeele is a lawyer and aid worker, and between 2013 and 2015, she ran the office of the top united nations official in myanmar. this is her, renata dessallien, a cana

in the last month, half a million rohingya have fled myanmar in the last month, half a million rohingyaar into bangladesh. their tales of atrocity and abuse a reminder of the warnings that went unheard. hard to say which action would have been able to prevent this. but what i know for sure is that whatever was done was never going to prevent it. why not? the way it was done simply was ignoring the issue. jonah fisher, bbc news, yangon. and don't forget for more on the refugee crisis, you can go to our website. you'll also find analysis of the accusation that the un is failing to protect myanmar‘s rohingya muslims let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... the spanish government has defended its decision to send thousands of extra police to catalonia to try and stop an independence referendum this weekend. catalonia's devolved government has called on schools across the region to open, so they can be used as polling stations on sunday. the government in madrid says the vote is unconstitutional. the extremist group that calls itself islamic state has released an aud

people on the globe are of rohingya origin.fter this crisis, we can essentially say that has gone up quite considerably more. current rate, 30% to 40% of the rohingya population has been ethnically cleansed into bangladesh. on the current trajectory, we can expect the entire population to be ethnically cleansed by the end of the year. it will probably be no more rohingya in myanmar. the probability of them coming back is a must zero. the houses have been completely destroyed. another myanmar -- i know the myanmar have been watching the borders to make sure they can never come back. amy: more than 420,000 people have signed a addition calling on the nobel committee to revoke aung san suu kyi's peace prize. desmond tutu wrote an open letter to his "julie beloved younger sister" in which he said -- finally, azeem ibrahim, what are the rohingya calling for? what are you calling for? usually have worked on this issue, study them, wrote a book about this for so long? >> the rohingya want to live and own country, the country of their

so far, more than 100 and a0 thousand rohingyas have fled so far, more than 140,000 rohingyas have fled bangladesh has acussed myanmar of laying landmines along their border to stop people returning to their villages — an allegation denied by officials in myanmar. the united nations says it expects the number of rohingya refugees seeking safety in bangladesh to more than double. our correspondent sanjoy majumder sent this report from the border. these are myanmar‘s boat people, dazed, confused after an exhausting trip over the choppy bay of bengal. stepping on shore with their possessions, whatever they could grab in a hasty escape. this boat carrying rohingya refugees has just arrived on the south—eastern coast of bangladesh. you can see what a dangerous voyage it has been for them, the boat is listing dangerously on its side. but it's the only way they could have made their way here. they've been frightened, running for their lives. on the beach they collapse in a heap, many of them severely dehydrated and sea sick after an eight—hour voyage. some can scarcely believe they're alive, o

then, the harrowing journey of the rohingya. violent persecution pushes hundreds of thousands of this muslim minority out of myanmar and into bangladesh's muddy camps. >> every scrap of land is being used by the refugees to make shelter. since many of the refugee camps are overcrowded and such a large influx of people are coming in such a short period of time. people are doing what they can to make space for a home. >> brangham: and, it's politics monday-- we take a look at the g.o.p.'s high-stakes race for alabama's senate seat, and sean spicer's controversial cameo at the emmys. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs

, clashes between buddhists and rohingya muslims. is a rare case of people taking up arms, if you go by what the myanmar government says. we do not know exactly what happened inside the northern rakhine state. the government does not allow un officials or independent monitors to inspect what has happened. this has been a version of the myanmar government, we do not know what happened inside. but thousands of people are coming into bangladesh. i was speaking to one of the un officials earlier, and she said do almost reaching breaking point in those camps. bangladesh has its own problems. they are suffering from floods at the moment. how are they coping? bangladesh says they cannot ta ke coping? bangladesh says they cannot take any more refugees in the country. there are already 4000 rohingya refugees in that country. bangladesh is not a rich country. 0ne bangladesh is not a rich country. one third of the country was under water in the floods a couple of weeks ago. they have been urging the government of myanmar to take back these refu

>> translator: she should give the rights of the rohingya people back to them. they want their rights back. >> reporter: with new attacks by the insurgents and the government responding with clearance operations, any change of stance from myanmar or aung san suu kyi now seems unlikely. >> without question suu kyi is looked at as the most famous and in many ways to people the most heroic leader of myanmar ever. >> her reputation is suffering internationally certainly. since october she's essentially spearheaded a propaganda campaign denying that human rights violations are taking place. many people, including us, are perplexed by her response. she's not providing the moral leadership that she should be. >> reporter: with no solution in sight the rohingya continue to live in fear, waiting for security and acceptance in their own home. i'm bob woodruff reporting for "nightline" in bangladesh. >>> next here, the mother of two who went missing near houston as the hurricane was bearing down. why her boyfriend says he suspects foul play here. the unpe may weigh on your

two years, the rohingya people have been massacred, years, the rohingya people have been massacred ,ently images have been shown by human rights watch and amnesty, who say they are torturing and setting alight so many of the rohingya villages and people are being killed. this is happening, it is real news, not fake news. your own bbc cameras. you would accept it is contested by the government in myanmar, who say that first of all the latest military crackdown response to other militant attacks bya group response to other militant attacks by a group called arranger salvation army. some of the villages have been torched by the rohingya themselves. they would say that, of course. it is not surprising bearing in mind the last ten years they have been systematically raping rohingya women and killing people and massive growing children. but all the rohingya people have been denied basic rights in that country. again, the buddhist monks and generals and the buddhist monks and generals and the government say these are refugees, they do not belong to burma, and that is wrong have been living

whoever is biased towards the rohingya won't like her.eporter: she declined to be interviewed for this piece, but in a statement, her office said, "we strongly disagree with the accusations that the resident coordinator prevented internal discussions," and stressed that she had the backing of the un's secretary-general. in the last month, half a million rohingya have fled myanmar into bangladesh. their tales of atrocities and abuse are a reminder of the warnings that went unheard. >> hard to say which action would have been able to prevent this, but what i know for sure is that what was done was never going to prevent it. >> why not? >> the way it was done simply ignoring the issue. reporter: jonah fisher, bbc news. we went a short time ago to the united nations, where the security council was briefed on the crisis. what was said by whom about the plight of the rohingya today? reporter: the security council heard various accounts from the secretary-general, from those who had fled, bone-ling testimony. the council heard how whole villages

on the plight of the rohingya?llow this fact—finding mission set up by the human rights council to go into the country and start investigating and start assessing who is accountable for these human rights abuses. who is responsible... the second point is, we need to start talking about taking burma up at the un general assembly and taking it up to the human rights council on putting it at the forefront of the agenda to try to pressure burma's neighbours in southeast asia, any organisation for islamic proliferation to step up and put concerted pressure on burma. people watching this and following the story of the rohingya, don't understand why they are persecuted. can you give any perspective or background to this? the rohingya faced systematic discrimination. they not considered citizens of burma. this, ithink they not considered citizens of burma. this, i think is a fundamentalfailure burma. this, i think is a fundamental failure of the burmese government to recognise that fact, these people have been in burma for

more weary muslim rohingya people arrive in bangladesh.uddhist—dominated myanmar. this is godu thara in myanmar. the bbc filmed it in flames last week. the government said the fires were started by rohingya villagers. we found some of those villagers here in bangladesh. this couple watched the bbc‘s pictures of their village. they said the government's version of events is false and they blamed the police and local buddhists, whom they call the rakhine. translation: the rakhine were killing people. police were shooting. they set fire to our homes. they only killed muslims. they even killed people as they tried to escape. this is the rohingya district of maungdaw, a border town in myanmar. we found refugees from there too. again, the government told the bbc that rohingyas had set fire to their own homes. again, we found people who said that wasn't true. translation: in our area in maungdaw, all the houses, including mine, were set on fire by the military and the rakhine. i saw the fires with my own eyes. here at the hospital there are numer

the crisis of the rohingya muslims reaches catastrophic levels. the un warns the exodus, is destabilising the entire region. another case of the brexit blues — european commission president jean—claude juncker says britain, will soon regret its decision to leave the eu. back from the dead — this tortoise thought to be extinct for a hundred and fifty years, creeps back out of its shell. eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after hurricane irma knocked out its power and air conditioning, when it hit the state on sunday. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them were in critical condition. police are now conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. sarah corker reports. a state of emergency at a nursing home in florida. without air—conditioning since hurricane irma hit, police say the deaths at the home may be related to high temperatures inside the building. the tragedy described by a senator is inexcusable. 115 elderly and vulnerable residents under severe distress were taken to vulnerable residents und

more weary muslim rohingya people arrive in bangladesh.ng persecution in buddhist—dominated myanmar. this is godu thara in myanmar. the bbc filmed it in flames last week. the government said the fires were started by rohingya villagers. we found some of those villagers here in bangladesh. dildah begum and her husband watched the bbc‘s pictures of their village. they said the government's version of events is false and they blamed the police and local buddhists who they call the rakhine. translation: the rakhine were killing people. police were shooting. they set fire to our homes. they only killed muslims. they even killed people as they tried to escape. this is the rohingya district of mondor, a border town in myanmar. we found refugees from there too. again, the government told the bbc that rohingyas had set fire to their own homes. again, we found people who said that wasn't true. translation: in our area in mondor, all the houses, including mine were set on fire by the military and the rakhine. i saw the fires with my own eyes. people

the un found that what has happened to the rohingyas could amount toa has happened to the rohingyas couldn the past and it is happening again. it is notjust happening last during this year, but again and again. what is facing the rohingya is completely a crime against humanity, a genocide. in this kind of situation, the international community must act immediately. so the international community, world leaders, must pressure at the burmese military to stop this, and allow humanitarian aid access, and also, you know, restart the rohingya writes for the longer term. that is very important. you have made that very clear. the measurement, of course, would deny that those actions are taking place. —— the burmese government, of course. as brexit negotiations continue, financial institutions based in the uk are already looking for ways to minimise disruption to their business once the country leaves the eu. amsterdam is proving a favourite destination, with banks such as rbs and mitsubishi ufj among the firms moving there. our business editor simon jack reports from the netherlands. amsterdam, h

but not everyone sees the rohingya as victims.orrespondent fergal keane, has been to myanmar‘s second—biggest city, mandalay, to assess the mood of the buddhist majority and found they have a very different take on the situation. the sense of a buddhist country is powerfully felt in mandalay, so too are the echoes of current events. this collection was ostensibly for all refugees in rakhine state, but we heard the line repeated all over myanmar — muslims were being burned out by muslim terrorists. translation: they are not only destroying buddhist homes, but also muslim houses. i don't want all the terrorist groups. this is a war about the occupation of the territory. they are killing all the people they see and destroying all the houses they see. it was meant to be very different. a year ago, the pro—democracy, pro—human rights party of aung san suu kyi became the government. but the country's de facto leader has refused to either condemn the security crackdown or call for military restraint. in mandalay her party's spokesman see

rohingyas, he said, had now no choice but to take up arms.gladesh, i went to see one of the thousands who had answered his call. we met discreetly, in a quiet corner. he described how his commander — his amia, he called him — had come four years ago, and took me to the hills for training — forjihad, he said. on the 23rd of august, the attacks began, and the army immediately struck back. he heard shooting, he said, and sought has been satellite. what followed can only be described as suicidal charges by the rohingyas. translation: the army surrendered our villages. the people had no weapons. our army said we were going to die anyway, so we should die for the cause, and be martyred. so we picked up bamboo sticks — even old men and teenagers — and started fighting. and then the army was shooting at us. what we found as we have spoken to refugees in bangladesh is pretty wide sympathy for the asa militants, especially amongst younger men, because this is the first group that has started to fight back against the burmese military. but there are oth

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

she was never clear about the rohingya, she always equivocated about the rohingya.entarians in this country and in other countries raised alarm bells about that. so what happens? your colleague has talked about the ghost of srebrenica, the ghost of rwanda — can anyone stop her? well, it's not just ang sang suu kyi, it's the military, it's the military who is dictating what is happening and it is convenient for them that much of the attention is on her, understandably. except that if she is queen bee, she could exert more power? she should use her voice, that's true, and she hasn't, and that's deeply disappointing. but what we really need to do urgently is to apply serious pressure through the international media and the international community and the united nations on the military, because they are prosecuting these murders, they have killed thousands and thousands of people, half a million people have been displaced and art in refugee camps in chittagong in bangladesh. thousands of people have been displaced. this remark about fake news is shocking. but the focus

the rohingya live in rakhine state in mainly buddist myanamar. muslim militants on police. almost 90,000 rohingyas have fled the country in the last ten days. in canberra, close to 300 people have staged a protest outside parliament house to urge the australian government to intervene in the escalating crisis in myanmar. ahsan ul haque represents the burmese rohingya community in australia, whose members have been hearing first—hand from families back home about their suffering. and queue forjoining us. first of all, in your protests, what you want the australian government and the world to do about the situation in rakhine state? —— thank you for joining us. there are a lot of things that need to be done. short term, and immediately, we need the genocide to stop. we need the killing of the rohingya to stop. the women and children are being killed as well. we received reports from our community who have members of theirfamily back our community who have members of their family back home affected by this. it is horrific and graphic, some of the st

-- in rohingya. economic development plan for the next four years has been drafted to include regional development in various sectors. hundreds of new jobs and opportunity have been created for local people. viability of a special economic zone to bring new businesses has been assessed. the chance of infrastructure electrification has been expanded, with new roads and bridges built, including a new highway connecting remote areas previously accessible. -- an accessible -- unaccessible. all people living in the rakine states have access to health care services without discrimination. these include within hard-to-reach areas, with new mobile clinics. the government has upgraded solutions in brookline. -- rakine. students also have access to higher education without any discrimination. reachesrian aid communities in 95% of the affected areas before the attacks on august 25. we are starting another round of humanitarian aid endeavors, which we hope will take care of all the people in the region. to idps,

rohingyas, he said, had now no choice but to take up arms.gladesh, i went to see one of the thousands who had answered his call. we met discreetly, in a quiet corner. he described how his commander — his amia, he called him — had come four years ago, and took me to the hills for training — forjihad, he said. 0n the 23rd of august, the attacks began, and the army immediately struck back. he heard shooting, he said, and sought has been satellite. what followed can only be described as suicidal charges by the rohingyas. translation: the army surrendered our villages. the people had no weapons. 0ur amia said we were going to die anyway, so we should die for the cause, and be martyred. so we picked up bamboo sticks — even old men and teenagers — and started fighting. and then the army was shooting at us. what we found as we have spoken to refugees in bangladesh is pretty wide sympathy for the asa militants, especially amongst younger men, because this is the first group that has started to fight back against the burmese military. but there are oth

my colleague reeta chakra barti are fighting rohingya militants.reeta chakrabarti is across the board in bangladesh and askedif across the board in bangladesh and asked if the aid response is any better after earlier criticism. i think it will take awhile until things improve on the ground, what we have had today is more explanation from aid agencies as to why it has been so slow. i think they have been surprised at the huge surge in numbers, they expected maybe 100,000 people and have had ball times as many. there has been a certain problem with the gel sticks, conditions are very difficult, monsoon rains, so the roads are very difficult —— there has been a certain problem with logistics. and you have defined supplies for 400,000 people, these are some of the practical difficulties. —— you have to fine surprise. the main distributor of aid, the un, is only allowed to distribute aid to the three official camps which only has 70,000 people. we have almost 100,000 here. it is not clear why thatis 100,000 here. it is not clear why that is the case, it

told they should not help rohingyas get around.n a very little time and the bangladesh government wants to restrict their movements. they want to monitor them and they want them to be in certain areas, the coastal areas of cox's bazaar. so the reason why they have released this statement. can you explain what the justification is? according to the government, it is becoming harderfor them to monitor the rohingyas. so they want them to stay in cox's bazaar so that they know where they are, so they know what sort of activities they are involved in. so they cannot blend in with the bangladeshi community. the general idea is theyjust want to monitor their movement. and aid, i understand is coming in from other countries. how is it being distributed and is it enough? aid agencies were saying they are only allowed to work within registered camps with rohingyas who are already registered with the government. so what happens to those who arrived in this short amount of time and living outside the camps? they weren't receiving any aid, or t

they say rohingya. it's not rohingya. they lie...they lie. bengali, they lie.ther land, my father land, not bengali land. this is the result of that hatred. by chance, we spotted a fire close to the road, which had just been started. it was a muslim village called goduthaya. the roof of the madrassa had just been set alight. islamic school books were strewn across the path. this happened within walking distance of a large police barracks. we've just arrived at this village, and, as you can see from these fires, they've onlyjust been lit. in fact, we bumped into the people who almost certainly lit them, carrying machetes, not wanting to talk. but one did admit, yes, they set these buildings alight with the help of the police. they are ethnic rakhine. this was a muslim village. the government has claimed that all of the village destruction is at the hands of muslim militants and rohingya inhabitants. what we've seen here tells us a very different story, a story of ethnic cleansing, of driving muslims out of this part of myanmar. we still don't know the fate of th

more now on the plight of the rohingyas. rights watch. the organisation has called on the international community to impose a new arms embargo and targeted sanctions on the military in myanmar. we can speak to him now from bangkok. so, today we are finally going to hear more from the un on what it thinks is happening in myanmar, what do you expect all, what would you like to hear, from the un today?” think that we have already heard from the un secretary general and the high commissioner for from the un secretary general and the high commissionerfor refugees. what we're seeing is ethnic cleansing and we agree with that assessment. the question is now what does the un expect member states to do. that is the trick is questioned. so far we have not seen anywhere near the level that we wanted of reaction to this atrocity being committed against the rohingya. there has to be a much higher level of response, there needs to be more engaged international community prepared to say to the burmese generals that there are going to be pr

you are from the rohingya. you moved to the uk 15 yea rs rohingya. they have seen military slaughtering men, women and children and they have seen many children and they have seen many children being thrown to the fire and also you know many thousands of rohingya have been trapped in the mountain when they're passing through, a big mountain. it took six or seven days and it is continuously, rohingya there is mass killings going on against rohingya. that's what i've been hearing. according to our information, the humanitarian crisis is growing and 170,000 people become homeless and idps. they are without food, medical, and shelter. that's what the situation much more worse than now. the humanitarian crisis is growing there. it's quite serious concern i would like to say. vivian, you're working with two official refugee centres in bangladesh with the un refugee agency. what have you seen? well, we're working in refugee camps that pre—existed this influx. 0k. these two camps have seen around 30,000 new arrivals in the last 12 days or so. that's a huge i

half—a—million rohingya muslims have left the country in the last month.e kicked out of china by january. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the china daily looks at the preparations in beijing ahead of donald trump's visit to china in november. the paper has this picture of ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner, both advisors to the president, attending a reception at the chinese embassy in washington. the japan times leads — unsurprisingly — on the snap election and the dissolution of parliament. it writes that the election looks likely to become a two horse race between shinzo abe and tokyo's first female governor. and the new york times looks ahead to this sunday's referendum on independence in the spanish region of catalonia. the paper has a photo of a tourist draped in a catalan separatist flag and reports that the government in madrid has been trying to block the referendum which it sees as illegal. now what stories are sparking discussions online? unsurprisingly, sharanjit, the death of the founder of playboy magazine

so why has aung sang suu kyi remained silent on the suffering of the rohingya?iewed her several times over the years, has this report, which does contain flashing photography. against the tyranny of dictatorship, she was the perfect symbol — a compelling voice, articulating the language of universal human rights. great prizes followed, a nobel laureateship for peace. but house arrest, the destruction of her family life were the price for what seemed an unbending commitment to human rights. and yet she defends a brutal military crackdown that has uprooted more than 100,000 people. today she was welcoming india's supportive prime minister and denouncing terror attacks on police and border posts by rohingya militants. so we believe that together we can work to make sure that terrorism is not allowed to take root on our soil or on the soil of our neighbouring countries. decades of discrimination and anti—rohingya violence helped create the animosity out of which militant violence grew. in a place where most of their buddhist neighbours live in extreme poverty, the r

not just muslims and rohingya, but also small minority groups. humanitarian systems is provided --displace community communities by taking led by the minister of social welfare relief and resettlement from 27th of august onward. details of humanitarian assistance programs will be made available in due course. the final report of the advisory commission on the rohingya state was made public on the 25th of august. the very day on which the large round of attacks took place. we are determined to implement the recommendations of all the commissions. those recommendations that will bring speedy improvement to the situation within a short frame of time will begin a priority. other recommendations will have to take time over. every single recommendation that will benefit peace, harmony, and development in the rohingya state will be emblematic within the shortest time. -- implemented within the shortest time possible. the government is working to restore the situation. since the fifth of september, there have been no armed clashes, and no clearance opera

you know, some young rohingya groups, they attacked police posts.e attackers, you know. military targeting the whole rohingya population — they are taking a collective punishment. we are hearing from the ground that, you know, militaryjust go in, village by village, they're burning down elderly men, women, and children. they are killing, slaughtering. that is what's happening. that's what we've been hearing. the president of the hermes rohingya organisation in the uk. —— burmese. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes to cardinal cormac murphy—o'connor — the man who led the roman catholic church in england and wales for nearly a decade. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind the

charge of ethnic cleansing of the rohingya's. in the last eight months the numbers of rohingyas fleeing for their lives have surged to more than 70,000. but now, their lives are more precarious than ever before. monsoon season and a punishing cyclone damaged many 35,000 so, the bangladeshi government plans to resolve the rohingya's continued displacement by moving 60,000 of the refugees to this remote island. aid agencies like the u.n.h.c.r. and human rights watch have expressed alarm over the planned relocation. we began our journey on a sea truck from chittagong to sandwip island. we traveled first by sea truck, then by a private boat where a local fishermen agreed to take us to the island. it was a dangerous journey, as pirates are known to control these seas and take hostages for people ransom. but the island is not easy to access. the tides are too high on the bigger ship so we had to take a small boat to take us to the island. we just made it to the island. we managed to find a muddy bog to land near, and get across to the

they myanmar —— the rohingya ‘s. they we re myanmar —— the rohingya ‘s.on, they say this whole campaign was provoked by the burning of police stationed a few weeks back by revving at muslim what they called terrorists. that is certainly true that this group known as the rohingya salvation army carried out those attacks and also in october last year. it is important to say that they are a very small group and not representative of the whole rohingya population and they are a response to decades of desperate persecution. we condemned the actions, they were deeply counter—productive and wrong but the myanmar army has responded grossly disproportionately to them. and therefore i assume that again, coming out of myanmar, we are told they are burning their own villages, you would regard that as a convenient excuse making? absolutely, i don't think there is any credible evidence to suggest the rohingyas are burning their own villages. this small armed group carried out attacks against myanmar police posts, but to describe ao0,000 police posts, but to describe a0

it's a vast settlement, a temporary home for all the rohingya refugees who've come over from the rohingya over from myanmar and have the rohingya refugees who've come overfrom myanmar and have nowhere to go. even this place is going to reach its limit in a few days. bangladesh is now struggling to cope with the growing numbers of rohingyas streaming in every day. especially as many more are waiting at the border. to accommodate them, i don't have enough land. that is the important thing. from this we don't have enough shelters so we can accommodate them here. there is actually the food problem, hygiene, water, the health problems and actually, they're water, the health problems and actually, they‘ re occupying water, the health problems and actually, they're occupying forest land. that's causing huge tensions for the host community. this set off the exodus, satellite images obtained by human rights watch show entire villages burned down inside myanmar. more than a00 rohingyas have been killed in ten days. the worst violence in a generation. it is hard to independently verify the situation

the crisis of the rohingya muslims has greeted catastrophic levels.he entire region being affected as thousands flee the violence in myanmar. look who's coming to dinner at the white house -- donald trump invites the top two democrats in hopes of cutting a deal. and strike up the orchestra. last night a robot took over his conductor and apparently wowed the crowd. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the humanitarian crisis affecting the rohingya muslims of myanmar has reached catastrophic levels according to the united nations. thethe secretary-general has cad on the authorities in myanmar, a mainly buddhist country, to suspend their military action against the rohingya people. he warns of the crisis is destabilizing the entire region. rita chakravarty starts our coverage. rita: the end of a long journey. rohingyay muslim people live in bangladesh -- arrive in bangladesh, fleeing persecution in buddhist dominated myanmar. bbc filmed it in flames last week. the government said the fires were started by rohingya

you know, some young rohingya groups, they attacked police posts.not targeting those attackers, you know. military targeting the whole rohingya population — they are taking a collective punishment. we are hearing from the ground that, you know, militaryjust go in, village by village, they're burning down elderly men, women, and children. they are killing, slaughtering. that is what's happening. that's what we've been hearing. a nurse at a hospital in the us state of utah has said she was assaulted by police after refusing to give officers a blood sample from one of her patients. alex wubbels declined the request because the police didn't have a warrant or the patient‘s consent. the city's mayor has now apologised, saying it was completely unacceptable. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. the university of utah hospital, in salt lake city. a nurse, alex wubbels, is talking to police officers. they want a sample of blood from one of her patients — the driver of a lorry, who was badly burned in a crash, and is now in a coma. he is not under arrest, he can't

this is targeted particularly at the rohingya.ges, in one of which, the properties that people who are not rohingya live in are still standing for the other side is burned to the ground. it is absolutely targeted at the rohingya. it is ethnic cleansing, there was no doubt about that. the un are discussing the situation next. what do you want the un and the international community to do not to do? the un general assembly meets next few days, so we will the international community there. it has to be high on the agenda. we are in the middle of ethnic cleansing, massive scale. we want the international community to put absolute pressure upon the military within myanmar and tell them this has to stop. that pressure is there already. it is not there enough and not there consistently. it so we need that. we need there to be support for refugees in bangladesh, and we need to see a complete end to any arms sales into that country. we need to see that concerted, diplomatic effort focused to stop what is happening. two high—profile visits —