, crossing borders by land and by water. bob woodruff on the border of myanmar with the rohingya, a persecuted muslim minority so unwelcome their government denies they exist. restricted to camps within their own country. now charges of torture, execution, and rape by the military. >> they put a rope around their neck like this? >> could this nobel peace prize recipient be doing more to save these oppressed people? >>> plus missing mom. a mysterious disappearance in the houston area. a mother of two last seen the day before the hurricane hit. her car found underwater in a motel parking lot. but police say she was not lost in the storm. >> we do believe it is probably foul play. >> the new clues uncovered in the investigation. >>> but first here tonight, the "nightline" 5. >>> good evening. and tonight we take you to the front lines of a horrifying humanitarian crisis. reports of government-orchestrated torture, rape, and ethnic cleansing against a minority group in the country of myanmar. it is causing a mass exodus and an international outcry. here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter

myanmar. you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. turkey's president hosts is russian counterpart in syria is said to top the. british charity warns that war ravaged yemen could not chop its one million dollar a by november. and student voices joined a growing chorus in support of catalonia as independence referendum. new figures from the un and international aid groups to show that the number of are fleeing violence in western man mark continues to grow it's believed now that more than half a million ranger have fled to bangladesh since violence broke out in myanmar's rakhine state last month the un security council will meet to the scuffs the crisis soon the un has accused me of mars army of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity they're calling for sanctions in particular on arms embargo meanwhile hundreds of children are being separated from their families as they flee the unrest and those who have made it the bangladesh have brought with them accounts of murder and systematic arson jon

calling on myanmar to take his people back. also, hurricane irma's path of devastation. residence on the island of st. maarten are leaving amid flu -- food and water shortages. millions remain without power. apple ceo tim cook says it is the biggest leap forward in a decade. the new iphone 10. it is the first iphone to almost break the $1000 price tag. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. pressure is mounting on myanmar over the persecution of its stateless muslim minority amid reports of soldiers burning down villages and murdering inhabitants, thousands have been fleeing the state. they are heading north into neighboring bangladesh come as you see there. the prime minister of bangladesh has asked for support with the refugees. reporter: homes reduced to ashes. this video shot by a refugee shows what many of the muslims are leaving behind. about 370,000 of them have fled to neighboring bangladesh in the last month. many are hurt, sick or dehydrated. makeshift camps are filled beyond capacity, causing people to fight for scarce resources. those were able to

nations is being accused of a series of failures in the lead—up to the violence in myanmar. the un secretary—general has described the crisis there as the world's fast—developing refugee emergency and a human rights nightmare. more than half a million rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. around 90% of the population of myanmar is buddhist. but a million rohingya muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. the latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. the bbc‘sjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. but could, and should, the un have done more before the killing and burning started? really disturbing to think that some of this could pos

i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. the headlines: the un accuses myanmar of ethnic cleansing, as the exodus of rohingya muslims continues. many are victims of gun attacks and landmines. translation: i have lost my husband, i have lost my house. where do i go? there is only unhappiness for us. the un security council unanimously backs another round of sanctions against north korea — ramping up the pressure on pyongyang. these are by far the strongest measures ever imposed on north korea. it gives us a better chants to halt the regime from fuelling its nuclear programme. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: a massive relief operation gears up across florida and the caribbean — in the wake of hurricane irma. millions face weeks without power. after controversy and legal challenges finally australia's postal ballot on legalising same sex marriage will go ahead. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 6:30am in myanmar where within the past 2a hours tens of thousands

up, myanmar's leader cancels her trip to this month's u.n. general assembly shows -- with the german election just days away, what do people around the world make of it? we will have two african views of the candidates and the issues. ♪ sarah: i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program, thank you for joining us. year p and commission president has given up the annual state of the union speech saying the eu is emerging from years of crisis. he urged member governments to use brexit and the recent economic recovery as springboards towards a closer union. he called for more eu members to join the eurozone and the passport-free area. we will go to strasburg for analysis in a moment. first, this report. reporter: the wind is back in europe's sales. that was the key message in and at times deeply personal state of the union speech. >> i have been through thick and thin with the european union and never have i lost my love for the eu. we all know there's no love without disappointment, or very rarely. reporter: mentioning brexit just briefly, he used his annual speech to propose more

. announcer: myanmar's military has been accused of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the country's muslim minority, which has caused 400,000 refugees to flee to neighboring bangladesh. chief -- aung san suu kyi addressed criticism after canceling her trip to speak at the u.n. this is half an hour. aung: excellency's and distinguished guests. aung: excellencies and distinguished guests. last year, when i address to the united nations general assembly, as a representative of the newly established government of myanmar, i renewed our confidence in the charge of the -- charter of the united nations. it is in this enduring belief in nations to unite to build a more peaceful end prosperous world, a kinder, more compassionate end a , kinder, more compassionate home up for all mankind, that we wish to share with members of the international community the challenges the country is now facing and the steps we are taking to overcome them. this year, as i shall not be able to travel to new york for the general assembly, i have arranged a briefing. when our people voted for the natura

. marines first landed in 1945. >> sreenivasan: bangladesh accused neighboring myanmar today of repeatedly violating its airspace with drones and helicopters, but myanmar denied it, adding it's been transporting rations to refugees near the border. around 400,000 muslims, known as the rohingya, have fled mostly- buddhist myanmar into bangladesh during the last month. the exodus began when myanmar's military cracked down on an armed resistance by the long- persecuted rohingya minority and burning rohingya villages. a united nations official called the actions by myanmar's military a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing." largely silent on the matter is for more on the rohingya refugee crisis, i am joined by reuters' myanmar bureau chief, antoni slodkowski, via skype from bangkok in neighboring thailand. antoni, let me start with the scenes that we have witnessed over the past several weeks. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of humans fleeing one country and going directly to bangladesh, who don't really have the capacity to host them. >> yes, indeed, it's a horrible huma

dark. also coming up, the united nations says rohingya muslims in myanmar are facing ethnic cleansing of thousands are fleeing into bangladesh. the free press in turkey on trial yet again. the staff of the country's only newspaper critical to everyone -- critical to erdogan in court. ♪ it is good to have you with us. we begin tonight with the task of tallying the bill left by hurricane irma. the cuban government says at least 10 people were killed when the category 4 storm ripped across the coast. many of the fatalities occurred in havana province. they blame accidents and failure to evacuate for the deaths. the storm battered the coast with waves, some 11 meters high. irma then punched its way to the u.s. mainland, making its way to florida not once but twice and now making its way to georgia. in florida, millions have been left without power while the storm triggered record flooding in the northeast of the state. it is not over yet. in the last few minutes, the state governor said that floods will be a threat this week. rescuers are out looking for victims and seeing the extent of

to the united nations. as thousands more flee the violence in myanmar — the un says the entire region is being destabilised. i call on the myanmar authorities to suspend military action, end the violence, uphold the rule of law and recognise the right of return for all those who have had to leave the country. but inside myanmar it's a very different perspective — we have a special report on the prevailing attitudes there. the perception here from many is that it's burmese buddhism that's under siege, from militant islam. we'll be reporting on the plight of the rohingya — which is worsening by the day. also tonight: hundreds of private patients — treated by breast surgeon ian paterson — will share a compensation fund worth £37 million. in the caribbean — foreign secretary borisjohnson visits the british territories hit by hurricane irma — as the government pledges more money for the rescue work. it's really difficult there's no food there's no water, we have been hearing that there are some people bringing some help but we haven't seen anything kind of organised. and an ev

sharma in london. also in the programme: pressure mounts on the government in myanmar to end its military campaign against the rohingya muslim community who continue to flee in their thousands. and another royal baby is on the way. the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they're expecting their third child. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, 12pm in london and 7pm in new york, where the united nations security council has been in an emergency session to discuss the threat posed by north korea, following it's latest nuclear test. the meeting though, laid bare the differences between the us and china on what approach to take. the chinese ambassador said beijing would never allow war and urged dialogue between the parties. but his us counterpart, nikki haley, said only the strongest sanctions would work, and claimed north korea was "begging for war". from seoul, the bbc‘s yogita limaye starts our coverage. a day after north korea's most powerful nuclear test, the south displayed its might.

established government of myanmar, i reaffirmed our confidence in the charge of the united nations. it is in this enduring belief in nations to unite to build a more peaceful and prosperous world, a kinder, more compassionate home for all mankind, that we wish to share with members of the international community the challenges the country is now facing and the steps we are taking to overcome them. this year, as i shall not be able to travel to new york for the general assembly, i have arranged a briefing. when our people voted for the natural leader of democracy in the elections of 2015, they in fact entrusted to us the task of carrying out three responsibilities. democratic transition, peace and stability, and development. none of these challenges are either easy or simple. transition for us is the transition to democracy after half of a century or more of authoritarian rule. now we are in the process of nurturing our nation, and yet, imperfect democracy. peace and stability are something we had to achieve after nearly 70 years of internal conflict that started on the day of our i

other myanmar side of the border in between is the nuff river now you can see behind me smoke rising these are villages been burned by the myanmar security forces within the last several days thousands of people are trying to cross into bangladesh through this river crossing many of them are unable to cross because the boat men are charging them exuberant prices ranging from a dollar to two hundred dollars this people are poor they cannot afford to cross because the prices are so high now a lot of these people need to be transferred into the official camp or in the quite appalling area where the presence of international donor agencies right now they're in the marcy of the local donors people from local community are providing them fresh water and food most of these people are a woman and children some elderly people that desperately need aid and they need to be mobilized and move from this area into the official area of cooper long otherwise they won't get the kind of how the need now the amnesty international latest report corroborates what we are saying and our contacts and myanma

—general, antonio guterres, to visit myanmar. it comes after mr guterres told the un security council that violence against rohingya muslims has spiralled into the world's fastest growing refugee emergency. but the united nations itself has been accused of a series of failures. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the handling of the rohingya conflict. this is his special report. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. but could, and should, the un have done more before the killing and burning started? really disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. this woman is a lawyer and aid worker. between 2013 and 2015 she ran the office of the top united nations official in myanmar. it was a stressful time. she says her boss was so afraid of upsetting the burmese government t

with myanmar. turning over a new leaf. how will nissan's new car fare ina leaf. how will nissan's new car fare in a crowded market? good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. thank you forjoining us. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has gone to myanmar to boost trade ties. it is an important relationship for myanmar because india is the third largest destination for the exports of the country. but myanmar is coming under pressure to end the violence it is reportedly inflicting on the rohingya muslim minority. i askedif on the rohingya muslim minority. i asked if we can expect any deals from this visit. they are looking to increase access between the two countries in terms of ease of travel between the two nations which is important for trade and the risen. —— tourism. india is a destination for medical tourism from myanmar. india has been a key market for myanmar. it is no doubt on the agenda. is india likely at all to use china's dominance? we know china is well ahead in terms of investing into myanmar and poten

accusations of child sex abuse. nearly 60,000 rohingya, the muslim minority in myanmar, have fled the country after violence erupted a week ago. so many people were killed. they just set fire to everything. ijust ran. they were shooting at us and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. more than 1,400 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across south asia. paying for road closures. new proposals to charge utility companies by the hour for roadworks which cause disruption. also in the next hour, unseen footage of comedian tony hancock has been found almost 50 years after his death. and you can hear some of that episode and around 20 minutes. and robot nurses, robot rabbits and dancing aliens. this week's click takes a look at the latest technological developments. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start with some breaking news this afternoon. that has come within the last half—hour at bbc news. detectives investigating an incident where a crossbow bolt was loosed into the oval cricket gr

authorities in myanmar to halt the military campaign against the rohingya minority. i call on the myanmar authorities to suspend military action and the violins, uphold the rule of law and recognise the right of return of all those who had to leave the country. —— suspend the military action and violence. the european commission president looks beyond brexit and claims that the eu has got wind back in its sails after a difficult year. and victims of hurricane irma are confirmed in florida as the clear up continues in the state and across the caribbean. and if you want to get in touch — the hashtag is #bbcos. hello, and welcome to outside source. the united nations security council has gathered for an emergency meeting to discuss the worsening crisis in myanmar. while that meeting was going on, the un secretary—general antonio guterres was adding his voice to the debate over the hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who've fled appalling violence. grievances that have been left to fester for decades have now escalated beyond myanmar‘s borders, destabilising the region. the hu

, and a counter—offensive launched by the myanmar military, in the largely buddhist state. hundreds of people have died. earlier i spoke to 0lof blomqvist from the human rights campaign group, amnesty international who says he's very concerned about the situation... it's very difficult to know exactly what's going on inside myanmar these days. because rakhine state in the north has been completely sealed off from the outside world. there are no journalists or human rights observers allowed to enter. but stories like the ones we've just heard from your report are gradually coming out from refugees who made it across. it sounds like it's a very horrific situation going on across the border. we are hearing stories about people being killed, villages being burnt, and people are pointing fingers at the myanmar security forces or against rohingya. one thing that's particularly worrying is that there is a sense of history repeating itself in the worst possible way. last year we saw a very similar response by the myanmar military to a similar attack by the same armed group. they responded with

suspend action and violence, to uphold the rule of law. but as we've been finding out — in myanmar, the crisis is seen but as we've been finding out — in myanmar, the crisis rather differently. the perception here is that it is bernie ‘s board is under siege from militant islam. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. south korea sets up teams of new special forces as cross—border tensions rise — we'll ask a former colonel what message seoul is sending to pyongyang. and we'll hear from the australian researcher whose work on warning doctors when a foetus could be in danger might help save thousands of babies. live from studio in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 5am on the bangladeshi border, where nearly 400,000 rohingya muslims are now gathered in terrible conditions, driven from their homes in myanmar by the military. we have been reporting on their desperate situation for several weeks now as the numbers have gone up and up. mainly on foot, and taking as much as they can carry, the rohin

people have fled the latest violence in myanmar. plus, at lego, apparently all the pieces do not fit together as they should. the company, famous for its building blocks, suffers a drop in sales. 1000 jobs are now on the chopping block. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight the u.s. government has announced it was scrapped a program created by former president obama designed to protect illegal migrant children from deportation. while making the announcement a short while ago u.s. attorney general jeff sessions said the trump administration is ending the program because it is unconstitutional. the deferred action for children arrivals, daca program, was implement to five years ago and effects nearly eight hundred thousand immigrants allowing them to legally work in the u.s. saracens -- sessions says this has been unfair to american citizens. >> it wasn't unconstitutional exercise -- it was an unconstitutional exercise of the executive branch. aiken generated to a surge of minors at the southern border that yielded terrible consequences. it also denied job

to you will have another chance to see the. aung san suu kyi, at the effective leader of myanmar is making her much anticipated televised address on the violence affecting the rohingya muslim population. steps were taken to ove rco m e muslim population. steps were taken to overcome them... this year, i shall not be able to travel to new york... we now people voted for the national union of democracy in the elections of 2015, they in fact... audio drop out there are some difficulties with ec. we will try again now. none of these challenges are easy nor simple. transition for us is a transition to democracy after 50 years or more of authoritarian rule. now we are in the process of nurturing our nation yet imperfect democracy. peace and stability were something we had to achieve after nearly 70 years of internal conflict that started on the day of our independence in 19118. development has to be achieved within the context of the first to. nurturing democratic values, establishing peace and stability and achieving the kind of sustainable development that will be seen as equitable by a

the programme, calls grow for action to help the rohingya in myanmar, we reveal the un failures over the conflict. and waiting and watching. over 100,000 people are now 0ver100,000 people are now displaced as bali's volcano threatens to erupt. it is seven a.m. here in singapore, midnight in london and this is newsday. we begin with china and north korea. long—time allies who have hit a rough patch in their relationship as beijing gets tough on its regional partner. china has announced new measures to greatly increase the pressure on the regime in pyongyang. north korean companies operating in china will have to close down by the end of the year. the moves have been welcomed by the us government which believes chinese policy is now shifting. this is the scion north korean friendship bridge. in return, the north relies on china for over 90% of its international trade. of the locals along the border, jobs and prosperity are heavily dependent on this relationship continuing. but pyongyang's missile tests have prompted beijing to promise to act on un sanctions after america accused it o

myanmar to bangladesh to escape spiralling violence since rohingya militants attacked police positions a week ago. according to the campaign group, human rights watch, new satellite imagery shows more than 700 homes have been burned down in a rohingya village. sanjoy majumder sent this report from a refugee camp on the bangladesh—myanmar border. exhausted and traumatised after escaping death. many of these rohingyas have walked for hours across hills, and wading through paddy fields to avoid border patrols before making it here. these are fresh arrivals, rohingyas who have just arrived after crossing the border, and with every passing hour, there are more and more of them coming. there is absolutely no space left any more, so they are just living on any piece of open ground they can find, and many of them have the most disturbing testimony to share. i meet a man who is nursing a bullet wound in his foot. he tells me that his village, just across the border, was attacked, allegedly by the myanmar military and armed mobs. translation: so many people were killed. theyjust set fire to ev

on its neighbour. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: growing calls for myanmar to end the military crackdown against rohingya muslims. 90,000 have now fled the country. the duke, the duchess, and the due date. william and kate are expecting their third child sometime next year. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in new york, where an emergency meeting of the un security council has failed to agree on a way forward to address the crisis involving north korea. the us ambassador to the united nations said that america did not want a war, but its patience was not unlimited. china's representative has called for a return to negotiations, to avoid chaos and war on the korean peninsula. yogita limaye starts our coverage from seoul. a day after north korea's most powerful nuclear test, the south displayed its might. missiles were launched from the ground and the air. it was a test drill. south korea showing off how it could attack pyongyang's nuclear site. this is a strong reaction from a country that, for months now, has been desperately

fact finding mission on myanmar says his team has received widespread allegations of mass killings, and the burning of entire villages. also, ryanair publishes the list flights which have been cancelled between now and the end of october. the budget airline is cancelling 40-50 the budget airline is cancelling 40—50 flights every day for the next after admitting to problems managing pilot rotors. a report finds online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. the bbc learns that the number of abandoned 999 calls to uk police control rooms has more than doubled in the last year. i'm here, i'm waiting, i'm ready! are you ready? rio ferdinand launches a new career as a professional boxer, two years after he retired from football. good morning. i'm matthew price. welcome to bbc newsroom live. parts of the caribbean are bracing themselves for yet more devastation as hurricane maria has begun to batter the islands with winds of up to 155 miles per hour. here's the path of maria, currently over the leeward islands where she has already struck, r

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

current crisis in myanmar. the secretary-general has acknowledged today that it is the fastest developing refugee emergency. more than half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh. the bbc's jonah fisher has seen internal u.n. documents outlining concerns about how the conflict has been handled. he has this report. reporter: in a months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements condemning the burmese authorities. >> the situation remains or seems a textbook example of the ethnic cleansing. reporter: but could and should the u.n. have done more before the killing and burning started? >> very disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. is a lawyer and aid worker, and between 2013 and 2015, she ran the office of the top united nations official in myanmar. this is her, a canadian. it was a stressful time. she says her boss was afraid of upsetting the burmese government, that any suggestions that they stand up for the rohingyas' human r

authorities in myanmar to halt the military campaign against the rohingya minority. i call on the mien ma authorities to suspend military action, and recognise the right of return for all those who had to leave the country. the european commission president looks beyond brexit and claims that the eu has got "wind back in its sails" after a difficult year. and victims of hurricane irma are confirmed in florida as the clear up continues in the state and across the caribbean. and if you want to get in touch — it's #bbcos. the un has said there's now an "emergency within an emergency" when it comes to dealing with the rohingya crisis. to remind you, rohingya refugees have been fleeing violence from myanmar‘s rakhine state. already, some 380,000 have crossed the border into bangladesh, where they're now living in makeshift refugee camps. meanwhile, aung sang suu kyi appears to have turned her back on the international community — pulling out of a meeting of world leaders in new york next week. a myanmar government spokesperson said ms suu kyi wouldn't attend because perhaps she had "more

reporter in myanmar says entire swathes of rakhine state are depopulated and burning, as the mass exodus of rohingya muslims to bangladesh continues. the german elections are just over two weeks away — ros atkins is seeing how the land lies in cologne. every day outside source features bbc journalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag. welcome to outside source. hurricane irma continues to devastate the caribbean. we have been getting pictures in from all over. what you see here is the caribbean islands being battered by a category 5 hurricane. that's the highest possible level — which makes irma the most powerful atlantic storm in a decade. this is the island of saint martin — officials warn most of the area is all but destroyed. this is antigua, very severe, home to 80,000 — luckily the islanders escaped major damage to their homes, and there have been no fatalities. in puerto rico, more than half of the island's 3.5 million residents were without power amid heavy downpours and strong winds. look at the scene is facing

appeal to the leaders of myanmar including military leaders to condemn incitement to racial incident violence i think the un chief declares zero hinge a crisis the wow factor is developing refugee agency. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up after backing opposing sides in the syrian war the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to work closely to help end the conflict thus. i am. still losing spain joined growing support for catalonia as independence referendum despite strong opposition to also ahead. we'll tell you both a country of the stone you're already has one of the internet's most recognizable brands but how do you replicate skype success. and keep watching to find out how this country is putting tech innovation to. the u.n. secretary general antonio tara says the crisis in myanmar as a kind state is the world's fastest developing refugee emergency more than half a million ranger have fled to bangladesh but others haven't survived the journey diplomatic editor space reports they see men women and children fleeing bloodshed. and the torching of homes in myanmar they

temporary home for refugees who have come over from myanmar and have nowhere to go. plus bbc arabic on the islamic state group under pressure in syria and the beer that —— bbc investigation into is recruitment in the uk. i want to begin with the american statement at an emergency session of the un security council earlier. to the un security council earlier. to the members of the security council, i must say, enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks. but as i havejust negotiations and a return to talks. but as i have just outlined, negotiations and a return to talks. but as i havejust outlined, we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime, and time after time, they have not worked. the time for half measures in the security council is over. the time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong—un‘s action canno

crisis in a post on his facebook account gentlemen urged people and the media and myanmar to unite over the hinges issue hundreds of thousands of the hundred muslims have fled to neighboring to escape what the u.n. says is ethnic cleansing his comments come as the country's military is accused of deliberately targeting civilians while the general said that the recent upsurge in violence was an attempt by extremist bengalis and buckeye state to build a stronghold and built a thong and mung tall he continued by saying they demanded recognition as a hand job which he denied ever being an ethnic group in myanmar will talk of a child who is following developments from caucasus bazaar near the bangladesh myanmar border myanmar stop military man many young on his personal phrasebook posting on sunday with this committee do unite. together on the rohingya issues in a facebook posting he referred to the rohingya insurgents as bengali extremists trying to set up through the hole in the right kind state of myanmar province now obviously this is a personal posting but it appears to be a propag

inside myanmar is reaching its natural end. as far as the burmese military is concerned, these people are a historical problem that has now been fixed. mushtaq and his family have just arrived. his home was burned down three weeks ago, he said. he had sought shelter in four other villages inside myanmar before being forced to flee to bangladesh. but he has no idea where they will live. the camps that have sprung up to house previous waves of rohingyas are already horribly overcrowded. hafiz manjur has come here to try to find a home for himself and his pregnant wife. he arrived from myanmar a week ago after a harrowing journey. he filmed parts of it. he has tried three other camps but is having no luck. gosh, there's a lot of people there, all on the move. "we've been living in other people's houses," he told me. "we had to leave my mother in myanmar. "we need to find somewhere we can house her, as well, but we don't have much money." bangladesh doesn't want these people settling here. instead, it is planning to build a huge camp for all 400,000 new arrivals, and to confine them there

united nations is calling on myanmar's government to end what it terms the nightmare treatment of the muslim minority group. welcome to the show. it's good to have you with us. authorities in the spanish region of catalonia say they will proceed with sunday's independence referendum. madrid says the vote is illegal and must not take place. catalonia is home to more than 7 peotone 5 million people and already has a high degree of autonomy. separatists secured a narrow majority in the parliament after regional elections in 2015. it is unclear if that means most people are willing to back independence. still, the regional government is determined to find out and says everything is in place for sunday's vote. >> these are the ballot boxes that the leaders of self-governing catalonia say its citizens will use to vote in the planned referendum from spain on sunday. authorities insist residents will be able to vote despite the ban from madrid. the mayor says for her the issue is personal. [speaking in other language] >> for me, the worst punishment would be to go out into the streets and

refugees who have fled from myanmar to bangladesh i would like to stress here that memory is prepared to start the verification process at any time bangladesh and mema our neighbors and our two neighbors who had the experience of such a rep or repatriation process in one thousand nine hundred three we are working to enhance relations with bangladesh i have met with the foreign minister of bangladesh in here in new york last week the minister of the office of the state consul will visit dhaka this weekend to further discuss matters of mutual concern and to find ways and means to move ahead with regard to the situation on our border we have also invited the minister of home affairs of bangladesh we will work on him at any time he is able to come to myanmar and hope to take forward our cooperation on border security matters our stated willingness to discuss the issue of repatriation gives the lie to the assertion that there is a policy of ethnic cleansing on our part mr president the new government in myanmar inherited a challenging situation ereka in state and and has had to deal with t

crisis affecting the rohingya muslims of myanmar has reached catastrophic levels. and that's according to the united nations. the secretary general antonio guterres has called on the authorities in myanmar, a mainly bhuddist country, to suspend their military action against the rohingya people. and he's warned that the crisis is destabilising the entire region. hundreds of thousands of rohingyas have fled to bangladesh. the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti starts our coverage from the port city of cox's bazar. the end of a long journey. more weary muslim rohingya people arrive in bangladesh. fleeing persecution in buddhist—dominated myanmar. this is godu thara in myanmar. the bbc filmed it in flames last week. the government said the fires were started by rohingya villagers. we found some of those villagers here in bangladesh. this couple watched the bbc‘s pictures of their village. they said the government's version of events is false and they blamed the police and local buddhists, whom they call the rakhine. translation: the rakhine were killing people. police were shooting. they set fi

myanmar to end the violence which has sent almost 400,000 rohingya muslims fleeing to bangladesh. the united states has called for the protection of civilians while the bangladesh government has urged for safe zones to be set up in myanmar to enable refugees to go home. later on wednesday the united nations security council will discuss the crisis. violence flared in rakhine state last month after attacks by militants on police posts provoked a military offensive against the rohingyas. ronan lee is a researcher at deakin university in melbourne, where he specialises in rohingya history and identity, hejoins me live now. ronan, thanks very much forjoining us. ronan, thanks very much forjoining us. cani ronan, thanks very much forjoining us. can i just... ronan, thanks very much forjoining us. can ijust... but we have a un security council meeting later in the day, and it is behind closed doors, what does that tell you about the priority i suppose being put on this issue? well, it has quite clearly a high priority. this is a man—made humanitarian catastrophe. it's important it's discu

for rohingya muslims, and says myanmar has one last chance to halt the military offensive against them. aid agencies say they've identified more than 1,000 children without parents or relatives among the refugees who've arrived from myanmar. some are as young as three years old. the united states has signalled a possible change in policy on climate change, secretary of state rex tillerson said it's "open" to staying in the paris agreement. and this story is trending on bbc.com. a man has died in hong kong while walking through a haunted house attraction. park officials say he had wandered into a restricted area of the buried alive ride at ocean park. local media reports say he was struck by a coffin. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am zeinab badawi. this is the un general assembly in new york. world leaders are gathering to debate the pressing issues of the day. my guess is antonio guterres, the secretary general, presiding over his first assembly since he took over the post in january. he assembly s

facing the rohingya people in myanmar. in 1962, general ne win led a military coup and went on to become the country's longest serving dictator. the military passed many laws, including one that stripped the rohingya of their citizenship. sharanjit leyl met pew way win, the son of general ne win and asked him about the military‘s role in the current crisis. i know the bbc has mentioned it in the past, the attacks on the villagers, military outposts and attack on their rakhines themselves. this is the start of a fundamentalism as it starts in the blood because if it goes on, we have seen the problems that carry on. at the same time, we must alleviate the suffering of the people as soon as and as best we can. how would you suggest doing that? these people are fleeing myanmar because they are scared. i don't know if you remember that in the 70s and 80s, there was one flareup as well will stop at the time, my father said, all right, it's ok, we can sort it out. we must live peacefully, let them come back. history tends to repeat itself and i think we should be able to sort it out no

thing off. un chief antonio terror's urges the myanmar government to end its military action as a security council expresses deep concern about reports of excessive violence. and are in taylor's al-jazeera life in london also coming up. to gallacher in the florida keys where residents are just starting to return what they coming home to is a scene of utter catastrophe. and morale is high in the iraqi army as it pushes forward with a final phase of its war against i so. we begin with the humanitarian plight of men miles range of people which the u.n. secretary general has described as catastrophic the fifteen member u.n. security council has also issued a statement calling for steps to be taken to end the violence myanmar's government has admitted one hundred seventy six range of images are now completely empty after all residents fled a recent crackdown in the northern rakhine state and it says revenge of muslims have begun to leave at least thirty four other villages as well as to make it four hundred thousand ranger a rule of escape to neighboring bangladesh since violence broke

myanmar is reaching its end. as far as the burmese government is concerned, these people are a historical problems that have now been fixed. this man and his family had just arrived. his home was burnt down three weeks ago, he said. he had sought shelter in four other villages inside myanmar before being forced to flee to magda— —— bangladesh. he has no idea where they will live. camps that have sprung up in previous waves are already full. this man has come here to try to find a home for himself and his pregnant wife. he arrived from myanmar a week ago after a harrowing journey. he filmed parts of it. he has tried three other camps but is having no luck. there area camps but is having no luck. there are a lot of people there. translation mike he has been -- we have been living in the people'shouses. we had to leave my mother in myanmar and have to find somewhere to house her as well but we don't have much money. bangladesh does not want these people settling here. instead it is planning to build a large camp for all 400,000 new arrivals, and to confine them there, a drastic step fo