A mass grave last month. Set back for peace colombia pulls out of talks with the countrys second largest rebel group. Is sandal a different a train coming down the. Survivors recall moments of horror as mudslides kill over a dozen people in california. And a political standoff over Immigration Reform threatens to shut down the u. S. Government. And military has admitted its soldiers killed ten by hand to muslims captured by that is filters their remains were found in a mass grave and Rakhine State last month the armys commander in chief has promised to take action against all soldiers this is thought to be the militarys first public admission of wrongdoing sense it launched a crackdown in august a Group Doctors without borders says at least six to seven hundred were henschel were killed in that operation that the army. Thats the number at around four hundred the end ascribes the campaign is a textbook case of ethnic cleansing b. M. R. Claims it was targeting bengali terrorist more than six hundred fifty thousand have since fled to neighboring bangladesh where they remain in overcrowded camps and media had been gagged from reporting on the crisis to reuters journalists have been formally charged for breaching a secrecy law trafford reports. Ryssdal december the twelfth. Theyve been covering the crisis in Rakhine State where hundreds of thousands of revenge of muslims have fled a crackdown on the Myanmar Military thirty one year old while alone and. Twenty seven are accused of being given classified documents by two policemen prosecutors have charged him under the countrys official secrets act which carries a maximum sentence of fourteen years in jail no im not a little oh no i meant this is unacceptable i want to tell you that they are charging us like this to stop us finding what their actions are wrong and unfair. Is facing heavy International Criticism over its treatment of the ranger the latest crackdown was sparked after richenda rebel group attacked police posts killing a number of policemen in august Rights Groups saying the myanmar army killed nearly seven thousand men women and children in the following few weeks and more than six hundred fifty cells and ranger have fled into neighboring bangladesh with the u. N. Accusing me of ethnic cleansing the government has denied any wrongdoing but refused any independent investigation and banned journalists from going to Rakhine State oh i dont want me out we have tried to sting today about the two journalists because we have permission to do this we are here because as you heard why lone shouted from the police car asking us to support him. The case is cast a spotlight on myanmars difficult transition to democracy after nearly five decades of military rule analysts say it illustrates deteriorating press freedom and the number of cases against journalists have focused attention on the civilian government of Nobel Prize Winner on song suchi her administration shares power with an army that still controls all Security Policy and other key leaders of government but she has not personally denounced the action of the army in rakhine japans foreign minister is expected to raise. The case when he visits myanmar on january the eleventh. The japanese government has conveyed his concern about this matter to the government of myanmar freedom of speech basic human rights and the rule of law are immutable common values shared by the International Community and it is important for all nations to safeguard these values. The two reporters have been working for the Reuters News Agency there will turn to the court on january the twenty third for legal arguments when lawyers will decide whether to accept the case under a legal system described as having changed little since colonial times with his insistence of reporters innocent families suggested they were set up and Mr International the u. S. And the European Union called for their release. Aljazeera are still on the cars a senior fellow at Georgetown University joins us now from washington d. C. And we appreciate it so this apparent admission by the military and me and maher that there are soldiers in this activity that killed at least ten or what is the significance of that. Well rochelle i think that its just the tip of the very large genocidal iceberg i think that the genocide that were seeing with the ethnic cleansing of the range of muslims which the United NationsHuman Rights WatchAmnesty InternationalDoctors Without Borders have all estimated have resulted in at least six hundred fifty thousand refugees moving into neighboring bangladesh you know has been fueled by spiritual buddhist leaders in myanmar has been carried out by the military and again sadly has been you know been rubberstamp by songs to choose the political leaders over the asking is that the spiritual military and political leader of a country are doing this it should be ok so all the groups that you just named do you think that that pressure is what got them to at least make this tiny admission or why did they or what is it a sign of. I think it could be a richelle i think you know obviously there is unanimous International Condemnation of whats going on in myanmar and i think that until the government you know allows for free access to reporters to human rights observers to come in to see whats going on in a kind province you know i think that you know were going to continue to see it as downplaying from the government there so. What can make a Tipping Point to make some of these things happen so it would seem that me and maher that the military is behaving this way because they can what will say that they cant. Well again i think that you know continuing pressure has to be placed on the defacto leader in one thousand nine hundred one Nobel Peace Prize winner aung sang suu kyi there have been over ten Nobel Peace Prize laureates including Archbishop Desmond tutu malala uses the home of eunice who have called on. You to condemn whats going on there in until she has the ethical and political backbone you know to condemn these actions i think that were not going to see a lot of movement from the military i think its important for the political pressure to be placed on her office to ensure that human rights observers and Media Outlets are allowed unfettered access and you say political pressure do you mean from the outside from players such as the United States from home from from everyone i mean the United Nations secretary general until you get there is you know that hes extremely concerned the dalai lama said it again we decided to continue to you know have these key influencers you know try to place pressure on them be on maher government whether its through economic sanctions whether its you know through back door diplomatic channels i mean again you know this is sad when half a million you know muslim. People are displaced from their home country is that you know they were willing to turn a blind eye sometimes i mean this is been going on for several years now and so again i think it really is the onus is on the International Organizations like the u. N. And other key leaders you know to place this political pressure on the me and marc government Arsalan Iftikhar joining us from washington d. C. Thank you very much my pleasure thank you colombia c l n rebel group is searching the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations after rebel attacks following the expiration of a cease fire yelling leaders say the incident should not derail the Peace Process yet he has more from. A historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worse way as the rebels resume to taxing colombia many hoped for an extension of a truce which the violations had been considered a success but on wednesday colombias last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and affecting an Important Oil pipeline colombian president Juan Manuel Santos spoke forcefully against them. Laura the government deplored the decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the National Infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the ceasefire with the airline and negotiate very quickly a new cycle of talks even it will she have. Inexplicably not only rejected this process but chose to restart their terrorist attacks on the very day that they were obliged to initiate the new round of negotiations. From quito where peace talks had been expected to resume leaders said they were hopeful the talks could restart but then explain the reasoning behind the attacks. They were going to shooting table was making progress during the cease fire so we maintain the decision to give continuity to what we achieved what we need is a new cease fire the time becomes the difficulties of the first woman. President immediately recalled to the recently appointed negotiators for consultations experts say the failure to extend the ceasefire shows deep divisions among the leadership. We. Will win. The match. Is not only to probably what will happen we did see these what will happen with the. General process between the government and. The talks have long been complicated by a lack of confidence between the parties and to tangible results and we can now expect the Colombian Military to start a bomb being campaign in rebels areas a full blown return of deal still that will make very difficult to resume the talks at least for now i listen to you. Eleanor the National Liberation army is a Marxist Group founded in one thousand nine hundred eighty four to fight an equality last september the first ceasefire after fifty three years of fighting was agreed to and return for a degree of rebel immunity but the ceasefire expired overnight after a logistical problem stopped the two sides are meeting on monday ellen has fifteen hundred members it is much smaller than arc which is now a Political Party following a story deal just over a year ago but american analysts hector parallel thanks to both sides are being pressured by hard line elements. This is going to be really tough theyre in a difficult situation from a strategic standpoint i kind of can understand why that yellen decided to take this right so the ceasefire was over technically and so they could have been attacked they could have very easily been attacked themselves and so i think they kind of sent the signal that were serious were not you know were not a defeated force were here were going to fight were willing to fight if you dont meet us seriously at the negotiating table and so i think the colombian government is going to have to save face and are most likely going to have to respond militarily but i hope and i you know i think over the long term for the for the short term its going to be a significant escalation of violence but hopefully over the long term you know everyone kind of saves face comes back to the negotiating table and cooler heads can prevail. Plenty more ahead on the news hour and clearing a deadline looms for the u. S. President which could decide the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal cambodia at a crossroads as the nation prepares for this years general election we ask it to mock o. C. S. On the decline. And sport olympic champion gets ready to start a chapter in his career. Russia says it will back the two thousand and fifteen Iranian Nuclear deal which it says is good for regional stability and solving a Nuclear Weapons issues Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov made the comments at a meeting with his counterpart. In moscow the consul had of a brussels meaning in the coming hours in which european powers are expected to reaffirm their support for the agreement as President Donald Trump projected it in october on friday he must decide whether to reimpose Oil Sanctions against iran that were lifted under the accord reports. As the deadline for the Iran Nuclear Deal approaches the worlds once again second guessing Donald Trumps next move. Is taking over the middle east the u. S. President s repeatedly threatened to tear up the agreement that was so far hes reluctantly kept it alive. It was a low moment in International Diplomacy seven countries signed the agreement at a time of heightened tensions across the region some of irans neighbors have been talking about a possible military strike against the country. Iran has made no secret of its arsenal of russian made Ballistic Missiles israel and washingtons middle eastern allies feared it also had an active Nuclear Weapons program. Iran insisted its nucular agenda was purely civilian but under the deal it agreed to end research in return for the partial lifting of sanctions allowing it to Access GlobalFinancial Markets and crucially sell its oil as part of americas commitment to the Deal Congress requires the us president to confirm every ninety days that irans up holding its part of the agreement trumps recertified the deal several times so far but things could be about to change last october he announced a new iran policy iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of irans destructive actions its a strategy many iranians believe is motivated simply by trumps growing support for israel i think on the tram u. S. And israeli interests are closely aligned and i think main problem but iran is that a class of for that simple reason so for that reason i would also add that should iran and israels relationship improve it is not on the horizon any time soon you would see major changes in the wrong with. Trumps refusing to recertify the deal until Congress Amends it hes called for sanctions on irans revolutionary guard which he described as a corrupt personal terror force of irans leader. He also wants to extend time limits on the countrys Nuclear Research and could tell its Missile Program but as congress didnt draw up the deal its not down to them to change it any alterations it makes with the president would be in breach of the international agreement. It leaves donald trump with two choices recertify the deal and keep it alive reject the deal violate the agreement and almost inevitably trigger an International Crisis need parker aljazeera. The u. S. Is calling for the Immediate Release of iranians rounded up during antigovernment protests the white house says reports of some demonstrators being tortured or killed while in detention are disturbing more than three and a half thousand protesters have been arrested and rescued by economic problems broke out in several cities earlier this month leaving at least twenty two people tat. And violence has flared up again between police and protesters in five to nations cities including the capital after a fourth day of demonstrations more than two hundred thirty people have been arrested in the wave of anti austerity rallies demonstrators are angry over the governments planned price and tax hikes the opposition is calling for the two thousand and eighteen budget to be scrapped and his Prime Minister has urged call saying the economy will improve this year one of them was that. We would like to send a message to the protesters no matter what the government undertakes its top priority is improving economic and social conditions and ensuring the trust in the country and its institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding the demands of the un is accusing Syrian Government forces and its allies of killing at least eighty five civilians in eastern guta and just the last ten days alone the area which was agreed to as a deescalation zone has come under heavy bombardment in recent weeks as Government Forces try to take back control from rebel fighters the u. N. Says at least thirty children are among those killed in those recent attacks eastern us home to around four hundred thousand people whove been under government siege for more than four years russia has asked turkey to control armed groups in serious and live province after a suspected drone attack i want to put spaces this comes as turkeys foreign minister accuses iran and russia of undermining agreements to reduce fighting in the socalled deescalation zones Bernard Smith reports. It live in Northern Syria is supposed to be one of four socalled deescalation zones set up t