A First-Hand Account From Myanmar's Rakhine State

The BBC's Jonathan Head has witnessed how a Muslim village in Myanmar's Rakhine State was burned down by local Buddhists. The Burmese government has claimed Muslim militants were responsible for burning down villages in the state. Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled the violence to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Also on the programme: the latest on the damage caused by Hurricane Irma and the Mexican earthquake, and we speak to the scientist who claims he can identify whether people are gay or straight by using facial recognition technology.

Image: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state. Credit: K M Asad/AFP/Getty Images.