Them in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. British and e. U. Negotiators meet for another round of discussions as the u. K. Threatens to leave the block without a trade deal. And im leah harding with all the days sports Serena Williams books her place in the u. S. Open quarterfinals as she moves closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. Thanks for joining us many have called it genocide and now 2 soldiers from me and amar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal courts there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice over the killing of muslim. Human rights group 45 wright says it has seen tape confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me and maher army and in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction of her of in the villages the group says theyve also names other soldiers and senior commanders involved in the crimes lets bring in mohammed and hes covered the Rohingya Crisis extensively for us so what more do we know about what the soldiers have reportedly said muhammads. During Fortify Rights representatives for the fire rights of course is an International Human rights group they have viewed this video they obtained it by from the kind of army our kind of army is a rebel group in iraq kind state they are fighting the government of myanmar for greater autonomy in the region and they say that the video shows the confession of these 2 tatmadaw soldiers the tatmadaw is the name for me and more is military that they are foot soldiers and that these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military including senior commanders and that in these confessions they talk about the Clearance Operations in which they killed numerous villagers and in which they also participated in rapes of Village Women this is all very disturbing and of course ive been told by members of other Rights Groups that what is being described in these videos very much fits the pattern of testimonies taken from running the refugees over the years as far as the atrocities that were committed against then when that brutal crackdown by man mars military started in iraq and stayed in august of 2070 so what would this mean then for the rohingya in me and mar the refugees outside of. Well if these 2 soldiers are actually at the hague and if they are either in witness protection or in another part of the hague and they are providing testimony that could be a Huge Development there is this investigation that has been launched by the International Criminal court its been going on for a while now but this would be the 1st time that members of memoirs military have broken rank have admitted to crimes being perpetrated against the rohingya. And this is something that is quite stunning that there are observers who ive spoken with today who were stunned to have seen this testimony emerge so this could really be a catalyst as far as at some point perhaps bringing charges of genocide at the i. C. C. Against me and more ok thank you very much for clearing that up for us lets not cross over to the hague itself thats where stuff is joining us from so do we have any more details about the whereabouts of these 2 soldiers. You know not really the i. C. C. Has officially the night that theyre in the courts detention this could mean that they are possibly at the Prosecutors Office protection Witness Protection Program they have a fairy elaborate Witness Protection Program there are reports that 2 former soldiers have been times ported to the hague earlier on monday they might have had help from this Witness Protection Program there is a very strong link between the Foreign Ministry here in the hague and the i. C. C. For protecting these so witnesses the court the Prosecutors Office says that while the investigation is ongoing they dont want to give any details and theyre also urging us not to speculate and we have to remember of course this is a very sensitive case were talking about possible genocide it has been called genocide were also talking about 2 former military man these are the 1st minute 3 man if this is all true who have come forward to testify about the atrocities that have happened so of course its a lot at stake and also theres a lot of concern about their safety so force the i. C. C. And the Prosecutors Office want to make this as carefully as possible so step how does the court use witness protection to keep people safe ahead of potential trials. Well witness protection is crucial to the i. C. C. Especially because the i. C. C. Is under a lot of pressure to come up with more convictions so theres of course a lot of funding go into the i. C. C. And what weve seen in recent years is that there are lots of cases who have been acquitted so de are very much depending on people with in the army or within the governments who have been accused of serious crimes to come forward so they have actually been promoting this Witness Protection Program recently also in senegal 2 african countries who have also faced serious crimes so they are basically mentioning this again and again that people come forward and they are protecting these witnesses to the bitter end so to say because even after the trial its very often not know who these witnesses were so there is a possibility that we never find out if these former soldiers from me have actually been testifying in this case ok stuff awesome thank you for that update from the hague the bell russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down despite a rising tide of protests against his leadership but speaking to Russian Media on tuesday he did not rule out holding an early president ial election because shanker claimed victory in a disputed election last month which was opponents say was rigged since then mass protests have been held across the country despite threats by Security Forces but the action is illegal well the belarusian opposition candidates take on a sky as president lukashenko no longer has the legitimacy to engage in Diplomatic Affairs she told members of the council of europe the future by the russian governments would not uphold treaties signed with him my contrary my nation my people now need. These need International Pressure on this regime on this one did you do all this perfectly clean then on to. Relate some actions on individuals who issue and exit your criminal orders that violates International Norms and rights and another prominent protest leader who disappeared from ment school is now being held at the border with ukraine so state media says Border Guards remove maria cohen a school over from a car early on tuesday a Ukrainian Government minister said she resisted attempts to force her out of belarus on monday called escobar was seen being snatched off the street in ments by masked men or journalist andrey vita which is immense with more on her disappearance. We know mostly from i didnt state media will from other sources because her lawyer still hasnt gotten any information during the last 24 hours weve seen this morning the video with one of her team member who was explaining then he has chosen to become tripped over now we know there are 2 of them there now in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore off her passport so she couldnt let into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that sees the park was and wasnt willing to use to the will to live the country should that couple of days to go to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a career and today what we saw once again proves that the roots and authorities just tries to keep count from the country the main opposition figures so that they would not leave. Even if they dont leave defrosted but still they are very well known here and people will respect them average time to talk to them on the street during the process so this incident rules again that the building within authorities will continue the brush and now one journalist editor for one of the main Media Outlets she was the rock and there are 1 sort of the bachmann and the basically. The last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and that will continue in the next hour and the next day lets speak to her shes a visiting Senior Research fellow at Kings College london thats where she is joining us from thanks very much for your time with us on aljazeera so the Opposition Leaders one by one are either being detained or that theyre being forced out of the country what impact is this going to have on the authorization movement. I dont think that will have the effect which the president has and what i have expect because they already have it that they may prevail because of their position even much longer before the election but that isnt change because other people came out from the. National younger people less known people so now you know i have a little bit cut out of the country all they have the rest that i will look recognizable but. New people will be coming out of the. Big shit out of the bottle sell out and that is not going to make a huge all of our money because it went well belarus will not so lets just be clear though have these opposition figures been the ones that have been sort of calling the shots up at the demonstrations that are currently taking place in belarus or do we have to separate the opposition from the demonstrations going on. It is certainly one of the same thing well the. Local approaches are much bigger than you seem to call a position because. And it was because there has been a. A few opposition has been hit lee with benedict nice people names that have. Used it whether it was not what they have been in prison or whats out of the country long before the president ial election and the problems so people who one leaving the prison thats what kind of event people who watch the shader want them all to cape. Wait all these new protests so we havent reached the kind of all political tradition but also people coming out. Kind of division which now its not that there. Was an out of the country that people want to see what about Lucas Shankar himself i mean hes still hanging on to power we heard him say that there could be early elections in the country at the presser from within the country as well as from the International Community doesnt seem to be swaying him would you agree. Yes he made of the station but hes not acquired to go so he will dry out legal what that was possible for him to state remember he has nowhere to go if he resigns he will have to leave the country where would he go now that he doesnt really have many allies. Who will be very happy to host him so he well hes instant if these are something which can be managed and thats he still has quite a lot of support in the Country Security operation is largely remained loyal so he just has to live through this trouble and period but the country will be more difficult to gotham and there will be less sense of magick less comply less acquaintance which he used there a litle but so that ricci will have to rely on that oppression much more than they used to do before and that is aware when the project is going to come people are less afraid and huge it is becoming less pretty all right whenever there we thank you very much for giving us your analysis from london. Thank you. Now the u. N. Human rights chief michel bachan they is urging moscow to investigate the poisoning of a russian Opposition Leader election of ali is now out of a medically induced coma and is responding to doctors at a hospital in Berlin Germany experts have found he was poisoned with a nerve agent of each of the russia disputes that in a statement said moscow has been able to act with close to total impunity. In light of the assertion by german specialists that they have quote unequivocal proof but not only was poisoned with an overtrick nerd nerve agent the high commissioner is also urging the government of the Russian Federation to carry out or fully cooperate with a thorough transparent independent and impartial investigation. The number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on foreign soil over the past 2 decades is profoundly disturbing to morehead on the al jazeera news hour including safety 1st to be bold approved by drugmakers that put science over politics and the race to find a coronavirus vaccine. To find out why china china and india her choosing each other if escalating a dispute at the himalayan border region. We have in sport an impressive defense by the l a the 1st this player only used one finger to stop the basket take a look well have the details a little later. But 1st the u. N. Is warning that the situation in sudan could get worse as flooding continues to devastate some regions Officials Say about 100 people have been killed while more than 100000 homes are destroyed the government has declared a 3 month state of emergency flooding this year has far exceeded records set 70 years ago have brought morgan is in hearts whom she says many people are demanding more help from the government. Were here in the southern parts of sudans capital hard to me and the residents here tell me that up until nearly 2 weeks ago these areas including about 2 to 3 kilometers away all of it was dry land but as you can see right now theres not a speck of dry land inside they say that the nile river has overflowed its banks and when into the neighborhoods damaging houses filling homes that are concrete destroying homes that are partially concrete and that are weak forcing people to get displaced now according to sudans government at least 100 people have died as a result of the flooding over the past month and more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced people who have been affected by these floods which is the highest in more than a century say that the government response has been weak and the government says that they are trying their level best but some things were out of control the lava to see them in the hole where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swarmed however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record highs even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed now while the government says that they have tried to respond with some preventive measures but people are saying that theyre now looking into the neighborhood resistance committees common sees that have been active during sudans revolution mobilizing people and who are now working on the response plans forward for those affected theyve been trying to mobilize food donations via social media by going through neighborhoods to try to get people to come together to help those who have been affected by the floods people are saying the people who are affected are saying that they want to see more government response they say that theyre demanding medications theyre demanding shelter theyre demanding food theyre demanding clean water and theyre concerned about the long term impacts of the floods theyre worried that they wont be able to rebuild the destruction that has been caused by the floods especially in the country in the midst of an economic crisis and they say that the government needs to respond more and show its presence more so that they know that when the water south receding they can go back to their lives and they can start rebuilding with help from the government rather than being left out in the open with their future unknown. Well a new round of bricks of talks have started in london as the u. K. Acknowledged its plans to break part of fits with draw agreement would violate International Law it wants to override customs rules designed to ensure there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and ireland got more on this with lawrence these joining us from west minister so what more can you tell us about this lawrence. Well its really extraordinary to be honest with you as you said that the whole contradiction about rexs has always been how the u. K. Can divorce itself entirely from the European Union without pushing the border up. Things like boring but important things like trade tariffs and stuff like that treason may the former Prime Minister tried to do it tried to keep the border across and open by having this thing called the irish backstop but the conservative party regarded that as next of surrender to the European Union and got rid of and then still Boris Johnson in states who then put the trade voted down the irish sea so the peace daily still there the trade border is these on a one side in the u. K. Mainland on the other side and everybody thought that that was the deal done and dusted but it only works of course if there is a deal and as the months have gone on a no trade de