Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this hour with Breaking News a Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. The countrys De Facto Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president win myint, and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Phone and Internet Connections have been cut and soldiers are on the streets of the Capital Naypyidaw and the main city yangon. The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup. All this in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent thats been rejected by observers. State tv in myanmar has released a statement saying its having technical errors and is unable to broadcast. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok we are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appe
For Britains National Health Service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. Hello and welcome. Soldiers are on the streets of myanmar as the armed forces confirm that they have carried out a coup, and intend to hold power for at least a year. They say theyve responded to a fraudulent election won by the National League for democracy. Its head, and the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. State radio and television are off air, and phone and Internet Connections have been cut. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondent jonathan head. What more can you tell us . No more than what more can you tell us . Fir . More than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing from the pol
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To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
Are dying of hunger. Un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. This Isjust A Drop in the ocean and aid agencies say its inefficient and a last resort. When help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. This man managed to grab a sack of flour. This man wasnt so lucky. He had to try to scoop some up from the ground. Its better than eating animal feed, which many gazans have been reduced to. Childhood now is a struggle for survival. President biden wants the us military to set up a port in gaza, but that will take weeks and therell be no american troops the ground. So who will secure the aid once it arrives . And who will prevent a repeat of this . Crowds swarming aid trucks last week. There was chaos and gunfire from israeli troops. Some were crushed to death, more than 100 were killed. How long will it take to get aid to fardy al zahn, wasting away in hospital in Northern Gaza . He has Cystic Fibrosis and has gone months without treatme