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A Un Fact Finding Mission is due to release its first oral report looking into alleged crimes by myanmars Security Forces against Rohingya Muslims. The un has warned de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi she has one last chance to end the military offensive thats forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from the border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladeshs southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. This is one of the places where the boats bring them in. 0n the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. It is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, were still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. With so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation inside myanmar is reaching its natural end. As far as the Burmese Military is concerned, these people are a historical problem that has now been fixed. Mushtaq and his family have just arrived. His home was burned down three weeks ago, he said. Hed sought shelter in four other villages inside myanmar, before being forced to flee to bangladesh. But he has no idea where they will live. The camps that have sprung up to house previous waves of rohingyas are already horribly overcrowded. Hafiz manjur has come here to try to find a home for himself and his pregnant wife. He arrived from myanmar a week ago, after a harrowing journey. He filmed parts of it. Hes tried three other camps, but hes having no luck. Gosh, theres a lot of people there. All on the move. Weve been living in other peoples houses, he told me. We had to leave my mother in myanmar. We need to find somewhere we can house her as well, but we dont have much money. Bangladesh doesnt want these people settling here. Instead, its planning to build a huge camp for all 400,000 new arrivals, and to confine them there. Its a drastic step for a country that feels its hospitality has already been stretched too far. Jonathan head, bbc news, coxs bazar, bangladesh. Dipayan bhattacharyya is acting country director for the World Food Programme in bangladesh. He says a huge number of people are in great need of food and other aid. Things are extremely chaotic, as you said. The influx is still continuing. The number has reached more than 410,000, that was the official number until yesterday. Where these people are staying are critically overcrowded, leading to several risks in terms of protection, communicable diseases, and so forth, gender based violence. The risk is extremely high because of these highly overcrowded places. No one was ready for this scale of the influx. But now most agencies have managed to have such capacity. So we are on the ground on a daily basis. From a security perspective, we are providing support to an increasing number of new arrivals and other sectors like shelter, working day and night to support these people who are absolutely desperate for assistance. And theres full coverage of developments in the Rohingya Crisis at the bbc news website. There are reports from our correspondents on the ground and plenty of background information. Thats at bbc. Com news. We wa nt we want to go now to some live pictures from mussoorie where protests have broken out for a third night after the acquittal of a white Police Officer. Knickers from mussoorie. Missouri. Jason stockley was acquitted by a judge on a murder to charge for the shooting ofa a murder to charge for the shooting of a black man. Demonstrations over the past two knights have seen clashes developed between protesters and police. There we are, the scene at one intersection in missouri. I can tell you in the last few minutes, San Luis Police is saying this is no longer a peaceful protest and they are giving orders to disburse. St louis. The wife of the ousted pakistani Prime Minister, nawaz sharif, has won a by election, that was triggered when he stood down after being disqualified from public office. The Supreme Court ruled that hed failed to disclose his full earnings during the last general election. Unofficial results show Kulsoom Nawaz had a comfortable win in her husbands heartland of lahore. As andrew plant reports it was seen as a test of support for the Sharif Family ahead of next years general election. Voters going to the polls in pakistan under the watchful eyes of armed police. This by election is seen as highly sensitive. The parliamentary seat they are voting on used to belong to pakistans former Prime Minister, nawaz sharif, but became vacant when he resigned injuly, disqualified from office by pakistans Supreme Court after an investigation into his finances. Translation come out of the house, cast your votes, use it to cast a vote for the future of your children. Imran khans Opposition Party fielded a candidate, but many expressed their intention to vote for Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of the former Prime Minister. Translation as far as im concerned he was not disqualified. He was our Prime Minister yesterday and he will be Prime Minister tomorrow. We are all with him. Early results suggest that Kulsoom Nawaz has won the most votes. A signal that the ruling party and the Sharif Family still have strong support in lahore, and a country now focused on the general election next year. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. Wildlife campaigners say criminal networks are smuggling rhino horn out of africa by turning it into jewellery. In a new report, the wildlife trade Monitoring Organisation traffic says networks of chinese origin operating in south africa have turned to more sophisticated techniques. The main markets for rhino horn are vietnam and china. The us secretary of state, rex tillerson, says washington is considering closing its embassy in cuba. More than twenty of its staff there have reported health conditions, including permanent hearing loss and nausea, caused by what the us is calling a sonic attack. The embassy only opened in 2015 after an historic shift in relations under president 0bama. The Terror Threat level in the uk has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer thought to be imminent. Police investigating the bombing on the London Underground on friday are searching two houses in surrey, and two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. Tom symonds reports. Rapid progress and greater clarity. That is how the Police Describe this unfolding investigation. They raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport, early this morning, arresting a 21 year old man. Neighbours described him as friendly. He had family that came down from scotland, with Young Children and so forth. We used to give them lollies and everything. All chatted, everything out there. He used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats and so forth, but we didnt think nothing of it. We just thought he was a nice neighbour. Armed police occupants of 47 come to the front door now put your hands in the air three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid, yesterday, on the home of elderly foster parents, penny and ron jones. They were led away by heavily armed police who sealed off the road with large barriers. Dave solway saw what happened and knows the couple well. Horrific for them to watch it because i know who they are and what they are like. To see that this has eaten them, after coming out of retirement to try and help with the refugee crisis, after all the good they have done, to see this happen in the way that it happened. It must be heartbreaking. He said they had been looking after a Young Refugee whod been troubled and wanted to run away. But he said another young man, originally from iraq, had been living here for several years. The police has been told that the suspect arrested in dover yesterday is iraqi. Police say this house is directly linked to that arrest. Detectives have given no further details, but they are scrutinising the house closely. Tents have been set up to protect possible evidence. However, a 100 metre cordon put in for Public Safety was removed today. Following fridays explosion, the government raised the official threat level to critical, suggesting another attack could be imminent. Now its been reduced again, a signal that the police have a better understanding of the plot and the way in which this makeshift bomb was prepared. The joint terrorist analysis centre, which reviews the threat level that the uk is under, have decided to lower that level from critical to severe. Severe still means that an attack is highly likely. So i would urge everybody to continue to be vigilant, but not alarmed. Terrorism suspects can be held in Police Custody for longer than usual without charge, up to 14 days depending on the strength of evidence available. This inquiry has a long way to run. Its a week and a half since Hurricane Irma brought destruction to large parts of the caribbean, with the British Virgin islands badly hit. Residents there face a huge task rebuilding their lives. While aid is starting to get through, the possible arrival of a new powerful storm threatens more problems. Jeremy cooke reports from tortola. A landscape utterly changed by furious nature. Two weeks ago this was a lush and green island, now stripped back to brown. Hardly a leaf on a tree for miles. And now, misery on misery. Tropical rain. If this is the island of the super rich. There is poverty as well. Kishmet and her nine children lived through irma. Their home survived. Now it is underwater. I have lost everything. Everything except the lives of my children. But we have lost everything. Desperate, frustrating times. Families, british citizens, needing help. But International Rules say that overall, these islands are too wealthy to qualify for the uk aid budget. If this is a rich country, i dont understand how i and others who have lost everything i still living in a poor situation. After the looting of the early days, it feels safer here now. British police here to help ha rd pressed local. You just need tojoin a queue on that side. Thank you. And over 200 British Military now on the grounds. The Royal Marines helping locals deliver whatever aid they can find. Making a difference. What struck me the most about being here . The sheer devastation of it all. I have never seen anything like it before. For now, all of this is still about survival. But once the people here have enough food and water, attention must shift to rebuilding all of this devastation, to getting these islands back to work. Crucial will be tourism. Where do you start when confronted by this . The loss of income will cost the economy millions. But there is a determination to rebuild. In church today, thoughts focused on not what has been lost but what has been saved. They gave thanks for life with kishmetjoining prayers for strength to face a new storm expected to hit these islands early next week. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come tracking the little dodo the high tech mission to save samoas elusive National Bird 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. There are people alive and people not alive. We just can help with whatever we have. It looked as though they had come to fight a war. But their mission is to bring peace to east timor and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The governments case has been forcefully presented by mr badinter, the justice minister. He has campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton has spent a lot of time at this grotto. Now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. This is bbc news. The latest headlines the un has warned of a horrible tragedy for Rohingya Muslims and says myanmar has one last chance to halt the offensive against them. The governing party in pakistan is celebrating after Kulsoom Nawaz the wife of the ousted Prime Minister, nawaz sharif, won a parliamentary seat in a by election. Now, the annual American Television awards ceremony, the emmys, are taking place in los angeles. The satirical sketch show saturday night live picked up some early awards and thereve been many jokes at president trumps expense. James cook is in los angeles for us. Uncomfortable viewing for the white house, then . Yes. Not a great surprise, that. But you are right. I think the host, stephen corbiere, refer to that at some stage. He said he looked forward to the tweets from the president later. Stephen colbert. The joke that he was making was that this is a golden age of television. More television is being made than ever before. A huge number of original series out at the moment. 0ver of original series out at the moment. Over 450. He of original series out at the moment. 0ver450. He said nobody of original series out at the moment. Over 450. He said nobody had time to watch them but the president himself. But saturday night live, the weekly satirical show, that comes on and off for a period of time, bent for a while, comes on and off for a period of time, bent fora while, it comes on and off for a period of time, bent for a while, it is ready four emmys. Jon 0liver time, bent for a while, it is ready four emmys. Jon oliver is also doing well. That has two wins. Satire and Current Affairs satire are doing well. I was looking to the nominees, andi well. I was looking to the nominees, and i was shocked by how starry it is, how big is the names are. People are is, how big is the names are. People a re really is, how big is the names are. People are really turned to television now, arent they . Yes. And a number winner wasjulia arent they . Yes. And a number winner was Julia Louise Dreyfus for her role in veet. And in kevin spacey cease to be filming on his mobile phone. Im sure that he could have recorded it on his television as well. Julia louis dreyfus. Have recorded it on his television as well. Julia louis dreyfus. We have been moving for some years, and we are very much in the territory where that line between being a Hollywood Star and being a Television Star is evidence, as leaders saw with kevin spacey. We have four 0scar leaders saw with kevin spacey. We have four oscar winners nominated. This gives you a sense of the calibre, this is a golden age of television. What is the balance late this year between the traditional Big Broadcast networks and the streaming upstarts . Well, it has been shifting for a long time. It continues to do so. If you look at drama series, which as you suggest is probably the largest category. The majority of nominees there are screaming, extending services. Three alone are from netflix. Majority of nominees there are streaming services. We just saw an African American win for donald love, for his role in stirring and directing atla nta. His role in stirring and directing atlanta. Donald glover. Lets go to china now and a rather impressive construction job. The authorities in shanghai feared that part of a buddhist temple in the city was potentially dangerous to the public so they decided to lift it up and move it. Quite an operation, as the bbcs tim allman reports. The great hall of shanghais jade Buddha Temple has stood here in one form or another for over a century. It is estimated 2 million come each year. But safety concerns and the proximity of other buildings meant it had to be moved. Not demolished and rebuilt, but moved literally. Over the course of 15 days, the entire building was lifted up on jacks and carried along specially made concrete tracks. No mean feat when you realise it weighs over 2000 tons. Translation the technologies we used in our main hall is the most up to date technology to move it and strengthen the foundations. It has never been used before. The new location is 30 metres north of where it used to be and it has now been elevated by more than a metre. It should now be a safer and more spacious venue for any visitor. Translation we all know the temple has a long history and was previously limited in space. 0bviously, now, the bigger space is more convenient to pray to buddha. The hall is expected to open to the public by the end of the year proof that the journey to enlightenment may involve a little heavy lifting. Tim allman, bbc news. The dodo has been extinct for around 400 years. But its closest relative, known as the little dodo, is still with us, but onlyjust. It could soon go the way of its illustrious ancestor. Its called the manumea, and its the National Bird of samoa. The race to save it is on but do people even know what to look out for . David eades reports. Samoa a Pacific Island rich in exotic flora and fauna, and home to the manumea, the only place on the planet you can find it. But the little dodo, as it is fondly called, is very shy and very rare. From almost a decade ago, we have been searching so hard for the manumea, just to get a photo of it. Just to confirm, hearing the calls, if its actually present or not. And this is really the only proof it is still around. 0ne solitary photo of a scruffy juvenile, spotted four years ago. Beyond that, drawings are the best bet. And they are displayed like a missing persons photofit, to villagers and hunters, in a drive to pick up every clue as to its lifestyle and whereabouts. They are really on the brink. You know, people estimate there are less than 300 in the world. There could well be less than 150 left. And they know so little about it that, you know, its really going to be touch and go. It is ironic that we know more about the look and the life of the dodo itself, which disappeared hundreds of years ago. Well, the manumea is as close a relative as you get. It is also tooth billed, and it is as happy on the forest floor as it is up a tree, which is why it is so vulnerable. We willjust pick somewhere by the tree. In the forests, conservationists lay out sound recorders, hoping to pick up the manumeas call, aware that hunters may have had more luck finding it, even shooting it by mistake for a tasty local pigeon. This is not a lucky bird, and auckland zoo is helping to track and remove the rats and wild cats keen to snack on the bird and its eggs. It is no easy task, but it is worth it. This is the latest effort to show the manumea to samoans, who have never seen their National Emblem in the flesh. And, without a breakthrough in the next few years, this could be the closest samoans get to seeing it. We just what to go to some live pictures from missouri, where protests have broken up a third night after the acquittal of a white Police Officer. You can see that that Emergency Services are on the street. Police officers and first responders. This comes afterjason stockley was acquitted by a judge on a murder charge for shooting of a black man, Anthony Lamar smith. Demonstrations over the last two nights have seen clashes develop between protesters and police. It has now turned rather violent tonight in missouri in the united states. The crowd appeared to be the largest on sunday, with around 1000 people. In this comes after lamar smith was shot in his car, and protesters accuse the police of planting the weapon. Live pictures from the united states. After a weekend of sunny spells, and some heavy showers around too, there is going to be a bit of a change in the weather as we head through this week. After that fairly cool and showery start, a bit of rain mid week, particularly in the west. But things will be warming up towards the end of the week, and turning a little bit drier later on. So here is how things are looking at the moment. Weve got an area of High Pressure building in from the atlantic. Low pressure sitting out to the east at the moment. So still a rather cool, northerly breeze with those two areas of high and low pressure. That breeze in the east is going to be bringing some showers across parts of eastern england, and perhaps central parts seeing some showers through the day. But it is quite a chilly start to monday morning, with the mist and some fog patches. A little bit murkier as you wake up in the morning. This is 9 00am. Temperatures starting to rise as the sun coming through the hole in the cloud clears the mist and fog away, too. An isolated shower or two around coastal parts of wales, but mostly dry for parts of northern england, Northern Ireland scotland, too. But that northerly breeze will feel quite chilly towards the north and the east, and will bring the chance of one or two showers through the day. Many parts of the country having a pretty decent day, though. Once the mist and fog clear away, the sunshine should break through quite nicely. There will be a few showers cropping up almost anywhere, but i think it will be mostly central and eastern parts of the country that you have a higher chance of catching a shower. Whereas further west, particularly for Northern Ireland and for western scotland, you are likely to stay dry through the day. Temperatures in most places about 15 to 18 degrees. Just a little bit cooler with that breeze around eastern scotland and north east england. Moving through monday evening, then, we could see an area of slightly more persistent rain moving south across scotland, northern england, down towards the south east by the end of the night. Clearing skies behind that, so another chilly night ahead, with temperatures around about eight to 11 in our towns and cities. But actually, in the countryside, it could be a little bit colder than that. Low enough to see a touch of frost across scotland, northern england, Northern Ireland and wales, as well. After that, a chilly start to tuesday morning, and this ridge of High Pressure building on. So tuesday is probably the best day of the week, in fact. Lots of dry weather, the showers we have seen recently in the east should be easing away. So, with the light winds and the sunshine, a pleasant day to come on tuesday, with top temperatures still a little below average for the time of year, around about 15 to 18 degrees. But, when you are in the shelter and the sunshine, that will be a bit pleasant. It will only be rainy in the far north west late in the day. For wednesday and thursday, a bit of rain for some western parts of the country, but temperatures will be on the rise later in the week. Bye now. This is bbc news. The headlines a Un Fact Finding Mission is due to release a report looking into alleged crimes by myanmars Security Forces against Rohingya Muslims. The un has warned myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, she has one last chance to end the military offensive that has forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee. A third night of protests is under way in the American City of st louis following the acquittal earlier this week of a white former Police Officer who killed a black man in 2011. The demonstration began peacefully, but police say some protesters have turned violent. Kulsoom nawaz, the wife of the ousted pakistani Prime Minister nawaz sharif, has won a by election that was triggered when he stood down after being disqualified from public office. Unofficial results show she had a comfortable win in her husbands heartland of lahore, to claim parliamentary seat. Now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london

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