Of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. It is estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. Hes one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigation to identify the perpetrators, and in
70 around the coast with mid70s to mid80s around the bay inland. We are getting pretty hot, 90s, getting close to 100 degrees. Cornell. Thank you very much a vegetation fire burning knew the Monticello Dam has spread to 7,000 acres this morning. It is now 30 contained. At one point in forced mandatory evacuations. We have the report. Reporter this was a crucial weapon in the battle against the monticello fire. Helicopter after helicopter reloaded their buckets to fight a blaze burning in a remote and rugged area. On the ground crews were miles per gallon up hotspots in the areas already charred by the wildfire. At one point saturday it appeared that the fire jumped the line and tripled in size. We do lose a little bit of our containment lines but now we are back up to 30 . Smoke could be seen for miles away. Check out the spot from Traverse Air Force base. At one point the wildfire threatened 50 homes and forced residents to evacuate golden bear state friday night. Saturday evening the
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Good morning, happy sunday. Im conell barnard, in for lease tile. Lets start with the lisa argen. We have dense fog around the bay. Heres the view from our vollmer peak camera. See sutro tower at 977 feet Society Marine layer maybe 600, 700 feet. It will be at the coast today. We will have partly cloudy skies San Francisco and oakland. Its 69 already by the delta. So it will be getting hot inland. Warmer around the bay. But fog right now with visibility a mile and three quarters up in santa rosa. Heres the plan for the fog. Right now its inside the bay so we are looking at fog around Mountain View and hayward. Still a little bit up in marin county. And where it is warmer, thats where that high is building in and where it is cooler from 24 hours ago, thats where the fog has been sitting. So heres the Golden Gate Bridge and your forecast calls for temperatures today on the coast remain cool and gray. Near 70 in the city. Partly cl
Police are investigating a shooting at the b street bart station in heyward. The station is shot down right now. One person is shot and taken to the hospital. This happened about 10 15 in the bus zone. Trains are running through the station. But not stopping right now, we have a crew at the scene, and well bring you more information in the newscast. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Turning now to the fallout from the fourth. There were a lot of illegal fireworks that were being utilized throughout the city of san jose. Its a tragedy for us. What was supposed to be fourth of july fun, left several bay area residents with devastating injuries, all because of illegal fireworks. Abc 7 News Reporter joins us live from san jose with more. Lisa . Police and Fire Departments got more than 100 phone calls about illegal fireworks going off yesterday. Theyre not uncommon, but they are dangerous. Last night, people lost fingers and hands. Just milliseconds after hearing that sound. One
Concord. Heres a look at the golden gate bridge. You see how railroad foggy it is. Do be careful. Mid50s to near 70 coast and San Francisco. 70s and 80s around the bay. Midand upper 90s inland today. Cornell. Lisa, thank you very much. A vegetation fire burning in Lake Berryessa actually this morning 17 firefighters from almeda county, and they have been dispatched to help in the wildfire. The fair near like berryessa has spread to 37 acres. At one point it threatened 40 homes, force mandatory evacuations. We have the report. Reporter this was a crucial weapon in the battle against the monticello fire. Helicopter after helicopter reloaded their buckets to fight a blaze burning in a remote and rugged area. On the ground crews were mopping up hotspots already charred by the wildfires. At one point saturday it appeared that the fire jumped the line and tripled in size. We did lose a little bit of our containment lines but now we are back up to 30 . Smoke could be seen for miles away. Chec