that they are arriving now in bangladesh because they have been driven to the point of starvation and so at this time in particular in the aftermath of what was a horrific campaign of violence involving widespread killings widespread sexual violence against women and girls in the targeted burning of range of villages we need to address these issues first in the culture of impunity that is allowed to me and my military to get away with this as well as the underlying conditions that we say amount to apartheid in terms of the long standing denial of the ability to move around freely to access education to access health care is the population has been systematically persecuted and discriminated against for years and those issues have to be addressed before we can talk about the ability to safely return people to northern rakhine state and they these are stories that you tell in your blog. activism and your research that i want to show you something on my laptop or this comes from the government from their facebook page and it's always difficult for us here now to say what to do. the gover

hundreds of continue to pour over the myanmar border into bangladesh every week both countries recently signed an agreement to gradually repass rate refugees voluntarily but the un says conditions are not yet conducive for returning home and the muslim minority has safety concerns in buddhist dominated myanmar around seven hundred thousand ranger fled to neighboring bangladesh since the military crackdown began last august they told reporters of the rape torture and the burning of their homes the un describes the military offensive as a textbook case example of ethnic cleansing and have appealed to myanmar to stop but the un security council fares short of imposing sanctions on myanmar for hinge on her number around one million of the start of last year one of many ethnic minorities in myanmar but the government denies them citizenship and sees them as illegal immigrants from bangladesh the u.n. secretary general says the ranger one of the most discriminated against populations in the world and tania goto is called for immediate assistance and long term solutions i call on the governmen

the group is visiting range refugees in camps in bangladesh almost seven hundred thousand fled me in mass insistence of a military crackdown six months ago south africa's new president has reappointed the number of ministers sacked by former leader jacob zuma so rum oppose a announced thirty changes in the reshuffle they include a former finance minister as well as probably in good hands upon a popular figure with investors whose been named public enterprises minister and he students in northeastern nigeria say they're too frightened to go back to the school where armed men abducted one hundred ten girls last week nigeria's government admitted for the first time on monday that the girls have been kidnapped it's believed that boko haram fighters took the pupils sprint king hussein bolt is poised to reveal his new sporting move in the coming hours the eight time olympic champion retired from athletics and oldest but now he says he's signed for a football team the south african club from pretoria that he trained with last month that hinted at of announcement place on tuesday more news o

and yes it would be worse just simply moving the food you can from bangladesh to another. kind of state so catherine he doesn't think that it's possible what's is what see u.n.h.c.r. position on what conditions are like for repatriation. absolutely i couldn't agree more with what everybody is saying we are hearing nothing but hauling reports of violence harrowing accounts of individuals witnessing the murders of their husbands their wives their children's people are fleeing villages that are have essentially been razed to the ground under no circumstances do we believe that conditions are conducive to return at this stage and for us we believe that the solutions to this crisis for a crisis of seven hundred thousand people flood the border and for many hundred thousands more inside myanmar the solutions to this crisis lie inside myanmar in till we have a guarantee that there is peace and security and one that is sustainable we cannot advocate for the return even a voluntary one for people to return to myanmar the conditions simply are not conducive we cannot guarantee peace

painted on the raid to work will come on from yemen and iranian student abadi are in bangladesh they are touring go ahead joe refugee camps to assess the needs but to a woman who say soldiers from myanmar braved and torture them we'll get to our guests in a moment but first let's have a look at the plight of the. hundreds of continue to pour over the myanmar border into bangladesh every week both countries recently signed an agreement to gradually repass reate refugees voluntarily but the un says conditions are not yet conducive for returning home and the muslim minority has safety concerns in buddhist dominated myanmar around seven hundred thousand ranger fled to neighboring bangladesh since the military crackdown began last august they told reporters of the rape torture and the burning of their homes the un describes the military offensive as a textbook case example of ethnic cleansing and have appealed to myanmar to stop by the un security council fast short of imposing sanctions on myanmar for revenge or her number around one million of the start of last year one of many ethnic m

people serving in this camp and bangladesh she has a responsibility and i hope that she'll go and she speak i do count the actions of the burmese military this can be stopped tomorrow all it needs is a phone call to the burmese military from those in a part to say stop killing murder and raping. people we heard testimony today which would break your heart. and she can stop this going to stop. from the top because the orders are coming from the top and i think that they are immune and nobody will do anything about it can't be stopped and stop now i. kin when you hear statements from people like the raid mcguire describing what is happening as a policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing do you have any hopes that the international community will listen to people like the raid and stop the suffering of thousands of people. in myanmar i think i really appreciate and many thanks to. mark why are you nobel laureate and two others visit into the camps as a roving myself you know i have also met these big teams you know it's been going on these gentle side for. around for decades you know so it

the mistreatment of the refugees in bangladesh. the repatriation process is not ready to move from bangladesh to myanmar because of safety issues. these refugees don't want to go back because they're afraid of their lives. >> the u.n. human rights commissioner has said that this crisis has potentially fueled a national security problem and a threat ahead because who knows what kind of isis -- what kind of militants may be able to feed on the despair of these particular persecuted muslims in that part of asia. do you share that concern? >> well, it's bad for the region, for the international community. there's some factions of the rohing rohingya, they're called the arsa, that are militant. what this situation is breeding is more radicalization of the young people, the younger refugees that see no hope. they want to go home to myanmar, but they fear for their lives. they're being radicalized. this is why i believe that that is a legitimate concern. what we support a repatriation process where these individuals can go home safely, wh

of the bangladesh main opposition party the bangladesh nationalist party or the b.n.p. she entered politics after the assassination of her husband then president in one thousand nine hundred eighty one became the muslim majority countries first female prime minister in one thousand nine hundred ninety one she has been jailed on a number of occasions in her thirty five year political career but this is the first time she has been convicted of more on this let's speak to arnie vic who's a senior fellow and economist at the c.m. i am michelson institute of which e.u. for anti-corruption resource center is part of his via live live from bergen in no way thank you very much for being with us i want to read to you one of the common syria we got from our viewers in bangladesh says this was a rigged child bangladesh's you disagree system has already been totally manipulated by the government do you share this view that this was a rigged and that this corruption charge against. is politically motivated as she believes. you know. i'm actually i'm not very surprised about this cha

where seven hundred thousand rangers have crossed the border into bangladesh since the twenty fifth of august last year thousands of people have attended a rally in television protesting against israel's plans to deport african migrants the men mostly from sudan and eritrea could face jail if they don't leave five a south of april or a chuck stay there is the latest headlines coming up next inside story. this is really an attack on the truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding of what free speech is supposed to be about the context of hugely important setting the stage for a serious debate out front at this time on al-jazeera. nigeria is missing schoolgirls dozens more are abducted by boko haram the government says it's a national disaster but what's it doing to fend off the threat and reduce public anger this is inside story. hello and welcome.

and the turkey syria border bringing refugees in bangladesh live day to day six months after the start of one of the world's brutal most brutal crackdowns of recent times now the u.n. has condemned the atrocities calling them a textbook case of ethnic cleansing in me and mark nearly seven hundred thousand rangar fled into bangladesh since august the twenty fifth we tracked down some of those that we've interviewed since the exodus began charlotte dallas reports. as usual began was one of six hundred eighty eight thousand ranger refugees who have streamed across the me n. marburg latish border fleeing what they call a targeted campaign to wipe them out we first met her in december the nine year old had been shot three times in the leg arm in arm pit by a soldier at close range. six months she's still in pain and has decided she won't go back there. they kill my father killed my mother i feel scared i don't want to go back to me amar they were bombing houses sitting them on fire pulling people out from their homes and shooting them torturing me and i'm scared to see all their all at the

led to a situation in which people are struggling to find food which is forcing these new arrivals to bangladesh and this represents really you know the final blow after months of a horrific ethnic cleansing campaign in which we and others have consistently documented widespread killings sexual violence against rango women and girls and the targeted burning of ragged villages across northern rakhine state. israeli media say the police will recommend that prime minister benjamin netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges that and yahoo and his wife are suspected of receiving illicit gifts from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer who's also alleged to have been involved in a deal with a leading newspaper which would have weakened a rival daily in return for favorable coverage the prime minister denies the allegations and says he's confident the attorney general won't pursue the case in one car and said this update via skype from west jerusalem prime minister benjamin netanyahu has long been defiant of all of these accusations he said they are political in nature and he's

it up with plastic and tied it to his thigh you know and walked through these checkpoints and into bangladesh without it getting taken so we had the original footage of these graves now to verify and we asked him in numerable questions about what was in these videos how he knew what was in the videos where he was when he took them and then we went to nearly two dozen other people from the village separately to ask them similar questions about those videos and you know pretty much everyone agreed it was good up here and everyone recognized you know things as granular as the placement of banana trees or you know where rice paddies were in relation to you know trees the background of various hills so we felt pretty confident that these videos were authentic we have the actual memory card with the time stamp showing the date that it was taken at the time and then we have the corroborating evidence from the people there lots of videos including of a good option but without the time stamp they just have much less weight. well myanmar's range of muslims have been described as one of the world's most

the bangladesh in myanmar government's made a deal to repatriate the revenger but six months on they refused to return in november abdul fi showed us his house right across the border he says ranger want a guarantee of safety compensation for the destroyed villages and citizenship something they have been denied for thirty five years rubble this idea of money we want to tell the world of we want to live like human beings we want to educate our children and we want to live a peaceful life with our family we asked the world to provide justice for all. myanmar's government continues to deflect accusations of ethnic cleansing and even genocide justice for the revenger is hard to come by. i have no father no mother and so much pain if i have to go out to collect firewood it's so painful. those who survived the crackdown in the camps live with scars on their bodies and in their minds charlotte bellus al-jazeera. well still out here on out is there are thousands rally for african migrants as israel threatens to deport them. a surprise one of the ballot international film festival strips osc

this week on global three thousand we head to bangladesh where water is everywhere making it a veritable playground for kids but a potentially deadly one. to binny where voodoo is a state religion many are helped by it but children often suffer from its decrees but first let's look at the humble banana the most popular fruit in the world could soon be wiped out. in one way germany is certainly a banana republic its citizens are twelve kilograms of the yellow fruit every year on average americans are the only nationality to consume more in twenty sixteen around one hundred thirteen million tons of bananas were harvested worldwide but the vast majority of them were from a single cloned variety the cavendish. shoots monocultures are an open invitation to pests and pathogens one of them a soil fungus called t r four has spread rapidly in cells east asia and caused major damage in many countries there and t.r. four is far from the only destructive fungus experts have long said the day. the cavendish are numbered that's causing major concern in ecuador. or the country's number one export. no t

nearly 700,000 rohingya muslim refugees have crossed the border into neighbouring bangladesh, after a crackdown by the burmese military. reeta chakrabarti is travelling with the foreign secretary, and sent this report, which contains flash photography. there were smiles this morning as borisjohnson shook hands with aung san suu kyi in the capital, naypyidaw, but the plight of the rohingya people will be a difficult topic. the burmese leaders has suffered a spectacular fall from grace in international public opinion after failing to defend the rights of the rohingya. boris johnson met some of the refugees on a tour of one of the camps in bangladesh yesterday, and said that international diplomacy needed to focus on a safe and dignified return to home for them. it's about finding a political solution, finding an answer in myanmar from burma, creating the conditions for a safe, dignified return for these people. that's what they want. they do want to go back, but they don't feel safe. but he admitted that right now that seemed like a distant prospect. later today, mrjohnson will be taken

they live far from the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerous journey. and yet, even now, they think they too may eventually have to join the refugee exodus. jonathan head, bbc news, rakhine state, myanmar. president trump has said he wants the pentagon to organise a military parade. so we have been taking a look at how other countries do it, including here in the uk. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. could more female pilots be about to take to the skies? we'll be looking at how airlines are coping with the global pilot shortage. and before we go, time to tell you that the olympic petition has begun ahead of the opening ceremony. she has begun the mixed doubles curling. the us athletes have also begun to compete against the russians who are unable to compete under their ru nflat. —— own unable to compete under their runflat. —— own flag. hello there. for many places, the day ahead will bring a slightly different feel to the weather. something just a little bit milder. many starting the day under cold air. but this wedge of mild air i

reeta chakrabarti, bbc news, on the myanmar—bangladesh border. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the historic invitation was given by kim jong—un‘s sister, who's visiting the south for the winter olympics. if it happens, it would be the first summit in more than a decade between korean leaders. laura bicker reports. this is no ordinary messenger. kim yo—jong is the sister of the north korean leader kimjong—un. she's the first of her family to set foot on south korean soil, and this is the moment president moon had hoped and campaigned for. he is careful to greet each delegate, aware of the significance of this meeting. as the two sides take their seats, the cameras note a blue folder on the desk. we now know it contained an historic invitation. translation: special envoy kim yo—jong presented a personal letter from kim jong—un to president moon, which contained chairman kim's desire to improve inter—korean relations. kim jong—un‘s younger siste

sexual slavery refugees also describe how security forces set up checkpoints along escape routes to bangladesh where they robbed them of their valuables and subjected women to humiliating body searches. i'm misty concludes that the continue to solicit on the dignity of the ranges shows that the international response has been weak and ineffective and that the agreed repatriation of refugees from bangor this to me i'm a private chill well met wells is a see the a crisis advisor in the city and the author is the ripple. you know what we've seen is condemnation after condemnation from the international community but there has been a real failure to act to impose real consequences on the me and our military for what is now been more than five months of a campaign of ethnic cleansing and so we think that there needs to be an arms embargo targeted financial sanctions against senior officials in the military who are who have committed this this these horrific human rights violations over the last five months in the last couple months to me and more government has said that it's ready to start repatri

reeta chakrabarti, bbc news, on the myanmar/bangladesh border. jeremy corbyn has set out plans to transfer utilities like water and energy and the postal service back into public ownership. the labour leader said the uk should be following "a global tide" of nationalisation. we need to put britain at the forefront of the wave of international change, in favour of public, democratic ownership and control of our services and utilities. from india to canada, across the world, people are waking up to the fact that privatisation has failed and taking back control of their public services. our political correspondent iain watson is here. iain, labour say their plans won't cost the taxpayer anything — have they done the sums? well, labour are saying that plans to ta ke well, labour are saying that plans to take the water industry for example back into public ownership would be cost free, because they would be cost free, because they would be cost free, because they would be treading existing shares for government bonds, and any future borrowing would

also in the programme: two murders as tensions rise at a rohingya camp in bangladesh. we have a special report. the complaints are growing in number. a fight between neighbours overfood number. a fight between neighbours over food and shelter, enter camp rivalries over a that's arriving almost daily. could he rule for life? china's xi jinping might continue as president indefinitely — under changes proposed by the communist party. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. the us state department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regime's nuclear programme. south korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south korea's president before the closing ceremony of the winter olympics. laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics

also in the programme: two murders as tensions rise at a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh. we have a special report. the complainants are growing in number. fights between neighbours overfood number. fights between neighbours over food and shelter sees aid arriving almost daily. and tributes for the bollywood superstar sridevi kapoor, who's died of a heart attack aged 5a. live from studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. the us state department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regime's nuclear programme. south korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south korea's president before the closing ceremony of the winter olympics. laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics played as much of a role as the sporting action this is the confident side of south kor

he was on his way to bangladesh where he probably would have been killed. when an emergency appeal was was released in hawaii but still in limbo. i will be working across party lines with representative jenkins to see a was released i hawaii pathway to citizenship for him and his wife. i'm calling on i.c.e. to bring him home to be with his family while the court decides this case. over 96,000 people have signed a petition to stop his deportation. thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the bucks county opportunity council for their commitment to serving members of our community. the opportunity council will be offered free income tax preparation assistance to low-income residents of bucks county through its volunteer income tax assistance program. trained and certified volunteers will be available in lovetttown, newto

set a target of 194 by the home side, they got 53 initially, after rahim gave bangladesh hope with a half—century the tourists could complete a clean sweep of the tour, having beaten bangladesh in a test series. that's all we've got time for. you can get all we've got time for. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. from me and the rest of the team, thanks for joining website. from me and the rest of the team, thanks forjoining us. the weekend is fast approaching and the weather is looking mixed. a little mixed through the weekend. friday, for most of us, is looking absolutely fine. a lot of clear skies out there so there is plenty of sunshine on the way. but friday is going to start off pretty frosty. here is the satellite image. we have got some snow clouds across scotland right now. there's a cold airstream coming all the way from the arctic regions — from greenland, from iceland, tucking into scotland, so here we could see over the next couple of days or so quite a bit of snow. but that is going to be mostly across the hills. so the towns and cities and coasta

s who have streamed across a million mark bangladesh border fleeing what they call a targeted campaign to wipe them else we first met her in december the nine year old had been shot three times in the leg arm in arm pit by a soldier at close range. six months she's still in pain and has decided she won't go back there. they kill my father killed my mother i feel scared i don't want to go back to me and they were bombing houses sitting them on fire pulling people out from their homes and shooting them torturing me and i'm scared to see all their all one moment and i still feel like dying a fire remember those days. when they raped our women and you can see what they did to this child. there are thousands of is here recovering from different weapons of war these two sisters say myanmar soldiers tied them to trees and raped them their mother father and three siblings were locked inside their home which was then sit a life not much has changed since we first met the teenage girls in january they care and crucible long camp got them you know cabs although bright and colorful the girls say t

the crisis as weak and ineffective and the sea also holds the agreed repatriation of refugees from bangladesh back to me amar is premature me amal security forces are accused of causing what amnesty calls force to starvation by denying ranger farmers access to their fields confiscating livestock and setting markets on fire the rangers say the abduction of girls and young women is common raising concerns about rape and sexual slavery and the refugees accuse security forces of setting up checkpoints along routes to bangladesh where they are robbed and women forced to have humiliating body searches much welles is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty and the author of the report. you know what we've seen is condemnation after condemnation from the international community but there has been a real failure to act to impose real consequences on the me and our military for what is now been more than five months of a campaign of ethnic cleansing and so we think that there needs to be an arms embargo targeted financial sanctions against senior officials in the military who are who have committed this thi

an emotional appeal a song sung city's fellow female nobel peace laureates visits bangladesh to meet refugees. in hopes of a homemade revival is the first time a film made in sri lanka in more than forty years hits the screen. russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a daily cease fire in the east and in syria and a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave as defense minister says the ceasefire would run from nine am until two pm twenty six people were killed on monday in the rebel held on cave near damascus despite a u.n. resolution calling for a truce across the come. want to say one government airstrike killed a family of nine on sunday syrian troops launched a grand assault entering the through three towns arrest. we hear and chef food media that last time has reportedly been attacked using chlorine gas well some of the joins us now from on turkey's southern border with syria hi there salma so the cease fire how effective can these humanitarian pauses in the in the fighting how effective can they be because we've seen this pattern before haven't we. absolutely this

there were also cases in bangladesh. there were whistle—blowers coming forward in bangladesh, as far as i know. there was also a case, i think, in nepal. abusers exploit the chaos and confusion of natural disasters, like here in 2013 during typhoon haiyan in the philippines. and lan mercardo says even if they are caught and disciplined, charities are not warning each other about unsuitable staff. not yet. but that's a practice that we need to start. because... you know, the funny thing about cases like this is we always see them as reputational risks, no? but the way to manage reputational risk is not to keep silent. but in disaster zones, speed is key. charities scale up their efforts within hours, employing thousands of new staff in what can be a lawless vacuum. when the first crisis passes, sometimes within days or weeks, many move on to a new emergency, and possibly a new employer. so a problem for the whole sector, but one the international development secretary wants tackling now. unless you create a culture that

they live far from the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerous journey. and yet even now they think they, too, may eventually have to join the refugee exodus. jonathan head, bbc news, rakhine state, myanmar. laura: in other news now, in a rare display of bipartisanship, the u.s. senate has reached a two-year budget deal which was held by the repucrican and demoic leaders. but it remains to be seen if the bill can pass thousand presented as an effort -- and avert another government shutdown with a friday deadline looming. a coalition dealas been struck germany between the centerleft social democrats and angela merkel's conservatives. the agreement looks set to end four months of deadlock following an inconclusive general election last september. the deal would need to be approved by social democratic party members, and many fearg that reentergrand coalition would damage the party. in the u.k., a giant supermarket chain is facing the country's largest ever equal pay lawsuit, which could affect up to 200,000 mostly female shop workers. the women who work on

mar bangladesh border fleeing what they call a targeted campaign to wipe them out. we first met as a big room in december the nine year old had been shot three times in the leg and armpit by a soldier close range her parents were killed as they tried to escape six months on she's still in pain and has decided she won't go back there and. they kill my father killed my mother i feel scared i don't want to go back to me in ma they were bombing houses sitting them on fire pulling people out from their homes and shooting them torturing me and i'm scared to see all their all one in one until i still feel like dying a fireman that those days. they raped our women and you can see what they did to this child there are thousands of his here recovering from different weapons of war these two sisters say myanmar soldiers tied them to trees and raped them their mother father and three siblings were locked inside the horror which was the incision lines not much has changed since we first met the teenage girls in january they care and crucible long camp got them you know cabs alth

protests in bangladesh after former prime minister how leaders here is sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement. from brisk news in few weeks. to the womb trying to use of southeast asia. however we've got more clouds spilling into the east the side of the mediterranean over the next day or so you can already see the cloud starting to show it's had nothing to walsall events it should be too bad in terms of what weather as we go on through friday but to twenty four celsius there was some hazy sunshine full beirut twenty two degrees in jerusalem as we go on and see where saturday will similar values on this time which is the cloud and the rain not too far away i think that right at this stage affecting greece and west and keep it for the most part it stays fine and try cause a good area of the middle east actually that's in the case across syrian peninsula twenty five celsius here in doha when starting to ease off so all the way of warmth to our sunshine she settled and sunny then over the coming days i think it was starting to lose a son shot across the western side of south afr

sexual slavery refugees also describe how security forces set up checkpoints along escape routes to bangladesh where they were robbed of their valuables and subjected women to humiliating body searches amnesty concludes that the continued assault on the dignity of the remainder shows that the international response has been weak and ineffective and that the agreed repatriation of refugees from bangladesh to me amar is premature but wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international and the author of the report joins me now from washington d.c. you say in the opening part of your report that shielded by official denials and lies of a concerted effort to deny access to independent investigators mia mars military continues to get away with crimes against humanity we've heard this all before is anybody listening. you know what we've seen is condemnation after condemnation from the international community but there is been a real failure to act to impose real consequences on the me and our military for what is now been more than five months of a campaign of ethnic cleansing and so we think t

urges myanmar to ensure a safe return home for hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who fled to bangladesh to avoid religious persecution. caught in a corruption scandal — the anc says the fate of south africa's president zuma will be decided within 2a hours. but first, as we go to air, it's reported us vice president mike pence has said that the us is ready to talk to north korea. in an interview with the washington post, mr pence said that the policy of maximum pressure and sanctions would continue, but if north korea wished to talk, the us would listen. in what is being seen as a significant shift in us position, details were worked out with south korean president moon jae—in during meetings on the sidelines of the winter olympic games in pyeongchang. more on this as we get it. russian investigators are searching snow—covered fields south of moscow for the wreckage of an airliner which crashed on sunday, killing all 71 people on board. the plane, operated by saratov airlines, was en route to the city of orsk in the ural mountains, when it came down, just minutes after ta ke—off

the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh, where he's been meeting rohingya refugees, who've escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. also in the next hour, britain's bid for an olympic title at the 2018 winter olympics. commentator: this is great skating from elise christie, she's safely through to the quarterfinals. triple world champion short—track speed skater, elise christie, sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500 metre event. england hang on to beat wales at twickenham in a close—fought match in the six nations rugby. and at 8.30pm rebecca jones meets booker prize—winning irish author roddy doyle in talking books. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the ambassador to haiti has told the bbc he believes oxfam tried to cover up bbc he believes oxfam tried to cover up details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. 0xfam's chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover—up. downing street says the government is reviewing its rel

after a meeting with the bangladesh prime minister, sheikh hasina, mrjohnson said he'd discussed all issues of cooperation to try to help the rohingyas. he also said he would raise the plight of the refugees with aung san suu kyi on a visit to myanmar, after he's visited a refugee camp on the bangladesh—burma border near cox's bazar, as well as northern rakhine. what we all want to see is safe, dignified and secure returns for the people of the rohingya, back to their place of origin, and talking to his excellency and to the prime minister just to his excellency and to the prime ministerjust now, i was really struck by how bangladesh and the united kingdom really share a common analysis of what needs to be done, but i think where you are obviously right is we need to make those points together to the government of myanmar. stay with us bbc news. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many m

they live farfrom the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerous journey. live farfrom the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerousjourney. and yet, even now they think that they may eventually have to join the refugee exodus. there is more on that story and all of the stories that recover on the bbc website. —— that we cover. interesting legal conundrum in the netherlands. a judge has asked the european court ofjustice to decide whether a group of britons living there will retain their eu citizenship once the uk leaves the eu. this matters because if it rules that those citizenship rights remain for these people in the netherlands — that could apply across the eu. anna holligan's in the hague. this group of five british nationals described themselves as the forgotten people. they say they've been living in a state of limbo, they described the dutch judges‘ decision as incredible and say they are delighted. the case refers to article 20 of the lisbon treaty, which lays out a european citizens‘ rights when they ar

the foreign secretary visits bangladesh to meet rohingya refugees. nearly 700,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, after a military crackdown in myanmar. a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are becoming victims. and at 6:30pm, sportsday will have a roundup of all the action on day two of the winter 0lympics. good evening. good evening and welcome to bbc news. haiti's ambassador to the uk, has told the bbc he believes 0xfam did try to "cover—up" details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. 0xfam's chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover up. downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity. angus crawford has the details. it was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more t

he visited in bangladesh and observe the situation in rohingya refugee camps. he must tell aung san suu kyi that these people need a safe return to their own country, and because these people need a solution immediately because there are 1.1 million rohingya people living in bangladesh, in refugee camps and makeshift camps. this is not a good situation as a human being. you have members of your own family who have suffered as a result of this? yes. after the 25th of august incident, my relatives crossed the border into bangladesh and they are living in makeshift camps. i visited them and i visited my parents and my family members in refugee camps where they have been living since 1992. what have been living since 1992. what have they said to you about what happened last august? they said it isa happened last august? they said it is a horrific situation that they have faced. various accounts of persecution at the hands of buddhist, like traumatising, facing rape. the use of gang rape as well. more than seven buddhist military are doing rape to the rohingya women

refugee sheltering in bangladesh have told their they feel there is no end to their suffering it's six months since hundreds of thousands escaped from a military crackdown in rakhine state. a major u.s. companies filing legal action against djibouti after the east african nation seize control of a container terminal durrell a port is located on the important. street that's between djibouti and yemen and it gives access to shipping lanes linking. europe asia and africa is one of several calls in the region run by dubai based d.p. world others are controlled by the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen of which the u.a.e. is a member of the dispute between the u.a.e. and djibouti has sparked regional concern as almost all the imports destined for neighboring ethiopia move through dora lay is also used to transfer aid into yemen mohammed involved reports. the contract signed in two thousand and six for d.p. world to operate the drala container terminal in the port of djibouti was meant to last for thirty years but in two thousand and fourteen djibouti launched a lawsuit against d.p. world

tension on the streets of bangladesh one is to highlight as iya is jailed for five years for corruption. aftershocks hamper rescue efforts in a building left tilting dangerously after taiwan's earthquake. it was two hundred fifty meters long and weighed as much as sixteen african elephants meet a massive lump of fat or part of it made its way out of london sewers and into a major museum. and for a fourth consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas of syria which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian as strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic investigated their attacks there and in italy province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday and not killed more than two hundred people in just four days adding to the bloodshed the u.s. led coalition says it's killed at least one hundred pro fights is in a province who are attacking the syrian democratic forces syria has branded it a war crime momentum droom reports on the latest violence. by thursd

tension in the streets in bangladesh as prime minister. is jailed for five years for corruption. aftershocks hamper rescue efforts in a building left tilting dangerously off to taiwan's earthquake. thank you my. top democrat nancy pelosi makes history with an eight hour speech in the house of representatives. you know for a fourth consecutive day bombs are being raining down on rebel held areas of syria which were designated deescalation zones government and russian ass trikes have killed at least twenty three people in east and go to on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic a rescue later their attacks there and an idiot province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday two hundred people in just four days adding to the bloodshed the u.s. that coalition says it's killed at least one hundred fighters and bears or problems who are attacking the syrian democratic forces syria has branded it a war crime ravichandran reports on the latest violence. by thursday the bombing raids in eastern huta had only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and