From most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. In bangladesh, fears for the safety of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who face possible violence if forced to return home. After the circumstances in which they fled myanmar less than six months ago, who would really trust that things have changed enough for them to go home . Is breathing a sigh of relief that a missile alert was a false alarm. The question is how to prevent it happening again. And they voted for donald trump. But this Small Community in Washington State is torn over the crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. The fate of the rohingya and refugees who fled violence in myanmar for bangladesh was discussed today by both governments. Talks were held by the repatriation of thousands of refugees. More than 100,000 are living in the Worlds Largest refugee camp. My colleague is there with all the latest. , it was a Mass Movement of people unmatched in recent years that created this vast refugee camp and others nearby in the space of just five months. If you look around this part of southeastern bangladesh, land that is to be a forest and in part a protected nature reserve is now dotted with small shelters, People Living in very difficult, crowded conditions here. Despite that, when you talk to them about the idea for repatriation, going back across the border into myanmar, reversing the journey that they made once ago, in some cases just weeks ago, for most of them it is unthinkable at the moment. That is because they say their security would need to be guaranteed first. In a camp where hundreds of refugees are still arriving every week, there is much to be done. New wells, new shelters, alter all part of preparing the cap providing for growing numbers and preparing the camp for rain. The more construction and expansion that takes place at this camp, the more permanent it starts to feel. At the same time, the talk of repatriating refugees is causing deep alarm. After the circumstances in which they fled myanmar less than six months ago, who would really trust that things have changed enough for them to go home . That is because the destruction of their homes and villages continued even after myanmar said military operations had come to an end. These pictures were filmed by the bbc from the bangladeshi side of the border on september 10 last year, five days after the supposed ceasefire. This was your house . This is my house. Reporter that was also the date he had lost everything. A father of 4, he was a secondary School Teacher in myanmar and lived here with his extended family. This is my brother. Reporter the authorities told him he would be safe, and then the soldiers came. The military surrounded the whole area and they had weapons. They opened fire as people were trying to leave. Some escaped, but others were killed. My brother wasnt home that day, but he went out to check on his shop. He never came back. We dont know if he was burned alive. We still havent heard anything. Reporter away from the main camp, another area is home to hindus from myanmar. They have been identified as among the first to be repatriated, but even they are not ready to go without international protection. If the United Nations goes with us, the hindus, we hope we will get security and be happy. If they are there and face any problems, the whole world will know about it. Reporter for now it seems most likely that the children of at these camps will grow up here without a country to call their own. The u. N. s access to their old home, Rakhine State, is severely restricted. They, too, call for change and for the rohingya to be properly recognized. It is premature to talk about returns in large numbers. Number one, the issue of citizenship and legal identity must be addressed. Number two, there has to be a safe and secure environment for refugees to return to. Number three, reconstruction and reestablishment of Services Must occur. Reporter services here are now more organized, but it is a precarious existence. A community who has been marginalized and persecuted is now entirely dependent on aid and what others decide for their future. The whole idea of these refugees returning to myanmar is a complex and emotional one for many of them. Some of those i have spoken to hear are resigned to spending the rest of their lives in these camps. Their rightsat if are guaranteed in myanmar, they will go home. Mishal, just how great is the need for aid the camp, especially, as he said in your report earlier, with the monsoon season about to approach . Mishal that is the really big worry, because this is the period were a lot of for his happening in the cap because it is possible for it to take place. We are in the season of high winds and possible cyclones, and the monsoon season, where it will rain every day here for three months. That is a really perilous time not just for the threat of disease, but also for the most basic conditions here the roots over peoples heads, tarpaulins feedings if there is a high wind or cyclone. The aid agencies are definitely worried. They are all underfunded. The who, for example, has a Vaccination Program that is beginning and is ready to do more, but even that has only partly been funded. They say that some of what they needed to do in terms of Public Health is on par with what they do for the entire country like bhutan. There are so many layers of complexity and difficulty in this crisis. The aid and the provisions for people here who are entirely dependent on the aid, and the political process taking place between myanmar and bangladesh and not really involving the refugees themselves at all. Laura how much of a sense of frustration is there amongst the Rohingya Refugees were talking to about their situation . Mishal i wouldnt call it frustration. I would say that these are people who are resilient. They have had to be. Af clearly had a terrible experiences in myanmar. Some other people ive talked to say that their children were killed by the military. Women have told me they were raped by the soldiers in myanmar. Some have lost their husbands. There are tales upon tales of woe, and we would like to be reporting from that side of the border, from Rakhine State in myanmar as well, but the bbc is only very rarely allowed permission to access that part of myanmar. But it is clear to me that what the rohingya people say is a tale of immense suffering, and that is the weight that almost everyone you speak to hear carries with them. Ain andmishal hus bangladesh, thank you for joining us. It is Martin Luther king day here in the United States, and the headlines this morning were dominated by the president declaring he is not a racist. This follows allegations that he used vulgar language to describe immigrants from african nations and haiti. But mr. Trump says he never said it, and today he shot back at one of the senators who said he did, tweeting, dicky durbin totally misrepresented the conversation. It comes after these comments last night in florida. President trump no, no, i am not a racist. Im the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments . They werent made. Laura joining me now is the contributor jay newtonsmall. We have the president saying that he is not a racist, and we have mitt romney tweeting that the president s comments are antithetical to american values. How many other republicans share the sentiment . Jay it is splitting the party, and it is striking that it is splitting the party. The funny thing is that there isnt a debate about whether or not he used the expletive. It is what the second half of the expletive said. Im not even going to get into it, but what i will say is that there is not the question that he is the expletive, and somehow one version is not as bad as the other version and some republicans are saying, well come in that spirit of things it wasnt so bad, and other republicans say, look, i was there, this is what i heard, im not changing my story, and this is in the spirit of what he meant, that there are two tiers of immigration some people coming from norway and europe who should be welcomed with open arms in a meritbased system, and other people from poor countries we should not accept because they are needy and need to be educated. Laura but what are the practical effect of the president s comments on the attempt to reach a deal in washington do not shut down the government and continue funding in and to protect the fate of those young undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents when they were children . Jay it has absolutely derail the talks. Most of the talks centered around whether these dreamers, children brought here illegally without their knowledge, obviously they were kids but they have grown up in america and have applied for asylum in the United States under the obama administration. The program was first legalized by the company ministration, then deemed illegal, the courts have reinstated. The question is what to do with these kids. The talks around the dreamers have completely collapsed from the president s remarks because democrats say we have the momentum behind us and it is good that everyone in the country things donald trump is a race it is clear that everyone in the country things donald trump is a racist and we have momentum on our side laura is it possible that el theats fe result is stiffening and there could be a Government Shutdown . Jay it is possible, but at the same time there are a lot of of vulnerable democrats who do not want to make immigration an issue that shuts down the government. I think it will be harder, frankly, in the house than in the senate. In the senate you will find democrats to pass the threshold. The house, without any democratic support to protect the dreamers, will they come to a deal . Im not sure that happens. That is a big question. Laura jay newtonsmall, thank you for joining us. During red text between delegations rare talks between delegations from south and north korea, the north agreed to send an orchestra to the Winter Olympics is the latest of element in the apparent easing of tensions between the two nations, but there are still worries over north Koreas Nuclear program. On a flight to south america, pope francis voiced concern over a conflict, saying that one accident could be enough to precipitate things. His comments came after a weekend of high drama in hawaii. People were sent scrambling when they received an alert saying a Ballistic Missile was heading and down. It took 38 minutes to correct the error, and questions are being asked about how this could have possibly happened. Earlier my colleague katty kay asked David Ignatius of the Washington Post why there wasnt a better system in place on her Program Beyond 100 days. David it is not as if this is the first time an accident like this has happened. Zbigniew brezinski, who died last year, remember during the time he was National Security adviser when he was phoned in the middle of the night with someone telling him, the National Security adviser, that the russian missiles had been launched and were on their way, and he had two minutes, as he remembered it, to make a decision, and within those two minutes somebody said, oops, it was a mistake. For me this is a reminder of why Nuclear Weapons are so dangerous. The argument made by former secretaries of defense, secretaries of state, that we need to think about getting Nuclear Missiles radically reduced or even eliminated is because accidents do happen. Katty which is exactly what the pope was saying on the plane. This could happen not quite the look not by the liberation but by a mistake. It is an indication, david, of the level of tension there is in the country at the moment about north korea on the prospect of some kind of attack that people in hawaii were taken so much and they panicked. David hawaii is a target. We are closer to some kind of conflict that would involve the possibility of a Nuclear Exchange with north korea than any time i could remember. I was alive in 1962, so i will go back to 1962. We have a momentary pause for the Winter Olympics. North korea has in effect stood down and the United States similarly has delayed military exercises to make this little period of detente work. As soon as the Winter Olympics end, all the dangers that were there come right back. I hope the world will take a pause the next few weeks and do some thinking and i hope the u. S. And north korea will do some talking. Katty David Ignatius, thank you very much for coming in. Laura in other news from around the world, several people have died in venezuela in a Police Operation against a group linked to oscar perez. He is a police pilot who last year allegedly took a helicopter and fired at government buildings. Earlier today, a video appeared on instagram of perez with blood on his face, saying the authorities had him surrounded and were shooting with grenade launchers. Olympic Gold Medalist simone biles has come out and said that she, too, was abused by the former usa Gymnastics Team doctor larry nassar. In a letter published on twitter, the athlete talked of her struggle to speak up and overcome the trauma. Last november, he pleaded guilty to several counts of criminal Sexual Conduct and admitted he had used his position to abuse young gymnasts. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights program you got me wrapped around your finger laura she was the woman behind the distinctive sound of the cranberries. We look back on the life of Singer Dolores oriordan. Chinese ships are racing to clean up a giant oil spill following the sinking of a tanker on sunday. Workers have been spring spraying chemicals into the water. This was the final, intense fire that sent sanchi to the bottom of the east china sea. An explosion engulfed the whole ship and cracked its hull. In the final few hours, a plume of smoke reached up to a kilometer in the sky. Chinese rescue teams have spent more than a week to fight the fire, but escaped oil and gas made it difficult to get close. On saturday, they managed to get on board and recovered a further 2 bodies. But what is left of the tanker is 100 meters down on the seabed. The remaining 29 crew members who were missing are all presumed dead. Almost everyone on board was iranian, and the government in tehran has declared a day of National Mourning on monday to remember who they described as brave mariners. Now the authorities here have to an to over avert environmental tragedy. While we know the size of the oil spill, we dont know much more about it. Chinese authorities have not been forthcoming about exactly what they found in the ocean about 300 miles in that direction. The condensate that was on board sanchi is highly toxic and could kill all animals and plant life it comes into contact with. Sanchi burned for over a week, and now and expanding slick is all that is left on the surface. The thick, heavy fuel oil on board could harm wildlife, but it is what is left of the cargo of highly toxic condensate that could do even more damage. What was left went down with her and it will be hard to locate and even harder to contain. Bbc news, shanghai. Laura in the political fights in the u. S. Over immigration policy, we can lose sight on the impact it is having on peoples lives. It is in small communities where the effects of the recent crackdown has been most apparent. A majority of people in pacific county, Washington State, voted for donald trump, the first time the county went republican in more than 60 years. But in 2017, the number of arrests and deportations there quadrupled, leaving some questioning the very policies they are bound to uphold. They are taking the easy targets and ice is waiting for them when they arrive at work. I dont think people thought about it. I dont think they believed that peoples rights would be trampled on. These are our friends, these are our neighbors, these are people we value. He was a great friend. He stood up for a lot of kids. Shame on me, but i didnt think of how it would actually play out with people i know. There are some republicans here who are delighted with what is going on with the enforcement of immigration. But there are also a number of republicans who are feeling very distressed and saying this is not being done in the proper way. I consider myself very politically conservative. I thought it sounded great. I mean, you break the law, by golly. And then for me, you start, wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait a minute. This year, what we have noticed is a lot of people who have been in our community for a number of years have been arrested and detained by ice. Were talking people who have been here 10, 12, even more years. It is impacting the fisheries, the cannery workers. But even more so than that, people have been emotionally in turmoil because they have seen people they have known for years friends, acquaintances, neighbors, people theyve gone to church with, kids are in School Together are just gone. They are taking the easy targets. Ive been told people are just going to work for the day and ice is waiting for them when they arrive at work. It is frustrating, because they have not yet been able to tell us names of people they are taking away or any details. Sometimes we have had cases where somebody is missing, and we dont know if they were taken by ice or they are actually a missing person. I have no problem whatsoever in seeing people committing crimes deported. Since ive been sheriff in the last seven years, i think they half aken people only dozen times from the jail facility. The turning point for me was a guy ive known for many years who i found out last summer was picked up, and i didnt know he was here illegally, to be honest with you. I was like, they picked up mario . Seeing this new administration, everyone is going to be detained. But then i knew that they were going to focus on criminals. Im sure im not a criminal, im not one of those. He is somebody you want to have in your country. He is somebody who is adding to in a very positive way our community. You cannot tell me our community is better off or the United States is better off because mario has been shipped out to mexico. It is easy to hear soundbites and say yes, that is great policy. It is different when you are implementing and seeing that , wait a minute, this is affecting peoples lives. I didnt sign up for this. And shame on me for being shortsighted about it, ok . I mean, fine, but [sighs] it is not just. It is not just to me. Laura views on the immigration crackdown there from pacific county. The lead singer of the irish rock band the cranberries has died suddenly at age 46. Dolores oriordan had been involved in a recording session in london when she passed away. The cranberries, formed in the 1980s, had a string of hits and sold 14 million records around the world, as our entertainment correspondent reports. Do you have to let it linger do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger reporter linger was the first song Dolores Oriordan wrote with the cranberries. A turn her and the band into a turn her and the band into stars. Linger was about teenage rejection. You know im such a fool for you please welcome, just in time for thanksgiving, the cranberries. Reporter their rapid success, saw thelarly in america, singersongwriter move on to raise your topics. Zombie was a wrenchingly powerful protest song written after 2 Young Children were killed by an ira bomb. In your head, in your head zombie, zombie reporter last year the band were ready to tour once more, but it was cut short by health problems. I have had Health Issues in the last few years. One of the worst things, i stopped laying guitar. Reporter today the irish Prime Minister said that for anyone who grew up in ireland in the 1990s, Dolores Oriordan was the voice of a generation. You got me wrapped around your finger reporter a generation mourning loss of one of musics great talents. Do you have to, do you have to let it linger laura i am laura trevelyan. Thanks for watching world news america. With the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so you can swipe your way through the news of the day and stay up to date with the latest headlines you can trust. Download now from selected app stores. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. You can find it here in aruba. Families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. Bbc world news was presented by kcet, los angeles. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc woodruff good evening, im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, on a day honoring the life of Martin Luther king, the country continues to grapple with accusations of racism. Then, the governor of kentucky, the first state to implement a work requirement for medicaid recipients. The vast majority of those who can work are already working so this doesnt apply to them. This is for those who are not working and maybe want the opportunity. Woodruff and, Television ActorTracee Ellis Ross on tackling race and identity through comedy. When ones heart is open through laughter so much more information can be received. I think its like giving people their medicine with a spoonful of sugar. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour