Their ashes hopes alive hello and welcome to world news today. Irans foreign minister has made an unexpected visit to the g7 summit in france, to discuss how to reduce tensions between iran and the us. He was only there a few hours, but he did meet the french president , emmanuel macron, while he was there. He tweeted these photos of the meeting, writing that the road ahead is difficult, but worth trying. Earlier, mr macron said the leaders of the g7 countries had agreed a common stance on iran. My colleague ros atkins has been following events at the summit in biarritz throughout the day. He spoke earlier to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. Weve been expecting some surprises at this g7 summit. That perhaps was inevitable given the strong personalities involved. I dont think many of us predicted that midway through this sunday afternoon, the foreign minister of iran would land on a runway not far from the g7 press centre, where we are, on the outskirts of town. But thats wha
In an historic ruling, Kenyas Supreme Court has overturned the result of last months election, and ordered a re run. President Uhuru Kenyatta says the decision is political, but he will accept the judgement. Its the first time a legal challenge to a president ial vote has been successful anywhere in africa. Anne soy reports from nairobi. Celebrating a new lease of life. Veteran politician raila odinga gets one more chance to run for president. A last minute decision to challenge the result of the president ial election paid off. The president ial election held on 8 august 2017 was not conducted in accordance with the constitution under the applicable law, rendering the declared result invalid, null and void. A shocking and rare judgment. The judges did not limit themselves to what happened on election day until the results were announced. Rather they looked at the electoral process in its totality from Voter Registration to Civic Education as well as the campaigning and procurement of
And brutality against Rohingya Women and children whove fled the military crackdown in myanmar. The United Nations is warning of an increase in this type of violence and doctors say theyve found that many of the women and children theyre treating, have been sexually assaulted and abused by soldiers. The rohingya a muslim ethnic minority live in Rakhine State in mainly buddhist myanmar but more than half a million are now living in refugee camps on the southern tip of bangladesh. You may find some of the details in sanjoy majumders report distressing. The memorys still fresh, the pain very raw. A village inside myanmar was attacked two weeks ago, allegedly by the Burmese Military and a mob of rakhine buddhists. Translation i came out with my children to try and escape. Two rakhine men pinned my arms to my side. Then, they started raping me. After one finished, another one took his place, and then a third. When they let her go, she picked up her children and began running. Then this happ
It took her three days to get here, a refugee camp in bangladesh, just inside the border. I cannot find my husband, my parents, my other children. Doctors treating the rohingyas say they are seeing more such cases of Sexual Violence. I find this 22 year old rohingya woman inside her tent, trying to put her baby to sleep. She says she was raped by a burmese soldier inside her home, while others kept watch. Her husband, who is missing, was the village cleric. Translation how can i tell anyone about what happened to me . It is a matter of shame. It is better to die than tell anyone. Deeply traumatized, she never leaves her tent. Others bring her medicine. It is not easy to independently verify what is happening inside Myanmars Rakhine state. Access is strictly controlled, journalists are not allowed inside and the Burmese Military has denied all allegations of sexual assault. In fact, its denied having anything to do with the violence all together. But it says its willing to investigate i
The bbc has heard disturbing accounts of Sexual Violence and brutality against Rohingya Women and children whove fled the military crackdown in myanmar. The rohingya a muslim ethnic minority live in Rakhine State in mainly buddhist myanmar, but more than 500,000 are now living in refugee camps on the southern tip of bangladesh. A warning you may find some of the details in sanjoy majumders report distressing. The memory is still fresh, the pain very raw. Her village inside myanmar was attacked two weeks ago, allegedly by the Burmese Military and a mob of rakhine buddhists. Translation i came out with my children to try and escape. Two rakhine men pinned my arms to my side. Then they started raping me. After one finished, another one took his place, and then a third. When they let her go, she picked up her children and began running. Then this happened. They snatched my 2 year old boy from my arms and threw him inside a burning house. It took her three days to get here, a refugee camp i