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
Click looks ahead into the future of passenger travel. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. A good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The government has threatened to cut off all state funding and help for oxfam, and other charities, if they fail to ensure that Vulnerable People are properly protected. The International Development secretary Penny Mordaunt has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. The chair of trustees at the charity says oxfam prides itself on being a Transparent Organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly, saying i share the anger and shame that behaviour like that highlighted in haiti in 2011 happened in our organisation. It is clear that such behaviour is completely outside our values and should never be tolerated. Angus crawford has this report. First haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countr
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Cuba and florida. Well hear from an eyewitness to the strongest atlantic storm in a0 years. And eurythmics dave stewart returns to the stage, flying solo. But what about his other half . I think annie and i. Will bejoined at the hip for ever. Whos that girl. . Were bound to do something. Yeah, i would say we definitely will. Good evening. Fake news not two words from donald trump, but from the famous Nobel Peace Prize winning leader of burma, ang sang suu kyi, praised by everyone from barack obama to angela merkel. She is seeking to deflect the Rohingya Crisis that has so far sent almost 150,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing over the border into bangladesh. Her government denies the Burmese Military have laid land mines along the border between the two countries, but the bbc said there have been at least three injuries from land mines just this week. At westminster, the labour mp Yasmin Qureshi called the recent violence against the rohingya a campaign of ethnic cleansing, and she went on t