In Yangon News Today

>> chances are, you havent been to this place. chances are, this is a place youve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and its pretty incredible. ♪ ♪ in yangon, capital city of myanmar, its dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are...

and the duke of edinburgh returns home and is said to be in good spirits. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict, which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets, calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have d...

sunday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the past hour spain hasjoined france, germany and italy to become the latest countries to suspend use of the oxford—astrazeneca jab. its over concerns about blood clots. this is happening despite the who saying there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. earlier, the republic of ireland and netherlands made a similar decision. it means eleven european nations in total have paused their...

Nightmare, something unexpected is happening here. and its pretty incredible. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, ♪ >> anthony: in yangon, capital city of myanmar, its dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid.

Myanmar -- after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here. and its pretty incredible. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, >> anthony: in yangon, capital city of myanmar, its dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancien...

August 20th, we were called into the office, many publishers and editors, and the boss, okay, 40 years and 20 days of censorship is gone. thats it. >> feel good? >> yeah. thats what weve been waiting for for so many years. >> i love the answer. its a careful yes. >> yes. people in the country, we have some doubt, is it real? the changes? the reforms? but now its a couple years. people start to believe, okay, maybe its real. the process is still very young, but its still possible. when the genera...

People start to believe, okay, maybe its real. the process is still very young, but its still possible. when the generals stop and say, okay, now lets turn back or lets stop. im optimistic about the changes, but, its a course. >> in yangon, motor bikes are outlawed. why is a matter of much rumor and speculation, so its the bus for me. something seems almost out of sync. not too long ago, even filming here officially as an open professional western film crew, would have been unthinkable. in 2007,...

About censorship. august 20th, we were called into the office, many publishers and editors, and the boss, okay, 40 years and 20 days of censorship is gone. thats it. >> feel good? >> yeah. thats what weve been waiting for for so many years. >> i love the answer. its a careful yes. >> yes. people in the country, we have some doubt, is it real? the changes? the reforms? but now its a couple years. people start to believe, okay, maybe its real. the process is still very young, but its still possibl...

The government is more open. they also are relaxing the rules about censorship. august 20th, we were called into the office, many publishers and editors, and the boss, okay, 40 years and 20 days of censorship is gone. thats it. >> feel good? >> yeah. thats what weve been waiting for for so many years. >> i love the answer. its a careful yes. >> yes. people in the country, we have some doubt about, okay, is it real? the changes? the reforms? but now its a couple years. people start to believe, ok...

>> in yangon, motor bikes are outlawed. why is a matter of much rumor and speculation, so its the bus for me. something seems almost out of sync. not too long ago, even filming here officially as an open professional western film crew, would have been unthinkable. in 2007, a japanese journalist was shot point-blank and killed filming a street demonstration. be seen talking to anybody with a camera and there would likely be a knock on your door in the middle of the night. yet so far confronted wi...