Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty i am katty kay in washington, and this is bbc world news america. Tens of millions of people tune in to watch one is been described as one of them was chaotic and angry u. S. President ial debates ever. We will get global reaction. The world watches with alarm as the two candidates descend into chaos. We will be in toronto and london. As lebanon struggles politically and economically, more families are embarking on a dangerous journey as they try and flee to europe. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. President trump and his democratic challenger, joe biden, have returned to the campaign trail a day after one of the most illtempered president ial debates in american history. Both the republicans and the democrats are claiming victory, but the que
Also tonight after the latest round of brexit talks both sides say progress has been made but the eu warns it could be months before trade talks begin. After images are published of a fight in bristol the cricketer ben stokes is told he will not play for england until further notice. The un says its the worlds Fastest Growing refugee emergency the Rohingya Muslims fleeing to bangladesh from the violence in myanmar. And after the death of playboys hugh heffner a debate over his claim to have pioneered sexual liberation. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, well tell you if saint helens can stop carter for tigers for reaching the first grand final in Rugby League Super league. Good evening. Ryanair is facing increasing criticism over its plans to cancel thousands of flights and its been accused by the Civil Aviation authority of persistently misleading passengers about the kind of compensation they can claim. The caa has now given ryanair until 5pm tomorrow afternoon to correct its co
Violence in myanmar. The un secretary general has described the crisis there as the worlds fast developing refugee emergency and a human rights nightmare. More than half a million rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. Around 90 of the population of myanmar is buddhist. But a million Rohingya Muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. The latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. The bbcsjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. In the months since Rohingya Muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the United Nations has been at the forefront of the response. Delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. The situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. But could, and should, the un have done more before the killing and burning started . Really disturbing to think that som
Fastest developing refugee emergency and a human rights nightmare. More than 500,000 rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. Around 90 of the population of myanmar is buddhist but a million Rohingya Muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. The latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. The bbcsjonah fisher has seen internal un documents outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. In the months since Rohingya Muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the United Nations has been at the forefront of the response, delivering aid and making robust statements condemning the burmese authorities. The situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. But could and should the un have done more before the killing and burning started . Really disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. Caroline vandenabeele is a lawyer and aid worker and between 20
Planet in our solar system shrinking even further . Hello. The parliament in crimea has declared independence from ukraine following sundays referendum. The defacto Prime Minister is traveling to formally request that it does become part of russia. They have announced all ukrainian property is to be nationalized so ukrainian law is no longer valid in the region. It has approved partial mobilization of its troops. Lets get the very latest from my colleague ben brown with all the very latest developments. Reporter yes. Hello and welcome from the crimean par lament in simferopol. To formally ask the Russian Federation to annex crimea to absorb crimea into the Russian Federation. I spoke to one deputy a short time ago who said he expected that process to take about a month. Within that time he said crimea would officially adopt the russian raoubl as its currency and would switch to the moscow time zone as well. All of that follows the resounding victory for the russian speaking majority he