it is very systematic. this is their stock in trade. very often they will surround a village, they will attack it, they will separate men and women and then very often not only will they torture people but they will force people to watch, family members, to watch their family being tortured and killed. this is part of a systematic way of terrorising a country and instilling fear and, by fear, trying to wrestle control of the country, but it is having absolutely the opposite effect. it is outraging the country, it is stealing the resolve of those who are opposed to this horrific, horrific treatment of the people of myanmar. the defence and prosecution have been making their closing arguments in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. the prosecuction today described her as partner in crime tojeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is accused of procuring underage girls for epstein to abuse in the late 90s
this is bbc news, the headlines: the united nations is investigating the mass killings of civilians by the myanmar military ten months after they took power in a coup. we have a special report on the mass graves after four villages in central myanmar were targeted over a period of weeks in july. the leftist candidate in the chilean election, gabriel boric, has won the presidency, after his far right rival, jose antonio kast, conceded defeat in the country s most polarising election ever. chile has seen widespread protests in the past two years, with economic instability and growing inequality. a tough new month long lockdown has begun in the netherlands, as the new coronavirus variant spreads rapidly across europe. non essentialshops, bars, gyms, hairdressers and other public venues will be closed. all schools will be shut until at least january ninth while other measures will remain in place for longer. now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking
myanmar has been in turmoil since february 1st. that s when the military seized power and detained the de facto leader aung san suu kyi, following her party s victory in general elections. protests against the coup were immediate. they started out peaceful. but that wouldn t last. within a week this was the scene. there was a brutal crackdown, which continues today. rights groups say over 1,000 protesters have died in the past ten months, though that figure is likely to be much higher. soe win than is the head of the bbc s burmese service, he has more context on the latest atrocities. unfortunately these are not isolated incidents any more than we have seen and heard from people across myanmar especially in those areas that we just heard in the northwest region where the intense fighting is going on between the military and the local defence forces.
because people are opposing them. so, it sjust horrific because people are opposing them. so, it s just horrific and exciting to hear this kind of attempt to justify. ijust kind of an aeroplane. i was in bangladesh and alice talking with many people who had escaped 20 for their lives from this treatment and the stories i heard the horrible but very much in line with that kind of reporting that you have shown and this is truly very difficult to get in. i spoke with someone a few weeks ago who waited too early in the middle of all of this and reporting to me i m speaking to me in hushed tones from underneath the bed fearing he was approaching her home. so this is unfortunately not atypical at all of what s going on as we speak to myanmar. what s going on as we speak to myanmar- what s going on as we speak to m anmar. ., , ., myanmar. one wonders what the international community - myanmar. one wonders what the international community can - myanmar. one wonders what the international comm
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines: a record low turnout in the first legislative elections in hong kong since china tightened control. we speak to democracy campaigner nathan law. a tough new lockdown in the netherlands, as the new coronavirus variant spreads fast across europe. we have a special report from myanmar on the mass killings of civilians by the military which seized power in a coup last february. a victory for the hard left candidate in chile s most polarising election ever. and tennis star emma radacanu wins the bbc s prestigious sports personality of the year.