Welcome to news asia glad you could join us we begin in myanmar where 2 Army Soldiers appear to have testified on camera that the army had carried out atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority these appear to be the 1st public confessions of the armys involvement in crimes against the 2 soldiers have been described as. Confessions were recorded in the custody of the army and. The army has been fighting we arent able to confirm these confessions were made voluntarily or under duress but heres what the soldiers said. Privates all said i quote we shot dead and wiped out according to the command of all irrespective of all children and adult private. Said a court. Give us an old up all you see and all you hear so we indiscriminately shot at all. Correspondent who covers the region joins me now from kuala lumpur whats your assessment of these videos i mean how. Old might they have been to do this. Well i can tell you that i saw a video that has been made public that came out made that
To prove. Im going to. Want to welcome to the program it. Region has gone ahead with Regional Elections despite being told not to do so by Prime Minister of the country had been due to hold national and Regional Elections last month but the federal government postponed them indefinitely because of the. Decisions into groene accuse obvious made of using the situation to prolong his rule no surprise population is rated to be small its around 5 percent of ethiopias 109000000. 00 people need us from the ethnic group dominates at ethiope. His politics were nearly 30 years but that ended when i be afeared came to power in 2018 now about 2700000 people in the region are expected to verts to gray officials have warned that an intervention by the federal government would amount to a quote declaration of war. An act of defiance in ethiopias Northern Region and to cry. These people are lining up to vote in an election that the federal government says is illegal. It also says the results will be n
Angry at the academy and the oscars were considered too white. I disproportionate amount of people who do not look like me doing what i do. Protests on social media use the hash tag so white women true protestors that larry werent getting a fur deal at the oscar awards ceremony in 2019 despite all the protests it was mostly white men who took to the stage in 2020 and more positive signal from hollywood the south korean film parasites became the 1st Foreign Language movie to win best film. And our film experts got rockstro joins me once again from the Venice Film Festival to talk about the new oscar rules welcome scott in a nutshell just tell us what are these new requirements. Well the new comments and to be clear they only apply for nominees for best picture so only the very top award handed out by the oscars but these requirements are based require diversity at all levels in front of the camera but also in the production staff all the way to the people who market the film that they s
From trevors couch in new york city, to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets begin with another important story about race in america. Now this is a story all about how one young mans life got flipped, turned upside down. And i would like to take a minute, just sit right there, i will tell you about how this man became the prirns of a town called belair. Now if you are saying hey, trevor, come on, thats a silt koment. No, it is deadly serious. And the fresh prince of belair is getting a dramatic makeover. Youre going to belair to live with your uncle. And your yawntie. According to the Hollywood Reporter will smith is teaming up with Morgan Cooper to create a new show base and coopers viral youtube trailer that he made last year reimagining the beloved 19 90s comedy as a modern day drama. Smith is onboard to produce and cooper will cowrite and redirect the reboot. Trevor i want to be honest. I dont know how to feel ab
On, everybody, welcome do the daily social distancing show, im trevor noah. It is wednesday, august 129 and heree your coronavirus tip of the day, gyms are still closed. So if you are looking for exercise, just do what my upstairs neighbors do and jump rope at 5 00 in the goddam morning yeah, but seriously, apparently it is a great cardio work uttout. Anyway on tonights episode Kamala Harris secrets revealed, Jaboukie Young white tries to get the vaccine and how your iphone could give you corona. So lets do this, people, welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city, to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets begin with another important story about race in america. Now this is a story all about how one young mans life got flipped, turned upside down. And i would like to take a minute, just sit right there, i will tell you about how this man became the prirns of a town called belair. No