brent: as you say, aung san suu kyi could solve the entire situation by just speaking out.ut as you say, we have always got hope, if nothing else. as always, christian, thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a new u.n. report says the proportion of migrants dying as they cross the mediterranean has risen dramatically this year. it says there is one death for every 18 arrivals in europe, double the f figure for last ye. the u.n. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking ever-greater risks. five people have been killed d d morere than a dozen injured afar a less crashed into a viaduct in northern spain. four of the injured are in serious condition after the vehicle plowed into a concrete column and split in two. the driver is reportedly among those badly hurt. a recommendation that people sowing division in the catholic church should instead try "silence and prayer." the comments come after conservative critics in the u.s. accused the pope of ignoring sesexual abuse allegations agait a prominent cardinal there. the pope has yet

miss aung san suu kyi, my husband respects you so highly. he is always proud of you.cise. my husband always defends you when you're criticised. he admires you so much, he sees you like a mother. do you have faith that aung san suu kyi will listen to what you're saying and bring your husband home? i believe she will. 100%. i believe my husband will be freed and that she will be the one who releases him, that she will allow him to return to his family. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: tributes for an icon — the legendary film star burt reynolds has died aged 82. also on the programme: he's known as japan's 0skar schindler, now the man who helped save six thousand jews from the nazis is to be the subject of a majorfilm. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a

i feel sorry for aung san suu kyi.ocracy while under house arrest and get this titular appointment in myanmar but her hands are tied behind her back. she is not ina half are tied behind her back. she is not in a half nelson but a full nelson. that is your view, her hands are tied? to see what has happened, it is an absolute humanitarian disgrace. so who should be held to account? who should be responsible for what is going on to muslims in rakhine? 0k, they have made a statement, but i feel very sorry for her, she should say i am going back to oxford. the trouble is i doubt the myanmar authorities would let her out. you can see her almost biting her bottom lip, desperate to say something. if she does speak out, she goes back into the slammer or house arrest. i think she has been vilified. i would like to think she is a very decent person, and i think she is, and i think she is caught between a rock and a hard place. before we move on to our final paper, let's just see if we can the response from germany to finding out

san suu kyi‘s myanmar. so it could be said that aung san suu kyi is not really in control of myanmar, but the military? court case. aung san suu kyi is along for the ride, she is not making the decisions that she needs to make in terms of deciding whether she will be a part of the solution or part of the problem. we‘ve seen that last week with the fact—finding mission and the determination on the rohingya that the genocide and crimes against humanity have been perpetrated and she remained silent and now she is remaining silent on this. i mean, leadership involves choices, it doesn‘t involve just remaining silent. could she have prevented this or did she really want this to happen? well, she certainly could have stepped in at an earlier time in this. she certainly could have contested what seemed to be the fix that was put in by the military to this court. but she did not. in fact, she argued with bill richardson, the former ambassador to the un about this case, when he was in myanmar last year. is there a possibility then, that some of the asean partner countries could intervene here? well, we hoped ma

i hope to meet aung san suu kyi.pressed the disappointment felt on all sides of this house that she's not taken the stand that many of us who have admired herfor stand that many of us who have admired her for many stand that many of us who have admired herfor many years had hoped that she might —— express. the key issue here is whether she chooses to go down the path of burmese nationalism, or whether she recognises that high standards of treatment are entitled to all citizens of the country. the united nations panel of experts report is very, very powerful and damning of the burmese military and the burmese regime more generally. can i urge the new foreign secretary to take a lead at the united nations, built the coalition so we can refer burma to the international criminal court? jeremy hunt said the government was committed to insuring those responsible face justice. i welcome the fact the secretary of state has shown such strong concern over last week's un report over the actions of the myanmar military against t

yes well aung san suu kyi the state council of the leader of me and arrived just a few moments ago on the red carpet behind me in fact she was the last of the leaders from the region to arrive in a few minutes she is going to take part in her first discussion the first of three panel discussions that she's involved in the first one is technology in southeast asia where she's appearing alongside the likes of the indonesian president joko widodo and the vietnamese prime minister nouri and two and four. they will be focusing of course going by the title of that discussion on technology but the elephant in the room will be the situation in rakhine state in myanmar the situation in bangladesh surrounding the reading yet no we're not expecting there to be much if any discussion around that issue despite the fact that this is really the first major public appearance certainly overseas since that damning united nations report came out last month which was very critical of the government and the military leaders in myanmar with the u.n. report saying that those military leaders had genocidal i

not surprised of the verdict or sentence because when i was on the advisory board held by aung san suu kyi need to be these journalists, this is a case of freedom of the press and she got angry and said this was not a new charter. it is outside of your mandate. since then, i think the myanmar government has only offered hollow assurances that law and process would be respected. these journals found out about the mass atrocities and found out about the mass graves in myanmar. sol atrocities and found out about the mass graves in myanmar. so i am depressed, the bedrock of democracy, if you that i thought that women shared, a noble prize winner. but she has abandoned her beliefs. it is a sad day for democracy and freedom of the press. and for simple justice. given that there is such compelling evidence here of the setup, from some of the things we have just pulled our viewers, setup, from some of the things we havejust pulled our viewers, what can the international committee do. how can they apply the pressure to get these two mad men freed? well, i guess there has to be a concerted internati

aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya, and so allowing some ofe context of this chorus of international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. the islamist militant group al—shabab said it carried out a car bomb attack in somalia that killed at least three. the attack happened in the capital, mogadishu, when a car containing explosives was driven towards a local government building. three soldiers who stopped the vehicle from entering the compound died in the explosion, which also caused a nearby school to collapse. six children were among the 1a endured. will ross has this report. —— endured. this was a powerful explosion that reduced buildings to rubble. a car wired up with explosives was driven towards the howlwadag district administration offices as employees were working inside. officials say three soldiers stopped the vehicle from entering the compound prompting the driver to trigger the explosion on the street. the soldiers who died may well have saved many lives

aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya and so allowing some of criems to take palce. for the rohingya and so allowing some of these crimes to take palce. it is in the contest of this chorus pf international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. our other top story this hour: migrants and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean face an ever more deadlyjourney, according to a new report by the un refugee agency. the un is calling on europe to do more to try to save lives, by providing safe, legal routes for refugees. imogen foulkes has more from geneva. thousands of people have died crossing the mediterranean, over 1600 so far this year alone. the un refugee agency says the journey is becoming ever more dangerous. the fatality rate has risen from 1 in 42 people to 1 in 18. europe should focus less on managing numbers, the agency says, and try instead to find the humanity to save lives, by making it eaier for refugees to join family members already in europe, increasing

attacks on wrecking your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides that rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and i have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and there don't just the muslims and the kind and seems to be at the section of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because someone now down to four fingers she was also asked about the case of the two reuters journalists wh

attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides that rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and there don't just the muslims and the kind and the seem to be at the section of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because some are now down to four fingers she was also asked about the case of the two reuters journalists

aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya, and so allowing some of contest of this chorus pf international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. iraqi police have used tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered outside a big oilfield near basra. there has been growing unrest around the city in the past few days, with demonstrators blocking major roads to express their frustration at the lack ofjobs, corruption, and poor public services. 0ur middle east analyst alan johnston explains that, while basra is an oil—rich part of iraq, locals feel the economic benefits are not flowing to their communities. this has been a long, hot and angry summer all across southern iraq. many towns and cities seen demonstrations of this kind. and today the main population centre in the south, basra, seeing more of this. the demonstrations taking a couple of forms. they were two really major highways shut down by protesters, one leading north to the capital, baghdad, and the other leading to

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.'s army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all, the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists' supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgement today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many diplomats have been at the trial throughout, and we believe that the judge has

aung san suu kyi herself was accused of failing to speak up for the rohingya, and so allowing some ofmes to take place. so it is in the contest of this chorus pf international condemnation that the burmese courts and the burmese authorities will be able to send their own message later today. a private burial service for senatorjohn mccain has taken place in the us state of maryland. dozens of people lined the streets waving american flags as a motorcade brought senator mccain's coffin to the us naval academy chapel, in annapolis. his final resting place will be next to his lifelong friend, admiral chuck larson. on saturday former us presidents barack 0bama and george w bush spoke at a memorial service in washington for senator mccain. it's a country with one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and now the government of singapore is introducing a numberof novel measures to try and encourage people to have children. 0ur reporter katie silver explains what's on offer, and why it matters. young singaporeans enjoying a night out. all the table tags, guys, when you all rotate, do me a f

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.nd kyaw soe 0o, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists' supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgment today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many diplomats have been at the

the foreign secretary has raised the case of the two jailed reuters journalists with aung san suu kyie factor leader to consider giving them a pardon. the reporters were arrested last december while investigating a massacre against rohingya muslims in rakhine state. they were sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted under the colonial—era official secrets act. this is something that has caused us enormous concern. the british embassy here attended most of the trial. we are supporters and believers in freedom of the press all over the world. i raised with aung san suu kyi my concern is that due process had not been followed in this particular case. she said that she would look into it. britain is to step up its military support for ukraine as hostilities continue with russia. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, has been on a visit to the frontline of the fighting in the east of the country. he condemned what he called increasing russian aggression. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. flying towards europe's still smouldering conflict that's already cl

and aung san suu kyi was asked about this today.l sides. the role of lummus apply to everybody. we cannot choose and pick whom should be subjected to the rule of law. reuters has responded to aung san suu kyi‘s comments saying its journalists didn‘t do anything wrong. but that‘s not how it‘s seen in myanmar. this is fascinating. moe myint from bbc burmese. in myanmar, we have seen mixed reactions. the ruling of the court is nothing to do with freedom of expression, but the journalists feel this ruling has threatened their freedom of expression, but in general public, they think the journalists are traitors, they are working only her money and they are only reporting on rohingya people rather than the human rights abuses of other people committed by the same military. in myanmar, rohingya people are seen as illegal immigrants into their villages. you can see more of this on our website as long —— along with the main stories of the day. pope francis continues his efforts to contain the sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. today,

back in myanmar, aung san suu kyi remains extremely popular among the mainly buddhist population. new guidance papers outlining what might happen in the event of the eu and the uk not reaching an agreement on the final brexit deal. they paint a fairly pessimistic picture — with particular consequences for anyone who might want to travel to the eu. james reynolds has more. at the moment, getting into italy with a british passport is quite easy. all you have to do is make sure your passport has enough validity to cover your state and you are in. but if britain crashes out without a deal, you would have to make sure your passport has at least six months validity. that is what it we would need in order to let you into the country. if you don't have it, they might save you have to go back. but for now, it is simple. into rome! hiring a car may be the easiest way to get into italy's capital, all you really need is your british driver's license which shows you are a member of the eu, that is accepted here, you get the car if you have money. but if britain leaves without a deal, there cou

that history will judge berman's leader aung san suu kyi on her actions she urged the government to immediately pardon the to imprison journalist she represents reuters reporters while the one and was so who were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the persecution of muslims. turkish president's red chip tie up everyone is wrapping up a controversial state visit to germany today the visit was meant to create harmony between berlin and ancora but it's been marred by their differences over human rights as well as massive street protests against his visit demonstrations are underway for a second day today this time in the western city of cologne where ed want is due to arrive this afternoon's afternoon he's scheduled to open the city's new central mosque there a number of the one supporters are among germany's turkish community they've also been gathering to welcome the president. i'm joined now from cologne by our colleague simon young simon this is a controversial visit and supporters and critics of recha type everyone gathering there in cologne how's the security situation

that history will judge bernie's leader aung san suu kyi on her actions she urged the government to immediatelyardon the two imprisoned journalists that she represents reuters reporters and. was sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the prosecution of injuries the first. us president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a q senator called for a week long delay before the full senate votes to decide whether he should sit on the court earlier professor testify the coven or salted her at a party when the two were teenagers cover nor deny the accusation. was democracy love of high drama and roy motion in the us capital. protesters hitting the streets to object to the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the country's most powerful court . i asked to run this same time the betterly divided u.s. senate judiciary committee was pushing ahead with a vote to proceed to a calvinist nomination the democr

that history will judge the facto ermes leader aung san suu kyi there on her actually reuters reporters walk on and she was so rude were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the persecution of the school's. singer marty bolland who founded u.s. rock band a jefferson airplane has died at age seventy six the band was at the forefront of the psychedelic rock movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. in san francisco but ballance biggest hits included miracles and count on me and those came a decade later with the successor band jefferson starship. suspected poison victim and pussy pussy riot activist shelter there's a lot of as spoken to g.w. following his release from a berlin hospital earlier this week. says he was targeted by russia's secret service for investigating the killing of three russian reporters in the central african republic the kremlin critic fell ill in moscow on september eleventh the same day he was to receive sensitive information about their deaths there is love was later flown to germany for treatment. doctors here said it's quote highly plausible

that history will judge de facto burmese leader aung san suu kyi on her actions reuters reporters on and who were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the persecution of a ruined it was. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court but kavanagh the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a key senator called for a week long delay before the full senate votes to decide whether he should sit on the court earlier a professor testified that cavanagh assaulted her at a party when the two were teenagers kavanagh denied the accusation. if you want democracy a deal of high drama and roy motion in the u.s. capital protesters hitting the streets to object to the nomination of break cavanagh to the country's most powerful court. i asked around the same time the bentyl a divided u.s. senate judiciary committee was pushing ahead with a vote to proceed to a calvinist nomination the democrats who wanted an f.b.i. investigation into allegations

that history will judge defacto burmese leader aung san suu kyi on her actions reuters reporters while the one and old were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the first accused of was lawyers. and a singer marty balin who founded the u.s. rock band jefferson airplane has died at age seventy six the band was at the forefront of the psychedelic rock movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. in san francisco but ballons biggest hits including miracles and count on me came a decade later with the successor band jefferson starship the. turkish president's friendship wraps up his highly controversial state visit to germany today the visit was meant to create harmony between berlin and ankara but it's been derailed by their differences over human rights last night germany and turkey's heads of state traded accusations at a v.i.p. banquet germany's president franco. accused everyone of jailing germans for political reasons everyone responded by accusing germany of hosting thousands of quote terrorists who are facing charges in turkey. d w political correspondent group or

myanmar is de facto leader aung san suu kyi has defended the jailing of two quarters journalists earlier this month she said they had violated the country's official secrets act and were not being punished for investigating alleged army massacres over him to muslims they received seven year sentences. evacuations are underway in the northern philippines where a typhoon is heading in from the pacific it's described as the country's worst storm this year and it's likely to make landfall as soon as this weekend the civil defense agency said it is deploying relief goods and disaster equipment. world leaders past and present are attending the state funeral of former u.n. secretary general kofi annan taking place in ghana at this hour the ceremony in the capital opera follows three days of national mourning and died in a swiss hospital last month at the age of eighty surrounded by his wife naan and his children he was the first person from sub-saharan africa to lead the united nations and did so for almost a decade until two thousand and six got us president not a coup for i don't has called h

some of the other stories making headlines around the world today myanmar's defacto leader aung san suu kyi has defended the jailing of two reuters journalists earlier this month she said they had violated the country's official secrets act and were not being punished for investigating alleged army massacres of the pinch of muslims they received seven year sentences. police in western germany have started removing dozens of environmentalists from a forest slated to be cleared for an open pit cold my activists have been living in about fifty tree houses to prevent the forests destruction. power company says it needs brown coal from the site to generate electricity. and russian protest group pussy riot says one of its members is in great condition due to possible poison pill to seal off the interview last month was in the hospitalized in of a moscow after losing his eyesight and the ability to study. group made last may have lived by briefly constructing the world cup soccer final. germany has finalized a deal with italy to return to migrants a german interior minister told parliament that ne

moving on, canadian politicians have moved to strip the myanmar civilian leader aung san suu kyi of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed minority.e rohingya justin trudeau saying that he was open to stripping aung san do kyi of the honor, saying so would not necessarily it the crisis in myanmar where rohingya's have fled a government crackdown. president macron is in the forch caribbean environmental concerns. andxic algae infestation pollution from and in pesticide -- from a pesticide used on the banana plantations. -- toking to rear fo reassure farmers whose crops have been poisoned. an environmental scandal for the french president. >> taking a share of responsibility for the pollution and make path for reparation. i wish to reduce the amount found there. emmanuel macron says paying reparations to everyone is out of the question, but the gogovernment i is looking toto compensate t those who were exposed to the chemical for work. used thefarmers pesticide until 1993, despite it being banned in the u.s. in the 1970's and france in the 1980's. the islands rates o of

mps have unanimously voted to scrap aung san suu kyi's honourary canadian citizenship over the plightrman football magazine. it explains why the delegation leading the winning bid to host euro 2024 were muted in their celebrations. so let's begin. with me is david buik, who is a market commentator at core spreads. what do you make of all of this? my plan for a better brexit, from boris johnson. number one, chuck chequers, scrap the irish backstop, negotiate a canadian style deal, prepare for no deal and start trade negotiations from around the world in april. quite a checklist for mrjohnson.. 4000 word essay,

he ministries key security and defense ministries so the very much still has power about aung san suu kyieven though her power is could tell that as we say she really hasn't spoken up in support of the rigging in defense all of them criticizing the military in fact it's been the opposite at times she's been seen to be praising the generals in charge of the forces and it's been the same in this case it's been the same regarding other ethnic minorities who continue to face attacks from the millet forces such as in kitchen state where the civil war continues to rage in parts of shan state korean state as well she hasn't really spoken out in defense of these minority groups and when asked about this particular case against the reuters journalist she really simply said that the judiciary in myanmar is independent we have to let it play its course well now we have a conviction now we have to legitimate journalists in myanmar who have got going to jail for seven years for breaching the state secrets act so now she can speak out in criticism of this case if she wants to see what she does for more

there's been international condemnation of the verdict but still nothing from aung san suu kyi the state councilor of me and maher once a champion of free speech and human rights we have heard from the deputy information minister online tune when asked about wyong sense sued she hasn't spoken out about the verdict he said that criticizing the judicial system would be tantamount to contempt of court but it is really still all eyes on aung san suu kyi and her government to see whether they will grant pardons to our loan and shore sue the chinese government is denying trapping african countries dozens of african leaders are flying home from a two day summit in beijing president xi jinping promised another sixty billion dollars in financing and loans and told them there are no strings attached critics accuse the chinese of debt colonialism by giving loans that african countries can't repay are china correspondent entrained brown has more from beijing. or chinese and african leaders are hailing the outcome of the summit but online on social media there is anger and criticism over the decision

sometimes our hopes can be betrayed many of us can for the release of aung san suu kyi, imprisoned byed by the myanmar military for fighting democracy. today imprisoned by the myanmar military forfighting democracy. today the myanmar military government, which on samsung chief nominally leads, stands accused of grave atrocities against the rohingya people. nearly 1 million have fled to neighbouring bangladesh and women and girls in particular have faced appalling violence. we demand that the myanmar government ends its horrific ethnic fencing and allows the hinge people to return home and rebuild their communities and their in safety and security! applause and let me say a few words about the ongoing demand forjustice and rights to the palestinian people. our party is united in condemning the shooting of hundreds of unarmed demonstrators in gaza by israeli forces and the passing of israel's discrimination free nation state law. the continuing occupation... applause the expansion of illegal settlements and the imprisonment of palestinian children are an outrage. we support... applause

attacks on wrecking your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi as they are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides that rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and they don't just muslims and of a kind and seem to be a section of much of the world for example we have very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because some are now down to four figures she was also asked about the case of the two reuters journalists who last w

notau in san suu kyi's in myanmar. instead, for journalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, the reward is a prison sentence.th reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of 10 rohingya muslims. the n. believes the myanmar military and buddhist monks may have killed more than 10,000 rohingya in rakhine state last year, but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven-year jail sentence. >> we didn't do anything harmful to our nation. we didn't commit any crimes. reporter: the furyf the supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison, convicted of obtaining secret documents which could help enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. >> the verdict struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar.ts many diploave been at the trial throughout. we believe the judge has ignored evidence in the case and ignored myanmar's laws. extremely disappoin

there had been hopes that aung san suu kyi would use one of the few powers she does hold to grant a pardon to that of porters. that didn't happen i mean a media landscape already intimidated and controlled by the state there's now a chill more intense than it has been in the past few years whatever happens now nothing can make up for eight months while on trial have been separated from their families deprived of their freedom and honorable to work as journalists but it is important now. that the injustice of this conviction but the prison sentence be overturned it does send a very chilling message to the media and whether they are released and amnesty later or not and a very strong message given about reporting on issues connected to the military issues relating to a ranger. and the situation in the kind states unfortunately the verdict if anything provides support to those. in the security forces who sought to cover up evidence of a real crime those who participated in the mass killing persons the ten year prison terms the two men who exposed the killing were sentenced to seven years as a

good citizen there's been international condemnation of the verdict but still nothing from aung san suu kyi the state counselor all of me and my once a champion of free speech and human rights we have heard though from the deputy information minister only tune out when asked about wyong son sujit hasn't spoken out about the verdict he said that criticizing the judicial system would be tend to mount to contempt of court but it is really still all eyes on aung san suu kyi and her government to see whether they will grant pardons to while loan and shore sue. and al jazeera journalist non-modal saying has had his detention in egypt extended for a sixteenth time hussein is now spend six hundred twenty three days behind bars without charge he's accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame egypt's state institutions he and al-jazeera strongly deny the allegations and the network is demanding his release. of our fault i phone has slammed into western japan flooding and closing an international airport and crashing a tanker into a bridge the government has urged war then

good citizen there's been international condemnation of the verdict but still nothing from aung san suu kyi the state council all of me and my once a champion of free speech and human rights we have heard though from the deputy information minister on law tune when asked about wyong son sued she hasn't spoken out about the verdict he said that criticizing the judicial system would be tantamount to contempt of court but it is really still all eyes on aung san suu kyi and her government to see whether they will grant pardons to while loan and choice of. supporters of congolese opposition leaders are planning a series of protests after he was barred from running in the upcoming presidential election on monday the democratic republic of congo's top court confirmed the ruling benbow was ineligible because of a conviction of the international criminal court for bribing witnesses has condemned the decision and called the country a fake democracy. international donors and member states of pledged more than two billion dollars in financial assistance for the lake chad basin where eleven million peop

good citizen there's been international condemnation of the verdict but still nothing from aung san suu kyi the state councilor of me and maher once a champion of free speech and human rights we have heard from the deputy information minister only tune out when asked about why own son sujit hasn't spoken out about the verdict he said that criticizing the judicial system would be tantamount to contempt of court but it is really still all eyes on aung san suu kyi and her government to see whether they will grant pardons to while alone and short . they've been protests in the south of yemen and that anger over the south the u.s. the coalition's presence in the country demonstrators in the government governor rather chanted for the coalition to leave calling it hopped off of us they have been on the protests in yemen south over the government's failure to take measures against rising prices and the collapse of the currency. back now to one of our top stories the death of out of that hardly al-jazeera is eunice yes that has been following the reaction to the death from the afghan capital kabul.

cooperation from the myanmar government we are deeply disappointed that state cancer down through san suu kyi has not used her position or her moral authority to stamp prevent or condemn that unfolding events in black and state in fact the united nations considers that a hunger the most persecuted minority in the world and called the situation human rights catastrophe as a result of me or mars military offensives at least three hundred ninety two with minorities villages have been destroyed and thousands killed seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims have fled to bangladesh in the last year the un also stresses cases of women being gang raped and children assaulted but over the years and saying suu kyi the country's defacto leader is repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing is taken place when you use terms like ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme i don't think this ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong or an expression to use for what's happening and sang suu kyi also blocked a u.n. fact finding mission from accessing the area in twenty seventeen despi

some news in brief now: myanmar‘s de—facto leader, aung san suu kyi, says the reuters journalists jailed official secrets act can appeal their sentence. there's been widespread criticism over the jailing of wa lone and kyaw soe oo who were investigating violence against the rohingya minority. turkey is reinforcing its military posts inside syria's rebel—held province of idlib. it's in an effort to deter a government offensive, which it says would unleash a humanitarian disaster on its border. idlib is home to around three million people and is the last major rebel stronghold in syria. thousands of civilians have escaped in the past few days, as russia resumed air strikes in the area. the us is considering banning the sale of flavoured e—cigarettes because of an apparent epidemic of use among teenagers. the food and drug administraion announced the proposal as part of a wider effort to try and stop teens using nicotine products. it's sent more than a thousand warning letters to stores for selling e—cigarettes to under—age vapers. hungary's foreign minister has condemned a decision by the

myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, says the reuters journalists jailed for violating the country's officialrdict. there's been widespread criticism over the jailing of wa lone and kyaw soe 0o, who were investigating violence against the rohingya minority. colombia's eln rebel group has released six people who'd been held captive for over a month. three others were freed last week. colombia's new president, ivan duque, has been demanding the release of all hostages as a condition for resuming peace talks with the eln. a renoir painting stolen by the nazis has been returned to its rightful owner at a ceremony in new york, after more than 70 years. "two women in a garden", which was painted by renoir in the last year of his life, was handed to the granddaughter of the jewish owner. the painting was taken from a paris bank vault in 1941. in business today, we are focused on what the central bank will be doing in turkey. it could be forced to push interest rates up above 20% today, to try and prop up the country's plunging currency, the lira. it has slumped 40% this year, as foreign investors pu

attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. we simply to we with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair.

the wife of one of two reporters jailed in me and martin has called on the country's leader aung san suu kyi to free her husband for the sake of their daughter while lone and soon were convicted on charges related to their reporting on army attacks on me in mars' were hinge on minority their lawyers are considering an appeal. mali's president. kato has been sworn in for his second term in office this ceremony and by marco went ahead after the constitutional court confirmed he won last month's runoff election and dismissed fraud accusations from the opposition candidate cato has vowed to strengthen national security against extremist violence. also in africa the former democratic republic of congo warlord. has announced a long delayed december presidential election as a quote parity after the country's top court banned him from contesting it bumba was one of six presidential hopefuls excluded by the election commission from the vote he appealed but the constitutional court has upheld the balancing it was because of his conviction by the international criminal court the i.c.c. for bribing witn

attacks on rigging your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of cause. with which we with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides the rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pick who should be protected by the rule of law and you have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and there don't just muslims under the kind of a perception of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because some are now down to four fingers.

people tell us the role ofjournalism in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.op military officers in myanmar should face crimes according to some. it is in the contest of this corresponding to national condemnation that the courts and authorities will be able to send their message later today. our other top story this hour: migrants and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean face an ever more deadlyjourney, according to a new report by the un refugee agency. the un is calling on europe to do more to try to save lives, by providing safe, legal routes for refugees. imogen foulkes has more from geneva. thousands of people have died crossing the mediterranean, over 1600 so far this year alone. the un refugee agency says the journey is becoming ever more dangerous. the fatality rate has risen from one in 42 to one in a team. europe should focus less on managing numbers and trying to find more on the humanity to save lives. to help refugees join family members are ready in europe, increasing settlement places and providing safe, legal alternatives to the deadly vo

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar.forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all, the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters‘ investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists‘ supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could've helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgement today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many di

cooperation from the myanmar government we are deeply disappointed that state concert down suki san suu kyi has not used to position the moral authority just ten prevent or condemn the unfolding events in iraq. and. the un considers the range of the most persecuted minority in the world and calls the situation a human rights catastrophe as a result of a military offensive at least three hundred ninety two of the minorities villages have been destroyed thousands have been killed the un also stresses the cases of women being gang raped and children assaulted but over the years. the country's de facto leader has repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing has taken place when you use terms like ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme i don't think this ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use what's happening or you heard earlier on sun suchi also blocked a u.n. fact finding mission from accessing the area in twenty seventeen despite that she's seen as something of a hero in the west she previously want to nobel peace prize and a u.s. congress