Hello. We begin with a Special Report from the front line in myanmar, a country in the grip of a war largely forgotten by the outside world. Rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. Press freedom in the country is restricted, Hundreds Ofjournalists have been jailed, and getting into myanmar to report first hand is tough. But a bbc team has done it. The background is complicated, but the countrys Transition To Democracy was cut short three years ago by a military coup, with the elected government led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi being ousted. People took to the streets in protest, but were met with a brutal crackdown. Many took up arms, and in october several disparate rebel groups united, forming a single nationwide insurgency, which has made gains, conquering large swathes of territory. The fighters, among them a group known as kndf, are now presenting the Myanmar Military with the biggest threat to its rule in years. The Uni
Inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. It led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack and more than 50 other people on the Singapore Airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. And just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. Not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. The plane then made an Emergency Diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head joins us. Here at Bangkok Airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailand. Some of those wer
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Forjapan, the merger represents a major opportunity to link up operations around the world, in an industry where bigger is better. But diplomatically, its a sensitive issue because a takeover of the american steelmaker crosses over into Election Year politics for president joe biden. Thats according to corporate lawyer nick wall, from allen overy in tokyo. He is in a difficult position here. The pressure of the union on one side and the strongest ally in the region and a strong supporter of us industry on the other side. He is in a difficult position. Us steel shareholders vote on friday now expected to approve the deal, that is the first step in the process i understand. What are the different hurdles that the deal will have to go through for it to happen . It happens on friday and people expect it to go through. The threshold is not high so that should go through. There are regulatory steps and there are two main aspects of that. First is antitrust. Given that japan steel does not ha