welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it s a month since the military in myanmar seized power and detained the country s elected leaders. if the generals thought the public would quietly accept the return of military rule, well, they were wrong. mass protests across the country have been met with increasing force and the death toll is rising. my guest is khin zaw win, a prominent political prisoner under the previous military regime. what do the people of myanmar want now? and what are they likely to get? khin zaw win, in yangon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me ask, by getting you to describe to me the situation as you see it and feel it today in yangon, is the momentum still with the street protests? or are people reconsidering whether they should and will take to the streets? well, the momentum is very much still with the people, you know? it hasn t abated. traffic still goes on, but if you go to the streets, there are intersections where it s like in the medieval
the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in the palestinian territories. it will look into events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will now formally investigate if this is a war crime. so too israel s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 with the clashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up to the court in 2015, so it will now investigate events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip s
hello and welcome. just eight weeks after rioters stormed the us capitol, police say they have obtained intelligence showing there is a possible plot to breach the building again today. the plot is linked to a far right militia group, and march fourth is the day that some qanon followers believe donald trump will return to take power once again. while extra security measures are being put in place, the house of representatives has decided not to convene on thursday. here s an fbi counter terrorism official warning of the threats posed by extremists in the united states. looking forward, we assess the domestic violent extremists threat will continue to pose a threat of violence to the us, we expect racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and anti government violent extremists will very likely pose the greatest terrorism threats throughout 2021 and in fact leading into 2022. let s speak to our north america correspondent david willis. david, they are preparing, this
welcome. we start with a shocking escalation in violence in myanmar, where the united nations says 38 people have been killed on wednesday alone, marking the worst day of bloodshed since the military coup. security forces opened fire on large crowds in a number of cities and at least two of the victims are believed to be teenagers. mass demonstrations have been taking place across myanmar since the military seized control on one february. a warning that this report from our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, contains some disturbing scenes. the 1st of february. the conflict in myanmar is now a battle for control of individual neighbourhoods. residents and protesters barricading themselves in. police and soldiers sweeping through to get people off the streets. and sometimes shooting at those brave enough to film from their apartments. gunshot here, the protest organisers use fire extinguishers to obscure the view, to try to avoid being shot. because that is what