Im daryn this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a setback for peace colombia pulls out of talks with the countrys second largest rebel group. Its sandal a good rate change coming down the hill survivors recall moments of horror as mudslides killed over a dozen people in california. And a combo deal at a crossroads as the nation prepares for a general election we ask if democracy is on the decline. Mean miles military has admitted its soldiers killed ten ranger muslims captured by buddhist villages their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month the armys commander in chief is valid to take action against the soldiers its thought to be the militarys first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine last august the Aid Group Doctors Without Borders says at least six thousand seven hundred have been killed since then. Well matt wells is from Amnesty International he says theres a mountain of evidence that shows mass killings of ranger took place right across Rakhine State. It is extremely rare for the military to admit to any sort of wrongdoing and its a military in which soldiers operate with really near complete impunity no matter the nature of the crimes and crimes were talking about here that is the military has said today involve soldiers summarily executing murdering ten men who had been captured but i think the one thing to note about the statements on the commander in chiefs Facebook Page today is what it doesnt admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident that in fact we had amnesty the un and Media Outlets around the world have documented how theres a much wider pattern of killings of Sexual Violence and the burning of the heads of villages across Rakhine State and so we need to see justice and accountability for this enormous range of crimes and not a pretense that theres really just you know one or few isolated incidents but just less than two months ago the military is very different reports that was a complete white washing which they said that all of their soldiers followed the rules of engagement there were no killings of civilians that there is no Sexual Violence despite the mountain of evidence that has come out again and again showing otherwise i think its probably too quick to say that theres any sort of shift i think perhaps what were seeing instead is that there is a lot of pressure growing pressure from countries around the world in response to the atrocities that have been committed against the range of population and perhaps what the military is trying to do here is you know show that theyre theyre doing something that they that theyre looking at this one particular incident but again this is this is not an isolated incident and so until that the military really acknowledges and takes action to in response to the crimes against humanity that have been committed across northern Rakhine State and i think theres a you know good reason to be suspicious that theres a real change and the militarys actions. Well the main monitors admission to the killings came on the same day two reuters journalists who were reporting on the violence in Rakhine State were formally charged with breaching a secrecy law journalists in myanmar have staged a sit in protest against the decision while alone on car so are accused of acquiring information illegally to share with foreign media and could face up to fourteen years in jail colombias iranian rebel group is urging the government to resume talks president suspended negotiations after rebel attacks follow in the expiry of a cease fire in leaders say the incident should not to rail the peace process. Has more from. A historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worst way as the rebels resumed attacks in colombia many hoped for an extension of a truce which the violations had been considered a success but on wednesday colombias last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and effecting an Important Oil pipeline colombian president Juan Manuel Santos spoke forcefully against them. Laura the government deplored the airlines decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the National Infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the cease fire with the l. N. And negotiate very quickly a new cycle of talks in the will she added in a split going to be inexplicably not only rejected this process but chose to restart their terrorist attacks on the very day that they were obliged to initiate the new round of negotiations. From quito where peace talks had been expected to resume elaine leaders said they were hopeful the talks could restart but then explain the reasoning behind the attacks let me say that because uniting table was making progress during the cease fire so we maintain the decision to give continuity to what we achieved what we need a new ceasefire that overcomes the difficulties of the first one. President santos immediately recalled to the recently appointed negotiators for consultations experts say the failure to extend the ceasefire shows deep divisions among the leadership. We. Will win. The match. Is not only that probably what will happen with this cease fire is what will happen with the table and the general process between the government and. The talks have long been complicated by a lack of confidence between the parties and few tangible results and we can now expect the Colombian Military to start a Bombing Campaign in rebels areas a full blown return of the of still it is that will make very difficult to resume the talks at least for now listen to. Latin america analyst hector perna thinks both sides are being pressured by hard line elements. This is going to be really tough theyre in a difficult situation from a strategic standpoint i kind of can understand why that yellen decided to take this right so the ceasefire was over technically and so they could have been attacked they could have very easily been attacked themselves and so i think they kind of sent the signal that were serious were not you know were not a defeated force were here were going to fight were willing to fight if you dont meet us seriously at the negotiating table and so i think the colombian government is going to have to save face and are most likely going to have to respond militarily but i hope and i you know i think over the long term for the for the short term its going to be a significant escalation of violence but hopefully over the long term you know everyone kind of saves face comes back to the negotiating table and cooler heads can prevail the violence has flared again between police and protesters in five ten is in cities including the capital after a fourth day of demonstrations more than two hundred thirty people have been arrested in the wave of until austerity rallies demonstrators are angry over the governments planned price and tax hikes the opposition is calling for the twenty eight hundred budget to be scrapped and his Prime Minister is saying the economy will improve this year what happened was that he said. He would like to send a message to the protesters no matter what the government undertakes its top priority is improving economic and social conditions and ensuring the trust in the country and its institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding the demands forty five people have been killed and thousands left homeless and floods in the democratic republic of congo aid agencies say the conditions are worsening a cholera outbreak the countrys been fighting since last july on the hawks does more. This was an unceremonious funeral at a local Community Center mourners gathered somebody to bury the latest victims of the flooding who bears balance easily the lightweights of the childs coffin as they lay its body to rest the latest casualty after five days of heavy rains poured through the capital kinshasa last week. We are really very sad today my sister lost five children because of the rain shes inconsolable we will bury them today we thank everyone who came to support us. Away from the crowd these mothers sit together offering some comfort to each other as their children buried their neighborhood stands in ruins as more fortunate dig through the debris seeking my sister my son dishes like this all i have left are those two chairs that you see over there everything is gone if i had not been at home i would have lost my children but because i was at home i was able to get out with my children. Over five thousand people have been left homeless and anger is mounting against the government who they accuse of doing little to protect them from the devastation of. These the floods the group such misery the trench of showers coupled with the poor sewage system flush makeshift shanty homes down the citys slopes will start to say most of the deaths were caused by drownings and landslides. Kinshasa is the third most densely populated city in the world and it currently counts twelve million residents aid agencies and warning these floods and mudslides and likely to antagonize the waterborne and cholera outbreak in the capital and in previous weeks we registered around twenty cases per week on average right now were getting more than one hundred cases each week in contrast to nearly four hundred fifty have been registered the u. N. Says the democratic republic of congo is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in twenty years the disease has killed over one thousand people over fifty five thousand cases reported across the country since july overcrowding unsanitary conditions and lack of clean Drinking Water these cases look set to rise. At least seventeen people are dead following mudslides triggered by heavy rain in Southern California authorities are mounting a rescue operation for hundreds of people stranded inside the disaster zone rob reynolds reports the day after disaster struck monta seato mud and storm water covered highway one hundred one the main road connecting los angeles and Santa Barbara work crews and heavy trucks fire engines and police cars were the only vehicles plying the normally busy highway which could now remain closed for days the force of tuesdays mudslide smashed metal barriers and swept cars downstream from the canyons above residents describe a terrifying night of touring rain and roaring flood the sound with boulders and huge boulders because after storms like this you can go down the creek and theres boat is the size of votes wagons left that you have behind eighty year old Bernard Sandler and his wife tried to walk to a pharmacy to get his heart medicine but they got stuck in thick unyielding mud two hours later were Still Standing up to our middle of our thighs and my dad and my wife almost fell and i thought she would die and i have actually. Been married fifty seven years this month. And i really felt that. Many of the roads in the narrow canyons around this area are so badly damaged the only way to rescue stranded residents is by helicopter. A u. S. Coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a maroon family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding and i ask you for your prayers people here have lived through natures one two punch first wildfires then floods california. The big theyve seen it all thats an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds aljazeera month to seeto california. At least ninety refugees have drowned after rubber boat sank off the coast of libya is the most common departure point for refugees trying to reach europe from africa by sea with more than six hundred thousand people making the perilous journey in the past four years alone his journey. In just the past forty eight hours three boatloads of migrants and refugees have run into trouble off the libyan coast and around three hundred people were rescued by the coast guard tired and cold but alive dozens more have perished in the winter waters of the mediterranean but for those who have survived relief is short lived. The. Rights groups say a terrible fate awaits those return to libya a country with a growing slave trade and in which lawless fighting groups have helped create a transit and people smuggling hope its whats happening to people inside of libya that where there is a blind eye being turns to this. This this horrible industrial scale human rights abuse of individuals there is widespread torture there is massive overcrowding of prisons two thousand people in one large prison cell as it were being detained arbitrarily there needs to be a greater degree of responsibility recognized by europe that they are part of this. Summer after the European Union prevailed on libya to help stop the seaborne influx Italian Television showed libyan Border Guards apparently firing at rubber dinghies packed with people there seemed full seeing survivors ashore at gunpoint. But its done little to discourage those determined to make it to europe. After receiving a call from the fishing vessel about the presence of a migrant boat we headed to the site and found the boat dilapidated we found about sixteen people alive unfortunately the rest of them were missing at least three thousand people died last year trying to reach europe by crossing the mediterranean flimsy vessels provided by people smugglers proving no match for the high seas events this week suggest two thousand and eighteen will be no different jonah aljazeera. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back the oil tanker via the chinese official say a week plus. It is decimated for too many communities and it has gone on for too long our state governments and the u. S. Are leading the fight against the nationwide Opioid Crisis more in the stable. From a fresh coastal breeze. To watching the sunset on the australian outback. And i know that theres plenty of cloud a rain across the middle east at the moment the first system is here gradually edging its way eastwards and its still bringing a little bit of snow as it does say so it looks like marty will see some of that wintery weather and a top temperature of just minus three there on thursday the next system its working in from the west already giving us some wet weather of a positive turkey in the clouds were actually edging its way eastwards filters out really as we head through friday not a great deal left to it but you can see this area of town in the northern parts well thats giving us a lot of snow from georgia through into the extreme southern parts of russia and some of the snow does look very heavy meanwhile a bit further towards the south and here in doha there are major changes for us really over the next few days twenty three degrees will be our maximum where we dropping down to around Fifteen Degrees at night for the south a little bit of cloud might just be clipping the south coast of oman but away from there its fine and dry so a lot of getting to around twenty six degrees no major changes for us as we head through friday either meanwhile as we head down towards the southern parts of africa all storm over is long gone but instead weve got plenty of rain still showing up across our childs that stretching from angola all the way across towards madagascar madagascar of course was hit by that cycler so we do have flooding here already more weather still to come thats going to stick around for thursday for friday to. The way sponsored by the time. You are making fate. Remarks when theyre on line the main u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up in the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here the military has admitted its soldiers killed ten range of muslims captured by but just villagers their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month its thought to be the militarys first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown last august. Colombias c. N. N. Rebel group its urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations following rebel attacks offer a cease fire lapsed leaders say the incidents are not directed at these places. And the number of People Killed by landslides in Southern California has risen to at least seventeen hundreds of people are still trapped in mud and tapering following more heavy rain. Now cambodians go to the polls later this year for a general election but there are concerns about how fair the ballot will be after a political crackdown by the Prime Minister hun sen in our state was looking ahead to stories set to make headlines this year rob mcbride reports from the capital phnom penh. Twenty eighteen twenty five years since the United Nations organized election meant to set cambodia on the. To democracy after years of civil war. Today critics say it is starting to resemble a one party state dominated by Prime Minister. He has been in power for more than thirty years and could be virtually unopposed at the next election in july we dont have a democracy some call flawed the market. It will survive better for the market cambodia is democratic journey has been deeply troubled political intrigue and then fighting sometimes leading to buy land clashes between factions but the country has generally held to the democratic vision planned for it until that is the latter part of twenty seventeen. The Opposition Leader was arrested at the beginning of september for allegedly plotting with foreigners to overthrow the government the Supreme Court then use that allegation to dissolve his party the c. N. R. P. The government says the party was a threat to democracy not the other way round. Up we create problems and then they never listen to a king they never listen to the state thats the question they are a beta for. The political crackdown was accompanied by what Rights Groups say was a clampdown on Civil Society with the closure of a leading newspaper and restrictions on the activities of nongovernment organizations all allegedly smoothing the way to the election most observers expect the the crackdown and the tensions to happen right before the election thats not the case is usually happen in the middle of the in the middle of the of the of the term and then its starting to actually cause harm before the election as twenty eight hundred starts when send those the protests from abroad will mostly be forgotten and the church. Changing skyline in phnom penh is a reminder of the Chinese Investment which now protects him from the risk of the u. S. And europe withdrawing funding allowing him to consolidate power with an election victory seen as a stamp of legitimacy mcbride al jazeera phnom penh. Firefighters in china say a blaze on an Iranian Oil Tanker could burn for another two to four weeks its unknown how much oil was spilled from the collision with a cargo ship thirty one centers are still missing but the ships operators still confident survivors will be found agent ban reports from shoshanna on chinas east coast a stricken iranian tanker adrift in one of asias most important shipping lanes what remains unclear is the environmental threat posed by its combustible cargo but pictures on Chinese State television appear to show the fire is now under control whats less clear is how much oil has so far been spilled that is a worry for fishing communities along chinas eastern coast some fear that a large oil slick could poison the waters on which they depend twenty one survivors of the collision all from the hong kong freighter the sea of crystal who were brought here after being rescued by local fisherman one of those fishermen told us that their trawler had been close by when the tanker and the cargo ship collided he said we heard a loud bang before the night sky was lit up a short time later he and the other fisherman were helping the crew of the sea of crystal out of the lifeboat it was too dangerous to reach the tanker though he said. It took us about a half an hour to get there it was a big fire then tourist explosions was still happening. In iran the tankers owners still hope some of their crew are alive and then you cause it the more a lot he has this we think that its likely they will find survivors since the vessels engine room is not directly affected by the fire and its about fourteen meters under water. On wednesday chinese officials said no Large Scale Oil slick has yet appeared but with environmentalist still unsure how much has actually spilled into the sea a full assessment of the risks is not yet possible adrian brown al jazeera joshi in eastern china the United Nations is accusing Syrian Government forces and its allies of killing at least eighty five civilians in eastern guta in the last ten days the area which was agreed as a deescalation zone has come under heavy bombardment in recent weeks as Government Forces try to take back control from rebel fighters the u. N. Says at least thirty children are among those killed in the recent attacks Eastern Ghouta is home to around four hundred thousand people whove been under government scenes for more than four years. In madagascar the death toll from Tropical Cyclone has risen to thirty three with another twenty two people still missing after reach speeds of up to a hundred ninety kilometers an hour when it tore through the east coast over the weekend cutting off roads and displacing thousands of people. Report. Its been a dramatic change in life in less than forty eight hours for people on the east coast of madagascar. Was the latest psych load to hit the island it has now subsided but it has left them homeless sea and in desperate need of help. We are six in our family and our house is completely submerged in water my child had a strong fever so we decided to come here from morning the moment you step down from your bed were forced to walk in water water is everywhere and that is the reason we came here. Its like none of us sped up the east coast of the island on friday before heading out to sea on sunday heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred and ninety kilometers an hour left a trail of destruction dozens died in floods and landslides up to nine hundred thousand fled to temporary shelters hundreds of homes have been destroyed roads submerged schools shut down and towns cut off from one another by the sudden appearance of new lakes region of what. Four hundred kilometers south of the couple antananarivo was worst affected monday we asked the state to come and see what we are going through and to look at our situation and find a solution to clear out the water but it is stagnant and we dont know where to put our children. Is not the first legal storm to hit madagascar in the last twelve months in march cyclonic you know killed at least Seventy Eight people and destroyed a lot of crops rescue workers are struggling to cope with the phenomena. We have a contingent plan that contains three scenarios of floods and cycle own the first one is currently in progress and the expenses so far are no less than twenty Million Dollars. And as the cycle of natural disasters returns to strike madagascar the financial cost as well as the human cost continues to rise powerful storms on poverty combined to that effect on disease. Soldiers in ivory coast have looted weapons from an elite military unit and set its base on fire gunshots and heavy weapons fire with her in the second largest city of blockade on tuesday night the soldiers were part of several mutinies last year and have accused the elite unit of spying on them. In the United States new measures have been implemented to target the smuggling of the deadly synthetic drug fentanyl its one of several opioids behind a nationwide epidemic of drug abuse pennsylvania is the latest of several states to declare an emergency using a protocol used for natural disasters question something reports. Of have President Donald Trump has signed legislation aimed at preventing opioid drugs from entering the country the measures include allocating nine Million Dollars for chemical screening devices to be used by customs and Border Protection agents it comes amid an opiate abuse crisis that has affected swaths of the country in the state of pennsylvania governor tom wolfe declared a disaster emergency citing a skyrocketing number of deaths by Drug Overdose i dont take this action lightly. We know that this crisis has taken far too many lives has broken for too many families it is decimated far too many communities and it has gone on for too long newly released a to stick show a thirty seven percent increase in fatal overdoses in two thousand and sixteen four thousand six hundred forty two in total and initial reports show that number continued to climb in two thousand and seventeen when overdose related emergency room visits rose eighty two percent through the Third Quarter this despite state and local efforts to address the problem and clean up areas where drug use is rampant declaring a disaster emergency will allow the state to temporarily reduce regulatory burdens making anti overdose drugs more available and expanding access to treatment the governor is also establishing an Opioid Operation Command Center to better coordinate between agencies in South Carolina where theyve also declared a disaster emergency the governor announced a new Public Education campaign this is a different kind of spirit its a silent. Seems through things that are not. Every sadist. Take a. They used to say that this is society is not a spectator sport you gotta get out of the stands and get down in the game while president tribe has resisted calls to officially declare the opiate epidemic of a National Emergency pennsylvania is now the eighth state to declare a disaster a disaster designation last ninety days but governor wallace left open the possibility of signing another one when this one runs out kristen salumi aljazeera. Tartuffe a quick recap of the headlines here on aljazeera me and military has admitted its soldiers killed ten revenge of muslims captured by buddhist villages their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month its thought to be the militarys first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine last august. Well i mean my militarys admission to the killings came on the very same day two reuters journalists who were reporting on violence in Rakhine State will formally charged with breaching a secrecy of the journalism in might have staged a sit in protest against the decision while loan and kill or so of acquiring information illegally to share with foreign media and could face up to fourteen years in jail colombias ill and rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations following rebel attacks after a cease fire lapsed eleven leaders say the incident should not derail the peace process. Violence has flared again between police and protesters in five cities including the capital after a fourth day of demonstrations more than two hundred thirty people have been arrested in the wave of anti austerity rallies demonstrators around grab for the governments planned price and tax hikes the oppositions calling for the twenty eight hundred budget to be scrapped the Prime Ministers urged calm saying the economy will improve this year what happened was that he said. We would like to send a message to the protesters no matter what the government undertakes its top priority is improving economic and social conditions and ensuring the trust in the country and its institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding their demands. The number of People Killed by landslides in Southern California has risen to at least seventeen about two dozen people are still missing and hundreds of people remain trapped in modern day brief falling more heavy rain many say the landslides are more severe because recent while fast destroyed vegetation that would normally have a bank of the soil in place. Firefighters in china say a blaze on an Iranian Oil Tanker could burn for another two to four weeks its unknown how much oil is spilled following a collision with a cargo ship thirty one sailors are still missing but the ships operators still confident survivors will be found those are the headlines the news continues here on out to zero after the stream station thats a water bottle. As thousands of rodin just seek refuge in bangladesh a new armed group is taking shape fighting the government and me in my can only attack them because they refuse to give us our basic rights as citizens in for the first time a member of the arak and rodin just Salvation Army talks to aljazeera at this time. After me ok i really could be alive today a recent rise in attacks on migrants is shining the font light on racism entering id also calling on the country to examine the growing popularity of a right wing political party