aung san suu kyi's star has fallen fast. the newly elected leader was once the darling of the west, feted after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. "it's not because of the soldiers", he says. "the rohingya are lying on purpose." "in fact our people," he said, "are the ones facing ethnic cleansing." "the rohingya were the ones who started attacking the security forces." aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages as stop. aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages has stopped. there have been no conflicts since the 5th of september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight, well after she said i

aung san suu kyi will address myanmar on tuesday. the pressure keeps coming. at the un in new york, the french foreign minister said "we reiterate our call for the cessation of violence against civilian populations". "we expect from mrs aung sang suu kyi tomorrow a strong statement in this direction". earlier i spoke with anbarasan ethirajan, bbc south asia regional editor. now he is. the fact she avoided the un general assembly meeting showed she is under a lot of pressure because she would have had to answer questions about what's going on. 412,000 people have fled violence. 0n the other hand people are wondering what she's going to say, if you go back a couple of weeks, couple of days, what she has been saying, avoiding taking any sides in this particular conflict. she once said it was very difficult for us to end this conflict in 18 months since we have beenin conflict in 18 months since we have been in power and we have to look into all those people who are citizens and not citizens as well. it's difficult to imagine her criticising the military in her sp

. —— aung san suu kyi. the bbc science editor will explain some potentially better news in the fight to slow climate change. turning back to the powerful earthquake in mexico, 7.1, there are reports that up mexico, 7.1, there are reports that up to 20 buildings may have partially collapsed, and some people could be caught in the rubble, also reports that there are fires. this is some of the wire copy coming through the newsroom. this is run writers, quoting local officials, at least four dead. 0ther writers, quoting local officials, at least four dead. other local officials put the figure at five. as i was saying a few minutes ago, we have reported thousands out on the streets of mexico city because they have been forced to step outside for fear of the safety of their building. 0urfocus has been mexico city, but actually, the epicentre is a town about 50 kilometres to the south, about 25 minutes ago we played a video recorded by the bbc mundo reporter, who is in mexico city, hejoins us mundo reporter, who i

that's aung san suu kyi in myanmar. the head of the fact—finding meeting in the country has said his team have received widespread reports of mass killings and the burning of entire villages and his team intends to investigate these allegations. he was addressing the un human rights council in geneva, repeating demand for their access to myanmar but said the fact of their fact—finding mission would go with or without it and his team have been gathering evidence on the bangladesh side of the border. we do have now an advanced team there on the ground, to look at the situation much more closely than before, a week ago. let me just say that we've had initial reports from the fact—finding mission on a whole range of issues. and it would seem to be that what they have come up with reflects in general the reporting of the media so far, the international media on what is happening there in myanmar, primarily on the border with bangladesh. the exodus of the rohingyas, the rohingya community being pressured to leave their

myanmar‘s civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, is not at the un. let's cross live to our correspondentjonah fisher, who's in the myanmar burmese capital, naypyidaw. it is not that on some suu kyi has said nothing about this, what she has said has been so unhelpful. what do you expect today? basically, aung san suu kyi has not been saying the things that the activist community would like to be saving, which is pretty much that she is concerned about the plight of the rohingya. she has not really said that in explicit terms. and also, that she ta kes very explicit terms. and also, that she takes very seriously the allegations of abuses, which are emerging from those more than 400,000 rohingya who fled across the border from northern rakhine state into bangladesh. so i think the diplomats who are here today, and the wider audience, will be listening very closely to how miss suu kyi calibrator message and whether she puts any distance between herself and the burmese army. she is in the very difficult position politically. she has to share power with th

san suu kyi, had to reverse this. this is a situation where the military have the upper hand. you are blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and would be able to reverse the situation. she has a last chance to do so because she will be addressing the country and i hope it corresponds exactly... she will have a chance. it corresponds to our high—level session in the general assembly. she will have a chance to reverse the situation and if she does not reverse it now, the tragedy will be absolutely horrible and unfortunately i don't see how this then can be reversed the future. you don't see how this can be reversed? i think it still can be reversed, i think she still has an opportunity next tuesday. but can she tell the military to stop what is going on on the ground? you just blamed the mili

san suu kyi. the criticism made of her is that she has not spoken out, she has not really reflected on what is going on in rakhine state in public, in terms of the tremendous suffering of more than a00,000 rohingya who have crossed the border into bangladesh and are now in pretty dire conditions. on tuesday, when she speaks here, she is giving an important speech in front of diplomats here, and she will speak in english — clearly tailored for an international audience. the diplomats and international audience watching around the world will listen closely to see how she calibrates that message and people will listen in to see if there is an acknowledgement of the tremendous suffering, the awful things that have taken place. there have been horrendous reports of abuses taking place at the hands of the burmese army. of the burmese army in northern rakhine state. i think people will be listening closely for an acknowledgement from aung san suu kyi aboutjust how serious things are and bleak for the r

what we have been able to do with aung san suu kyi was ata able to do with aung san suu kyi was at a certain moment to come to an understanding of this problem, the problem of the rohingya muslims in myanmar, it should be solved. we came to an agreement on what needs to be done. unfortunately, now, with the situation, being much more difficult, when it is to be done is to recognise these people have rights, to allow, even if the nationality of myanmar is not perfect, to allow them to receive the nationality according to their law, to receive it, and to allow all others to receive a legal status aiming at freedom of movement, possibility of access to labour markets, and to allow them to have a normal life. what did she say to you? the problem is that the impact that was necessary on the ground to make this happen never occurred. u nfortu nately, make this happen never occurred. unfortunately, this was compounded by the terrible grammar after the attack by these military groups on installations. there was violent repression, notjust by the army, as you mentioned, but radical groups. th

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. her relationship with the military and the stability of her government comes before the rohingya and what is left of her reputation. jonah fisher, bbc news, naypyidaw. the number of people who died in the grenfell tower fire may be slightly lower than originally thought — that's according to police investigating the blaze. initial estimates suggested around 80 people had been killed when the tower caught fire injune. our special correspondent lucy manning is in west london. i gather police have been giving an update, lucy? that's right, although an enormous number of people did die here at grenfell tower, they now believe that possibly fewer than 80 died. there was cctv in the foyer so they could count out about 240 people that night out the building. they are also investigating eight people for fraudulently claiming that they or family members were involved in the fire. police are also investigating four possible thefts from the tower, from the apartment that were not so badly dama

san suu kyi. in a sense, this fear in some capitals that if not her, then who? if not her, then the window that opened up into this country would close. what i worry about with rex tillerson is that he is still trying to create a state department in exxon's own image. his chief skill is not one of diplomacy, but one of being a ceo. that is where almost all of his mental energy has gone. i'm not sure i always take at face value these statements. but i would ask bronwen, because you are on top of this, if somebody like aung san suu kyi goes to new york, where she will have lots of contact inside with people from the un, people she knew from the decades when she was under house arrest and living in miserable conditions in myanmar herself, is there any room, do you think, for her mind, not to be changed in a speech, but into being guided towards a more responsible position on this? there might be. although i believe she has pulled out of the un general assembly meeting. but you are right, that would h

amy: i want to ask you about burma's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi. silence, she insisted thursday discrimination against muslims. >let me play a clip of what she said. >> all people living in the rahkine state have access to education and health care services without discrimination. healthcare services are being provided throughout the state, including hard-to-reach areas with new mobile clinics. the government has upgraded 300 schools. the vocational and technical training programs have begun. muslim students also have access to higher education without any discrimination post of amy: aung san suu kyi also addressed criticism that the rohingya are not granted burmese citizenship. >> citizenship, a strategy which specific timeline has been developed to move forward the national verification process. but this is a process which needs cooperation from all communities. in some muslim communities, the leaders have decided that they are not to join in the verification process. we would appreciate it if all friends could persuade them to join in the proces

to answer directly your question about aung san suu kyi, let's be clear. she led burma after a period of decades of repression by a period of decades of repression by a military government. in my admiration of what she stood for, what she fought for, a democracy, many people around the world share that admiration. but i think it is now vital for her to use that moral capital and that authority to make the point about the suffering of the people being persecuted. nobody wa nts to people being persecuted. nobody wants to see, nobody wants to see a return to military rule. in burma. nobody wants to see a return of the generals. but it's also vital that the civilian governments and that is, for whom i say, i have a great deal of admiration, but it is vital for her now to make clear that this is an abomination and that those people will be allowed back. those people will be allowed back. those people will be allowed back to burma, and the preparation is being made, and that the abuse of their human rights and the killings... hundreds, perhaps even thousands, th

aung san suu kyi's star has fallen fast. the newly—elected leader was once the darling of the west, feted after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. "it's not because of the soldiers", he says. "the rohingya are lying on purpose." "in fact, our people," he said, "are the ones facing ethnic cleansing." "the rohingya were the ones who started attacking the security forces." aung san suu kyi said the burning of rohingya villages has stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september, and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight, well after she said it had finished. human rights campaigners are critical. hundreds of

the un has warned myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, she has one last chance to end the military offensive that has forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee. a third night of protests is under way in the american city of st louis, following the acquittal earlier this week of a white former police officer who killed a black man in 2011. the demonstration began peacefully, but police say some protesters have turned violent. kulsoom nawaz, the wife of the ousted pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif, has won a by—election that was triggered when he stood down after being disqualified from public office. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am zeinab badawi. this is the un general assembly in new york. world leaders gather here to debate the pressing issues of today. my guess is antonio guterres, the secretary general, presiding over his first un general assembly since he took over the post injanuary. he says his theme is to prevent crises from escalating. but with tensions, conflict, and suffering ongoing all over the world, does the un have the moral authority and the c

the un has warned myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, she has one last chance to end the military offensive that has forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee. a third night of protests is under way in the american city of st louis following the acquittal earlier this week of a white former police officer who killed a black man in 2011. the demonstration began peacefully, but police say some protesters have turned violent. kulsoom nawaz, the wife of the ousted pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif, has won a by—election that was triggered when he stood down after being disqualified from public office. unofficial results show she had a comfortable win in her husband's heartland of lahore, to claim parliamentary seat. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. welcome to dateline london. this week, aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders comprising and confronting their leaders. in iraq and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls itself islamic state? my guests, the founder of the first rough draft of history pod cast. the director of the afghan journalist netw

thank you for joining us, much more on aung san suu kyi's national address on the plight of rohingya muslims fleeing, which has been described as an ethnic cleansing by the united nations, on the programme. hurricane maria has strengthened to the maximum category five as it bears down on the leeward islands in the eastern caribean. ferocious winds and heavy rain are expected to hit dominica and the us and british virgin islands in the coming hours. many caribbean islands were already devastated earlier this month by hurricane irma. sarah corker reports. the french island of martinique has already been battered by strong winds. hurricane maria is strengthening rapidly and this is just the start. packing winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour and torrential rains, residents on the east coast are being told to leave. coming hot on the heels of hurricane irma, the caribbean is braced for more fury and misery. on st kitts, they are preparing for the worst. we know that the winds are going to be quite strong. we are expecting the seas to get up to around 20 feet, they are on high alert

if she says something, it could hurt. —— aung san suu kyi is worried. she is supposed to be up to face the tough questions and answer them. silence is not an option for her. she needs to speak out about this. and how she speaks will be scrutinised by the international community. at this point, what is important to her is her popularity at home, rather than the jeers from the international community. but there is heavy pressure from the international community, phil, including a un official calling at ethnic cleansing. so what is the next step from the international response? well, our view is that we need to focus more attention on the burmese military, as these are the people who are carrying this out. frankly, this is a tactic the burmese military has used many times in the past against many ethnic groups. it has been an effective strategy, and very brutal, especially targeting civilians as an attempt to get to insurgents. we want to call for a global arms embargo against burma, to make sure that they realise they will lose support if they continue wi

think that aung san suu kyi has lost her credibility as a leader?” think that aung san suu kyi has lost her credibility as a leader? i mean, it is true that, although she is the so—called state council, which is kind of ahead of the government, she is not controlling the military. but i think, you is not controlling the military. but ithink, you know, she is not controlling the military. but i think, you know, she is one of the most popular leaders of the country. imean, most popular leaders of the country. i mean, loves her in the country. so if she doesn't use her political capital now, in the face of such massive crimes against humanity, when she going to use its? i hope she is going to change from being in denial to taking hard action immediately. we have the kofi anant commission recommendations, she said they are going to implement them, and let them do it in its totality now. thank you so much forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. still to come: at least 100 people are dead after a devastating earthquake hit mexico. we will have more

let's move on to the guardian, desmond tutu break silence to attack aung san suu kyi, and we have had malala yousafzai also expressing consternation that aung san suu kyi seems to be presiding over these military led operations against the rohingya minority in the wacky —— rakhine state. teller macro the difficulty of aung san suu kyi being in this position, it is challenging to all of us, we have held up as a heroine for the stand she took for democracy and the sacrifices she made for myanmar, but i think the really big questions are being raised about how she is tackling this issue. it was an issue raised before she was elected, and she batted it aside, and suddenly it is real, and it is disconcerting to discover that the people you set up as heroes have feet of clay. and desmond tutu saying he is breaking his vow to remain silent on public affairs out of sadness. and it will cause affairs out of sadness. and it will ca u se co i'it rove rsy affairs out of sadness. and it will cause controversy as well that he has been breaking ranks almost amongst the nobel laureates, but you c

the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also in the next hour. anger and controversy in las vegas. the hotly anticipated fight between as saul alvarez and gennadi golovkin ends in a surprising draw. and in half an hour here on bbc news, foreign correspondents based in london analyse this week's events on dateline london. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the london tube bombing have made a second arrest. it follows intense police activity in sunbury on thames overnight, where armed officers searched a property and evacuated residents. 30 people were injured in the attack at parsons green tube station during the friday morning rush hour. scotland yard says a 21—year—old man was detained in hounslow in west london last night. detectives are continuing to question an 18—year—old man who was arrested in dover yesterday, on suspicion of planting the bomb at parsons green. the uk terror threat level remains at cri

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. her relationship with the military and the stability of the government comes before the rohingya and what's left of her international reputation. this is what aung san suu kyi did not talk about in her speech today. it's a rohingya village being burned down by rakhine buddhists, in the presence of the police. i filmed this 12 days ago, two days after the date that ms suu kyi says all military clearance operations had stopped. as i watched those burning buildings over in rakhine state in that village, i wondered what had become of the inhabitants, looking at the clothing strewn on the path. now i'm over on the bangladesh side of the border and we've met up with a man called abdul majeed. he's brought his family here from that village to build a home in a new bamboo and plastic sheeting community that's sprung up just behind these rice fields. abdul majeed took me up to his new home, where a village is being hacked out of the muddy hillside. so many rohingyas have arrived over the past

so, you're blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? it's a complex situation. could you clarify. who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear to me there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and be able to reverse the situation. she has a last chance, in my opinion, to do so, because she will be addressing the country. she has a chance... and i hope it corresponds exactly to the beginning of our high level session in the general assembly. she will have a chance to reverse the situation. if she does not reverse the situation now, then i think the tragedy will be absolutely horrible and unfortunately i... ..i don't see it can be reversed in the future. you do not see how it can be reversed in the future? i think it can be reversed, she has an opportunity next tuesday... but can shee to the military to stop what is going on the ground? you are blaming the military, not her. i think everyone needs to help. i think all forms of pressure are necessary

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you're watching the to view news live from berlin myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi breaks her silence on the road refugee crisis she condemns the violence but human rights groups say she's burying her head in the sand over the crisis look at the latest from our south-east asia correspondent also coming up hurricane maria devastates the small caribbean island of dominica and is now sweeping towards puerto rico in the virgin islands they are still coping with the aftermath of hurricane earl. and will they vote more than a million turks living in germany have the right to take part in sunday's general election but many aren't sure if they will find out why. i have to be so much gonna get to have you with us me and mark de facto leader aung san suu kyi has broken her silence on the ranger refugee crisis an army led crackdown has driven more than four hundred thousand minority muslims into bangladesh triggering a major humanitarian emergency so cheese national address was highly anticipated she's been facing intense criticism for remaining silent on what the u.s. . then is now describing a

the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san suu kyi's government. they refused to recognise the existence of the rohingya, referring to them as bengalis. so i wondered how this monk felt about her response to the rakhine crisis? that is not an endorsement she will cherish. there are efforts being made here by some moderate buddhist clergy working with muslims to ease communal tensions, after attacks on muslims three years ago. the memory of that violence and the rohingya crisis has created pervasive unease. these muslims working with buddhist peacemakers, are worried. translation: i trust the current government not to let the violence happen here. 0n the other hand, i do not trust the army. there is an immediate crisis in rakhine, but wider questions too, about the power of the military and the hardline clergy, about what kind of country this might become. fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: trapped in hell — with no way out. we report on the plight of thousands of civilians, in the syrian city of raqqa. free

that is aung san suu kyi's style these days. in the last three weeks, 400,000 rohingya muslims have fled her country, and she has had very little. ms. suu kyi, do human rights still matter to you? this televised address to diplomats was her chance to state her case to the world. ms. suu kyi: we feel deeply for the suffering of all people who have been caught up in the conflict. those who have had to flee their homes are many, not just muslims and rakhines, but small minority groups. reporter: this was ms. suu kyi giving the "both sides" defense. overwhelmingly, the victims of the crisis have been the rohingya. asked who was responsible for burning villages, she refused to point the finger, and then there was this. ms. suu kyi: we are concerned to hear that numbers of muslims are fleeing across the border to bangladesh. we want to find out why this exodus is happening. we would like to talk to those who have fled, as well as those who have stayed. reporter: the speech won't satisfy ms. suu kyi's many critics. a generous reading o

aung san suu kyi's sta r‘s fallen human rightings. aung san suu kyi's star's fallen fast. the newly elected leader was once the darling of the west, fated after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. reporter: have you become an apologise for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. translation: it's not because of the soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. infact, our soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, our people are the ones facing ethnic cleansing. the rehint see ya started attacking the security forces —— rohingya. rehint see ya started attacking the security forces -- rohingya. aung san suu kyi said the burning of the rohingya villages have stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we wa nt to operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out

particularly from the leadership of aung san suu kyi? according to some critics, it seems she is failing to protect the rohingya muslim minority. that is correct. that is why we in australia are pleading the international criminal court to put an investigation to the leaders of myanmar who are doing this, as they have done in the past, for saddam, liberia, yugoslavia. —— sudan. briefly, what are members of your community here about loved ones back home? there are a lot of horrific things they are hearing. there are stories about their sisters and mothers being raped and actually killed after that. the men are being gathered a round and being shot at some point. this is systematic ethnic cleansing. the myanmar government are wanting to erase the rohingya race. how you getting the information? because there is a restriction in the media access in myanmar, most of the survivors over there on the ground have access to mobile phones and internet and they are sending photos and videos of whatever they can. even though they area whatever th

this week, aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders comprising and confronting their leaders. in iraq and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls itself islamic state? my guests, the founder of the first rough draft of history pod cast. the director of the afghan journalist network. the sudanese writer. and the director of the think tank the institute for government. welcome to you all. aung san suu kyi, prisoner of conscience for years, the gently persuasive campaigner who helped bring a peaceful end to myanmar‘s decades of military dictatorship. why is she so reluctant to speak out against a military operation seen by many as bordering on ethnic cleansing? the de facto leader of myanmar will read a state address this week. how will she deal with this particular issue? i would be surprised if she said a lot more to condemn this than she has already. she's pulled back from doing that. even though the un and human rights chief has explicitly called this ethnic cleansing. the military crackdown on the rohingya population. she does not want to use the

the organisation was banned six months ago by aung san suu kyi's government. they refused to recognise the existence of the rohingya, referring to them as bengalis. so i wondered how this monk felt about her response to the rakhine crisis? there are efforts being made here by some moderate buddhist clergy working with muslims to ease communal tensions, after attacks on muslims three years ago. the memory of that violence and the rohingya crisis has created pervasive unease. these muslim women working with buddhist peacemakers, are worried. translation: i trust the current government not to let the violence happen here. 0n the other hand, i do not trust the army. there is an immediate crisis in rakhine, but wider questions too, about the power of the military and the hardline clergy, about what kind of country this might become. fergal keane, bbc news, mandalay. i've been here for several days now and tonight we brought you two sides of the story. the view from myanmar and that of the rohingya here in bangladesh. it's a story where the two sides contradict each

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. her relationship with the military and the stability of the government comes before the rohingya and what's left of her international reputation. this is what aung san suu kyi did not talk about in her speech today. it's a rohingya village being burned down by rakhine buddhists, in the presence of the police. i filmed this 12 days ago, two days after the date that ms suu kyi says all military clearance operations had stopped. as i watched those burning buildings over in rakhine state in that village, i wondered what had become of the inhabitants, looking at the clothing strewn on the path. now i'm over on the banglades side of the border and we've met up with a man called abdul majeed. he's brought his family here from that village to build a home in a new bamboo and plastic sheeting community that's sprung up just behind these rice fields. abdul majeed took me up to his new home, where a village is being hacked out of the muddy hillside. so many rohingyas have arrived over the past t

myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi is being warned she has one "last chance" to halt a military offensive against rohingya muslims. the un secretary—general antonio guterres says unless she acts now, "the tragedy will be absolutely horrible". the bangladeshi government says it's planning a giant camp to accommodate more than 400—thousand ethnic rohingya, who've crossed the border since the violence erupted. interviewed for the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, this is what mr guterres told my colleague zeinab badawi about the administration in myanmar. it is clear for me that we have two dimensions here, one dimension is that this is not a perfect democracy. this is a situation in which the military still have the upper hand. you're blaming the military? could you clarify that? it is a complex situation. it is clear for me that there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and be able to reverse the situation. she has the last chance in my opinion to do so, because she wil

the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also in the next hour, we'll take a look at this morning's papers. this morning's reviewers are caroline crampton of the new statesman and the broadcaster, john stapleton. and anger and controversy in las vegas, as the hotly anticipated fight between as saul alvarez and gennardy golovkin ends in a surprising draw. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police investigating the london tube bombing have made a second arrest in the past hour. detectives are also continuing to question the man who was arrested in dover yesterday on suspicion of planting the bomb at parsons green station on friday. the uk terror threat level remains critical. andy moore reports. on a saturday afternoon in a london suburb, people looked out of their windows to find heavily armed counter—terror officers in their alleyways and streets. many residents were evacuated as the police operation continued. the centre of their atten

san suu kyi in this program i want to concentrate more on the nobel peace prizes. in their totality but in her nobel lecture and sent suci said wherever suffering is ignored there will be the seeds of conflict the suffering degrades and embitters and in rages what then is we make of her silence over the treatment of the hinges should her peace prize be revoked. well the new bill the club of the nobel laureates is the most exclusive club and the world and unlike the other nobel prizes you know the prize for physics or chemistry when you discover a particular particle like the higgs or a strand of protein with only a small number of those clues of people can really appreciate the magnitude of that discovery the nobel peace prize has always been very controversial and san suu kyi was awarded her prize you know after fifteen years of house arrest after men sacrifice that she undertook as my understanding that the nobel committee only award the prizes for past achievements not for cotton or future achievements for and so in that case i believe she is very deserving of t

for heaven now i welcome your thoughts on aung san suu kyi but what i ask you if you think peace prize recipients who later violate the principles for which they were recognized should have their awards revoked or rescinded to the nobel committee retain responsibility for the prizes that it awards and hold recipients to the highest standards in the future life as well as on airing past achievements i think they committee a sec i'm pleased they are right in their not going into the. later. emission chief of. the n.c. that would be an impossible situation i agree that many should have their prices revoked and variances in particular dr kissinger but. this is not the practice but you started out with silly wait a minute they question whether the. issue of birth the of the price that depends because this is a legal instrument it also has to be treated like that has to be interpreted in the. i.b.o. interpretation is to try and the intention of the just state or when he. made the testament in this case what went on in the mind of the nobel in november eighteenth i'm depriving you signed the

san suu kyi for fear of want to be critical of aung san suu kyi forfear of being at want to be critical of aung san suu kyi for fear of being at undermining of her position. and that could open the door to the military taking back full control in myanmar, which they don't want. at the same time, i think the scale of what is happening, by the myanmar army, and the failure of aung san suu kyi to condemn what has taken place now has changed the calculus now, and the scale of criticism within the international community that has been levelled against has reached a point where other countries who have been defending her now feel that they can't hold the line, so they are putting greater pressure on her to act. plenty more going to be said at the un general assembly on tuesday in new york. james, thank you very much. let's get more on the devastation caused by hurricane irma. the caribbean was hit incredibly hard, and while many islands look to their european or american partners, cuba is finding itself isolated. the country has fewer friends to rely on, with its strongest socialist ally, ven

the world looked to aung san suu kyi to intervene, but she was conspicuously reticent. over several encounters, i pressed this devout buddhist about the violence against the rohingya muslims. can you promise that if your party wins this election, the human rights, the civil rights of all people who live in this country, whatever their religion, whatever their ethnic background, that those human rights will be respected ? so if we are able to form a government, certainly we'll abide by our commitment to human rights and democratic values. what hope can you give to those people in this country who have been discriminated against, targeted on the basis of their religion? it's not going to be easy, that they must understand, because prejudice is not removed easily and hatred is not going to be removed easily, but we can work at it together. do you ever worry that you will be remembered as the champion of human rights, the noble laureate who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country? no, because i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on. aung san suu ky

myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi has spoken for the first time but the exodus of rohini and muslims from myanmar to bangladesh. vladimir putin, the russian president, has called for diplomacy to resolve tensions with north korea, saying sanctions can do the job alone. and we will look at the murder of a prominent indian journalist, a critic of the bjp party. welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours we have received confirmation that two people have been killed in hurricane irma, that was given by the french overseas minister saying we are talking about two deadened in two seriously injured for now, obviously the situation can change very quickly. the category five hurricane has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding is attracts another group of islands in the caribbean, packing winds of up to 300 kph. the eye of the storm is sitting close to puerto rico at the moment, with the dominican republic and haiti next in line. it is passed over the leeward

yes, aung san suu kyi decided not to come to the un general assembly this year. she would know the kind of reaction she would get. in her speech yesterday, she talked about how she did not fear international scrutiny. that has raised a lot of questions here about the woman many expected would do more to help the price —— plight of right—wingers. joining me is the un high commissionerfor joining me is the un high commissioner for human rights. joining me is the un high commissionerfor human rights. you have spoken to aung san suu kyi many times in the past year, what did she say she could do about this crisis? on the penultimate occasion when i spoke to her in november of last year, i asked for access to rare kind state because the first attack on the border facility had occurred. —— right kind state. nothing came out of that. we waited for three weeks. i decided to dispatch a team to take down testimony in bangladesh from those who were fleeing. when we produced the report in early january, which was horrific and its content, i spoke to her again and th

what you make of aung san suu kyi's speech. jonathan head, our correspondent, said she was either misinformed or not telling the truth of the situation. yes, and i think it might be a combination of both. you know, aung san suu kyi wonders why people are fleeing to bangladesh. we'd be happy to share information about that. the whole world can cyp plus lean to bang the dash. i think right now, what myanmar needs is leadership on this issue, but we are seeing is anything but that. she is obfuscating the fa cts , but that. she is obfuscating the facts, and essentially continuing this process of misleading the international community. not to mention the speech was an english. right now, the people of myanmar or in desperate need of guidance on this issue. the tensions are very high throughout the country. and those tensions are not being calmed down through not only the civilian leadership but of course the militarily to ship as well. mark, people watching this may be familiar with aung san suu kyi. she has won the nobel peace priz

aung san suu kyi has made her choice. her relationship with the military and the stability of her government comes before the rohingya and what is left of her reputation. jonah fisher, bbc news, naypyidaw. studio: police call handlers are struggling to deal with a rise in emergency calls, according to figures obtained by the bbc. they show that the number of 999 calls has increased by a third since january. figures also suggest the number not being answered has doubled in the last year. the national police chiefs' council claims people are using the 999 system incorrectly. sean dilley reports. right, so you are reporting your daughter as missing, is that correct? police control rooms like this one are the nerve centre of every force. it's where 999 and 101 calls are connected and where officers, staff and resources are deployed. but the bbc has learned that many forces are struggling to cope with an increased in demand. this has been intensified after recent terrorist attacks. results of a freedom of information request s