Smaller ones. Two thirds of its citizens are burmese. Coexistence within the country isnt always peaceful, as the plight of the Muslim Rohingya shows. Tens of thousands of rohingyas have fled to neighbouring countries, like india and bangladesh, into an uncertain future. In myanmars northern kachin province another conflict rages on. This one is about natural resources, kachin is home to vast supplies of jade. Reporter a torrent of rubble and scree. Armed with picks and hammers, the workers begin their search. Were in the jade hills of myanmar, in kachin state in the northeast of the country. Sam awng is a teacher. Hes hoping for a find that will make him rich. Did you find anything today . Reporter the miner says he found two stones. Its his lucky day. Men from all over the country flock hehere to the ededges ofe jade mines in the himalayan foothills, to dig for that single stone that will make them a fortune. There are even children among the scavangers picking through the trailings
Shows. Tens of thousands of rohingyas have fled to neighbouring countries, like india and bangladesh, into an uncertain future. In myanmars northern kachin province another conflict rages on. This one is about natural resources, kachin is home to vast supplies of jade. Reporter a torrent of rubble and scree. Armed with picks and hammers, the workers begin their search. Were in the jade hills of myanmar, in kachin state in the northeast of the country. Sam awng is a teacher. Hes hoping for a find that will make him rich. Did you find anything today . Reporter the miner says he found two stones. Its his lucky day. Men from all over the country flock here to the edges of the jade mines in the himalayan foothills, to dig for that single stone that will make them a fortune. There are even children among the scavangers picking through the trailings from the mines. Its perilous work. Theres at least one death a month. When someone gets buried in a landslide, or killed by rocks. The stones can
Have fled to neighbouring countries, like india and bangladesh, into an uncertain future. In myanmars northern kachin province another conflict rages on. This one is about natural resources, kachin is home to vast supplies of jade. Reporter a torrent of rubble and scree. Armed with picks and hammers, the workers begin their search. Were in the jade hills of myanmar, in kachin state in the northeast of the country. Sam awng is a teacher. Hes hoping for a find that will make him rich. Did you find anything today . Reporter the miner says he found two stones. Its his lucky day. Men from all over the country flock here to the edges of the jade mines in the himalayan foothills, to dig for that single stone that will make them a fortune. There are even children among the scavangers picking through the trailings from the mines. Its perilous work. Theres at least one death a month. When someone gets buried in a landslide, or killed by rocks. The stones can roll down the hillside at high speeds
Rosenstein does not appoint an independent special prosecutor, every american will rightly suspect that the decision to fire director comey was part of a coverup. Amy we will spend the hours between two Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Glenn Greenwald of the intercept about the firing of comey, the future of the fbi, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump fired fbi director james comey tuesday , only weeks after comey confirmed the fbi was investigating whether Trumps Campaign collaborated with russia to sway the 2016 election. I have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. And that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government, and
Seymour. Im Steve Chenevey welcome to fox 5 news morning. First at 7 more breaking news out of stove ford. Vre train struck a vehicle and condition of that driver is unknown. Although we dont believe anybody was actually in the vehicle at the time. Thats what we just learned. The accident happening brent point and archdale roads involving fed ricksburg lane taken. As a result there are significant delays on the line. Lets check in with and for more you talked to the folks the vehicle was unb they were able to escape and there were no injuries to passengers on the scene however causing headache for vre passengers. And in the area around blue point road access is blocked off east side of that neighborhood because theyre unable to move the train. Mark doyle assistant fire chief with Stafford County told me there are Emergency Personnel out there and theyre able to move the train abit if theres are emergency situations in the neighborhood. Point road and arch dale road and it could be seve