from more, we are joined by tun khin, rohingya activist and president of the burmese rohingya organizationx's bazar is the world's largest refugee camp. it houses nearly 900,000 rohingya refugees who fled violence and persecution in burma. welcome to democracy now! describe the conditions on the ground now in this refugee camp, and then we will talk about what this means in the midst of the even further military crackdown from where they fled in burma. >> thank you for having me. it is very, very tragic for the rohingya people. we are receiving very serious conditions that people have in bangladesh so far what we know at least now, at least 20 died during the fire. 45,000 people become displaced. 460 people are injured during the fire. it is a very worrying situation at can happen tomorrow for these people. a rohingya brothers and sisters fled because of genocidal acts in 2017. now they are having this problem. unbelievable. i have no words to express. i received many videos and many calls from our brothers and sisters. this is really, really tragic moment for us. the international communi

india's latest moves against the rohingya muslims highlight the united nations view of the rohingya as the most persecuted minority in the world. for more i'm joined now by phil robertson deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch it joins me now from bangkok fairly how do you see the timing of this planned move by the indian government. it's extremely bad i mean you should not be sending refugees back into harm's way expression when you have a military government that has taken troll and is shooting people in the streets of myanmar to send people back into that kind of situation is actually irresponsible and you know them indian government should be providing protection to them and they should be providing access to the un refugee agency to help these people rather than incarcerating them and threatening them with return to a situation which is very very bad what do you think is motivating the indian government's actions. well i think india has a couple different reasons 1st of all the government itself tends to be anti refugee it is a phobic 2nd of all these to say if

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up to $170.00 rohingya have been rounded up so far police say more of india's estimated $40000.00 rohingya refugees are to be detained and deported fearing for their lives the rohingya are pleading with the indian government not to send them back rights groups have joined the chorus but many hindu nationalists backed by india's ruling b j p party say the muslim rohingya are illegal immigrants and a security risk. found that on their us yesterday when i was away at work the police came and took my wife away and she hasn't returned my small children have been crying we're leaving we have no choice. we handle you go there you did again you're not going to india's latest moves against the rohingya muslims highlight the united nations view of the rohingya as the most persecuted minority in the world. for more i'm joined now by phil robertson deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch your joins me now from bangkok fairly how do you see the timing of this planned move by the indian government. it's extremely bad i mean you should not be sending refugees back into harm's way expre

but these fires have uprooted these rohingyas' lives again.ies and aid agencies have been providing emergency assistance to over 45,000 homeless refugees. since december, the bangaldeshi government has started moving more than 13,000 refugees from the overcrowded camps to basan char, a remote island in the bay of bengal. according to our local sources, the bangladesh government has offered those affected by the fires help with relocating there now. we visited the low-lying plain in early 2017, back when it was just a undeveloped strip of land . experts on climate change deemed the landmass unlivable, but the government said it would be better than the overcrowded camps. in a promo video last year, the bangladeshi government claimed to have constructed dams, cyclone shelters, hospitals, sques, and schools to house 100,000 rohingyas under safe conditions. sahyed noor said he would consider moving to the island to escape the poor living conditions inside of the camps. >> i think that vasan sor can be better from camp because every apartment is ma

the aratin army in the rohingya. they targeted the rohingya with scorched earth. these conflicts between the state and ethnic groups go back 75years. >> and another piece of far eastern history is made with the signing of the burma treat ta. >> reporter: in 1947, the b burmese government -- >> they were always sort of outside, and they started fighting against the newly formed government, even then. >> reporter: priscilla clap says the myanmar military came to rule the country for decades by keeping ethnic armed groups apart and pitting them against each other. >> the country is very heavily armed. it is awash in armed groups. and if they are all operating separately, the milthemilitary has beenble to keep them more or less under control. but that may be changing. >> reporter: across th country, young protestors opposed to the coup are targeted for death. soldiers are beaten and shooting people in the street. this last saturday was the deadliest day since the coup. often the victims are children. 13-year-old siway young was killed by a single bullet to the head. [

with the sunset, a sense of gloom amongst the rohingya.sessions. even before they can recover from the trauma of the violence in myanmar, yet another tragedy has struck the rohingya. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. while countries across europe are struggling with rising cases of coronavirus, iceland has largely managed to eradicate the virus. it has a handful of cases, most of which have come from people entering the country. it's become europe's first and only green—zone country allowing it to open up again. jean mackenzie has been to find out what's behind its success. the storm has passed. hibernation is over. music celebrations have begun. this feels so amazing. just to let loose a little. see friends, sing a little, why not? with the virus under control, all generations are rediscovering their moments ofjoy. to get here, iceland acted fast. it began aggressively testing and contact tracing from day one. within months, every arriving passenger was made to quarantine. i will take this sample from your throat and then your nose. now, man

india's latest moves against the rohingya muslims highlight the united nations view of the rohingya as the most persecuted minority in the world. for more i'm joined now by food robinson deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch or joins me now from bangkok fairly how do you see the timing of this planned move by the indian government it's extremely bad i mean you should not be sending refugees back into harm's way expression when you have a military government that ask a control and is shooting people in the streets of myanmar to send people back into that kind of situation is actually irresponsible and you know the indian government should be providing protection to them and they should be providing access to the un refugee agency to help these people rather than incarcerating them and threatening them with returning to a situation which is very very bad what do you think is motivating the indian government's actions. well i think india has a couple different reasons 1st of all the government itself tends to be anti refugee it is seen a phobic 2nd of all these hate t

anchor: you are with the swedish rohingya association. what does this military coup on february 1 mean for the rohingya muslims inyanmar? >> if the old country is in hell, the rohingyas are at the bottom of the hell. we have lesshan half million rohingya completely isolated from the international community. anchor: we know that 520 or so peaceful protesters have been killed so far. can you talk more about the human toll unfolding? >> this is an illegitimate military government trying to stay in power, trying to increase its wealth. it has no value for democratic reforms. no value for its citizens. not only forhe acting majority but -- but it's minority citizens. whether it be a child, pregnant lady come or even medics. students. it sees them as targets. we have seen in the last two months, human casualties. the people will not give up easily. they are angry. this is an opportunity for all of the ethnic minorities including the majority to put aside our differences and fight the criminal, illegitimate military junta, especially min aung hl

barbara: of course the rohingya fled myanmar a few years ago. myanmar's military accused aungaung of accepting bribes while in -- accused aung san suu kyi of accepting bribes while in aung. -- while in office. the philippines says they stand by america in a dispute with china. the philippines are urging beijing to recall more than 2, how boats spotted in the south china sea. it's raising concerns over conflicts over fishing rights. >> the philippine defense chief call theirs deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights. the -- they released photos of chinese ships moored at whitson reef. they say they're within the economic zone of the philippines. the country launched a diplomatic protest against china. the chinese embassy said these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter in rough seas. the philippine government has rejected that explanation. the reef is claimed by china, the philippines and vietnam. it is at the eastern most part of the islands. >> they are fairly larg

with the sunset, a sense of gloom amongst the rohingya. their remaining possessions. even before they can recover from the trauma of the violence in myanmar, yet another tragedy has struck the rohingya. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. let's get more on a breaking news from boulder, colorado. sloan dickey is a reporter at denver seven news — he is live at the scene. thank you for talking to us, can you give us more information on what happened in the store? we information on what happened in the store? ~ ., �* ~ ., the store? we don't know too much about — the store? we don't know too much about what _ the store? we don't know too much about what happened . the store? we don't know too - much about what happened inside of the store but we can confirm that earlier, at least ten people have passed away. that was confirmed by a boulder police officer during a press conference and hour ago, and they also confirmed that 51—year—old officer eric talley was one of those people who passed away. the officer who spoke to us was visibly shaken whilst y

with the sunset, a sense of gloom amongst the rohingya.n recover from the trauma of the violence in myanmar, yet another tragedy has struck the rohingya. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. sloan dickey is a reporter at denver seven news. he is live at the scene. i know you are very busy. our viewers will have some basic idea of what has been going on but tell us what you can confirm. but tell us what you can confirm-— but tell us what you can confirm. ~ ., , ., confirm. we have been here for a few hours _ confirm. we have been here for a few hours and _ confirm. we have been here for a few hours and you _ confirm. we have been here for a few hours and you can - a few hours and you can actually see behind me the police are still on the scene here. this is quite a tragic event. police have not confirmed the number of deaths at the scene. we have heard from some that it is multiple and up to maybe six. that has not been confirmed by police but denver7 has said that number out. we do here for a press conference earlier that there were multiple pol

i feel as a rohingya you know as if there isn't really a place for us on this earth. and that the ocean is the only safe place for us that's a very sad thing to hear commodore today i want to bring you back to actually a point you mentioned when you said. concerns about getting tangled up and the regional context we just heard there from sad that according to international law the country that finds refugees in danger should take them in very clear an international law is the the underlying perhaps or unspoken truth of india's reluctance is india does is worried it doesn't want to take in a group of or any moehringer refugees that might encourage others to come because as you said india doesn't want to become more in tangled and what is seen as a regional problem that is not my problem each country's thinking. well i'd frame it stated differently 1st of all i think india and the larger issue of refugees i would say that india has gone the extra mile started early just to remind ourselves in 1970 sorry but historically it doesn't doesn't mean anything if you're not if

a massive fire at the rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh has displaced 45,000 people. at least 15 our debt. after america's second mass shooting in a week, president biden calls for gun control as colorado mourns the loss of 10 lives. pres. biden: i don't neo wait another minute, let alone an hour to take common sense steps for saving lives in the future and urge my colleagues in the house and senate to act. laura: plus, the beauty of japan's cherry blossom season, but covid has muted the usual celebrations. ♪ welcome to world news america. in the u.k., pbs and around the globe. israelis have been voting in their fourth general election in just two years. the contest is seen as a referendum on the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel's vote comes amid a successful campaign to vaccinate the country against coronavirus and two weeks before a corruption trial against mr. netanyahu resumes. last three elections ended in stalemate with the unity government collapsing in december. joining us now from tel aviv is tom bateman. what are those exit polls telling u

1997 again. 2007 more, and again 2017 rohingya. world and asean and china to decide. it's better for us to have a stable country, democratic country, free country. it's notjust only for the people of myanmar, but it is for asean, it's for china, it's for india. it's for all over the world. so, it's a win—win situation. we must stand with the people of myanmar. dr sasa, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. your latest live weather update here on bbc news this saturday afternoon. a windy weekend, plenty of showers moving west to east across all areas and still some quite rough seas and big waves, particularly in the west and taking a look at the recent radar picture we are seeing the showers, notjust the rain, some of snow over hills, particularly northern britain, but into wales as well, the batch of heavy rain poor work into northern ireland in south—west scotland from this weather front, south—west scotland from this weatherfront, which south—west scotland from this weather front, which will push all

the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population.ey can't go home anytime soon. with their temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. here in the uk, over the past few hours, police in riot gear have moved in on protesters in bristol. it follows clashes in the city on sunday night, when demonstrators opposed to changes to laws around protests were challenged by police, resulting in 12 injured officers and a number of arrests. police sought to disperse several hundred demonstrators who had gathered in the city centre to protest about anti—trespass legislation which the protesters claim unfairly targets travellers. throughout the evening, the police have urged the protestors to leave peacefully, after they began to set up tents. protests aren't lawful at present because of the pandemic. people across the uk have lit candles and torches on their doorsteps to remember victims of covid—i9 — a year on from the first lockdown. in london, trafalgar square and the london eye were among

close to one million rohingyas live in the world's largest refugee camp. again struggled to survive. thousands are now homeless. aid agencies on the ground say it will take months for the refugees to rebuild their lives. >> i think the fire is a continued symptom of the larger deterioration within the camps. it is three years on. this is a protracted refugee crisis. obviously, a failure of the international community to find a solution. >> the rohingya are the world's largest population with the ongoing literary coup in myanmar, they cannot go home soon. with her temporary homes destroyed, their life in limbo continues. laura: u.s. secretarof state antony blinken was in brussels today meeting nato leaders, striking a very different tone from the trumpet administration. mr. blinken promised to revitalize and rebuild the transatlantic military alliance after four years of friction between washington and nato. mr. trump questioned if the alliance wasven relevent. the new secretary of ste says china and russia requires the allies to come together. nato leaders

the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population. soon. with their temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. we can go to cox's bazar and speak to sanjeev kumar kafley. he's head of delegation in bangladesh for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies. just looking at the images there and the devastation, those hundred missing, there cannot be much hope for them being found alive. hello, can you hear me?— for them being found alive. hello, can you hear me? yes. i wasjust can you hear me? yes. i was 'ust sa inc, can you hear me? yes. i was 'ust saying. looking i can you hear me? yes. i was 'ust saying, looking at i can you hear me? yes. i was 'ust saying, looking at the i can you hear me? yes i wasjust saying, looking at the images, there cannot be many, much hope, for all those hundreds of people who are still missing? it is those hundreds of people who are still missing?— still missing? it is around 400 --eole still missing? it is around 400 peeple

1997 again. 2007 more, and again 2017 rohingya. community and the world and asean and china to decide. it's better for us to have a stable country, democratic country, free country. it's notjust only for the people of myanmar, but it is for asean, it's for china, it's for india. it's for all over the world. so, it's a win—win situation. we must stand with the people of myanmar. dr sasa, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. hello. thursday felt like one of those days where someone up there was just playing with the taps — raining one minute, then dry, then rain, then dry. it was like that pretty much all day. and some of the storms pretty impressive. we brought some hail to the streets of carlisle. some of the storms dropped temperatures by up to 5 degrees celsius as they went through, and we had some of this spectacular mammatus cloud on the underside of some of the cumulonimbus thunder clouds — a sign of really vigorous storm clouds building. and more recently, well, some of those showers have started

see what best could be done under the circumstances so given the current situation as far as the rohingya. are confident i could jump in why i could contact bangladeshi authorities if the boat is actually closer to the indian territories. not at all not quite in indian territory it was on its way as i said from bangladesh to malaysia and india provided immediate support to ensure that they got their food and water but after that india were not in a position to take that if you were gays and bring them to india because if i did of the governments bangladesh or militia well willing to take them then india perhaps could have played a different kind of role but india was not in a position to take them back to india because of this complex issue of. globally or try to reach some point by books and secondly that all india is itself in the regional context so it's unfortunate but the show has got ready dangled in the bilateral issues as they are now up game between me and maya and bangladesh on one hand and between 9 mana and the rest of us on the other and there are other elements that are. act

close to a million rohingya live in the world's largest refugee camp.id groups say more than 115,000 refugees have now been left homeless. i think the fire is a continued symptom of the larger deterioration within the camps. it's three years on, this is a protracted refugee crisis. obviously, a failure of the international community to find a solution. with the ongoing military coup in myanmar, rohingya refugees can't go home any time soon, but with their temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. let's take a look at some of today's other news. a group of former trade unionists, including the actor ricky tomlinson, have won a a7—year long battle to clear their names after being convicted of illegal strike action. the court of appeal quashed the convictions, after hearing that police had destroyed evidence which should have been part of the original prosecutions. prince harry has a newjob at a professional coaching firm in the united states. betterup offers counselling, mentorship and careers guid

thousands of rohingya refugees watch as their homes are described. the place at the camp started on monday. they quickly swept through the area. it is unclear what caused it. >> this fire has affected multiple sub-camps and directly affected nearly 10,000 households who will have lost their shelter and basically the roof over their heads. reporter: some attempted to douse the fire with the little tools they could find. others tried to save their belongings. many here now have nowhere else to go. casualty numbers are rising with dozens feared dead or missing. around a million rohingya have languished in these camps for over three years. they fled arming attacks that burned down their homes in mymar in 2017. now with the camps overflowing, aid groups are searching for additional shelters. for the refugees here, it is yet another setback. their future, now even more uncertain. brent: back in europe, you could call it germany's never ending lockdown. german leaders are wrestling with how to deal with rising coronavirus infections. rules surround and trav

it's been more than 3.5 years since nearly one million rohingya fled myanmar into this distant cornerf bangladesh, turning it into now what is now the world's largest refugee camp. camp community leaders are seriously concerned about the fire hazards. >> it's about time that the rohingya vunteers are given training on fire safety. it's very critical that refugees learn and be aware of fire hazards and safety, and there should be door-to-door to door public awareness of such hazards. lives could be saved in the future. reporter: eight agencies along with government trying hard to provide shelter and assistance. >> the situation is devastating, more than 45,000 people homeless overnight, 10,000 shelters just completely gone, not only that but also health centers, learning centers, nutrition centers, all gone. it's so important that that humanitarian partners together -- work together to provide support for people who have been through trauma again and again. reporter: this tragedy as a reminder of the vulnerability of rohingya rs ugees who are caught between the increasingly precarious

and anybody who stood up for the rights of the rohingya was also an enemy of the state. the people are beginning to realize that the enemy of the state was the coup leaders, not anybody else. anchor: how much impact our strikes by public servants having in myanmar? >> there are two types, the hardest industry has been the private sector. and the government apparatus said this is pretty much based in one area. we haven't seen a significant shutdown of the ministry, except in the public health and education sectors. the other sector for example, labor and immigration, they have over 200,000 staff, and we saw only about 1000 staff because the regime has pretty much tight control over civil servants. however, the banking industry, if they revive the banking industries, the economic collapse could be inevitable in coming weeks. anchor: thank you so much to all of our guests. and thank you for watching. you can see this and all our previous episodes by visiting our website, aljazeera.com. you can also join us on twitter. our handle is aj inside story. and you can join our face

the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population.royed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. a giant container vessel has blocked shipping in the suez canal — it ran aground in the canal north of the port of suez. the incident happened early tuesday, and tugs have attempted to refloat the vessel. the ever given, registered in panama, was en route from china to rotterdam and was passing northwards through the canal on its way to the mediterranean. people across the uk have lit candles and torches on their doorsteps to remember victims of covid—19, a year on from the first lockdown. in london, the london eye, trafalgar square and wembley stadium were among the landmarks illuminated to mark the occasion. in other towns and cities around the uk, buildings were lit up. on this day of refelction, we've been hearing from four staff working at university hospital southampton. they have spent the year very much on the front line — they explain the impact of the last 12 months on their professional and personal

the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population.ir temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. joining me now is bhanu bhatnagar — from save the children in london. he has spent time working at the camp in cox's bazar. thanks forjoining us. perhaps when you see these pictures and you hear about what has happened there, can you describe to our viewers what these people may be going through? sure, thank you. i spent some time in cox's bazar last year and i can tell you it's extremely cramped. it's nearly ten times more dense than new york city. people live in really close quarters. it's not clear yet how the fire started. people cook in their makeshift shelters made out of bamboo. they use gas and firewood. this isn't the first time a fire has broken out in the camp and sadly it probably won't be the last. in your report a contributed mention that this is a failure of the international community to find a solution. we are talking about one nearly1 million stateless people, nearly

rohingya of people are fleeing the camps to save their lives.omes are made up of bamboo and plastics, some other one of the unicef officials in cox's bazar is telling us that this is going to be a big devastation because if 3000 tents have been gutted, a number of people coulbe affected, as high as 15,000. these thousands of people have become homeless, so it is a difficult challenge for them to build houses and get them settled in the area. ros: a number of western governments are imposing new sanctions against china, targeting four individuals and one organization. this is in response to human rights abuses against uighur people in china. the u.s., u.k., eu, and canada all coordinated their responses. >> state control is systemic. over one million people have been detained without trial. there are widespread claims of torture and rape in the camps based on first-hand survivor testimony. people are detained for having too many children, for praying too much, for having a beard or headscarf, for having the wrong thoughts. i am sure the whole hou

the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population.yed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. the us secretary of state antony blinken was in brussels today meeting nato leaders, striking a very different tone from the trump administration. mr blinken promised to revitalize and rebuild to revitalise and rebuild the transatlantic military alliance, after four years of friction between washington and nato, as mr trump questioned if the alliance was even relevant. the new secretary of state said china and russia posed threats which required the alliance to come together. nato leaders were also discussing the may 1st deadline for troops to withdraw from afghanistan, which is america's longest war. joining us now isjohn kirby, the press secretary for the us defence department. thank you so much forjoining us, mr kirby. germany's foreign minister was warning today of the dangers of withdrawing troops from afghanistan too quickly. is the us going to extend and keep american troops there be on the may one deadlin

elections are a net but there's a dispute over who's in the leaves fears of deportation more than 150 rohingya refugees in indian administered kashmir could be forced to go back to myanmar and on international women's day we'll look at where women are making gains or osteo being treated unfairly. we begin in senegal where a judge has ordered the release of opposition leader song coal hundreds of people have been protesting outside the court west uncle was charged with rape opposition party and civil society groups have called for 3 days of math them inspirations some core supporters say the case against him is politically motivated is a rest has pos days of protests across senate out that speak to our correspondent nicholas hock who joins us from outside. was home in the car so next you outside his home what's been happening since his release. well listen the utmost fear is electric protests have turned to jubilation and celebrations with hundreds if not thousands of people have gathered outside we have been some close house and they're all chanting that this this word and will of that is powe

ha is director of education for the rohingya human rights initiative he says many rohingya in indian administered kashmir are leaving to avoid deportation. since last saturday actually there were calls for a verification. susskind big fake vacation happen as well but this time it was different and more than 155 i fitted with detain and that has created chaos among the community and several community members from someone sent me out of here it is this came after direction from the high court actually last month the high court directed the administration indiaman kashmir through identify and hide their play within a month what other precautions and measures taken by the state to identify them and deport the refugees to their own country but given the situation currently in men and development that are happening it is not quite conducive to sandbag fair weather will not show this people can be sent back there or not because since. the decay that are already more than 10 people in detention several detention in them and the family members are being separated actually from some families i

, standing against the rohingya.e was in court. the significance of this? >> well, amy, aung san suu kyi has remained an iconic and pivotal and indisputably the most widely popular burmese politician within the majority. to a degree, have a critical element -- hypocritical element to defend aung san suu kyi when she failed to defend the genocide victims, the rohingya people. however, what needs to happen with aung san suu kyi, as well as the societies revolting against the entire security sector, the arm forces and the police and all the rest, is we need to decouple whatever aung san suu kyi's criminal responsibility culpability in international law what respect to the genocide against the rohingya. as you know, there is a proceeding going on at the international justice. gambia challenging the state of -- for violating the terms of the genocide convention. we need to decouple aung san suu kyi and her role in the genocide from the people's popular democratic will on the grounds that people have the democratic right p

and we'll have the latest update on a huge fire at the rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh.come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the eu's threat to restrict vaccine exports to the uk remains — the eu is frustrated that while astrazeneca the uk's full order of vaccines — it hasn't been able to meet its targets for the eu. this was the eu earlier. this is not about banning vaccine. of course this is about making sure that companies deliver on their commitments to the member states in the european union that are inscribed in contracts that they have with us. and then this is the uk's prime minister, borisjohnson. i've talked to our friends repeatedly over the period. we're all facing the same pandemic, we all have the same problems. i think there's one worth stressing is on the continent right now you can see sadly, there is a third wave underway. and people in this country should be under no illusions that previous experience has taught us that when a wave hits ourfriends, i'm afraid it washes up on our shores as well. the eu's threat is to block astrazen

used to stand behind the army on the issue of rohingya.nse of regret? now that the situation has reversed? >> i, they have been waiting for the time for me to call out rohingya brothers and sisters my family. that we are one family, one nation. so we say, enough is enough. now we have got only one common enemy. that is these military generals. so once we get a center of democracy, the union of myanmar, everybody will be free. everybody will have a future. but we have no future, as long as there is military dictatorship. the people of myanmar, including out rohingya brothers and sisters, have no future, as long as there is military dictatorship in my country. haidi: hosteling to almond speaking to dr. sasa who describes himself as representing myanmar parliament to the united nations. offering 45 million shares in a block trade by morgan stanley. whether this is linked to the large block trade credit on viacom said to be offered via goldman sachs and morgan stanley and that added to selling pressure. we heard earlier from nomura following t

she didn't have a problem it seems with what the military was doing to the rohingya people.f a very former former minority community in myanmar. i'm just wondering whether or not it is now time in your opinion for the pro—democracy movement to say, in the future aung san suu kyi isn't going to be our figurehead leader. we need to find new leaders. that we can'tjust go back to the status quo before february 2021. we in the democratic movement need to change, we need to unify myanmar behind new leadership. is that what you feel now or not? definitely we cannot go back. definitely we cannot go back to the past. we have to move on to the future. of course the situation is different now than it was then. but let me just say this, under aung san suu kyi administration health care, education and all those sectors in the economy has been improved. there have been improved. of course this is not the time for us to blame any elected officers. the generals were prepared for game for half a century. it is the generals in 1997 and 1990 eight they killed a thousand students. it is the gen

the people of myanmar used to stand the army on the issue of rohingya. now that the situation has reversed? dr. sasa: i have been waiting for the time to call our rohingya brothers and sisters my family. we're one family, we're one nation. enough is enough. we now have only one enemy. that is these military generals. everybody will be free. everybody will have a future. but we have no future as long as there is a military dictatorship. the people of myanmar, including our rohingya brother and future -- brother and sisters, have no future as long as there is military dictatorship in our country. shery: speaking with dr. sasa there. plenty more to come on daybreak. this is bloomberg. ♪ his is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: here's a quick check of headlines. shery: backlash against h&m in china is growing with chinese landlords closing their doors. at least six stores in some lower tier cities were shot after h&m expressed concern over the alleged use of forced labor in the province. other western brands like nike have also drawn chinese ire. sinopec posted a full-yea

of course although the u.n. fact find mission call the rohingya genocide, the international communitye nothing about it. that is why -- now they can get away with staging a coup. the cae io n ulis tca international response is weak, amy: wai hnin,for bewith us, ese n rights activist paign amy: wai hnin,for bewith us, leading to a new nuclear arms race? stay with us. ■■ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. the united nations and the united kingdom are facing international criticism for moving to expand their nuclear arsenals defying a growing global movement in support of nuclear disarmament. the united states is planning $to spend100 billion to develop a new nuclear missile which could travel 6000 miles carrying a warhead 20 times stronge to develop a new nuclear missile anbungmaintaining the grouiles strategic deterrent, or gbsd, could swell to $264 billion over the coming decades with much of the money going to defense contractors including northrop grumman, lockheed martin, and general dynamics. mea

we saw hundreds of thousands of rohingyas forced out of myanmar, and we then saw aung san suu kyi ine hague, defending the military actions and denying that any crimes against humanity had ever been committed. do you believe that what happened then has damaged aung san suu kyi in her current predicament? yes, two things about that. number one, yes, it has damaged her irreparably, not only in the international community and the international scene, but among the liberals within the country. and number two, look what the military she has defended is repaying her, in what fashion is it doing it. it was a very serious miscalculation. no, she damaged her opposition and the people she was trying to defend really kicked her in the chest, if i may say so, you know. she is not an astute politician. you have to face it now and, well... or maybe... maybe, if i may say so, you are not the astute politician. i mean, you were in prison for many years, but these days you're a political commentator. what she managed to achieve was transferring from her prison cell to actually running the country. sh

refugees have been sent to the holding center for possible deportation to myanmar an estimated 5000 rohingya muslims live in the region after they fled the crackdown in the on line 2017 at least 20 people have been killed in a series of explosions at a military base in equitorial guinea is the largest city bata more than 600 others were injured the president says it was caused by the mishandling of dynamite's libya's parliament is gathering for a crucial vote on whether to endorse a new interim unity government prime minister designate a deal hamid dabashi met with members ahead of the vote the u.n. is overseeing the process which it hopes will unite the country following a cease fire deal between libya's 2 rival administrations if the government is approved it will see a country towards elections in december that saudi arabia 'd is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's who the rebels launch another attack on his energy facilities on sunday the saudi aramco oil plant in duran duran was targeted by a ballistic missile and an international women's day in indi

and we remember in 2016—17, even before this, thousands of rohingya women have been targeted for thee sexualviolence, rape, gang rape and mutilations again. and none of these crimes have been addressed as the military, that very same military now leading the crew is held unaccountable until now. now what we've seen since the coup from the 1st of february is that women are targeted in a way that has dehumanized them, when they've been arrested or killed in many ways. women are brutally beaten by male police officers, and women are violently arrested without presence of female police officers — all of these patterns become increasingly dehumanizing to women themselves, and it's been very, very disturbing to see. ~ , , ., ., to see. why is it then that women are still going _ to see. why is it then that women are still going out _ to see. why is it then that women are still going out on _ to see. why is it then that women are still going out on the - to see. why is it then that women are still going out on the streets? why are they risking their lives, what's so important for them knowi

in news from bangladesh, a massive fire in a rohingya refugee camp has killed at least 15 people and displaced 50,000. al jazeera reports 400 people remain missing. the fire began in a camp in cox's bazar and then spread to two others, destroying thousands of shelters. nearly a million rohingya refugees live in southern bangladesh after fleeing a military crackdown in burma in 2017. it was the third fire at the camps in recent days. one survivor told reuters -- "when we were in burma, they destroyed everything. now it has happened again." at least 137 people have been killed in niger after gunmen on motorbikes attacked villages near the border of mali. it was the deadliest attack in the west african nation in years. the coordinated raids occurred on sunday -- on the same day niger's constitutional court confirmed newly elected president mohamed bazoum's victory. back in the united states, the senate has confirmed boston mayor and former union leader marty walsh to be secretary of labor. walsh becomes the first labor secretary to come from a union background in nearly 50 years. with w

of course although the u.n. fact find mission call the rohingya genocide, the international communitye nothing about it. that is why -- now they can get away with staging a coup. the calculation is the international response is weak, we can do it we want, and they're doing that on the ground. amy: wai hnin, thank you for being with us, burmese human rights activist with burma campaign u.k. daughter of a political prisoner in jail right now. not his first time. we will continue to follow the situation on the ground in burma. this is democracy now! when we come back, are the u.s. and the u.k. leading to a new nuclear arms race? stay with us. ■■ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. the united nations and the united kingdom are facing international criticism for moving to expand their nuclear arsenals defying a growing global movement in support of nuclear disarmament. the united states is planning to spend $100 billion to develop a new nuclear missile which could travel 6000 miles carrying a warhead 20 ti