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Why be a lawmaker when you can be a linesman. The mp who tonight is trading in parliament for the pitch. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. beyond one hundred days. Welcome. Im katty kay in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. The death of four us servicemen in niger is sad enough sadder still is that their deaths have become so politicised. A democratic congresswoman who overheard a call between donald trump and the widow of one of the soldiers is accusing the president of insensitivity. Sergeant la David Johnson died two weeks ago when his platoon was attacked by extremists linked to so called Islamic State. Mrsjohnson was on the way to receive her husbands casket when she took the call from the president. The congresswoman said mrsjohnson was upset mr trump told her that her husband knew what he was getting i ....
Its the first day of the biggest event in the chinese political calendar the communist Party Congress. Its only held once every five years and it determines who will lead the party in the future and sets out the countrys direction. President xi will undoubtedly stay in the top job hes been accruing more and more power over the past few years. In an epic three hour speech, he unveiled a vision for a new era where China Takes Centre Stage in the world. From beijing, our china editor Carrie Gracie reports. Like no other party conference, nearly 90 million members, more than 2000 of them here. And they are all tight lipped on the way in. The first time i came to one of these was 25 years ago, and the striking thing is that the choreography just does striking thing is that the choreographyjust does not change. China ....
Crisis in bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes in myanmar, where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many de ....
Where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many dead people, their heads and limbs chopped off. The slaughter took place house by house. A ....
Left their homes in myanmar, where theyd faced a military offensive after claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border. 15,000 of them have been stranded for three days with limited food and water. From the border, clive myrie sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where rohingya villages have burned in recent weeks, and the people have been driven out, there is another fire. Its ethnic cleansing, says the un. And the purged are fleeing for their lives into neighbouring bangladesh. Translation in my village, many were killed. But my son had just been born, so we have only now been able to escape. We havent had time to name him. What is going on in myanmar, why have you had to flee . Another man we came across spoke of violence and murder. Translation on the way, we saw many dead people, their heads and limbs chopped off. The slaughter ....