By floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. Not so black and white wire fair housing activists in the u. S. Say president on this claim to an outdated vision of americas suburbs. Many have called it genocide now 2 soldiers from miramar may have provided the evidence needed to bring the case to the International Criminal court there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of muslim Human Rights GroupFortify Rights says it has seen taped confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me im army and the lengthy videos the mad admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction overhang of villages the Rights Group Says theyve also named all those soldiers and senior commanders involved in the triune mohammad has covered the range of prices extensively and he has more. If these 2 soldiers are indeed giving these kinds of details to i. C. C. Investigators that could have a huge impact on a potential case its been well over a year now that the i. C. C. Has been trying to build a case they launched an investigation they have opened a case but it has been tricky for the i. C. C. Because of jurisdictional issues because me and maher is not a signatory to the rome statute they are not a member of the International Criminal court they do not recognize the i. C. C. Bangladesh however a which has helped the i. C. C. In building this case is a member of the rome statute and the fact that in the reporting there has been about this we heard that these 2 soldiers fled to bangladesh its really going to be interesting to find out just how much of a role bangladesh played in trying to get them to the i. C. C. Of course having direct testimony from soldiers involved in what many have called these horrific atrocities committed against the rohingya that would be a Huge DevelopmentRohingya Refugees since the beginning of the crackdown that was launched against them august 25th 2017 have used the word genocide to describe what happened what was perpetrated against them so if now there is direct testimony that means that me and mark could be a lot more liable ok lets cross over to the hague is live for us whats the i. C. C. Saying about these 2 moves to. Theyre not saying much to be honest they have the night that just 2 men are in custody of the Court Despite earlier we report what weve heard that they would be in custody so theyre not in custody what that means is that they most likely a Witness Protection Program or at least here in the hague as witnesses if this report is true that they have arrived here earlier this week the bus acuteness office the sas that while the investigation is ongoing does not make any comments and theyre also urging people not to speculate about any witnesses or people involved in this case because we have to understand its a fairly fairly soon sensitive case were talking about genocide and were talking about possibly so the 1st formal military members of the on maher from the me on my army willing to testify so of course theres a lot of concern about this safety but the i. C. C. Has far reaching Witness Protection Programs and also been a campaigning about Youth Programs recently because they want to urge people to come forward and these kinds of very sensitive and very wide and high profile cases but i have also been traveling to africa for example to explain to people that if you want to come forward and testify in a very sensitive case that you will be fully protected so its very possible that these 2 former soldiers from me on maher here in the hague and that this Protection Program can start this could form part of an Ongoing Investigation by the i. C. C. Just bring us up to date with what we know about this investigation. Yeah exactly its were stuck for a while of the process indeed to myanmar has not signed the rome statute which is the basis of this International Criminal court but the courts found a way around it so they said this if part of the crimes against humanity have been taken place in another country you have signed the rome statute for example bangladesh then the i. C. C. Has the jurisdiction and in this case there were mass deportations of hundreds of thousands of rohingya the Minority Working Group in the me on my they have been taken and forced out of the country to been let that show the fact that they crossed the border the charges here have considered that a way around this problem and they now find that they have this jurisdiction so last november they urge the investigators to continue the case and if they indeed have these 2 very prominent witnesses who have in their testimonies given very details testimony about what they did themselves but also what senior officials within the army have done then of course this is a crucial moment for this investigation and thats from bringing us up to date from the hague and im tony im ovies the executive director of legal action worldwide and she was in bangladesh as a u. N. Investigator at the height of the crisis she says this crude opened the door for higher ranking members of the army to confess their crimes. Whilst they may be very no in the ranks i think we should note that more will come so what and that has been shown to be actually a chain of who moms and also lets just the flight back this Mountains National court of justice case we had in the 10th assemble and elected to send but last year and since so many defending the mia. School that actions and there was no admissions this is really an important moment thanks for the regime but i think the International Justice and we should see that the International Community is both will be supportive of this and weve seen that trying to netherlands now joining as an intervention to the ice sheet case and lets strip it of the most important thing will the rain as we notice a crowded space in the out that what is happening is great to hear the voices that price for justice but the russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down the spite of rising tide of protests against his leadership but speaking to Russian Media until tuesday he did not rule out holding an early president ial election because shankar claimed victory in a disputed election last month which is opponents say was rigged since then mass protests have been held across the country despite threats by Security Forces that the action is illegal but are russian opposition candidates for atlanta to kind of scalia says president s alexander has and can no longer has the legitimacy to engage in Diplomatic Affairs she told members of the council of europe that any tweeting signed when the wouldnt be upheld by future governments might concert my nation my people now need help. These need International Pressure on this regime on this one and you need to know this firstly clean and on to power. Being need some actions on individuals who issue and exit your screen now or this violates International Norms and schuman rights and by the russian state t. V. Says a prominent opposition activist missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine but mrs say they saw what he had holistic over being snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van on monday state media are denying those reports for us journalists and revised which is in mens with more on Maria Kolesnikov us disappearance. We know mostly from i didnt state media will from the sources because her lawyer still hasnt got any summations who are in the last 24 hours weve seen this morning the video with one of her team member who was explaining then that he has chosen to become tricked now we know there are 2 of them down in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore off her pa sport so she couldnt last into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that. The park. Wasnt will and will to leave the country should that couple of days to get to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a great and today what we saw once again proves that the roots and authorities just try to keep out of the country the main opposition figures so that they would not leave. Even if they dont they defaulted but still they are very well known here people respect them average i talk to them on the street during the brought to this incident rules again that the Bulletin Board will continue the brush and now one journalist added to one of the main Media Outlets she was the rock then there are 1 sort of the bachmann and the basically. The last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and that will continue in the next hour the next day. Severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency Officials Say about 100 people have been killed by more than 100000 homes damaged flooding this year has far exceeded records set in the 1940 s. Causing the nile to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u. N. Is warning the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month even morgans in khartoum where she says many people are demanding more assistance from the government. Were here in the southern parts of sudans capital hard to me and the residents here tell me that up until nearly 2 weeks ago these areas including about 2 to 3 kilometers away all of it was dry land but as you can see right now theres not a speck of dry land inside they say that the nile river has overflowed its banks and when into the neighborhoods damaging houses filling homes that are concrete destroying homes that are partially concrete and that are weak forcing people to get displaced now according to sudans government at least 100 people have died as a result of the flooding over the past month and more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced people who have been affected by these floods which is the highest in more than a century say that the government response has been weak and the government says that they are trying their level best but some things were out of control the liver to see them in the hole where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swarmed however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record highs even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed now while the government says that they have tried to respond with some preventive measures but people are saying that theyre now looking into the neighborhood resistance committees common sees that have been active during sudans revolution mobilizing people and who are now working on the Response Plan forward for those affected theyve been trying to mobilize food donations via social media by going through neighborhoods to try to get people to come together to help those who have been affected by the floods people are saying the people who are affected are saying that they want to see more government response they say that theyre demanding medications theyre demanding shelter theyre demanding food theyre demanding clean water and theyre concerned about the long term impacts of the floods theyre worried that they wont be able to rebuild the destruction that has been caused by the floods especially in the country in the midst of an economic crisis and they say that the government needs to respond more and show its presence more so that they know that when the water south receding they can go back to their lives and they can start rebuilding with help from the government rather than being left out in the open with their future unknown. So i had an aljazeera india and china accuse each others armies of firing shots and violating agreements in a disputed himalayan border region. And back home or to a story in journalist return from china after being caught in a diplomatic standoff. Goodbye how shannon actually we wont say goodbye to the amount of writing this with it just circulation brought the wind damage so far northeastern china has a lot more rain to come on the still more rain the 4 showers through south korea and north korea and japan slow moving stuff or at least more moving northward so it will tend to pass over the same place again and again as for china the east is fine but in the west the rain is brewing once again this still is drifting slowly east was but shanghai remains dry and the country as a whole clearly does not malays here is taking a bit of a hit also from the showers that are all going slowly sas they have colds with the sun is always an area this wetter than elsewhere and this is the area that i were running through northwest in borneo down towards sumatra and then a scattering of virtually anywhere else was maybe the exception of java java still looks relatively the not completely dry which is right this time via. The monsoon rains are slowly receding now so theyve more or less gone from pakistan afghanistan North Western india but have not gone from northern india and they certainly gone from the west and gas this is a concentrated area anywhere from down towards carola there is significant rain so be yet more flooding. Jump into this stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and on line be part of the debate any person you keep coming steve you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the semicolons that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way we could see it business if were going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is the. The watching out is either a reminder of our top stories this hour 2 men who say they deserted from the me and my army have reportedly given confessions detailing mass killings and the destruction of the hanging of illegitimate theyre now said to be in the hague and could help the International Criminal court. But the russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down but hes not ruling out holding any elections or claimed victory in a disputed votes last month which is opponents say was rigged. Severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a state of emergency Officials Say about 100 people have been killed more than 100000 homes damaged. India and china accusing each other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control as its known in the Western Region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called countermeasures but indias military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area but surely you has more on the reaction from beijing. Now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years there had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed areas both sides and able to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now when our firearms have not been used but things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that its conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at Different Levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5 indian civilians and Chinas Foreign Ministry when asked about this said they didnt have any information saying simply that they were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but Chinas Foreign Ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side elizabeth around them is in new delhi and she says the indian Army Maintains it did not go across the line of actual control. They are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of indias positions and when they were dissuaded by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air theyre also saying that despite grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they are committed to disengagement to deescalation that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and theyre also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing is an attempt to mislead its a mistake and the International Audience now this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense ministers at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit it was the highest level meeting between the 2 countries since the current standoff began in may as we a