lone joint reuters news agency over a year ago from a family of rice promised he'd always dreamed of becoming a journalist. he's also written a children's book co-founded a charity to promote tolerance between myanmar ethnic groups and worked with orphans. was a good husband to me. the heart and he continues to learn. tonight. he's not a politician he's a real journalist. i believe he wouldn't do anything wrong that's why i want him to be free to soon as possible. who wrote poetry before violence and his native state led him to write news. but his learns reporting on the military crackdown that which has forced more than six hundred fifty thousand muslims to flee has cost them their freedom. they've been missing since last tuesday after being invited to dine with police officers and young gone myanmar's ministry of information released this photo of the two men who it said had illegally obtained documents on the violence they plan to share with international media foreign governments human rights groups the u.n. and the e.u. have condemned the arrests we expect for me i'm our authori

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still to come here on al-jazeera extends its detention of two reuters journalists by another two weeks. i will tell you the remote road linking oman and yemen has become a path to refugees coming out aid. hello there we're seeing plenty of heavy showers across the southeast and parts of asia for the philippines a plenty of showers all gradually drifting their way towards the west and we're also seeing some rather lively showers towards the west impossible as well in fact because the movie so sixty two millimeters of rain there so if you're there on holiday you'll notice it was certainly very very wet more showers still to come as well i think as we head through the next few days so all the dark colored hair giving us some rather hefty showers over the next few days for the south that will also be some showers here but generally a little bit more broken more sunshine in between them for some of us in eastern parts of java we can expect some heavy showers here and here it's been very wet over the past few weeks and we've seen quite a bit of flooding over towards australia and this huge a

liz: getting to breaking news from reuters and dow jones. senator franken will resign thursday according to minnesota public radio, signing a democrat official who -- citing a democrat official, who spoke with the senator and key aides. just moments ago news breaking, minnesota public radio, reuters and dow jones industrial picking it up, saying that al franken will resign tomorrow, your rarykd? reaction? >> obviously this is very politically leveraged. so now hopefully they believe in their mind they can restore some sense of a moral high ground, and go on offense and attack roy moore. and put pressure on mitch mcconnell and others to not allow him to be seated add senator, if the people of alabama decide he should be there senator franken lost a fight in court of public opinion. liz: a lot of alleged activity happened before he was senator. to your point, you talking about timing of this, before tuesday alabama race with republican senate candidate roy moore. i think you are saying it could be a politically motivated move for democrats for

massive data theft is reportedly a twenty year old man from florida that's according to news agency reuters last month it emerged that the writer hailing company had paid the hacker one hundred thousand dollars to destroy the data of millions of passengers and hundreds of thousands of drivers which he had stolen before the company did not inform regulators at the time the scandal has already led to the departure of two of hoover's top security officials according to reuters then see old travis cullen nick was aware of the breach and the payment. a lot more business news for you at the top of the hour if you need to stay up to date on to check out our facebook page or our twitter feed for now thanks for watching. connection they ran around shooting studio was the ad they wanted me to talk today has booked for gays and lesbians in russia ostracized passy cupid and abused not tanya has experienced it fast hand. because sexuality is deemed as something dishonorable here but society takes an aggressive stance against it wasn't the. next. enters the conflict zone confronting the powerful for year

seven year old just so who are described by friends and family as bookish and warm while alone joined reuters news agency over a year ago born to a family of rice farmers he'd always dreamed of becoming a journalist he's also written a children's book co-founded a charity to promote tolerance among me a mars ethnic groups and worked with orphans. on the. well known is a good husband to me he's a hard worker and devoted to learning he's not a politician he's a real journalist. i believe he wouldn't do anything wrong. that's why i want him to be freed as soon as possible. chose so who wrote poetry before turning to news writing after violence broke out in his native rakhine state but the two reporters coverage of the military crackdown there which has forced more than six hundred fifty thousand rohingya muslims to flee has cost them their freedom the two reporters have been missing since last week after they were invited to dine with police officers in yon gone mian mars ministry of information released this photo of the two reporters the ministry says they had illegally obtained documents they

and detained in myanmar a court order to reuters journalists to be kept in custody for another fourteen days over allegations they breached the country's official secrets act. the. hawk thank you very much for your company and a bloody conflict that has been grinding on for years a rare moment of a let up in tensions ukraine's forces and pro russian rebels in that country's rest of east are exchanging prisoners as we speak ukraine's central government is releasing three hundred six prisoners and expects the separatists are released seventy four of its captives in return this after talks in moscow mediated by the head of the russian orthodox church. well some are calling it the largest prisoner exchange in the east ukraine conflict david stern is in kiev david what have you heard has the prisoner swap already taken place. you know as we've heard it's now under way but this will be a swap that goes in stages what we know at the moment is that sixteen ukrainian ukrainians have been returned to the ukrainian side as you've said before there's going to be quite a few more of them as well as

meanwhile pressure is mounting on me and more authorities to release two reuters journalists arrested more than a week ago the men are accused of violating a colonial era official secrets law they had been investigating the alleged military crackdown on rohingya muslims. committed to finding the truth but now held captive thirty one year old while alone and twenty seven year old cho so who are described as bookish and warm by family and friends. while lone joint reuters news agency over a year ago from a family of rice promised he'd always dreamed of becoming a journalist. he's also written a children's book co-founded a charity to promote tolerance between myanmar ethnic groups and worked with often . malone was a good husband to me. a hard worker and he continues to learn. to know you know but usually he's not a politician he's a real journalist the. i believe he wouldn't do anything wrong that's why i want him to be free to soon as possible. wrote poetry before violence and his native rakhine state led him to write news. but his and while learns reporting on the military crackdown

reuters updated their headline on the story but neither reuters nor bloomberg change thard story today, changed their reporting despite the white house lawyers crowing about it. if the epic russian money laundering machine, that is deutsche bank, is now handing over financial records to the mueller investigation, if they're handing over records related to their financial relationship with the president and his family or people near him, this is the next great leap in this scandal. this is where you get to when you follow the money. which is how these things always get solved. and the president's lawyers are being a little nutty about this, like they have been on a number of things since the flynn scandal broke. are they just being nutty? are they only correcting part of this? are we sure these subpoenas have happened? why are some news outlets changing their stories about this today and others are sticking with it, sticking with their original reporting? this is really, really important stuff and it's getting weird just as fast as it's getting interesting. greg ferrell from bloomberg n

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extends its detention of two reuters journalists by a further two weeks. on lawrence we in london with solutions routinely use reporters to cairo the most delicate operations but could roubles be took to the force when the all. aid workers have begun evacuating critical critically ill patients from eastern guta in syria's capital damascus but they discovered that a six month. baby girl who was among twenty nine people on the most urgent list of those sick died two weeks ago as a whole are reports from lebanon. it's a start but it's not enough only a handful of east critically ill are being allowed to leave to hospitals in damascus which is less than an hour's drive away twenty nine patients the majority of them women and children the syrian government is allowing them to be treated outside the besieged opposition stronghold after the armed group. agreed to release some government prisoners it's not clear if new deals will be reached it has been four years since east hooter was besieged by the syrian army the siege has tightened in recent months there are a

and heather somerville, yes, of reuters formerly. so, i mean, honestly that has to have gone through your head. i mean, "the martian" wasn't your first book or your first story, but it was so big. andy: it was just this ludicrous success that, like, no writer has a right to have, right? it's like the daydream that you have when you're fantasizing about what it would be like. and then--and then, so then i had to follow that up with another book. scott: and what do you think? andy: well, i mean, it's--the general consensus is, "oh, it's not as good as 'the martian,' but it's still good." i'll take it, i'll take it. scott: is that on the blurb, is that on the inside? "it's not as good as 'the martian'"? andy: look, let's keep our feet on the ground. no. yeah, i'm really happy with how it's turned out. and between "the martian" and "artemis," i was 70,000 words into a different book that i'd written. yeah, originally i was writing a different book called "zhek," z-h-e-k, and i got 70,000 words into that. for reference, the entire book "t

the detention of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been extended by the fourteen days. were allowed to meet families and lawyers before the court hearing on wednesday they were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of yemen gone they're accused of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media. mexican police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist the man's accused of planning the killing of a breach in march the journalist was shot several times as she drove out of her garridge mexico is one of the world's most dangerous countries for reporters. the u.s. has imposed sanctions on to north korean scientists linked to the country's missile program the u.s. and south korea say kim jong seek and reap young senior figures in the country's ballistic missile development team the sanctions are the latest move by the u.s. to pressure pyongyang into abandoning its weapons program. those are your headlines so far the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream i will see you ve

and their working condition, reuters and theissue their working condition, reuters and the issue of driver only trains. they believe they are unsafe and that you need guards on those trends as well. —— rotors. the advice is to check online for updates. people across asia and the southern hemisphere are celebrating the start of 2018 with fireworks and parties. here was hong kong bringing in the new year, just an hour ago above the historic victoria harbour. and this was the scene in sydney earlier where the harbour and its iconic bridge took centre stage as usual. apparently people were queuing up to secure a good vantage point more than nine hours in advance of the show. around a million and a half people were there to watch. this year the display featured a rainbow—theme to celebrate the passing of the country's same—sex marriage law. north korea has also held a firework display in pyongyang to mark the new year. the fireworks display was held by the taedong river. later, the country's leader kimjong un plans to deliver his annual new year address — he's expected to talk

the detention of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been extended for another fourteen days while alone and your c.e.o. all have been allowed to meet families and their legal teams they were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of young gone accuses the reporters of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media they were working on stories about the military crackdown on rohingya muslims in rakhine state inside story is on air in about a minute and news has never been more of a liberal but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. high hopes of continued peace and stability in liberia as voters choose a new leader that's how with this vote in hands democracy in a country that has seen its share of violence and what would it mean for the region this is inside.

in a similar report with reuters a u.s. official says one reason for the subpoenas was to find out if the bank may have sold some mortgages or other loans to some russian banks. jay sekulow denied these reports saying no subpoena has been received. here's press secretary sarah huckabee-sanders. >> we know that it hasn't happened up until this point and that the reports out were totally false. and again, the media got ahead of their skis a little bit on pushing and driving that story that wasn't true. >> the bank neither confirmed or denied the allegation. well, the president has loans from the bank worth hundreds of million, and so does his son-in-law jared kushner. as "the washington post" reported in june, quote one month before election day jared kushner's real estate company finalized a $280 million loan. this all comes after the president said in july any investigation into his finances would cross a red line if it's unrelated to russia. >> if mueller was looking at your finances and your family's finances up related t

reuters reports that a 20- year-old florida man was behind the breach... d dollar >>> a new bombshell about uber's concealed cyber attack. reuters reporting now that a 20- year-old man from florida was behind the breach and paid a $10,000 ransom by uber to destroy the data. 57million user accounts were hacked including 600,000 uber driver license numbers in the u.s. >>> the amazon prime video app is now available on apple tv. it joins apps from hulu and other services on the apple tv. this could signal apple tv's return to amazon. amazon's ceo said the retailer wouldn't sell the streaming device until it was compatible with prime services. >>> some are in the holiday spirit in portland. the bell ringer in north portland noticed a $100 bill on tuesday night and another one and another one and it added up to $10,000 by the time he finished counting. no one noticed the donor or cash being deposited but the salvation army is sending thanks through the media. >>> a quick look at wall street now. the dow is up about 66 points. we'll be right back. that's it for

. >>> well, new this morning, reuters is reporting that a 20- year-old uber man put uber at risk, 40 million people may be at risk. reuters said there's a bug bounty program which is rewarding security researchers to help figure out if there are hacks in the software. and uber has fired two to officials. >>> they're proposing that a new bridge across the bay. senator feinstein has supported a southern crossing, but it's been considered too expensive. they've now isn't a letter to the metropolitan transportation commission saying a new bridge would reduce traffic jams on the bridge and you could raise tolls as much as $3. a new bridge is not on the list of projects already approved for the proposed toll increase. >>> right now it's 4:40 and a bay area tradition may be cancelled along our coast. why abalone numbers are crashing and what they're doing about it. >>> it's looking good around the roadways, early on this thursday morning, we'll talk about the drive getting into san francisco, we'll tell you how the commute is through the livermore valley at this hour. >>> there might baseba

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they said they will expand overseas and according to reuters, didi has said it wants to reuters, didi has said it wants to enter mexico and also looking to taiwan. it wants to put more money to artificial intelligence, so smart transportation, self driving cars and also wants to build up its electric car network, so very forward network. didi is also an investor, they have money put into us—based lift in brazil, estonia, the middle east. this is a threat to uber‘s global ambitions. uber wants to go public in 2018 but didi has the cash to back all this up. let's stay in the region. china stocks rose on thursday, as investors were inspired by beijing's commitment to maintain steady economic growth next year while deepening structural reforms and curbing financial risks. stocks in asia more generally a little muted — as investors took a step back following recent gains after donald trump's tax reform bill finally passed through congress. equities have rallied this year on expectations the president's promised cuts would fire the already strong economy and those gains increased over

in bournemouth, authorities have arrested a pair of reuters journalists who could face up to 14 years in prison for allegedly violating the country's official secrets act. wa lone and kyaw soe oo had been reporting on military-backed violence against minority rohingya muslims in rakhine state before their arrest on december 12. december 12. reuters' editor-in-chief called the arrests a blatant attack on press freedom and foreign ministers around the world, jewelry, and handcuffed of prisoner who was shocked five times for refusing to sit on a bench. a warning to listeners and viewers, the footage is disturbing. [screaming] amy: the videos prompted ohio's franklin county to settle a lawsuit that accused guards of sadistic and unconstitutional taser use beginning in 2008. but reuters reports neither turner nor any deputies were disciplined over the incidents, and that turner has since been promoted to the rank of major, and is now commander of the larger of the jail's two main facilities. among those demanding accountability is ohio democratic state senator charleta tavares. >> i think

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then in february, reuters got its hands on an internal report from the department of home land security which projected a whopping $22 billion. there say reason for the dhs' massive price bump. they tlid to accouried to accou the price of land. the fifth amendment allows the federal government to take the land for the public wall but it has to compensate the private land owners with a fair market value. this is known as eminent dough nan. recent history those us just how costly this process can be and how long it can take. back in 2006, a law called the security fence act was passed authorizing the construction of a border fence along 700 miles of the u.s.-mexico border. it resulted in more than 400 federal lawsuits that have dragged on for years in court. fair market value is also very tough to predict in order to complete the existing border fence, reuters reported one case in which an initial offering of $230,000 resulted in a settlement of $4.7 million. president trump acknowledged that of the nearly 2,000 miles on our southern border, only half will require a wall or a fence. but t

both men had worked on reuters' news coverage of the crisis in northern rakhine state, wa lone's wife spoke to the bbc about his dedication to his profession. translation: event when we were at together outside of work time, if they were urgent things to cover that he had to follow, he would ask me to take care of myself and went to cover those stories. he never let his personal life get in the way of his personal life get in the way of his work. hisjob is his first priority. i worried about him sometime and i suggested that he should work at an ngo party does not wa nt to should work at an ngo party does not want to disconnect with their news and said he is a purejournalist, through and through, and does not ta ke through and through, and does not take sides in writing stories and is a lwa ys take sides in writing stories and is always impartial. the wife of a detained journalist in myanmar. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: horseshoe bats, crocodile lizards and this snail—eating turtle — we'll take a look at some of the new species which have be

peter larsen from reuters. >>> coming up on the show, festive cheer after a miserable year we'll fill you in on the news that delivered a substantial boost to u.s. retail stocks in yesterday's trade. stay with us [music playing] >>> welcome to "street signs." >> these are your headlines. oil majors gain as prices hover around 2015 highs despite a slight pullback. and shell says the tax overhaul will help its results. >>> european chip makers follow apple lower after a report suggests demand for the iphone x could come in below expectations >>> 'tis the season. u.s. retailers pop after upbeat holiday shopping numbers but uk bargain hunters stay home in a blow to the high streets. >>> and iwg shares surge to the top of the stock 600 after the uk service office provider announces a bid approach from onex >>> so this is not the first day for trading for u.s. futures since christmas, but the second day in europe. we were just looking a little bit earlier. the picture was slightly more positive it looks as though s&p, dow, and nasdaq looking to open firmer today. of course the main story th

underway in the east of the country why is it happening now and detained in myanmar court orders to reuters journalists to be kept in custody over allegations they breach the country's official secrets act. welcome to the show my name is sarah harman thanks for joining us aid workers in syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people for besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were greatest part of a deal between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern ghouta for more than four years. the u.n. has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer who need to be evacuated from the suburbs. joining us now from gaza on tap in turkey is mohammad could too he's from the syrian american medical society which supports hospitals in mostly opposition areas mr gotobed thanks for being with us are the evacuations proceeding smoothly. thank you so actually this is a long and chronic issue of the evacuation from. syria because and you see dear there are many of the concept of this is which is not available already a

both men had worked on reuters' news coverage of the crisis in northern rakhine state. wa lone's wife spoke to the bbc about his dedication to his profession. translation: even when we were together outside of work time, if they were urgent matters to cover, a press conference to go to or breaking news that he had to follow, he would ask me to take care of myself and went to cover those stories. he never let his personal life get in the way of his work. hisjob is his first priority. i worry about him sometime and i suggested to him that he should work at an ngo but he does not want to disconnect with the news. he said he is a purejournalist, through and through, the wife of a detained journalist in myanmar. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: horseshoe bats, crocodile lizards and this snail—eating turtle, we'll take a look at some of the new species which have been discovered across asia. also on the programme: 0ne, one, two, three, go. one, two, three, four, hand, two... we meet the jane austen fan club in lahore and find out why the a

with one piece of evidence and as far as the mainstream media like brian ross with abc bloomberg and reuters and "the washington post" all in one week they have nothing. this week the new fbi director refuses to provide congress with information. >> did peter help produce and present the application to the fis the court to secure a warrant to spy on america associated with the trump campaign?. >> i'm not prepared to discuss anything about the fisa process. >> what was presented to the fisa core i cannot legally and appropriately give that with the committee. >> in truth that the bird is the fbi from giving job congress that information so why is he punching the ball? because that politically contrived dossier by the opposing party and a presidential election spells disaster. for the better part of the last year we have watched together as members of congress beat their chests every time they have a hearing. but i am tired of investigations and politicians posturing something more has to be done. coming out of the justice department and fbi is that of the third world country where money and b

and we have already had confirmation from so many capitals around the world, the reuters news agency saying that the us state department in a cable to us diplomatic post have asked officials to declare non—essential travel to israel until december 20. this is a recognition it seems that there could be unrest sparked by this decision. the promise of three days of rage, demonstrations in the palestinian territories. obviously the state department taking that seriously. the white house, the airline is that this move is a reflection of the reality that jerusalem is already the capital of israel. —— there line. and this is long overdue but also acknowledging it is controversial and could be repercussions. i'm just being told we arejust repercussions. i'm just being told we are just about two minutes away and you can get a sense of that looking at these pictures. just the last few staff getting in their positions, thejournalists in place. just a few seconds away from the us president coming into the room. and he will break with 70 years of foreign policy and recognised jerusalem as t

that's according to a government source being reported by reuters. other headlines from reuters, the brazilian government rules out any deal transferring control of embraer, again, day are citing a government source so this leaves the question of what boeing be able to do with embraer? the possibilities are an equity stake in the company certainly not as intriguing, i'm sure, to some investors, as an outright takeover of embraer, but certainly a possibility. and there are some reasons to think that boeing might be interested in this given embraer's dominance, if you will, when it comes to the regional jet market and boeing's desire to have a greater exposure there the headline is if you're thinking you might wake up someday in the next couple of weeks and boeing says, hey, we have bought all of embraer, think again. at least according to these headlines because the brazilian government is saying, huh-uh, we're not going to sign off on any deal where the control of the company is transferred away from brazil. back to you guys >> boeing had to have kno

officials in demanding the release of two reuters journalists being held in me in ma while alone and killed saul who was arrested earlier this month they were working on stories about the military crackdown that's forced over six hundred fifty thousand range of muslims to go to bangladesh coming up next it's inside story by finance. high hopes of continued peace and stability in liberia as protests choose a new leader the towel with a supposed enhanced democracy in a country that has seen its share of violence and what would it mean for the region this is inside.

the detention of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been extended for another fourteen days while alone and you'll see or were arrested earlier this month after meeting police officials on the outskirts of young gaunt accuses the pair of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media the reporters were covering the crisis affecting ringle muslims in the northern state of rakhine they have been allowed to meet families and lawyers outside their court hearing. a video we were just carrying out our jobs as journalists we have been detained at the criminal investigation department we never violated our journalism ethics or on his own i want my husband to be free soon and i trust and that he would never violate the rule of law he has good morals so he should be free soon. still to come here on al-jazeera as tensions rise on the korean peninsula hopes for north south south family reunions fade and we take a look at ops that office of a glimpse into life inside one of the world's most secretive and infamous prison. hello there we're seeing an awful lot of wintery wea

which are expected to come out from the commission authority competition authorities in brussels so reuters is reporting that the compromise is that giving up on lending and starting rides and visit often also in the future would not expand its presence in in order not to have a monopoly there but of course there are the stretches and there are other destinations where they really will have one and i guess that the competition authorities will monitor the pricing policy or flow found that very carefully going forward ok and also tourists are affected there's been a knock on effect at least for the tourism industry. yes the tourist authority in berlin is saying that because of the demise of lenin there are fewer flights into the german capital and that it's really get yet kind of the risen industry is feeling that very terribly in the month of october and november already with numbers down by as much as seven percent of course going forward the hope is that lufthansa. sort of service many of those flights which have not been serviced when belin sees to offer them so from january on the steps

voice that's the terrible thing about death the little friends who come to justice when he told i the reuters how did emotional year in twenty seventeen they were top of the charts schooled in that coke that big shows were sold out to the truck to over two hundred and fifty thousand people and then there was this show at rock armoring that had to be interrupted huge terrorist warnings. i. have on as much from memphis and i think it first we were all a little bit shocked and then we all thought well that really just happened here but then we quickly said no we're going to make the best of this and i think that night we even decided to play the very next day march and then month in the us and you at the end of the day what are your choices like choosing to hide in a corner with a blanket over your head so nothing happens to you is not an option is kind of you have to come you know i mean a tree could fall on your head any day if you get struck by lightning while sitting on the can there's no point in doing that just keep on living you know. i i. i. i just. show must go on and when it does it's

ijust heard from reuters that the us senate has approved the tax legislation is the bill will now be sent back to the house for a final vote. as you mention, let's move on to that one. really interesting, totally different angle. the democrats believe it will give them a majority in the midterms and actually return nancy pelosi to be speaker of the house. this is a political football but both sides are using. the democrats have to say this. this story is last —— largely based upon a series of public polls. and nearly all, according to the vice story, show opposition to the tax plan. also, the difference between the corporation tax cuts and tax cuts for individuals. businesses, their tax cuts are permanent where is the individual tax cuts operate under a sunset clause. they phase out in 2026. the democrats mean they can get that message across in the midterms next year and that can damage republicans. it hammers home the message that this is a giveaway to the millionaires and billionaires. it's really ha rd the millionaires and billionaires. it's really hard politically to fight a

reuters said uber paid that man $100,000 to destroy the information. now, uber was criticized a lot for only revealing the breach last month even though it happened a year ago. reuters says the man who hacked into uber was living at home with his mother and wanted to help pay bills. >>> senator dianne feinstein is proposing that a new transbay bring be built. since the 1940, there's been proposals to build a bridge across the bay. senator feinstein has supported a southern crossing, but it's been considered too expensive. a senator and congressman has sent a letter to the metropolitan transportation commission saying a new bridge would reduce traffic jams on the bay bridge and could be paid for by raising tolls by as much as $3. and the new bridge is not on a list of projects for approved toll increase. >>> and there's more illegal activity, customers in california were charged for insurance policies they didn't want. a year-long investigation found 1500 unauthorized renters and term life insurance policies with wells fargo. they're looking to suspect

the detention of two reuters journalists in myanmar has been extended for a further fourteen days while known and cure so who were arrested earlier this month after meeting police officials on the outskirts of young gone be in mark uses the pair of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media the reporters were covering the crisis affecting rohingya muslims in rakhine state. south korea says that a deal with japan to settle a decades long comfort women dispute fails to meet the victims' needs dozens of protesters gathered outside the foreign ministry to the nouns the twenty fifteen agreement two years ago japan agreed to set up in their nine million dollars fund to help korean women who were forced to work in japanese military brothels during the second world war but survivors say they want direct compensation and police in mexico of arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist the man's accused of planning the killing of a bit of a breach in march the journalist was shot several times as she drove out. as the headlines the news continues right after al-