some have chosen to cross over to bangladesh there has been a growing clamor for reply tradition of 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

bangladesh, where many thousands of rohingya muslims are spending the night without food and shelter after fleeing persecution in neighbouring myanmar. the prime minister of bangladesh has called for myanmar to take back the estimated 400,000 refugees that have poured across the border since an upsurge in violence at the end of august. the un will hold an urgent meeting later on wednesday to discuss the crisis. justin rowlatt reports from teknaf, near the border. roshida is nine months pregnant. she is expecting any day. but this is where she's living with 15 other family members and it is almost certainly where she'll have to give birth. translation: i'm worried. there is no help. nobody‘s getting any food. here, there is no rice, no vegetables, nothing. i'm starving. i first met her a few days back. she'd hiked for seven days through the hills and jungle to get here. she says her village had been burned to the ground. we've seen her and herfamily moved on by the authorities and driven off the land by fellow refugees. many nights, she's had to sleep under the skies, despite the mo

china's president xi undertones how does it sound to bangladesh now where the prime minister will use has speech at next week's un general assembly to demand more international help to deal with the range of crisis four hundred thousand refugees of now into bangladesh in the last three weeks playing a violent military crackdown in myanmar many living along the roadside without food or shelter prime minister sheikh hasina is also expected to request more pressure be put on the myanmar government my starter of course now from sharp or a do it in southwest bangladesh. waiting for the boats to come but for these rohingya refugees from myanmar there are still the not so small matter of haggling with the bangladeshi boatman not easy when you've got no local currency. in the plane because they're torturing and killing us on the other side we have to pay whatever the price of the protest no matter how high. some boatmen have been accused of charging exorbitant fees it's a touchy subject and i mean. i'm a bit of it if i was to take money from the ranger that would be a great sin i'm a musl

digital bangladesh we are working towards creating an environment to allow them to pursue transformative education find decent jobs and turn into truly global citizens. i am happy to announce that bangor bundu satellite one which is our first ever satellite is scheduled to be launched this year on our victory day sixteen december. mr president. to conclude i would like to say we do not want war we want peace we want people's well being not destruction of humanity we want sustainable development let this be our collective goal. i thank you long live bangladesh. it is just tough to double zero g.m.t. you're watching ologist zero we really live with the united nations in new york where the bangladeshi prime minister's shake has been speaking she covered a lot of issues about bangladesh including its economy and sustainable development but of course right at the top of that speech she said it was the fourteenth time she had addressed the u.n. general assembly she had come there with a heavy heart after seeing distressed and hungry. fleeing ethnic cleansing in me a minute she s

crossing from man march to bangladesh bringing the number since the start of the crisis to eighty eight who died when a refugee boat heading for the town of tech nuff capsized thousands of minority revenger a still flooding into bangladesh almost four hundred thousand of fled since the military crackdown a launched a crackdown three weeks ago after a range of fighters attacked a number of police posts. there's the headlines to stay with us up next it's inside story of a news after you off to that scene a bit by for. catastrophic and completely unacceptable the words of u.n. secretary general antonio good tears describing the attacks against muslim or hindu . as more people flee to bangladesh what in the take to stop this violence this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm jane dutton global pressure is mounting on me and mine its leader and son suchi to end the killing and displacement of muslim rangar the un is urge the government to take immediate steps to stop the violence secretary general antonio terrace called on me and mas military to suspend its operations in the weste

hanjour have fled to bangladesh since august but others haven't survive the journey our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. they died at sea men women and children fleeing bloodshed in tallahassee and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sync up this tragedy the un security council was told a result of a massive flow of people over half a million in about a month the situation is spittles into the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and the humanitarian and human rights nightmare the trumpet ministrations policy towards me and maher change sharply jury in this meeting with u.s. ambassador nikki haley demanding the prosecution of members of the meon mom military and the suspension of all arms sales to the country we cannot be afraid to call the actions of the burmese authorities what they appear to be a brutal sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority having heard those scathing comments as national security adviser gave his response there is no ethnic

million rangers have fled to bangladesh. on down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. the students join a growing movement to catalonia is independence referendum. people in puerto rico devastated by hurricane say aid from the us isn't coming fast enough plus. i'm stuck reporting from an evacuation camp on the slopes of mount i'm going to wait for a possible eruption continues. we begin with the crisis surrounding the range of community and man miles rakhine state which the u.n. chief has described as the world's fastest developing refugee emergency. has warned if mean mascot meant does not act the violence could spread a half a million range and fled to bangladesh but some have not been so lucky diplomatic editor james vanes reports. they don't see men women and children fleeing bloodshed. and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sink this tragedy the un security council was told a result of a massive flow of people over half a million in about a month the situation is spilled i

. bangladesh's prime minister sheikh hasina made a plea to the un to help the refugees return home to me and here's what she told the un general assembly. first me and mom must unconditionally stop the violence on the practice of ethnic cleansing in the rakhine state immediately and forever secondly secretary general of the united nations should immediately send a fact finding mission to me and my third all civilians irrespective of religion and ethnicity must be protected in me and ma for that saves earns could be created inside me and under a un supervision for ensure sustainable return of all forcibly displaced in bangladesh to the homes in me and ma. ok let's cross live to nicholas hawk joining us from cox's bazar in bangladesh close to the border with me and my listening to those comments nic from shaikh has seen it is clear that she actually wants the range of muslims to go home how is bangladesh coping so far. well the sheer number of refugees coming in is overwhelming and we still at the moment can see villages burning in the wreck hine state people are still coming in to t

stopped after police fired warning shots humanitarian efforts have also been hampered in bangladesh where the red cross truck carrying food supplies crashed nine people were killed and ten others were injured a military campaign in may a mars rock kind state has forced more than four hundred twenty thousand to flee to bangladesh meanwhile myanmar's army chief has defended his troops actions in iraq and state is encourage buddhists who were displaced by the violence to go home but stopped short of mentioning that muslims. the national races who fled from their native villages need to bank i explained this while. it is important people are living on their own land it is also necessary that if groups are able to take care of those areas we cannot do anything without people there there have been tense scenes in the streets of paris where thousands of people are protesting against president emanuel knuckles labor reforms . police used tear gas to disperse crowds out to some the start of throwing rocks and other objects macro months to make it easier for small and medium sized businesses

hindu. as more people flee to bangladesh what will it take to stop this violence this is inside story. with. the earth. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dothan global pressure is mounting on man mine its leader and son suchi to end the killing and displacement of muslim rang the un as urge the government to take immediate steps to stop the violence secretary general antonio terus called on me and military to suspend its operation in the western rakhine state and allowed to return to their villages at least four hundred thousand people have fled to bangladesh since the violence escalated late last month there are lots of get to with our guest but first james bays sets up a discussion from u.n. headquarters in new york. these were the toughest words yet from the secretary general on the ongoing violence in myanmar i call on the myanmar or thought it is to suspend the military action and the violence appalled the rule of law and recognize the right of return of all those where to leave the country the un knows the situation is deteriorating fast when mr good terrorist last spo

into bangladesh from myanmar in the past week, bringing with them stories of atrocities. so many people were killed. they just set fire to everything. i just ran. they were shooting at us, and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. and also ahead: it's a girl. the tennis world congratulates serena williams, as she gives birth to her first daughter. baby girl? well, i hope she doesn't play tennis! hello and welcome to the programme. aid agencies say around 45 million people across south asia are now affected by catastrophic flooding. more than 1,400 people are known to have died following torrential monsoon rains. the international red cross is warning that the floodwaters are becoming a breeding ground for deadly diseases, including malaria. the aid agency says many remote communities are completely cut off, and are running out of food. many of those left homeless are now sleeping on roadsides and in makeshift shelters in india, bangladesh and nepal. the bbc‘s justin rowlatt sent this report from bihar state, in eastern india, where more than 500 people h

. watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up bangladesh's prime minister calls for safe zones inside me and martha thousands of her hinge of muslims. hurrican maria picks up strength again as it barrels through the caribbean heading for the bahamas. and we're inside sudan where the u.n. fears violence could jeopardize elections next year. for the first time ever a leader in north korea has issued a statement to the world tensions are high with pyongyang now considering another hydrogen bomb test this time in the pacific ocean kim jong un reacted to donald trump's u.n. speech in which he threatened to attack north korea kim said he spoke unprecedented rude nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors a frightened dog barks louder mr kim went on to call trump a rogue and a gangster who was fond of playing with fire the north korean leader also called trump a doto odds who's hard of hearing him went on to say he will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged us doto with fire kim jong un statement was later read out on north korea

, rohingya muslims continue to pour into bangladesh to escape violence. our correspondent jonathan head reports from the bangladesh/myanmar border. on the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. on the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out rakhine state, we're still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation inside myanamar 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'd sought shelter in four other villages inside myanamar, before being forced to flee to bangladesh. but he has no idea where they will live. the camps that have sprun

southeastern bangladesh where a range of refugees continue to arrive hourly from me and just across the water polls are open to germany's election where voters will decide if i go to michael with a fourth term as chancellor plus. that's. how some elderly women in south africa boxing their way back to good health. the insults between north korea and the united states of ramped up as both nations show off their military strength u.s. president donald trump took to twitter again to call north korea's leader the rocket man he's warned kim jong un and his foreign minister that they won't be around much longer if the rhetoric continues the threat came after north korea's foreign minister rio ho spoke at the u.n. general assembly the u.s. has flown to its bombers north of the demilitarized zone for the first time in years the u.n. secretary general has met has called for a day escalation will raise rhetoric was in response to trump's address last week at the united nations diplomatic editor james pace reports democratic people's republic of korea this was the podium where four days earlier pre

a million refugees have now crossed into bangladesh. canada i'm already watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. russia's president putin arrives to meet his turkish counterpart now working together syria despite past disagreements. china orders north korean companies in the country to shut down as the chinese vice premier high level talks in washington. take you to the japanese museum showcasing work from an artist known as the queen of polka dots. the u.n. and international aid groups say more than half a million refugees have now fled to bangladesh since violence broke out in states last month the united nations security council will hold a meeting about the crisis in the coming hours u.n. officials would you to be allowed into rock island state for the first time since august the twenty fifth but miramar says the trip has been postponed due to bad weather. the u.n. has accused me of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity there calling for sanctions in particular an arms embargo. meanwhile hundreds of children ar

rohingya muslims have fled across the border into bangladesh. the un human rights chief has described the situation as ‘a text book example of ethnic cleansing'. the un security council is dead to discuss the crisis on wednesday. —— expect it. —— expect. the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti has been at a hospital in cox's bazar where she met injured rohingya muslim refugees who told her they were targeted by burmese military with guns and landmines. a warning some viewers might find this report distressing. what is happening in myanmar? looking across from bangladesh, huge clouds of smoke fill the sky. military boats patrol the river border. the army is accused of setting fire to muslim rohingya villages and of planting landmines in the paths of fleeing people. it denies that it is targeting civilians. we have found evidence to suggest otherwise. this small hospital in cox's bazar has been coping with large numbers of rohingya casualties. in the last week, it's had an influx of critically injured people blown up by landmines as they escaped. this person is one of them. he's15 years

bangladesh, where thousands have fled persecution and violence. this is the main land route through which the rohingyas are now entering bangladesh. on the other side of the mountain is myanmar. a bbc investigation finds is recruiters were trying to direct would—be attackers a year before westminster and london bridge. and we will be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the daily mirror, which says the prime minister is under pressure to change organ donation laws. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the un security council is to hold an emergency session to discuss north korea's nuclear programme, after it carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. it claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental missile. the us defence secretary has said a threat to the us will be met with a massive military response, while theresa may called for urgent new sanctions. the blast detected near an underground test site in north—western north korea is said to have had more destructive power than the bombs dropped on hiroshima

madrid. hundreds of ranger refugees who have crossed into bangladesh are lining up to receive aid at the pollen count just across the border and today she's have mobilized to help some of the hof a million people who've escaped the violence in myanmar the united nations refugee agency and the government are providing food water and medical and. aid agencies have created special play areas for were injured children to offer them some temporary a scape from the trauma they've suffered tell me a child really is one such area in cox's bazar in bangladesh. close to how many are going to refuse it up crossed over to bangladesh for the matter of one month out of time to undertake this isn't our children according to aid agencies and bangladesh government among them one hundred thousand children one of the ways this is something called child friendly space this was set up by bangladesh crack the largest n.g.o.s and also with the help of unicef what you're says children has got click on that drawing corner and reading corner they also have music on earth the children to be quite happy out her

bangladesh. and flying into syria, the russian military gives the media a rare tour into aleppo. we have a special report. in business, ten generations on. apple releases its anniversary iphone. it has better cameras, can do augmented reality and it recognises your face. but is it worth the wait? and also is it worth the high price? and also is it worth the high price? and we are at the frankfurt motor show were more weird and wonderful ca i’s show were more weird and wonderful cars are unveiled as the world's leading automakers race to plug in. —— where. hello and welcome to bbc news. clean—up efforts have begun in the wake of hurricane irma. the worst—affected areas are in the caribbean where seventeen thousand people desperately need shelter, with some still short of food and drinking water. it's believed that 37 people were killed on the islands. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been to the remote island ofjost van dyke in the british virgin islands and sent this report. the idyllic shores and secluded bays ofjost van dyke were no match for hurricane irma's wrath. sh

thousand rangers have escaped a military crackdown to seek safety in neighboring bangladesh the government there says three thousand have been killed by me and most security forces while difficult holland is in cox's bazaar that's on the me and bangladesh border device so we understand the bangladeshi prime minister sheikh hasina is going to visit the border area what are we expecting from this trip and if you like to do you think to ramp up any kind of relief effort for the ranger. that's right rob and ahead of this trip i want to mention the huge diplomatic push that bangladesh is making that try to meetings with the foreign minister that tried to enlist the help of the in march giant neighbors india and china they want to put pressure on me and mark to take back the refugees there are asking me in march to create a safe zone for them and give them back their refugees their saying that their injuries do not belong in myanmar they belong in bangladesh now saying that sheikh hasina is going to be arriving at this very can possibly in the next hour to assess the situation herself

continue to make the border crossing into bangladesh one month since the start of the range of crisis we're calling state the u.n. says nearly four hundred thirty thousand injured refugees have escape to bangladesh so far more news on the web site al jazeera dot com thirty minutes of al-jazeera well. between now and then all season. long counting the cost germany's outlook it's europe's largest manufacturing economy but is it in the slow lane when it comes to the digital economy with office with three about ensuring for climate change plus can we stop companies from using our internet data without. counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests fail to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village defied the odds. to cancer villages rose up demanding the return of their land calling for their leaders to step down after decades of corruption. and made a crackdown activist tim boy died in police custody. that you can achieve the unthin

revenge refugees a feared dead after that boat capsized in waters off bangladesh thursday but hundreds more continue to make the perilous journey for me because they've been warned of an imminent crackdown in central iraq stay ten of a challenge re has more now from cox's bazaar and bangladesh. i mean. you can see the beach behind me this is where the boat wreckage tragedy took place on thursday evening we spoke to some of the survivors in this boat wreckage they told us there were at least two hundred people in that boat. by the bangladesh. something hard on the sea and capsized. a lost my mother sister brother in law. i lost family members. this boat i meant for only barely twenty five to fifty people you can see the boat on my left side part of the wreckage there's other wreckage all spread across the bridge now most of this people are fleeing central iraq the people in northern part came to their villages and told that you need to flee because the army is going to crack down in the central part of the villages at least within the last two days there's been thousands of peo

military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also coming up, tonight is the 2017 emmy awards. the futuristic thriller westworld is up for 22 nominations. and lewis hamilton wins the singapore grand prix and boosts his hopes of winning this year's formula one championship. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced that the uk terror threat level, has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer considered imminent. the change comes after the arrest of a second man, in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train at parsons green station in london. a 21—year—old suspect was detained at a house in stanwell near heathrow last night. an 18—year—old arrested earlier at dover, and suspected of planting the bomb, remains in custody. police are still searching a house linked to the teenager at sunbury—on—thames. tom symonds reports. rapid progress and greater clarity. that is how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in w

from bangladesh, where thousands have fled persecution and violence. where thousands have fled this is the main land route for the rohingyas entering bangladesh. route for the rohingyas on the other side of the mountain is myanmar. a bbc investigation finds is recruiters were trying to direct would—be attackers a year before westminster and london bridge. and lewis hamilton wins the italian grand prix, spoiling the ferrari party at their home race. good evening. tensions over north korea's nuclear programme increased dramatically today after it carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. and most powerful it claimed to have detonated a hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental missile. in the last couple of hours, the us defence secretary has said a threat to the united states will be met with a massive military response. will be met with a massive theresa may has called for urgent new sanctions to be agreed at the un. for urgent new sanctions the blast detected near the punggye—ri underground test site in northwestern north korea is said by ex

refugees have now crossed into bangladesh. are there i'm watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. they once were bitterly opposed over the war in syria but now it's a meeting of minds as turkey's president hosts his russian counterparts in. another day of rallies in barcelona at this time it's students who are on the streets in support of catalonia independence referendum. the show of force in south korea. young young it has military might use it provoked. the u.n. and international aid groups say more than half a million refugees have now fled to bangladesh since violence broke out in state last month the united nations security council will hold a meeting about the crisis in the coming hours u.n. officials were due to be allowed into rakhine state for the first time since august the twenty fifth but me i'm all says the troops be disposed due to bad weather the un is accused me of ethnic cleansing and human rights groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity there calling for sanctions in particular an arms embargo meanwhile hundreds of children are being

half a million a fled to bangladesh. follow on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up oxfam expects a million cases of cholera in yemen by november and the worst outbreak ever recorded. people in puerto rico devastated by a hurricane say aid from the us isn't coming fast enough plus. i'm suffering through reporting from a. camp on the slopes of mount where to wait for a possible eruption continues. the u.n. chief says the crisis in myanmar's rakhine state is the world's fastest developing refugee emergency more than half a million range have fled to bangladesh since august but others haven't survive the journey diplomatic editor james bates reports. they died at sea men women and children fleeing bloodshed in tallahassee and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sink this tragedy the un security council was told a result of a massive flow of people over half a million in about a month the situation is spittles into the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and the hum

border in bangladesh. north korea's foreign minister has accused the us president donald trump of declaring war and says his country now has the right to shoot down american warplanes the accusation is in response to a tweet by trump that north korea's leadership quote won't be around much longer unquote if it continues its rhetoric out diplomatic editor james bay has more. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister really young ho addressed reporters with a statement that further ramps up the tension with the u.s. . last weekend trump claim that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and hence at last he declared a war no country or do you like the more that given the fact that this comes from someone who is currently holding the seat of the united states presidency this is clearly a declaration of war his latest comments go further than his address to the u.n. general assembly two days earlier he was clearly responding to president trump's tweet after that speech in which he referred to little rocket man and warned they may not be around m

are seeing firsthand just how desperate that. many on its to bangladesh life. intimidated to death journalists in india say they are being harassed online and they say that the government is behind it three journalists. were killed this month sparking protests and i mean you're hiding. in genius big. deal with the news with live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com and literally moments ago the deadline set by iraq's government for international flights into the kurdish region to stop past baghdad ordered foreign airlines they must stop their flights in and out of cities like bill in response to the overwhelming vote for kurdish independence though we should point out the vote i'm sorry the ban warrant affects military or humanitarian flights is extra pressure to from abroad iran has put a temporary ban on companies transporting oil products to the region kurdish authorities are pushing back though and they have refused to hand over border posts to the iraqi government. i'm being told we got some live pictures here let's have a look.

suspending next week's referendum. facing starvation and disease in bangladesh we report on the dark conditions being. that he fled vietnam . and back behind the microphone a shock appearance by the former white house press secretary sean spicer brings the house down at the end. u.s. president donald trump has made his debut at the united nations in new york where he pushed for reforms that would quote focus more on people and less on bureaucracy president trump said the u.n. has not yet reached its potential because of mismanagement within the organization but a sharp contrast to his first becoming president promised the u.s. would partner with the organization to help it become a stronger and more effective force for peace around the world. in recent years the united nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement while the united nations on a regular budget has increased by one hundred forty percent and its staff has more than doubled since two thousand we are not seeing the results in line with this investment but i know that under the sec

live from cox's bazar near bangladesh's border with really strong words from the top general than really what's he been saying. what he's been saying the bottom line is this community to unite against. the range of issues and that the bengali extremists are actually trying to make a foothold in the me and my state you know and he record to ninety three collection then countered with what here they're quite as bengali extremists essentially they are growing jackson missed now the fact remains a nine hundred forty seven constitution does recognize one just as where one of the ethnic groups on myanmar that was changed in the made by the military junker now this is appears to be a concerted strategy by the myanmar government of the military itself to drive out their own angles and then claim that most of the rohingya that nothing but bengali settlers who have several in the our country are or are kind problems which is rare for two hours now although it's a systematic process how far down the road what it appears that if this continues the influx of growing the refugees coming into ba

with more than half a million people fleeing to bangladesh. president trump eases a no that was making it harder for aid to reach puerto rico but getting supplies in isn't the only problem. at least twenty three rangar refugees have died and forty are missing when their boat capsized in waters off bangladesh hundreds continue to cross the border from him on some of told al jazeera they've been warned of an imminent crackdown in rakhine state diplomatic editor james bays reports. they died at sea men women and children fleeing bloodshed in tallahassee and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sink this tragedy the un security council was told a result of a massive flow of people over half a million in about a month the situation is spittles into the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian and human rights nightmare the trumpet ministrations policy towards me and mar change sharply cheering this meeting with u.s. ambassador nikki haley demanding the prosecution of members of the

damaged by the ongoing war hensher crisis has helicopters and trains crossed into bangladesh three times in the last five days in mars' military has been accused of attacking a henge and civilian civilians attempting to flee and camps in bangladesh have been overwhelmed by the numbers straining over the border almost four hundred thousand are ahead to have now fled a military crackdown that began more than three weeks ago hospitals in bangladesh are struggling to cope with the influx of people needing their help. to visit one. i mean cards was our government district hospital every day dozens of rowing a refuges are admitted here with various animals including bullet injury mine explosion injuries this hospital is only two hundred bad and it cannot cope with the influx of refugees patients coming here it is overflowed you can see patients on the floor that made temporary arrangement with the government need to do is set up a mobile emergency clinic within the refugee camp areas unless they do that the local hospital just are not capable of coping with the new refugees were four hundred t

to action as new figures say overhaul five million have fled to bangladesh. students joined growing support for catalonia as independence referendum plus. i'm stuffed reporting from a ga evacuation camp on the slopes of mount i'm going to wait for a possible eruption continues. the tiny baltic country of estonia already has one of the internet's most recognizable brands but how do you replicate skype success. keep watching to find out how this country is putting tech innovation. and we begin with the crisis surrounding the hinge of community him a state the u.n. chief has described as the world's fastest developing refugee agency speaking at the u.n. security council's first meeting on the crisis until you have got out as has warned the violence could spread if me in my eyes government does not act over half a million have managed to reach bangladesh but some have not been so lucky are diplomatic editor james bays reports. they died at sea men women and children fleeing bloodshed. and the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to banglades

caused at least 123,000 rohingya muslims to free to neighboring bangladesh. thousands of russssian jet rerefugees continue to arriviven bangladesh, fleeing the latest burma'sssgainst muslim minority. exhausted, traumatized, many forced to walk four days, despite broken bones in bullet wounds. >> we were not even outside, we were staying in our homes. soldiers entered our house and shot us indiscriminately. the violence erupted after the attack of several burmese police and military post by rohingyaya insururgents in augu. to root out the rebellion, the army launched a brutal repression campaign which saw tens of thousands of rohingya's lead to bangladesh in the past few weeks, according to the united nations. this hospital two hours from the border says it has trouble coping with the dozens of refugees pouring in each day. >> rohingyas has long faced discrimination and violence in burma, where they are considered illegal immigrants by the countries buddhist majority. pressure has been mounting on burma's leader in recent days. the nobel peace prize wininner t with a foreign ministe

violence in the country, heading to neighboring bangladesh. reporter: a new exodus. witnesses say hundreds of votes had been -- boats have been arriving carrying refugees from myanmar fleeing to bangladesh. others fled on foot, smuggling themselves across the river that borders the two countries. the when secretary-general is warning of ethnic cleansing. -- the u.n. secretary-general is warning of ethnic cleansing. >> we are receiving constant reports that violence by myanmar forces. these will only further increase radicalization. nearly 125,000 people, victims of unbearable suffering in desperation, have sucked refuge in bangladesh -- have sought refuge in bangladesh. reporter: they claim agent ties to the land that are denied citizenship and routinely persecuted. the latest violence started in august. military groups attacked police posts. the myanmar army retaliated, forcing them to flee. the military says they are plotting terrorist attacks in myanmar and abroad. the refugees say they facemask killings and torched villages. >> we are also human beings. we come to myanmar, as

bangladesh side they look across you can see billows of smoke even up to today and not too long ago you have also had you know. a series of journalists who were taken into the country and even they individually separately reported witnessing burning villages you know much weeks after. the first incident so i think those are things that needs to be very fine and those you know who are responsible need to be held accountable and this is why you know independent access to the ground it's important at the same time you know collecting testimonies. from people who are fleeing. rakhine state into bangladesh that's also another source rich testimony that we continue to compile so that we can you know we're looking forward to putting a briefing paper you know in due course about all these matters all right james thank you much for your time loves a comeback to throughout the morning right for our viewers just joining us here let's have a recap of what myanmar's de facto leader suchi had to say a little bit earlier i'm aware of the fact that the world's attention is focused on the situation in r

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 that any suggestion that they stand up for the rohingya's human rights was off—limits. even in internal meetings. we could do it but it would have consequences. negative consequences. consequences that maybe you are no longer invited to meetings or consequences of travel authorisations were not cleared. an atmosphere was created in which talking about these issues will simply not wrong. will simply not on. the un is aware it does have a problem. this report commissioned by the un nine years ago

neighbouring bangladesh, where many are now desperate. the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti is in the port city of cox's bazar, close to the border and filed this report. what is happening in myanmar? looking across from bangladesh, huge clouds of smoke fill the sky. military boats patrol the river border. the army is accused of setting fire to muslim rohingya villages and of planting landmines in the paths of fleeing people. it denies that it is targeting civilians. but we've found evidence to suggest otherwise. this small hospital in cox's bazar has been coping with large numbers of rohingya casualties. in the last week, it's had an influx of critically injured people blown up by landmines as they escaped. azizou hak is one of them. he's 15 years old and unlikely to make it to 16. he arrived at the hospital a week ago with his legs destroyed. he suffered a terrible loss of blood but doctors have no more to give him. his brother, in another hospital, suffered the same fate. translation: i can't go back to myanmar, we are not safe. i will beg here in bangladesh and that will be better. i used to pray to

bangladesh. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. in the caribbean, at least 10 people are dead after hurricane irma brought devastation to small islands as it barreled for the dominican republic, haiti, cuba, and south florida. the eye of the category-5 storm struck st. maarten wednesday with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour, leveling more than 90% of all structures. the prime minister declared barbuda practically uninhabitable and warned the entire population may need to be evacuated as another storm, hurricane jose, can strike over the weekend. in puerto rico, more than a million people have lost power as authorities warned some areas could be dark for up to six months, partly because the islands electrical infrastructure has gone neglected. in haiti, hundreds of residents of a tent city in the capital port-au-prince left homeless after the 2010 earthquake appealed to the government for shelter from the approaching storm. >> i have no place to go. i have to stay here. i will live or die depending on how the

. more than m00 people have died across india, bangladesh than moo people have died across india, bangladesh and nepal after torrential and soon reigns. donald trump is visiting the areas hit by storm system harvey. he has promised to seek nearly $8 billion in federal aid to help flood victims. the un says nearly 60,000 people from the rohingya minority have crossed into bangladesh as they flee a military crackdown. the metropolitan police has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, who were falsely accused of child sexual abuse. now it's time for a special programme. africa is in the midst of a baby boom — the median age across the continent is just 19. the bbc‘s africa correspondent, alastair leithead investigates — in africa's population explosion the population of africa is set to double by the year 2050. to 2.5 billion people. the young are moving from the countryside to the towns. unfortunately for us, in the last two, three years it's been a deluge. but many end up in slums and cities are

flee to neighbouring bangladesh. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, reports from the border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. and on the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, we're still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation inside myanamar 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'd sought shelter in four other villages inside myanamar, 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 alr

bangladesh. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from the border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. 0n the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, we're still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation 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'd 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 m

threatened. the united nations refugee agency says 73,000 rohingya muslims have now fled to bangladesh from myanmar since the army there began a campaign against militants less fresh plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the area as the armies lodged a complaint against militants. it comes after attacks and killings carried out by the militants amid warnings about radicalisation. the un refugee agency says more than 70,000 people have fled the bangladesh. sanjoy majumder is at the border. it is now a massive influx, the sheer number of rohingya refugees coming into bangladesh from myanmar. the border is just a short distance that way. they are coming from every direction, men, women, children. some very young and some incredibly old and finding it difficult to walk. earlier today we saw plumes of smoke from inside rakhine state, presumably villages that were burning there. refugees we have spoken to have come with dramatic testimony of how they were allegedly driven out of their homes. some have seen people killed at close range. they are all heading now towards one of several temporary

of the range of minority in myanmar as nothing short of ethnic cleansing the bangladesh government says at least three thousand been killed in recent weeks from thing an exodus of refugees across the border their villages of either burned to the ground or are still on fire and as the figure pollen reports now from camp large number of refugees arriving daily is putting a major strain on resources the un human rights chief has condemned the violence against the range of muslims. hussein is demanding an end to me and mars' military operation situation remains or seems a textbook textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the myanmar government should stop pretending that the wrong setting fire to their own homes and laying waste to their own villages this completely non of reality is doing great damage to the international standing of a government which until recently benefited from immense good will. i call on the government to its current crew a military operation with accountability for violations that have occurred and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination aga