In myanmar a direct assault on the countrys transition to democracy. The countrys armed forces seized power, detaining civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top advisers. The takeover follows a Landslide Win by her National League for democracy in novembers election, which the army claims was fraudulent. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until 2011. Democratic reforms by Aung San Suu Kyi ended their control. Troops are being said to be patrolling the streets of the capital and the main city yangon. Now her leadership and reputation has been once hailed as a beacon of democracy she was awarded the nobel peace prize. Her leadership has been tarnished by looking at the Rate Map Working alongside the army. Alongside the army. Muslim rohingya minority. But she still enjoys great support throughout the country. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports. tx next this. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected
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Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
Were discovered in a wealthy suburb today, amid fighting with Machete Wielding militias, trying to protect their own neighbourhoods. Its been over two weeks since we saw these scenes, the aftermath of a jailbreak, which triggered a State Of Emergency in the caribbean nation, with few resources for the police to properly fight back. And now, caught in the middle, are hundreds of thousands of people, Made Homeless by the fighting, amid dire shortages of food. America is hopeful a Transitional Council, might be able to restore order, along with the deployment of international troops, but for now the violence continues. Will grant, is live in the port city of cap haitien, for us tonight. Yes, it has been another day of shocking violence here in haiti. Armed gangs have shaken the capital city to its outer core. The problem is, however, of the Security Collapse are just some of the challenges that people here face. A warning that some people may find the images in my report upsetting from th
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