but elizabeth williams thought it was given too much time. bbc breakfast editor richard frediani told us, it wasn t just breakfast that covered the post office scandal extensively this week. that was true of most bbc outlets, and indeed the media in general. but why did it take a tv drama to bring the issue to such prominence? even one as powerful as this. tthey say money somehow gone missing from this branch, which it hasn t, and i have to pay it back, which i won t. so i say, prove it. prove that i m wrong and you re right. show me the figures . but they can t or won t do that. so now they want to close me down to shut me up because they don t want everyone knowing what i know. which is? that the fancy new computer system that they ve spent an arm and a leg on is faulty. chris williams emailed us to say, it has taken an itv drama and an anonymous viewer had the same concern. well, ifjournalism has been found wanting here, and we ll be exploring that question in a moment,
Senate. And we will tell you why this dog has been drawn into the debate over same sex marriage in australia. Glad you could join us. It is seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london, and 5 30am in myanmar, where, on thursday, you and agencies will enter Rakhine State for the First Time Since the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims began. The burmese army has been accused of ethnic cleansing and nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape a brutal crackdown, which the army say began after attacks by rohingya militants. The bbcsjonathan head has tracked down a man who claims to be one of those rohingya fighters. This is his special report. This is where desperate ring of muslims started to fight back. This town in Rakhine State is now a smoking ruin, with its Muslim Population gone. For years, rohingyas have enjoyed discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps, but unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. Tha
World news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 6 30 in the morning in myanmar, where, on thursday, un agencies will enter Rakhine State for the First Time Since the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims began. The burmese army has been accused of ethnic cleansing and nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began after attacks by rohingya militants. The bbcsjonathan head has tracked down a man who claims to be one of those rohingya fighters. Here is his special report. This is where a desperate ring of muslims started to fight back. This town in Rakhine State is now a smoking ruin, with its Muslim Population gone. For years, rohingyas have endured discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps, but, unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. Thats now changed. A Burmese Police officer showed me me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol bombs, s
The burmese army has been accused of ethnically cleansing nearly half a million rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began with its Muslim Population gone. For years, rohingyas have endured discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps, but, unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. Thats now changed. A Burmese Police officer showed me me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol bombs, stormed towards the police station. They were easily driven off, he said, and many were killed. Shortly afterwards, the self styled leader of the group, calling itself the Arakan Rohingya salvation army, published a video. Rohingyas, he said, had now no choice but to take up arms. Over in bangladesh, i went to see one of the thousands who had answered his call. We met discreetly, in a quiet corner. He described how his commander his amia, he called him had come four years ago, and took me to t
For the First Time Since the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims began. The burmese army has been accused of ethnic cleansing. Nearly 500,000 rohingyas have fled to bangladesh to escape the brutal crackdown, which the army says began after attacks by militants. The bbcsjonathan head has tracked down a man who claims to be one of those rohingya fighters. Here is his special report. This is where desperate rohingyas started fighting back. This town in Rakhine State is now a smoking ruin, its Muslim Population gone. For years, rohingyas have endured discrimination, abuses, and confinement to squalid camps. But, unlike other minorities in myanmar, they did not rebel against the government. That has now changed. A Burmese Police officer showed me me where hundreds of men, carrying only machetes and petrol bombs, stormed towards the police station. They were easily driven off, he said, and many of them killed. Shortly afterwards, the self styled leader of the group, calling itself the Arakan Roh