villages and allegedly conducted mass executions and rapes hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighboring bangladesh where most remain in refugee camps today. suchi has not so much as criticized this campaign although it bears the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing at the international court of justice last year she defended the same military that once persecuted her she questions rohingya accounts of atrocities and refuses to even speak their name suit she's record since taking office has lost her many of the honors ones keep done or now europe has turned its back on her to the ground so how did it come to this and what do you want to every house on this from you don't know isha an old salt of the book the daughter of a political biography off. road you on what you ought to do quick do on a aung san suu. so i don't think so it was too quick we have to think back it was 990 when sons of she was awarded with the sakharov prize of the european parliament and what has happened before so 19882 years ago there was a student uprising in myanmar and she became like the most important pers

hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed in indonesia after six months at sea.been moved to a shelter, where they will be tested for coronavirus.

hundreds of rohingya refugees land in indonesia after spending six months at sea. hello, peter.nd pepper the "culturally aware" robot — the answer to the care home staff shortage? hello. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been abducted by unidentified men, according to local reports. witnesses say maria kalesnikava, one of the three women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital on sunday. the interior ministry is saying it has no information about her being detained. the bbc‘s jonah fisher has this report. maria kolesnikova was, until today, pretty much a political survivor. pretty much the last belarus opposition leader who is not in jail and who hasn't fled the country. this was her in minsk yesterday, taking part in a fourth weekend of demonstrations, calling for the country's president alexander lu kashenko, to step down. as the day came to an end the riot police fought back. dozens were detained and this morning miss

villages and allegedly conducted mass executions and rapes hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighboring bangladesh where most remain in refugee camps today. suchi has not so much as criticized this campaign although it bears the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing at the international court of justice last year she defended the same military that once persecuted her she questions rohingya accounts of atrocities and refuses to even speak their name suit she's record since taking office has lost her many of the honors once he done or now europe has turned its back on her to the ground so how did it come to this and what do you want to add because of his from an old salt of the book the daughter a political biography of aung san suu che wrote you on what you thought up too quick to on a aung san suu change. so i don't think so it was too quick we have to think back it was 990 when she was awarded with the sakharov prize of the european parliament and what has happened before so 9882 years ago there was a student uprising in myanmar and she became like the most important person bringi

ball also ahead stranded at sea for months hundreds of rohingya refugees arriving in indonesia is a problem and it's time for high shan moves towards north korea after lashing the south with strong winds and heavy rainfall and military helicopters are brought in to rescue campus trapped by wildfires in northern california. i am. thank you very much for joining us india has a faster brazil to become the country with the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in the world in the past 24 hours the health ministry has reported more than 90000 new cases and over 1000 deaths india has had the world's largest daily number of infections for almost a month now despite the government discontinuing with plans to reopen including resuming metro rail services in the capital it is a random is at one of the stations in new delhi. despite india according to me. any other country. to egypt is immune to new bedford have been the 1st time in the. number of major cities including here in delhi in fact mumbai police if you look at it it would be. measured in september by the capital the worst they say mo

confessions of mass murder and burning of whole rohingya villages how alleged details from 2 myanma soldiers could help bring a genocide case to the international criminal courts. there watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also ahead an opposition leader mariano nice nicole is detained at the ukrainian border a day after she was reportedly snatched off the street spying masked men. severe flooding in sudan has killed at least 100 people and cause widespread devastation we'll have the latest update from the capital khartoum. and scorched earth in california wildfires burn through a war of the state spend ever before. thank you very much for joining us many have labeled it genocide now to myanmar soldiers may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the international criminal court there are reports 2 men are in custody in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice over the killing of rohingya muslims the human rights school 45 wright says it has seen tapes confessions from 2 men who say they deserted from. in the lengthy videos the

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in late twenty's 16 myanmar's army and police launched a crackdown on the rohingya people and ethnic and religious minority in the country's north east saying they were fighting militants troops systematically destroyed rohingya villages and allegedly conducted mass executions and rapes hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighboring bangladesh where most remain in refugee camps today. suchi has not so much as criticized this campaign although it bears the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing at the international court of justice last year she defended the same military that once persecuted her she questions rohingya accounts of atrocities and refuses to even speak their name suit she's record since taking office has lost her many of the honors once heaped on or now europe has turned its back on her to the ground so how did it come to this and what do you want to because it is from d.w. issue an old salt of the book the daughter of a political biography of. a rodeo on what you ought to do quick to on a aung san suu genie. so i don't think so it was too quick we have to think back it w

that twong up, claims myanmar soldiers have confessed to their part in a crackdown on rohingya muslims. growes of a no-deal brexit as the u.k. government says they would bypass parts of their divorce agreement with the eu. >> i'm in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river, and i will be telling you about the impact of the flood on neigighborhoods anand the govert response. ♪ hello, and welcome to the program. new details are emerging about anw a prominent belarusi opposition leader was snatched from the streets in minsk. after the disappearance of maria, her whereabouts remain unknown. it is claimed unidentified men forced her across the border into ukraine, but she tore up her passport so she couldn't read -- couldn't leave belarus. >> arriving at the ukrainian border, three opposition activists, two men and one woman. the driver and another man inside had been arrested in the capital not long before she was detained. they had been told they would be prosecuted if they didn't cross the border. the pair explained what happened. >> as soon she got i

from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a huge development rohingya refugees since the beginning of the crackdown that was launched against them august 25th 2017 have used the word genocide to describe what happened what was perpetrated against them so if now there is direct testimony that means that me and mark could be a lot more liable ok let's cross over to the hague is live for us what's the i.c.c. saying about these 2 moves to. they're not saying much to be honest they have the night that just 2 men are in custody of the court despite earlier we report what we've heard that they would be in custody so they're not in custody what that means is that they most likely a witness protection program or at least here in the hague as witnesses if this report is true that they have arrived here earlier this week the bus acuteness office the sas that while the investigation is ongoing does not make any comments and they're also urging people not to speculate about any witnesses or people involved in this case becau

named other soldiers and senior commanders involved in the crimes homage in june has covered the rohingya crisis extensively and says they mean mars army's brutality has been exposed. fortify rights representatives fortify rights of course is an international human rights group they have viewed this video they obtained it by from the kind of army our kind of army is a rebel group in iraq kind state they are fighting the government of myanmar for greater autonomy in the region and they say that the video shows the confession of these 2 tatmadaw soldiers the tatmadaw is the name for me and morris military that they are foot soldiers and that these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military including senior commanders and that in these confessions they talk about the clearance operations in which they killed numerous villagers and in which they also participated in rapes of village women this is all very disturbing and of course i've been told by members of other rights grou

has covered the rohingya crisis extensively and has more. if these 2 soldiers are indeed giving these kinds of details to i.c.c. investigators that could have a huge impact on a potential case it's been well over a year now that the i.c.c. has been trying to build a case they launched an investigation they have opened a case but it has been tricky for the i.c.c. because of jurisdictional issues because me and maher is not a signatory to the rome statute they are not a member of the international criminal court they do not recognize the i.c.c. bangladesh however a which has helped the i.c.c. in building this case is a member of the rome statute and the fact that in the reporting there has been about this we heard that these 2 soldiers fled to bangladesh it's really going to be interesting to find out just how much of a role bangladesh played in trying to get them to the i.c.c. of course having direct testimony from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a huge developm

nearly $300.00 rohingya refugees of been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for 6 months they believe it's believed rather the group set sail from bangladesh in late march or early april they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of the pandemic hundreds of thousands of rohingya have fled myanmar since the military crackdown in 2017 mostar in neighboring bangladesh earlier i spoke to james gomes who is a regional director at the asia center he says the issue around rohingya refugees have shifted in recent months. i think 2 interesting developments in this state of crises 1st is the bush base pushback from bangladesh the government has you know publicly stated that it's increasing for teak. ringer refugees in bangladesh. and the government has also stated it is not going to accept investments what the ngo well being if it means extending yes they can cause particular so you don't need that kind of or shit happening the 2nd issue is really is that this is happening in the context of 19 this is pretty unique in this juncture in ti

that they are foot soldiers and that these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military including senior commanders and that in these confessions they talk about the clearance operations in which they killed numerous villagers and in which they also participated in rapes of village women this is all very disturbing and of course i've been told by members of other rights groups that what is being described in these videos very much fits the pattern of testimonies taken from rohingya refugees over the years as far as the atrocities that were committed against them when that brutal crackdown by min mars military started in iraq and state in august of 2070 staff osten has more from the hague. we are hearing reports that they might have a right here on monday officially the court denies that they are and cost $30.00 which is probably now the case is that there is a witness protection program here at the prosecutor's office the prosecutor's office i have to explain its independenc

mars military started in iraq and stayed in august of 2070 so what would this mean then for the rohingya in me and mar the refugees outside of. well if these 2 soldiers are actually at the hague and if they are either in witness protection or in another part of the hague and they are providing testimony that could be a huge development there is this investigation that has been launched by the international criminal court it's been going on for a while now but this would be the 1st time that members of memoirs military have broken rank have admitted to crimes being perpetrated against the rohingya. and this is something that is quite stunning that there are observers who i've spoken with today who were stunned to have seen this testimony emerge so this could really be a catalyst as far as at some point perhaps bringing charges of genocide at the i.c.c. against me and more ok thank you very much for clearing that up for us let's not cross over to the hague itself that's where stuff is joining us from so do we have any more details about the whereabouts of these 2 soldiers. you know not rea

nearly 300 rohingya refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting it seemed for 6 months at least 30 people died on the journey from bangladesh those who survived have been moved to a temporary shelter but it's not clear if they'll be allowed to stay in indonesia just a washington reports from jakarta. after 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey now though safe in the indonesian province of. nearly $300.00 were hindu refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on the long trip from bangladesh. are still fortunately we came to indonesia and indonesian people a really helpful towards us local authorities are working with the un's refugee agency to provide support including medical care. that. i couldn't stretch my legs when i slept we were just sitting so it affected our legs so much that we almost got paralyzed some of the group told al jazeera they were trying to get to malaysia knows him to move out of one of the i have my sisters in the camps so i wanted to go to malaysia to earn money t

the bangladeshi government is trying to persuade more than 100000 rohingya refugees to move to a remote island in the bay of bengal but some are opposing the relocation plan you know and agencies are warning about the danger of flooding and claims that tell about child free reports. russian island is 100000 growing as will be moving to if the bangladesh government can persuade them to government leaders said the remote island 60 kilometers off shore in the bay of bengal is better option than the world's biggest refugee camps in cox's bazaar more than 300 rohingya refugees are already here after being rescued in may 1000 and in me in my we suffered a lot of atrocities which is why we escaped to bangladesh then we tried to go to malaysia because some of us got engaged to ring him and there wanted a better life but the malaysian navy refused us and tree and forced us back into the sea we drifted for months until the bangladesh navy rescued us and saved our lives we are a 10 lee grateful for it. was in the delegation of running a community leaders were recently ferried to the island to surv

in men ska day after more mass protests and mass arrests stranded at sea for months hundreds of rohingya refugees arrive in indonesia as a crutch a province and so on high should moves towards north korea lashing south korea with strong winds and heavy rainfall. india has surpassed brazil to become the country with the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in the world in the past 24 hours the health ministry has reported more than 90000 new cases and over 1000 deaths india has had the world's largest daily number of infections for nearly a month now despite this the government discontinuing with its plans to reopen including resuming metro rail services in the capital and as a random is at one of the stations in new delhi. despite in the according to make any other country in the past 2 easing the. it isn't any continuing medical advance it was timing it was a number of major cities and leading here in delhi in fact mumbai was if you said that it won't be any metal in september like the capital of the worst that day was now this is ever leave to many. many millions of people in

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earlier the fact that you have covered this case means you you have a lot of contacts among the rohingya and bangladesh and elsewhere. in your estimation rob how great is the risk do you think that there might be some sort of reprisal against working here who are still in me and more as a result of this this is something that is always on the minds really foremost in the minds of rohingya refugees who are in bangladesh they are constantly worried about what is going on with their relatives back in iraq and say because there still are hundreds of thousands of rolling in iraq kind state and in fact you had the u.n. officials and many rights organizations who have said in the past that they are concerned that there is an ongoing genocide being perpetrated by me and more as a military against the rohingya in iraq i say that means they believe that this genocide didn't just happen in 2017 in iraq and say they believe it is happening even today and so rohingya refugees that you speak with in the camps are always concerned about what might happen about the reprisals that their relatives my face

also coming up claims that to me and more soldiers have confessed to their part in the crackdown on rohingya muslims in what could be a breakthrough for international prosecutors' chances of a no deal breck's it grow and the u.k. government admits it would break international law to bypass parts of its divorce agreement with the e.u. last. i'm people more going to invest some of the in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and i'll be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. to the welcome to the program new details are emerging about how a prominent opposition leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk more than 24 hours after her disappearance her whereabouts remain unknown it's claimed unidentified men tried to force maria cholas nicol of across the border into ukraine but she tore apart past 4 so she could not leave by live loose the reports . arriving at the ukrainian border in the early hours 3 belarusian opposition activists 2 men and one woman the driver and another man inside had bee

not the world's 2nd worst affected country after months at sea in a wooden boats nearly $300.00 rohingya make it to indonesia's aceh province tropical storm haitian moves towards north korea after lashing south korea with strong winds and heavy rain. thank you very much for joining us we begin in bello rule sway prominent protest leader is missing after an incident in the center of the capital minsk in the past few hours maria kolesnik over who's spoken at many major rallies was taken away in a van by unidentified people she's been a campaign manager for opposition politicians any vocal supporter as that manotick on austria was now in exile in lithuania when a smith reports. there is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of minsk. the ministry of interior in valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasn't stopped people descending on the capitol for a 4th week of protest against the continued leadership of president alexander lukashenko he claims he won the aug 9th election with 80

coming up on the news hour a relocation plan for rohingya refugees but there are concerns whether their new home on a bangladeshi island is suitable. a growing threat the battle to contain dozens of wildfires in the western united states in sport find out of this tennis player could pick himself up to secure a spot in the final after u.s. open. how it's so quiet across the middle east at least in terms of weather a little speak of light winds for the most part but some places a cloud across the western side of saudi arabia little more of a breeze just coming in across the red sea but it is quiet to push over towards the gulf temperatures here in doha at around 40 celsius is still very warm but as hot as it has been recently into the levant the still getting up to 31 inch roots slim to 29 therefore beirut he continues as we go on through the coming days little more cloud there into west impossible to go on through monday wanted to show was a possibility here and of course wanted to show was there into eritrea and ethiopia showers strafe thing further west swiss and we are looking at heav

hundreds of thousands of rohingya have fled where they face violence and persecution to bangladesh.there, many tried to reach southeast asian countries by boat to escape poverty and crowded refugee camam. community groups are trying their best to help with food and other essentials. >> they said they were from bangladesh and going to malaysia, but there boat became broken so they were stranded. acha welcome them with open arms. >> it is not clear if they will be allowed to stay here in indonesia. >> they will be kept here for the time being intense and the building. the government will register each of them. >> many of those we spoke to have made the same plea. >> if the indonesian government allow us to stay, we will stay. if they don't allow us, then maybe america, australia, or canada will take us. >> they are -- bully hoping to make a new home for themselves wherever they are accepted. barbara: a young girl tackled to the ground by hong kong police your pro-democracy protest has told local media that we she -- that she was only buying schools apprise -- school supplies. it says

last year myanmar was accused of genocide against the rohingya people in a suit filed at the internationalrt of justice. u.n. investigators have concluded the crackdown was carried out with genocidal inintent. she defended her country's military against the allegations. her stance on row mingian muslims has prompted calls for revoking the nobel peace prize she won in 1991. >>> a congolese nobel peace prize laureate has called on the international community to acknowledge the ongoing killings and sexual violence in congo. in an exclusive interview, deni condemned the violence, suggested that perpetrators were taking advanantage of the socia instability caused by covid-19. >> we have many cases of rapape and also, we have this p proble of, and ththis is even killing more thahan the covid-19 pandem in this papart of f the region. so we cacan't forget what is gog on in this regegion. >> the democratic republic of congo has been plagued by conflict for decades, but renewed fighting has erupted as the company faces challenges posed by covid-19. mukwege says his tm at a hospital in eastern congo

after months at sea in a wooden boats nearly $300.00 rohingya make it to indonesia's problems. tropical storm hi sam moves towards north korea lashing south korea with strong winds heavy rain. and i'm only a harding with your sports news world number one novak djokovic is disqualified from the u.s. open after hitting a ball into the throat of a line judge. let me begin with a developing story out of bella russa prominence protest leader is missing after an incident in the center of the capital minsk in the last few hours. the cobra who spoken at many major rallies was taken away in a. by unidentified people she's been accounting manager for opposition politicians and of vocal supporter. taken of scalia who is now in exile in lithuania or bonn in smith's monitoring developments from neighboring lithuania boehner just talk us through what we know about this latest incident. or we're hearing from activists connected with maria colonists that she was up ducted. off the streets at sea pushed into a minivan by men police say they are also looking into reports. that she has been detai

three years ago, a crackdown by the military in myanmar left thousands of rohingya muslims dead, anda million rohingya people now live in the world's largest refugee camps in cox bazar, bangladesh. every year 20,000 children are born in the camps, knowing nothing of life outside. the bbc‘s bengali service met one of them — three—year—old nayeem. here's his story. tour operator tui says it has launched an investigation, after at least 16 cases of coronavirus were linked to one of its flights from the greek island of zante to cardiff in wales. the flight took place last tuesday. some of those on board have accused cabin crew of failing to challenge those on the plane who were not wearing face coverings. caroline davies reports. sunshine getaways to the island of zante — an appealing prospect to many uk holidaymakers. but for some, travelling back from holiday to cardiff, it wasn't the return they were hoping for. as soon as we boarded, we realised that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of face masks. many of them were wearing them around their chins,

three years ago, a crackdown by the military in myanmar left thousands of rohingya muslims dead, and over a million rohingya people now live in the world's largest refugee camps in cox's bazar, bangladesh. every year 20,000 children are born in the camps, knowing nothing of life outside. the bbc‘s bengali service met one of them — three—year—old nayeem. here's his story. tour operator, tui, has launched an investigation — at least 16 cases of coronavirus have been linked to one of its flights from the greek island of zante to cardiff in wales. the flight was last tuesday. some of those on board have accused cabin crew of failing to challenge those on the plane who were not wearing face coverings. caroline davies reports. sunshine getaways to the island of zante — an appealing prospect to many uk holidaymakers. but for some, travelling back from holiday to cardiff, it wasn't the return they were hoping for. as soon as we boarded, we realised that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of face masks. many of them were wearing them around their chins, under

three years ago, a crackdown by the military in myanmar left thousands of rohingya muslims dead, andver a million rohingya people now live in the world's largest refugee camps in cox bazar, bangladesh. every year 20,000 children are born in the camps, knowing nothing of life outside. the bbc‘s bengali service met one of them — three—year—old nayeem. here's his story. kenyan tv presenter, victoria rubadiri, has been awarded the bbc world news komla dumor award. it was set up in 2015 in honour of our colleague, presenter komla dumor, who died injanuary 2014 — and it celebrates african journalism by uncovering exceptional talent. victoria is the sixth winner of the award — here ‘s how she found out she'd got it. i was overwhelmed. at first i thought i was coming in for a follow—up interview session and next thing they pop up on the screen and say... you have won the bbc's world news award. 0h, my gosh. oh, wow! i did not see that coming. oh, my gosh. and i just felt a rush of emotion. it was almost like i shifted from someone was almost like i shifted from someone being interviewed to b

hundreds of rohingya refugees land in indonesia after six months at sea.nd is pepper, the culturally—aware robot, the answer to the care home staff shortage? hello to you. one of the leading opposition figures in belarus has been abducted by unidentified men — according to local reports. witnesses say maria kolesnikava — one of the three women who joined forces to challenge president lukashenko in the recent election, was bundled into a vehicle in minsk and driven away. she had attended a mass demonstration in the capital on sunday. the interior ministry is saying it has no information about her being detained. the bbc‘s jonah fisher has this report. a political survivor. pretty much the last belarus opposition leader who is not in jail and who hasn't fled the country. this was her in minsk yesterday, taking part in a fourth weekend of demonstrations, calling for the country's president, alexander lu kashenko, to step down. as the day came to an end the riot police fought back. dozens were detained, and this morning miss kolesnikava was picked up from a mi

to lebanon and is wanted by japanese police bangladesh is planning to relocate more than 100000 rohingya refugees to a remote island but rights group amnesty international says the rohingya need to be consulted about the decision aid agencies say they're concerned by the threat of flooding and cyclons in the region the says the refugees shouldn't be forced to move and those already on the island should be brought back russia's president has given his backing to embattled belarus leader alexander lukashenko on monday they held their 1st face to face meeting since mass protests escalated against local shango lot of repute and says the belarusian people should deal with the political crisis themselves without foreign interference step boston has more from mints. it was clear from the start of the meeting who is calling the shots look at shanghai's proven to be a tough negotiator for puttin in the past this time he was taking note of what the russian leader had to say and making his case for moscow support. the main thing and i say it's all the time is not to cross the line there's a red lin

we'll hear this boat took six months to travel from bangladesh to indonesia with this large group of rohingyams on board. there are fears people smugglers kept them at sea. the uk government is planning new legislation that would over—ride a part of the withdrawal agreement it signed, to leave the eu. the context here is that talks over the future trading relationship between the uk and the eu are reaching the sharp end — and there's no deal yet. to sum up what this amounts to, here's rob watson. it seems to me there may be three reasons for this tactic. number one, a sort of obvious one, to exert maximum pressure on the european union to do a deal. two, it may be about domestic consumption, it may be the british government tried to send her before eventually giving away, as indeed happened lester with borisjohnson. and away, as indeed happened lester with boris johnson. and then away, as indeed happened lester with borisjohnson. and then the third possibility is that the british government actually rather once a no—deal brexit. government actually rather once a no-deal brexit. -- actually wa

as well as been stateless and homeless the coronavirus pandemic is worsening the plight of the rohingya with no legal status their future seems more on certain than ever country children dhaka bangladesh. the governor of the u.s. state of oregon says dozens of people have been reported missing as massive wildfires burn across the state 1000000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as fires threaten bonaire is the city of portland is shrouded in smoke and now has the worst quality of the world's major cities. further south in california the remains of 7 people have been found by firefighters the state has been ravaged by dozens of fires for several weeks and 15000 firefighters are battling blazes across the state fires have already burned through 1250000 hectares. all the news of course on our website everett is on your screen the address al jazeera dot com 0 dot com. a quick check of the headlines here and al-jazeera bahrain has become the latest arab nation to recognize israel it follows a similar u.s. brokered deal with the united arab emirates the palestinian authority has co

from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a huge development rohingya refugees since the beginning of the crackdown that was launched against them august 25th 2017 have used the word genocide to describe what happened what was perpetrated against them so if now there is direct testimony that means that me and mark could be a lot more liable. but the russian state t.v. says a prominent opposition activist missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine maria kolesnik over was being seen snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van state media denying those reports belarus an opposition candidate sideline as a kind of sky a says president alexander who sanka no longer has the legitimacy to engage in diplomatic affairs she told members of the council of europe that any treaties signed with look at shanker wouldn't be upheld by future governments my country my nation might be will now need help need international pressure on this regime this is one you need to know this we

a harrowing journey at sea and for nearly $300.00 rohingya refugees 6 months after setting sail they've been found on a beach in demeans the. protesters in south africa accuse a leading pharmacy chain of posting racist advertisements. and timely harding with your sports news novak djokovic is disqualified from the u.s. open after hitting a ball that strikes a female line judge in the throat. thanks for joining us they were convicted for their part in the murder of saudi journalist . but less than 2 years after his killing in turkey 8 men have had their sentences reduced the announcement was made by the saudi prosecution service which also declared the case closed last year 5 of them were given the death. for the killing but that has been cut back to 20 years in jail the others have been given sentences ranging from 7 to 10 years was murdered by a saudi had inside its stumble consulates in 2018 and saudi arabia refused all coals for the men to go on trial in turkey let's discuss this is that i mean he's the director of global engagement at the american university of beirut and the nonres

that they are foot soldiers and that these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military including senior commanders and that in these confessions they talk about the clearance operations in which they killed numerous villagers and in which they also participated in rapes of village women this is all very disturbing and of course i've been told by members of other rights groups that what is being described in these videos very much fits the pattern of testimonies taken from rohingya refugees over the years as far as the atrocities that were committed against them when that brutal crackdown by me in mars' military started in iraq and state in august of 2070 talks police leaders in new york's 3rd largest city are retiring and masts and made an inquiry into a man's death in custody last week protests erupted in the city of rochester after details emerged about the death of african american daniel prude in march crude family released previously unseen video of his arrest which sh

because they those 2 countries do believe that me and more had perpetrated a genocide against the rohingya that is a much more fully formed case proceedings have already begun in those cases there have been provisional measures that have been ordered by the i.c.j. to compel me and more to not just preserve evidence but also to file with them every 6 months or so updates as to what me and more is doing to ensure the safety of the or who are still in me and more that's the i.c.j. the i.c.c. of course that's the top court of the united nations and if there were a case launched and if there were charges of genocide and we're speaking hypothetically right now in the i.c.c. you could see a tribunal is stablished you could see people compelled to come to a court room and have the charges brought against them that could be you know some of the top leadership of me and morris military really what all this shows is that there is a pressure campaign by different rights groups by different countries trying to compel me and maher to act within the boundaries that they say they should because up until n

hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed in indonesia, after six months at sea. the refugees are now being held at a training centre in the northern part of aceh. they were going to be tested for coronavirus. that is the last we heard from our person there. and also we heard from a nonprofit group of... project, which is a group that has been focusing on the rohingya refugee crisis. that this is the same part of... they came from the same part of the boat that came here injune, carrying about nearly 100 rohingya refugees, that were stranded on the sea at that time. these women were transferred at the sea by human traffickers because some of the people on the boat, the family didn‘t have enough money to pay for the cost of this vessel, so they were being held hostage at the sea by these traffickers and we also heard that some of the women that were transferred, the destination was malaysia. they were supposed to be married to rohingya refugees who are already there in malaysia in the first place. south korea is preparing for the arrival of typhoon haishen. its sou

claims that to me amar soldiers have confessed to their part of the crackdown on rohingya muslims in what could be a breakthrough for international prosecutors. chances of a no deal breaks in grow and the u.k. government admits it would break international law to bypass parts of its divorce agreement with the e.u. . and only welling's with the school students on yet another memorable night for christiane over nada he scored his 100th goal for portugal and becomes only the 2nd to complete a century in international football. new details are emerging about how a prominent opposition leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk more than 24 hours after the disappearance of maria. her whereabouts remain unknown it's claimed unidentified men tried to force her across the border into ukraine but she tore a purpose for it so she couldn't leave the game baba has more details. arriving at the ukrainian border in the early hours 3 belarusian opposition activists 2 men and one woman the driver and another man inside had been arrested in the bell russian capital minsk not long after m

but with pushback as borders tightened because of the pandemic hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled after a military crackdown in 2017 the major stage of julian assange legal battle is to avoid being sent to the us is resuming in london the wiki leaks founder faces 18 charges in the u.s. for publishing secret government documents that revealed evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses in iraq and afghanistan. libyan delegations from tripoli's un recognized government in the eastern based to book parliament have held talks in morocco 2 weeks after the amounts a cease fire a larger meeting including countries backing the 2 sides is expected on monday in switzerland. those are the headlines swab matheson will be with you and the al-jazeera news hour in under 30 minutes coming up next it's witness when time stopped at c stay with us. after 2 years in office as the pakistani prime minister delivered on his promises of freedom of speech it's now being put under your watch with the promise that. war is the rules don't you just don't tell you pakistan's prime minister imran khan talks

since 2017, hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees have fled violent t persecutionn buburma. in the philippines, president rodrigo duterte has pardoned a u.s. marine who was convicted in 2015 of killing a transgender woman. joseph scott pemberton killed 26-year-old jennifer laude in a hotel room near a former u.s.. naval basese. he admitted to punching and choking her after learning she was transgender. local lgbtq rights group bahaghari tweeted -- "for as long as the u.s. maintains hegemony over our military, economy, and politics, there will be no justice for jennifer and for the filipino lgbtq+." in saudi arabia, a court issued prison sentences of between seven and 20 years for the eight defendants in the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. khashoggi was killed and dismembered in the saudi consulate in turkey in october 2018. the trial and verdict were widely condemned around the world, namely for the failure to address who ordered the murder of khashoggi, a critic of the saudi government. agnes callamard, u.n. special rapporteur on extra-judicial execut

as well as being stateless and homeless the coronavirus pandemic is worsening the plight of the rohingya with no legal status their future seems more uncertain than ever 100 children dhaka bangladesh. and iranian restless sentenced to death a mugger has been executed despite international appeals 27 year old naveed of car he was convicted of killing a man during anti-government protests 2 years ago but his family say he was tortured into confession u.s. president donald trump wrestling stars and activists and all appealed to the iranian government over this the international olympic committee says it's shocked by the news now there are calls to release at least 12 hong kong activists who were arrested by china last month the group including a 16 year old boy arrested as they tried to flee to taiwan by boat their relatives say they still have no information about the groups to tension or any charges the activists were trying to seek refuge from beijing's national security crackdown in hong kong now peru's parliament has voted to start impeachment proceedings to remove president martin thi

as well as been stateless and homeless the coronavirus pandemic is worsening the plight of the rohingya with no legal status their future seems more on certain than ever hungry children dhaka bangladesh. the families of hong kong activists thought to be detained in china are demanding their return 12 activists including a 16 year old were arrested 3 weeks ago as they try to escape by boat to taiwan their detention is part of china's crackdown in hong kong following the imposition of a security law which critics say further critical is freedoms. i never expected this to happen these last 20 days have been very tough for us our whole families for you worried we don't know whether or not he's safe or alive so i hope the authorities can tell us what's going on and let our son returned to hong kong sued so we can see him again. a popular wrestler in iran has been executed despite local and international appeals to overturn his death sentence 27 year old cari was convicted for killing a man 2 years ago his family says he was tortured into confessing a murder he didn't commit u.s. president do

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this situation has basically created, particularly in rakhine and chin state, a situation where the rohingyarn. also, ethnic rakhine populations have been badly affected. the other key finding been badly affected. the other keyfinding in been badly affected. the other key finding in this report is that there has not been enough done for accountability, for previous crimes committed in 2017 and four other periods in the armed conflict in the country. james, yes, sorry for interrupting you mentioned the government and, briefly, what recommendations do you have for any new government that may form all the existing government if it carries on? the first and foremost we are asking for the conflict in rakhine and chin states to stop. a national ceasefire put in place for all the other states in the country that have beenin states in the country that have been in conflict so we ask that the national ceasefire extend to rakhine and chin states. we wa nt to rakhine and chin states. we want the government to create conditions conducive to return and, most urgently, we ask for there to be accountabilit

opposition one by one and he says that methods like those of the stalinist secret police nearly 300 rohingya refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for 6 months they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of the pandemic britain's foreign minister has summoned russia's ambassador to the u.k. over the poisoning of the opposition leader alexei navalny dominic robb called the poisoning unacceptable but added he was relieved to hear that novelli has been taken out of a medically induced coma. military leaders who carried out a coup in mali have a week to pick a transitional president and prime minister the 15 nation regional bloc echo osas pressuring the military leaders to hand over power to civilian rule. you have today with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next but by. a month of protests in belarus has failed to push alexander lukashenko from office no opposition leader is a missing fleeing to exile so how much longer can the president hold on this isn't a story. hello welcome to the program on the wr