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Rohingya Crisis: UN Sees 'Ethnic Cleansing' in Myanmar

Bangladesh Foreign Minister says violence against Rohingya 'is genocide'.

The UN Human Rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, says a systematic attack on Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar amounts to ethnic cleansing. Bangladesh's Foreign Minister believes that "a genocide" is being waged in Myanmar's Rakhine State, triggering an exodus of nearly 300,000 Rohingya to his country.

Also in the programme; how renewable energy is becoming cheaper than more polluting alternatives and Florida launches huge relief operation in response to Hurricane Irma.

(Photo: Newly arrived Rohingya refugees sit on the roadside after fleeing to Bangladesh from Myanmar. Credit: Getty Images).

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Mon 11 Sep 201713:06GMT

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