a new report from amnesty international says meehan mars rock island state is being militarized at a rapid rate this afternoon at least seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims fled the region that following the military's crackdown that began last year amnesty says satellite images show military bases being built over villages that were burned to the ground just a few months ago. the group also says this report is based on our eye witness testimonies there's been a mass exodus of the injured to neighboring bangladesh since the crackdown began the united nations has called it a campaign of ethnic cleansing. for more on the story we're joined now by toronto hassan she's the crisis response director for amnesty international and joins us from geneva good morning to you thanks for being with us we've seen these adult satellite images now which show that something you're calling a land grab how can you be certain that these pictures show military structures and not repatriation camps well what we've seen is actually bodies satellite imagery and the eyewitness accounts of them just special

matthew wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international. he spentjanuary and february this year at the refugee camps in bangladesh gathering the testimony and materials upon which amnesty is basing its report. what a new report today shows is that, as the rohingya shelter in refugee camps there in bangladesh, the myanmar authorities are in effect remaking rakhine state. that areas that used to be rohingya homes, markets and mosques have been bulldozed. farmland has been cleared away. and, in their place, the myanmar authorities have built new infrastructure, including security force bases, roads, at times villages for non—rohingya ethnic groups. and all of this shows that, as the authorities say that they are ready to start returning rohingya, that in fact every day they are making that far more difficult, by remaking rakhine state. take, for example, there is a village in one township — and our evidence comes not just from testimonies, but what we see on satellite imagery, from photos and videos that have been taken by people still in

and amnesty international accuses oil giants shell and any of responding to oil spills in the niger delta too slowly we will look at why so little progress seems to have been made despite years of controversy but first germany's new economics minister has a trip planned to the united states next week that a lot of people are going to be following right monica especially because trade is at stake sarah the newly sworn in economics minister peter outlier is headed to to washington on sunday he's a close ally of chancellor angela merkel and he is likely to discuss terrorism's a deal and trade with u.s. government representatives and the european union may have given him a bit more leverage in the talks e.u. officials have prepared a list of u.s. produced products with some two point eight billion dollars that could face taxation should the united states introduce new tariffs. and to my colleagues in front for just keeping a very close eye on the list any surprises there janelle. well first of all there are two lists part a part b. five pages each a very small attacks and part a has it everyt

international joining us from geneva thanks very much thank you candy. now for some of the other stories making the news right now protests to place across europe on sunday against turkey's military operation in syria's afrin region demonstrations in germany turned violent as turkish enteritis activists class germany is home to large populations of both communities the rallies come as turkish forces are said to been poised to take over our friend from kurdish militia . austrian authorities have tightened security at diplomatic buildings in the end after a man tried to stab a soldier outside the rainy embassadors residence late sunday the attacker is understood to be a twenty six year old austrian national he was shot dead by this soldier after a struggle. it's to iraq now in the aftermath of the war against so-called islamic state the jihad a store of course driven out of their declared capital most all mosul last year but the liberation of the city cost thousands of civilian lives many children now suffer from the trauma of losing their parents and the

an amnesty international accuses me of model building military bases on the green villages we are asking a mystery representative about these reports and concerns about the repacked ration of refugees who fled ethnic violence. on a warm welcome to you i'm cheema colombia's voters have decided and the country's congress to election on sunday they handed victory to critics of a peace deal with former leftist rebels it was a first election for the former fox rebel group and voters soundly rejected its radical agenda the results now rees questions of the future of the deal that ended the guerrillas decades long insurgency. a victory for the opponents of fuck even duke a campaign heavily against a peace deal with the former rebels his democratic center party emerged as the strongest force in an election the scene is a test of fox entry into colombian politics it was a catastrophic defeat for the new party which took less than one percent of the vote regardless fock will still take ten seats in the senate guaranteed to them but a peace accord many colombians would prefer to see them in jail fo

thank you for joining us, on the details of that report from amnesty international. this is newsday on the bbc. we meet the world's first openly gay prince ina we meet the world's first openly gay prince in a country where homosexuality is still illegal and also on the programme, at the football playing robots able to learn from their mistakes and improve their game every time they play. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this, the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an 8—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you thin

amnesty international accuses egypt of using cluster bombs as part of its offensive in sinai. and a busy day in washington as a top trump aide resigns and the president seems to change direction on gun it's. the third day of a five hour pause in fighting is underway in syria's eastern goods and that follows the deaths of at least fourteen civilians on wednesday from russian and government air raids the u.n. estimates more than five hundred eighty people have been killed and well of a thousand injured since an upsurge in violence on february eighteenth aid deliveries and evacuations are yet to take place despite the russian late truce. in the past ten days there was a lot of pressure on medical care and we have large numbers of were injured and now seem to as there are thousands of wounded and more than five hundred martyrs there is a shortage of medical supplies we have been in a besieged area for more than five years the regime for habits medical care for the wounded it is extremely hard to work with the medical supplies we have we did everything in our power but we have an e

north sinai jeffrey marks the egypt country specialist to amnesty international usa he's joining us now from donna north carolina via skype thank you very much indeed for your time first of all give us some indication of how your analysts were able to decipher the video that was released by the egyptian army to determine whether or not these were cluster bombs well as you said the gyptian army provided the evidence they posted this on an official twitter twitter site for the military claiming that this was a weapon an i.e.d. weapon done by what they call terrorist elements we analyzed the video that the video and showed that it was in fact a u.s. may cluster munitions of the type that we know the egyptians whom i've received from the u.s. and can be used in only and that egypt in airplanes are the only types of. equipment that could deposit bomb in egypt so that the claim that it was from a terrorist elements was totally false i want to ask you about the bomb in a second but does it strike you as old that the egyptian military which is very experienced would release video like this

a land grab in myanmar amnesty international accuses the military of deliberately building on areas home to the rain. and at least fifty people have died after a bangladeshi ally in a crashed at the polls katmandu at port. we begin here in london where the british prime minister is due to make a statement in parliament on the nerve agent attack against a russian double agent so i guess cripple and his daughter yulia were found unconscious in southern england last sunday to reason may has warned that if russia is responsible for the alleged attack britain will respond robustly we'll have the challenge in the russian capital moscow in just a moment let's join barnaby phillips outside the british parliament in central london bonna b. trees a maze update to the house of commons was jus to get underway roughly about half an hour ago with the have been proceedings taking place in the parliament just to update us on the plan there. well simply that we expect a reason made to speak imminently as you say the statement had been expected half an hour ago so i'm afraid we're in the area of speculati

matthew wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international. he spentjanuary and february this year at the refugee camps in bangladesh gathering the testimony and materials upon which amnesty is basing its report. what a new report today shows is that, as the rohingya shelter in refugee camps there in bangladesh, the myanmar authorities are in effect remaking rakhine state. that areas that used to be rohingya homes, markets and mosques have been bulldozed. farmland has been cleared away. and, in their place, the myanmar authorities have built new infrastructure, including security force spaces, roads, at times villages for non—rohingya ethnic groups. and all of this shows that, as the authorities say that they are ready to start returning rohingya, that in fact every day they are making that far more difficult, by remaking rakhine state. take, for example, there is a village in one township — and our evidence comes not just from testimonies, but what we see on satellite imagery, from photos and videos that have been taken by people still in

international the outcome of it us is. ever to. be sure. all companies operating in iraq. are still failing to drive up. their response shell for example takes irish seven days to respond just fills. a lot of patients lorries cation it should go to a larger should face. pressure because that means it is. the environment they lived close to communities. illegally the companies must respond to spills within twenty four hours that's why amnesty is calling for more grist executives. shell has described the accusations in the statement as force and without merit and claims that the majority of bills are caused by sabotage and theft. in which criminal gangs try to extract their share of the oil wealth. sixty years ago oil production started in nigeria as niger delta since then some people became extremely rich but the majority of the one hundred eighty million nigerians did not benefit most people in the region consider the oil wealth rather than a blessing a u.n. study says that it will take at least thirty. more than one billi

international while i'm doing very make it up i have no idea but by. what i can say to you is try to understand what we're trying to do we have been. quite traumatized as a country by seeing scenes on television of spain wrecked on islands off the stroller particular christmas island off the northwest coast of australia and many people drowned hundred and hundreds of people have drowned their huge concerns about your treatment of migrants in libya in february e.u. leaders agreed to a controversial plan that stem the flow of migrants from from libya but we've seen them subject since then to massive abuse and your coast guard actually sometimes shoots at them i mean what what kind of treatment is this what kind of humanity is this for libya first of all you're putting issues that are not necessary the full facts i would tell you for example when the all the europe is talking about fighting or combating even migration where they're coming out of their countries and their ultimate. target is to reach europe not libya we're just a passage and we're a countr

and amnesty international accuses me and mom of building the military bases on green stroking government agents be told the rights group of hakim's reports and concerns about the read back traditional refugees who fled i think by them say. i'm a touchy. we begin in the pond as many as fifty people are reported dead after a plane crashed onto board officials say the aircraft missed the runway and burst into flames when it touched down officials say seventy one people were on board the bombardier dash eight propeller plane. it was reported to cock monday from the bang the vichy captain talking and ran by the u.s. bombing up and lines. joining me now from got an eyewitness give me. a bank do you were at the airport and you saw what happened what did you see that. your friends got in front of me and after two point five articulated and right there are fears that finished distributing or sweet girl art is that one of the factors or from the other side mention that look a pin just cracked and i think we were right on the line in a taxi sexy. i mean we could be you could upgrade. our seat belt

and amnesty international accuses oil giant shell and any other spawning to oil spills in the niger delta too slowly we will look at why so little progress seems to have been made despite years of controversy. but in the meantime christophe kober is here to talk a little bit more about donald trump's tariffs certain u.s. imports still being avoided but you know europe is taking some measures to counter potentially the fallout here its rights or we get to that in a second and there is no time to waste for that matter a week from now these increased tariffs on u.s. imports of steel and aluminum are said to come into effect not germany's new economy minister will travel to washington this weekend for negotiations the e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday and to give them just that extra bit of leverage for the top c.e.o. fishel half a list of u.s. produced items that could face taxation should the united states introduce new tariffs. the u.s. economic hit list is pages long and includes american favorites like corn peanut butter whiskey tobacco jeans and motorcycles products worth i

residents often blame the international oil companies. pipeline network alone there have been more than one thousand oil spills since two thousand and eleven according to amnesty international the outcome of it as this is further evidence. all companies operating in iraq. are still failing to drive out to vets and their response shell for example takes irish seven days to respond. on one occasion very scary isn't it true one hundred eighty two days. of pressure could not because that means it is too new to the environment based life was to communities. legally the companies must respond to spills within twenty four hours that's why amnesty is calling for more grist exemptions. shell has described the accusations in a statement as forwards and without merits and claims that the majority of bills are caused by sabotage and theft. in which criminal gangs try to extract their share of the oil wealth. sixty years ago or oil production started in nigeria as niger delta since then some people became extremely rich but the majority of the one hun

considerede could be an accomplice to saudithat's act from the amnesty international. saw arms could be used against the civilian population. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee coalitiong for three years. the war has left more than 10,000 people dead and 3 million displaced. >> french weapons may have been ivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivi. arabiaee years, saudi has been using mostly american arms in yemen, but not exclusively. frce has sold them at tanks and artillery guns. for the government, it could be a very embarrassing situation. the use of these weapons s s s. conflict can change. imagine the conflict in yemen? >> amnesty international and a french said the weapons result of to the saudi's were they could be used to carry out war crimes. when there's a chance that these could be usedwhat france is doi. >> the conflict has killed around 10,000 people and wounded 60,000, including many civilians and children. oooooooooooooooo saudi arabias to as long as the wawrinka is on. richelle: next to a stark --ning from fusion the chinese leader. he promised to protect every inch of the

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international. to so you make it out. i have no idea but. what i can say to you is try to understand what we're trying to do we have been. quite traumatized as a country by seeing scenes on television of spain wrecked on islands off the stroller particular christmas island off the northwest coast of australia and many people drowned hundred and hundreds of people have drowned the huge concerns about your treatment of migrants in libya in february e.u. leaders agreed to a controversial plan that stem the flow of migrants from from libya but we've seen them subject since then to massive abuse and your coast guard actually sometimes shoots at them i mean what what kind of treatment is this what kind of humanity is this from libya first of all you're putting issues that are not necessary the full facts i will tell you for example when the all the europe is talking about fighting or combating even migration where they're coming out of their countries and their ultimate. target is to reach europe not liby

international q well i made two very make it out. i have no idea but by. what i can say to you is try to understand what we're trying to do we have been. quite traumatized as a country by seeing scenes on television of spain wrecked on islands off the stroller particular christmas island off the northwest coast of australia and many people drowned hundred and hundreds of people have drowned three huge concerns about your treatment of migrants in libya in february e.u. leaders agreed to a controversial plan that stem the flow of migrants from from libya but we've seen them subject since then to massive abuse and your coast guard actually sometimes shoots at them i mean what what kind of treatment is this what kind of humanity is this from libya first of all you're putting issues that are not necessary the full facts i would tell you for example when the all the europe is talking about fighting or combating even migration where they're coming out of their countries and their ultimate. target is to reach europe not libya we're just a pa

we can speak to amnesty international now. speak to amnesty international now. thank you for being with us on bbc news. news. outside the sight of what will be the new us embassy there. the new us embassy there. place here and in other parts of the uk? uk? sensible gun control legislation in the usa. the usa. gone out and relatively little has changed. changed. something is different after this shooting? shooting? and i think it is the start of something big. something big. very different attitude to gardens to the attitude to this country. to the attitude to this country. purposes but do not have the level of homicide that exist in the us? of homicide that exist in the us? haven't had a school shooting like that since. that since. national controls in terms of minimum background checks. minimum background checks. rifles and a military grade weapons that are being stocked up. that are being stocked up. and they don't want to live in fear of school shootings. of school shootings. highest court in the land in the united states. united states. impinge on further bu

amnesty international has released satellite images which is. building infrastructure on top of areas once home to rangoon muslims. describing the construction as a land grab meanwhile the un is accused man miles government of using a policy of force starvation against rangar villages in iraq and state in reports. life continues to be a misery at this rigid refugee camp in eastern bangladesh many of those who live here say they just want to go back to their homes in myanmar's rakhine state but if you are certain if they ever will what's also unclear is whether they will ever see justice for the abuses these faced abuses the u.n. describes as bearing the hallmarks of genocide. amnesty international is also questioning whether the more than seven hundred thousand written injured displaced in months of violence will ever be able to return to their homes be satellite images appear to show areas where rohingya houses mosques and businesses once stood and where since the sort of the year there has been a rapid increase in the construction of myanmar m

matthew wells is a senior crisis advisor at amnesty international, who spent january and february this year at the refugee camps in bangladesh, gathering the testimony and materials upon which amnesty is basing its report. hejoins me now from washington. just over six months ago, the myanmar military unleashed its campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya population in northern rakhine state, driving more than 600,000 men, women and children across the border into bangladesh. what a new report today shows is that, as the rohingya shelter in refugee camps there in bangladesh, the myanmar authorities are in effect remaking rakhine state. that areas that used to be rohingya homes, markets and mosques have been bulldozed. farmland has been cleared away. and, in their place, the myanmar authorities have built new infrastructure, including security force spaces, roads, at times villages for non—rohingya ethnic groups. and all of this shows that, as the authorities say that they are ready to start returning rohingya, that in fact every day they are making that far more difficult, by

international amnesty. will she also call on the crown prince to halt the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? rime minister may: prime minister may: i look forward to welcoming crown prince from saudi arabia to this those, an i just say to there are links we have with the saudi arabia is historic and important one and it could save -- it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. and can i say that actually the fact that this is an important link is not the view that i hold. the foreign secretary said this morning our relationship with saudi arabia is an important one and went on to say that we shouldn't be pulling it up. which i will be raising concerns about human rights with the crown prince when i meet him. and the right honorable gentleman, i welcome the fact that the crown prince will be sitting down as the guest of a female prime minister. >> mr. speaker, it's been a year on the government is still suppressing the report of funding of extremism which found evid

myanmar‘s military has been accused by amnesty international of constructing bases in areas where rohingya muslims have been forced off their land. hundreds of people that went to the same hundreds of people that went to the sa me restau ra nt hundreds of people that went to the same restaurant and pub visited by the poisoned former russian spy had been advised to wash their clothes and possessions. england's chief medical officer says that anyone who spent time at the location should ta ke spent time at the location should take precautions, but stressed that the risk was very low. more surreal and extraordinary scenes in salisbury this afternoon. wearing gas masks and protective clothing, military personnel loading potentially contaminated cars onto trucks. the vehicles, some but not all of them with police markings, were being recovered from a pay—and—display car park behind a church not far from the city centre. it was the attack on yulia and sergei skripal, with a with a rare and lethal nerve agent last sunday, that led to this huge operation, called 0peration morlop. today, police

amnesty international says me and mark is building military bases over villages burned to the ground just months ago report cast doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled ethnic markets. also on the show the children left behind by islamic state sprain. autumn's mother was a use eating grapes bias militants we report from mosul orphanage and hear from unicef about his efforts for these children in iraq. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show colombia's voters have decided and in the country's congressional elections sunday they handed victory to critics of a peace deal with former leftist rebels right wing parties that campaigned against the twenty sixteen peace accord emerged as a political force the democratic the center party led by even suggest the most votes but it failed to secure. majority it was the first election for the former fark rebel group its leaders seen here casting his ballot voters soundly rejected his radical agenda the party secured less than one percent of the vote. now this result now raises questions over t

pay a fine this was murder on a grand scale so let's listen to human watch and amnesty international they say that most of these eighteen and other detainees suffer told or were at least denied medical treatment that means ukraine is no better is asians are searching on these realities wow that is very good that they are certain realities and crane has never been hiding any of. the problems that we might have but comparing a crime to russian federation a border totally tell to their own because we do know that for example right now more than one hundred forty of our. citizens are being kept on the. illegally kept on occupied territories of the east of ukraine often brass and they are not being let by russian federation to and by those puppets on the ground by those hybrid forces on the ground to be visited by for example the international red cross organization there while ukrainian on the ukrainian controlled territory government controlled territory more than thirty visits have been happening over this this period of time to those people who have violated the ukrainian law you inte

international accuses egypt of using cluster bombs as part of its offensive in sinai. and why the venezuelan mother and her son are making the long trek from their country to brazil . however we got some very active weather making its way across japan at the moment big down poles and a shame a sixty two millimeters of rain twenty four hours that's all continues to drive its way further north woods and east was in the process moving into the colorado seen a fair bit of snow north east of china also see some very very a wintry weather then some wet and windy weather some wintry weather popping its way across the region has caused widespread destruction a bit of a cleanup operation going on here as a copilot of the world of course there will be further wintry flurries as we go on through the next couple of days as that's a. very heavy snow pushing across the fall north of japan and easing out into the open waters as crisp sunshine gradually come back in behind it another area of snow for sas the central areas of china on the other hand well warming up in shanghai somewhat

describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis in paris amnesty international released a report it commission from a law firm which found france and its arms suppliers faced heightened legal risk for supplying weapons to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. the rights group said the sales were continuing despite their warnings the main outcome is that most of the exploitation of weapons of arms by france to saudi arabia and three united arab emirates within the given this conflict. probably completely illegal. and. could lead to legal action against either of companies or. french administrative was it to gulf states are leading the coalition fighting the iranian backed who the rebels who controlled most of northern yemen and the capital sanaa the report follows criticism by french politicians of president. because of his support for the coalition. because this legal study we call for the opening of a real debate and equally an immediate suspension of the sale of arms from france to those two countries in war in yemen. france's foreign ministry has dismissed the concerns saying processes sur

and amnesty international has released satellite images it says shows me a military building infrastructure on top of areas once home to rangoon muslims the human rights organization is describing the construction as a land grab. you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself in the team here in london there is much more news coming up from doha in about twenty five minutes time off the rebel cakes which is next. thanks candidates but i did want like the winner got him a persons tight grip on the kremlin as a spy and eighteen years now when the russian people's voice on march the eighteenth there's every indication that they will return him to our physical presidential to. follow the russian elections here on al jazeera. digital technology is the promise of intimacy and he's meant and even longer not. in the ability to keep billions of calculations in our pockets it seems we've discovered a need and mention. in which everything in our lives can be increased and tracked and intended to money. that is convenience profit and surveillance the only use these powers.

international spent two years investigating how it happened. ripon reveal this because brit conduct of a chinese mining company that threatened to wipe out a small village of about one thousand people into the indian ocean higher mines the sand to extract certain minerals it boasts it can process twenty tons of sand a day and employs more than five hundred people china is the largest source of direct foreign investment in the country and holds the majority of its foreign dares. the investment should be welcome in the go in your eyes and one of mozambique's poorest provinces the pint. is that the company and the government are putting the profits first they. mean and also the human rights of people who almost three hundred people are now homeless but high use is the flooding was a result of abnormally heavy rain the company received its mining concession in twenty eleven and denies it's also the germans and anyway ninety nine percent of the sand remains at its point of origin and is not extracted this contradicts the idea that there was a change

describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis in paris amnesty international released a report it commission from a law firm which found france on its arms suppliers faced heightened legal risk for supplying weapons to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. the rights group said the sales are continuing despite their warnings the main outcome is that most of the exportation of weapons of invite friends to saudi arabia and cream united arab emirates within the human east conflict. probably completely legal. and this could lead to legal actions against either companies or. french administrative was it to gulf states are leading the coalition fighting the iranian backed coup the rebels who control most of northern yemen and the capital sanaa the report paul is criticism by french politicians of president emanuel because of his support for the coalition. into this legal study call for the opening of a real debate and equally an immediate suspension of the sale of arms from france to those two countries in a war in yemen france's foreign ministry has dismissed the concerns saying processes surrou

international they say that most of these eighteen and other detainees suffer told or were at least denied medical treatment that means ukraine is no better or worse than russia for example i mean this is existing this is not an invention human rights amnesty international international organizations are searching on these realities wow that is very good that they are certain realities and craig has never been hiding any of. the problems that we might have but comparing a crime to wrestle federation a board be totally told to their own. because we do know that for example right now more than one hundred forty of our. citizens are being kept on the illegally kept on occupied territories of the east of ukraine often past and they are not being let by russian federation to and by those puppets on the ground by those hybrid forces on the ground to be visited by for example the international red cross organization there while ukrainian on the ukrainian controlled territory government controlled territory more than thirty visits have been happening over this this period of time to those p

international confirms. in saudi arabia? from saudi arabia to this... are shouting "shame". of potentially hundreds of people in this country! where it's backing attempts to restore the country's president. advisers are directing the war. it cannot be right that her government... in what the united nations says is evidence of war crimes. lessons to be learned on that. theresa may. to have it aired in parliament? online petitions to parliament. so, how does the system work? click on a link to set up your own petition. to give a response. debated in parliament. they reached the magic 100,000 figure. we look at them quite carefully. carefully. debated recently and it would be repeating a debate. repeating a debate. have referred to things that the government can not deal with. government can not deal with. have a set of criteria that we look at. and how you do you decide? what kind of things are you looking for in a petition? to take that forward. that 100,000 threshold. your debate on sign language being an example of that. ye

amnesty international accuses me and mom. we talked to rights about these reports and concerns among christian refugees who fled ethnic violence. also coming up in the next sixty minutes the children left behind by islamic states. model was a young by an. orphanage and find out what's being done. abandoned orphaned children. and it's happening again and have. often less than fifty days in charge it's the sixteenth change of coach in just. my on a very warm welcome to you i'm under cheema germany's new government is preparing to take office after signing a much anticipated coalition agreement the one hundred and seventy seven page document sets out the program agreed between on the americans conservative bloc and the social democrats led by orloff shots it marks the end of almost six months of difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge the party leaders said their joint program could address the concerns of all those who felt left behind and just before she put her signature to the deal i had this to say there's a g

amnesty international says myanmar's military is behind a land grab constructing buildings on top of raping of villages. and then could this be the start of tiger's return to the top. of the action from his best performance in a week. in nepal investigators are trying to find out why a bangladeshi ally in a crashed killing at least fifty people the u.s. by a airlines flight from dhaka missed the runway katmandu airport and burst into flames in a nearby field subpoena shrestha reports seventy one passengers and crew were on the flight from talk to. witnesses report seeing the turbo prop flying extremely lou oborne to its landing and then turning to land again from the other end of the runway after narrowly missing other aircraft on the ground it crashed on a stoop at the side of the runway and burst into flames. fire engines ambulances and security personnel rushed to the wreckage inside the airport paramita. some passengers managed to break a window and scrambled out almost on skates others were pulled free and taken to hospital many of the dead were charred beyond recognition nepal'

international spent two years investigating how it happened the report reveals because brit conduct of a chinese mining company that threatened to wipe out a small village of about one thousand people into the indian ocean. higher mines the sand to extract certain minerals it boasts it can process twenty tons of sand a day and employs more than five hundred people china is the largest source of direct foreign investment in the country and holds the majority of its foreign days . but the investment should be welcome in the gonyea july's and one of mozambique's poorest provinces the pint fortunately is that the company and the government are putting the profits first then the human. and also the human rights of people who. almost three hundred people are now homeless but high use is the flooding was a result of abnormally heavy rain the company received its mining concession in twenty eleven and denies it's also the junes in anyway ninety nine percent of the sand remains at its point of origin and is not extracted this contradicts the idea that there was a change in the channel for un

international says the army was warned about the arrival of back of her arm but it failed to what the students youngest of whom is ten were taken in almost identical circumstances to those in chibok in twenty faulting the hundreds of judaism women have been taking to the streets this month they're demanding equal inheritance rights as men last year the president announced a review of existing laws but conservative muslims are pushing back but how many reports from tunis. a march for equality tunisian women demanding parity with men in matters related to life and death for these activists the time has come for the country's inheritance law to change and the country said in our opinion this is quite simply one of the last bastiaan off the patriarchy because we're made to believe that these are issues regarding religion but in fact there are issues at the heart of patriarchy. last year president as you call it the subsea announced a review of a law that says a woman should receive only half the share of an inheritance that a man does. even in a country known in the region for being progr

criminal court satellite images released by amnesty international appear to show muslim villages being cleared to make way for a military base and other shows a road being built where homes were destroyed during the military crackdown last august in states. these images raise questions about the memo government's pledge to repatriate hundreds of thousands of re-injuring fled to neighboring bangladesh to escape the military crackdown many of the refugees are refusing to attack for fear of further violence. at a stranger's deakin university he doesn't think enough international pressure is being put on men miles government to the attacks we are witnessing a genocide in real time the mistreatment of the regime by me and mars' military and me and mars authorities surely meets the criteria to be considered a genocide then and that must compel the international community to act what we've seen so far is seven hundred thousand muslims pushed out of me and maher. report today suggests that there are no military barracks been built on the land that those people used to live on and what we've se

still ahead on out is there amnesty international accuses egypt of using cluster bombs as part of its offensive in sinai. and i'm lawrence lee in sicily where concerns over the way which europe is dealing with the refugee reception crisis helping set the tone of this weekend's italian elections. by the springtime flowering of a mountain lake. to the finest smoke full on a winter's day. we've got yet more wintry weather in the forecast across a good parts of europe but not so subtle change is now taking place across the southwest this area clouds spinning its way across spain and portugal very wet very windy weather save like pressure is what is known as storm amma it will bring moderate rain and there's that moderate that western iraq comes into the cold air we're going to see a fair amount of snow pushing up across france southern parts of into the ready starting to see some of that wintry weather it was the same in a london on whether to stay or to send a good covering of snow here and there's yet more in the forecast as we go on through the next twenty four hours or so the system w

amnesty international is also questioning whether the more than seven hundred thousand written injured displaced in months of violence will ever be able to return to their homes be satellite images appear to show areas where rohingya houses mosques and businesses once stood and where since the sort of the year there has been a rapid increase in the construction of myanmar military infrastructure including three new army bases construction the rights group is describing as a land grab. around three hundred fifty ridge of villages have been destroyed since unrest of rakhine state began last august eyewitnesses say the myanmar military directed the burning of the villages and accusation the government denies despite an agreement with neighboring bangladesh to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of the hindu who fled over the border to safety it's looking increasingly unlikely many will be able to return to where their homes once stood as well as the new military infrastructure rapid road construction and other building has been seen in the area and one case for him to villagers who had r

amnesty international says nan mas reckoning state is being militarized it's a rapid pace it claims satellite images show military bases being built over a row hinge of villages that were burnt to the ground nearly seven hundred thousand dr hinge muslims have fled the region following an army crackdown that began last august. the fast pace of life in the digital shift as the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the wheaties finds and interviews with the makers and users. next on d.w. . germany state by state. yes to. the most traditional. at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com. we're going to unofficial estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. already it will return to the. to visit friends i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. going witness news that matters. made for mine so. thank you if living in the digital age today self driving minibuses and instagram magician and loo

describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis in paris amnesty international released a report it commission from a law firm which found france on its arms suppliers faced heightened legal risk for supplying weapons to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. the rights group said the sales are continuing despite their warnings the main outcome is that most of the exploitation of weapons of mass invite friends to saudi arabia and three united arab emirates within the yemenis conflict. probably completely legal. and this could lead to legal actions against either companies or. french administrative was it to gulf states are leading the coalition fighting the iranian backed coup the rebels who controlled most of northern yemen and the capital sanaa the report follows criticism by french politicians of president emanuel because of his support for the coalition. because this legal study we call for the opening of a real debate and equally an immediate suspension of the sale of arms from france to those two countries in war in yemen. france's foreign ministry has dismissed the concerns processes su

international confirms. as she makes her arms sales pitch, while she also call on the crown prince to halt the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? i look forward to welcoming crown prince muhamed can someone from saudi arabia to this well, labour backbenchers from sentry positions are shutting shame, cani sentry positions are shutting shame, can ijust sentry positions are shutting shame, can i just say sentry positions are shutting shame, can ijust say to those backbenchers at the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic, it is an important one, and it has saved, it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this country. jeremy corbyn rift on from saudi arabia's human rights record of its involvement in the war in yemen to its backing attempts to restore the country's president. germany has suspended arms sales to saudi arabia, but british arms sales have sharply increased and british military advisers are directing the war.

international have demanded a thorough investigation into her death. a community in mourning maria franco was a beacon of hope for the poor and marginalized of rio black female and lesbian she was a rarity in brazil's political scene franco rose from the slums to become a leading voice against police violence which disproportionately affects the black population a powerful voice now silenced the status quo. they killed my friend they killed are carried. out if they think that will make us retreat they are wrong. they. don't shut up and feel like they're trying to remove our voices the voices of all the black women in this country i'm up only to get on. franco was gunned down in her car late on wednesday evening she was shot in the head four times by two unknown assailants her driver was also killed her press officer injured. shortly before franco spoke at an event encouraging black women to enter politics it was the last time she championed one of her many causes. rizzo's president has publicly condemned her killing. the murder of council member mario

and amnesty international accuses me and maher of building military bases on raised religious we talked to the rights group of these reports and among the repatriation of refugees who fled ethnic violence. those stories in just a moment but you're just standing by to hear from the german chancellor angela merkel who is due to speak of the country's new coalition government coalition government agreement the parties are expected to sign the deal this afternoon bringing an official end to delhi how fear of political uncertainty we'll take you to that press conference as soon as it starts meanwhile let's head to nippon next where reports of dozens of fatalities are coming in after a plane crashed at airport the aircraft reportedly burst into flames after touching down on. runway risk you crews arrived on the scene to bring the fire under control the reports of an unknown number of people being rescued from the wreck the aircraft was a bombardier dash eight a propeller pit plane it was reportedly our route to kathmandu from the bangladeshi capital and was run by the u.s. airlines and for th

international have demanded a thorough investigation into her death. a community in mourning mariel franco was a beacon of hope for the poor and marginalized of rio. black female and lesbian she was a rarity in brazil's political scene franco rose from the slums to become a leading voice against police violence which disproportionately affects the black population a powerful voice now silenced. they children my friend they killed are carried. out if they think that will make us retreat they are wrong. i. don't think it feels like they are trying to remove our voices the voices of all the black women in this country only to bring. franco was gunned down in her car late on wednesday evening she was shot in the head four times by two unknown assailants her driver was also killed her press officer injured shortly before franco spoke at an event encouraging black women to enter politics it was the last time she championed one of her many causes. rizzo's president has publicly condemned her killing. in. the murder of council member mario driver is unacceptab

according to amnesty international turkey has unjustly imprisoned one hundred forty journalists then is you chose says that in future he wants to keep a lower profile and just do his work as an ordinary journalist. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a former cast of push to launch has avoided attempts to arrest him by leaving the country and advisor says he was returning to belgium where he plans to cooperate with authorities regarding spain's attempts to extradite him which is a month went into exile last year in the wake of an independence referendum. the first direct commercial flights between australia and britain has taken place the boeing seven eight seven jet flew nonstop to london from the western city of perth with more than two hundred people on board the flight took seventeen hours on a journey that once took weeks. one of venezuela's best known musicians has died aged seventy six and the program. which helps children escape crime and poverty through music it has grown to include nearly one million children and cousens of teachers throughout the

and amnesty international have called for an immediate investigation into franco's murder. next, a major pedestrian bridge in miami, florida has collapsed. several cars remain trapped. it was put to a stress test just before it broke down. this friday marks 40 years since a cuddy of the emerald coast. it released thousands of tons of waste into the sea that settled on the french coastline. worster: it was the environmental disaster of its time. 40 years to the day, the shipwrecked off the coast of brittany. 270,000 tons of oil spilleded io the sea. 400 kilometers of the french coastline hit. local scandalized. a disaster. it is shameful. the government should be doing something. it is shameful. 230 thousand tons of animal carcasses are collected. they sued the polluter, setting the president for the polluter pays principle, but the atrocity is still painful for locals. grim, liquid horror. you can't imagine it today with the white sand. the smell was unbearable. it stayed with you. since the tragedy, supertankers have announced -- supertankers are forbidden to operate coast

also in the programme: amnesty international says the myanmar military are building on razed rohingya villages, in a move it describes as a military [and grab. also coming up: we meet the soccer—playing robots able to learn from their mistakes and improve their game every time they play.