Left their homes in myanmar, where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many dead people, their heads and limbs chopped off. The slaughter took place house by house. As we drew closer to the borde
Welcome to witness, here at the British Library in london. This month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. Well be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. A breakthrough for women in the mens world of racing, and, in a moment, the Russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west. But first, we go back to a Turning Point for china. China was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. Translation i never even thought about joining the communists. I followed the nationalist party all the way. Im 99 years old, and i still havent changed my mind about that. For most people, life was wretched. Someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. There were two men willing to try. One was Chiang Kai Shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. The other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. The two men were to become bitter rivals. Translation
Welcome to witness, here at the British Library in london. This month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. Well be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. A breakthrough for women in the mens world of racing, and, in a moment, the Russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west. But first, we go back to a Turning Point for china. China was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. Translation i never even thought about joining the communists. I followed the nationalist party all the way. Im 99 years old, and i still havent changed my mind about that. For most people, life was wretched. Someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. There were two men willing to try. One was Chiang Kai Shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. The other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. The two men were to become bitter rivals. Translation
Welcome to witness, here at the British Library in london. This month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. Well be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. A breakthrough for women in the mens world of racing, and, in a moment, the Russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west. But first, we go back to a Turning Point for china. China was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. Translation i never even thought about joining the communists. I followed the nationalist party all the way. Im 99 years old, and i still havent changed my mind about that. For most people, life was wretched. Someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. There were two men willing to try. One was Chiang Kai Shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. The other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. The two men were to become bitter rivals. Translation
Welcome to witness, here at the British Library in london. This month, we have anotherfive people have witnessed extraordinary moments of history first hand. Well be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain 50 years ago. A breakthrough for women in the mens world of racing, and, in a moment, the Russian Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the west. But first, we go back to a Turning Point for china. China was wracked with a civil war between communists and the nationalists. Translation i never even thought about joining the communists. I followed the nationalist party all the way. Im 99 years old, and i still havent changed my mind about that. For most people, life was wretched. Someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. There were two men willing to try. One was Chiang Kai Shek, who was leader of the nationalist troops. The other was mao zedong, who wanted to turn china into a communist state. The two men were to become bitter rivals. Translation