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
5 british welcome to do. That you could join us with japanese Prime Minister shinzo obvious set to design the future of japans relations with countries in the region is suddenly an open question during his tenure. To build an alliance with the United States india and australia primarily with the aim of countering chinas influence ill be speaking to an expert about what the future of those stars is but 1st heres more on the Strategic Direction give japan. Steered japans Defense Strategy in a radical new direction he pledged revised japans pacifist post world war 2 constitution to counter changing security threats in the region. In his 1st speech to the nation he said the security of japan is not someone elses problem it is a crisis that exists right there and now. Those words set the tone for japans defense over his years as Prime Minister as to ward off a newly assertive china making incursions into japanese waters and expanding its territorial claims in the south china sea. North kore
Speech it comes as a new zogby poll from wednesday puts trumps Approval Rating at 52 percent thats very surprising could this speech win over in light of that. Undecided voters are new momentum here it is surprising and it should be said the zogby poll has a long history of being inaccurate and favoring republicans favoring trump its a poll that trump actually likes to cite themself a la. 5538. 00 gives only a c. Plus this particular poll has a more at least a 5 point margin of error so we should take this this poll and really any individual poll with a grain of salt going back to 538. 00 that looks at lots of polls and weights them differently still has donald trump in the low fortys for his Approval Rating which has been holding about steady there for for months if not most of his term that said its not unusual for candidates in this case the incumbent to come out of the commission and get a bump theres been days now of wall to wall wall to wall media coverage. Of the candidate of th
Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off