Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. We begin the programme with an update on the shocking Measles Outbreak in indonesia which has killed at least 72 people many of them children. The indonesia government says the outbreak in the remote province of papua, is now under control. But hundreds of other children are malnourished. As Rebecca Henschke reports from papua, the Health Crisis has put the spotlight on a region closed off to journalists for decades, and revealed serious government failings. A warning, you may find some of the images disturbing. Just two months old, yulitas life has already been brutally hard. Her mother died in childbirth, the father rejected her. Translation her father did not want her. In a cloud of grief, he wanted to hit her and bury her with her mother. We said we would take care of her, but we are struggling to keep her alive. They had to make a two dayjourney on a speed boat up the river to get medical help. This is the only hospital here in
Its 8am in singapore and 12am in london. We begin the programme with an update on the shocking Measles Outbreak in indonesia which has killed at least 72 people, mostly children. The indonesia government says the outbreak in the remote and resistive province of papua, is now under control. But hundreds of other children are malnourished. As Rebecca Henschke reports from papua, the Health Crisis has put the spotlight on a region closed off to journalists for decades, and revealed serious government failings. A warming some viewers may find some of the images disturbing. Just two months old, her life has already been brutally hard. The mother died in childbirth, the father rejected her. Translation herfather father rejected her. Translation her father did father rejected her. Translation herfather did not father rejected her. Translation her father did not want her. Father rejected her. Translation herfather did not want her. In a cloud of grief, he wanted to hit her and bury her with he
Millions face weeks without power. After controversy and legal challenges finally australias postal ballot on legalising same sex marriage will go ahead. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 6 30am in myanmar where within the past 2a hours tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled across the border into bangladesh. The un human rights chief has described the situation as a text book example of ethnic cleansing. The Un Security Council is dead to discuss the crisis on wednesday. Expect it. Expect. The bbcs Reeta Chakrabarti has been at a hospital in coxs bazar where she met injured Rohingya Muslim refugees who told her they were targeted by Burmese Military with guns and landmines. A warning some viewers might find this report distressing. What is happening in myanmar . Looking across from bangladesh, huge clouds of smoke fill the sky. Military boats patrol the river border. The arm
Save thousands of babies. Live from studio in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 5am on the bangladeshi border, where nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims are now gathered in terrible conditions, driven from their homes in myanmar by the military. We have been reporting on their desperate situation for several weeks now as the numbers have gone up and up. Mainly on foot, and taking as much as they can carry, the Rohingya Community talk of their homes being burnt, of landmines, of rapes, and shootings. The un has called on the authorities in myanmar, a mainly buddhist country, to suspend their military action against the rohingya people. The un secretary general, Antonio Guterres says the situation is having a devastating effect on the whole region. Grievances that have been left to fester for decades have now escalated beyond the borders of myanmar, destabilising the region. The humanitarian situation is catastrophic. Las
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1 00 in london and 6am on the bangladeshi border, where nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims are now gathered in terrible conditions, driven from their homes in myanmar by the military. We have been reporting on their desperate situation for several weeks now as the numbers have gone up and up. Mainly on foot, and taking as much as they can carry, the Rohingya Community talk of their homes being burnt, of landmines, of rapes, and shootings. The un has called on the authorities in myanmar, a mainly buddhist country, to suspend their military action against the rohingya people. The un secretary general, Antonio Guterres says the situation is having a devastating effect on the whole region. Grievances that have been left to fester for decades have now escalated beyond the borders of myanmar, destabilising the region. The humanitarian situation is catastrophic. Last week there were 125,000 refugees who had fled to banglade